Vegetable Description: Black Beauty is a popular home variety of eggplant with big yields! Bushy spreading plants grow up to 30 inches and hold their purplish-black oval fruit well off the ground, keeping it nice and clean! High quality fruit averages 2 pounds, holds well and retains good color. 72-85 days to maturity. Average water needs. This variety is suitable for growing in containers! Some parts of plant are poisonous if ingested.

Vegetable Botanical Name: Solanum melongena var. esculentum

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Vegetable Duration: Annual

Vegetable Days to Maturity: 80

Vegetable Seeds Per Oz: 6500

Vegetable Height: 24” to 36”

Vegetable Spacing: 24” to 36”

Vegetable Planting: Direct sow outside about 2 weeks after last frost. Plant about 24” apart, and 1/4“ below soil surface. Rows should be about 36” apart.

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