Black Beauty is a popular heirloom variety of eggplant with big yields! The bushy spreading plants grow up to 30 tall and hold their purplish-black oval fruit well off the ground. This top-notch fruit averages 2 pounds, holds well, and retains good color. This variety is suitable for growing in containers and takes about 80 days to maturity.Eggplant appears to be a very ancient fruit; the earliest references to it can be found in Chinese and Indian records. Though usually considered a vegetable, botanists classify eggplant as a berry. Early va