Purple Beauty
From Tatiana's TOMATOBase
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| Purple Beauty | |
|---|---|
| Classification | C. annuum |
| Type | bell |
| Fruit color | purple |
| Fruit shape | bell |
| Fruit size | medium |
| Heat level | sweet |
| Scoville Heat Units (SHU) | 0 |
| Maturity | midseason |
| Variety type | commercial, open-pollinated |
| Country | |
B.C KO T
- (Capsicum annuum) 70-75 days from transplant. Very pretty dark purple bell pepper with large 4-lobed, thick-walled fruits with crisp texture and mild sweet flavor. Holds in the purple stage for some time before ripening to a radiant purple-red.
Seed source:
- 1. West Coast Seeds 11
- 2. NESeed 13
Year grown: 2012
Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)
GERM SC K
- Both fruits and foliage are dark colored, the fruits become green and then red when mature, tall plants.
Seed source:
- H.Pummer via A.Voelkel
Year grown: 2008
Location: Quitzdorf am See, Germany
History
- ?
- Introduced in the SSE Yearbooks in the early 1990s.
Picture Gallery
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Beauty - baby fruit. 2012-08-22.
Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Purple Beauty pepper. 2008.
Seed Availability
| Year | Commercial Vendors | Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings) | Seeds of Diversity (Member listings) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | . | . | |
| 2014 | . | . | |
| 2013 | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds |
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| 2012 | {{Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new West Coast Seeds }} |
3 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | . | |
| 2009 | . | . | |
| 2008 | 1 | . |