Solanum melongena var. esculentum ‘Black Beauty Eggplant’ seeds grow into the Black Beauty eggplant or aubergine a classic American heirloom eggplant introducing the standard large, oval, deep purple-black fruits that define eggplant in the popular imagination, selected in the 1870s1890s in the USA and still widely grown as a benchmark variety. Solanum melongena L. is the cultivated eggplant or aubergine an annual of the seasonally dry tropical biome, native to India (South Asia), domesticated there and introduced to the Mediterranean via Arab trade routes in the Middle Ages. Described by Linnaeus (1753). The epithet melongena is from Arabic-Italian. ‘Black Beauty’ won an All-America Selections award and became the standard American market eggplant for decades. Large oval to pear-shaped fruits of glossy deep purple-black skin; mild, slightly bitter creamy flesh. Named cultivar may NOT breed true from seed. Family Solanaceae.
Full sun; fertile, well-drained soils; warm conditions (very heat-demanding; frost-sensitive). Stake for heavy fruits. Harvest when glossy dull skin indicates over-maturity. Named cultivar may NOT breed true from seed.
‘Black Beauty’ = AAS award 1890s; classic large oval deep purple-black eggplant; benchmark American market variety
Melongena = from Arabic-Italian; L. (Linnaeus); native India; introduced Mediterranean via Arab trade routes
Heat-demanding and frost-sensitive; harvest when glossy (dull = over-ripe); mild slightly bitter creamy flesh
Genus Solanum: ~1,500 species; cosmopolitan; Family Solanaceae; Order Solanales
Full sun; fertile soils; warm; heat-demanding; stake; harvest glossy; named cultivar may not breed true; Solanaceae
Solanum melongena var. esculentum ‘Black Beauty Eggplant’ is the eggplant that defined the type for American gardeners a deep purple-black, large-fruited variety that won an All-America Selections award in the late 19th century and has remained the standard against which all other eggplant varieties are measured, its bold appearance and mild, creamy flesh making it the versatile centrepiece of dishes from moussaka to baba ghanoush to parmigiana di melanzane.
IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.
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