Black Beauty
(Solanum melongena) A black round fruited eggplant, introduced in 1902 by the W. Atlee Burpee Company. 1, 2 It first appeared in the 1902 Burpee’s Farm Annual Seed Catalogue, for home gardeners. Black Beauty was initially advertised as a ‘New Large Early Eggplant’ selection that produced 10 days to 2 weeks earlier than and with equal culinary quality to the “finest New York Purples”.
The 1903 Mann the Seedman (Burpee Reseller) catalogue stated that Black Beauty was, “[…] the first distinctly new Egg Plant of importance that has been introduced for twenty-five years”.
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History
Black Beauty was first present in the 1902 Burpee’s Farm Annual Seed Catalogue. It was later featured in the cover photo and listings of the 1903 Burpee’s Farm Annual Catalogue and received mention in the 1903 Burpee’s Wholesale Seed Catalogue,
