Imperial Black Beauty Eggplant
Imperial Black Beauty Eggplant from 2014 harvest
Details
- Solanum melongena
- Open-Pollinated Heirloom
- Type: ?
- Shape: slightly lobed globe eggplant
- Color: purple-black
- Maturity: 80-85 days
- Size: 4-5″ diameter
- Yield: ?
- Taste: “rich flavored”
- Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance:
- flea beetles don’t seem to like this eggplant as much as other varieties that I grow
- susceptible to root-knot nematode
Notes:
- store well
- heirloom was introduced around 1910
Sources:
Results from My Garden:
| SEASON |
SOURCE |
DATES |
PLANTS |
SPACING |
MATURITY |
YIELD PER PLANT |
AVG SIZE |
DISEASE |
| 2010 |
SoC seed |
3/7 > 5/21 > 6/6 |
1 |
24″ |
97 days |
8 |
7 lbs |
14 oz |
|
| 2011 |
SoC seed |
2/13 > 3/11 > 5/7 |
1 |
24″ |
173 days |
1 |
13 oz |
13 oz |
|
| 2012 |
SoC seed |
4/22 > 6/2 & 5/27 > 6/23 |
2 |
shared 24″ |
123 days |
1 |
10 oz |
10 oz |
stunted; planted second one (RK?) |
| 2013 |
CCN start |
4/29 |
1 |
20″ |
103 days |
5 |
2.9 lbs |
9 oz |
|
| 2014 |
CCN start |
5/11 |
1 |
18″ |
77 days |
12 |
6.4 lbs |
9 oz |
RK |