Eggplant - Black Beauty - Org

Black Beauty Organic Eggplant is a purplish-black oval fruit that is nearing 100 years old. This 1902 Burpee introduction remains a standard worldwide for being a beautiful and large-fruited black eggplant. It is blunt and broad at blossom end and weighs from 1 to 3 lbs. Black Beauty possesses a high quality, fine flavor, and is an excellent northern variety. It ripens earlier than other varieties and its flavor cannot be beat when harvested fresh! Plant eggplant after danger of frost because it is a cold-sensitive vegetable; likes well drained rich soil. It requires a long warm season for best yields. Eggplant needs careful attention for a good harvest and a side dress with nitrogen fertilizer about every four to six weeks during the growing season is a good idea. They can be grown in containers. . ... additional information