Black Pearl
F1 hybrid pepper
- Breeding
- F1 hybrid
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 70-90 days 1 trial programme · basis unstated
- Fruit
- purple-black
- Weight
- -
Grey captions say what stands behind that particular figure. Breeding, growth habit and fruit characters carry no caption because they rest on the record's sources as a whole rather than citing their own; closing that gap is ordinary outstanding work, not a finished job.
The breeder attribution here is supported by All-America Selections winners database. These claims name their own evidence rather than resting on the record's source list as a whole, because a species that distinguishes a variety, or an attribution to a breeding programme, is worth being able to check on its own.
Commonly confused with
These are different varieties. A name shared between them does not make them the same seed.
- different variety
Explosive Ember
Both are black-foliage ornamentals; Black Pearl carries round pods and Explosive Ember tapered ones.
Origin & history
A 2006 All-America Selections winner developed by USDA breeders, with near-black foliage and clusters of glossy black pods that ripen scarlet. Grown as a bedding ornamental by people who never learn it is genuinely hot.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 70-90 days | Consensus range across the cited independent references. |
| Scoville heat | 10,000-30,000 SHU |
Against the rest of the pepper database
Where this variety sits among every pepper we hold a comparable figure for. Position is not merit: earlier is not better than later, and hotter is not better than milder. Only cultivar-level figures are compared, never trial results, and maturity is only ranked against figures counted the same way.
earlier than 62% of the 252 peppers we hold a figure for. None of these figures state whether they are counted from sowing or from transplant, so they are ranked against each other on the assumption that suppliers use one convention, which is not something any of them says.
hotter than 65% of the 249 peppers we hold a figure for.
Production systems
Described as suited to
A claim about the seed, from the sources this record cites. A system not listed here has not been ruled out; no source addressed it.
Grown in trials under
Not recorded in any trial we hold.
Traits
Disease resistance
No documented disease resistance, typical of heirlooms and older open-pollinated varieties. See pepper diseases for the cultural playbook that fills the gap.
Related varieties
- heirloom
Bolivian Rainbow
75-95 days
- F1 hybrid
Chilly Chili
70-85 days
- open-pollinated
Explosive Ember
70-90 days
- F1 hybrid
Medusa
70-85 days
- open-pollinated
Aurora
70-90 days
- F1 hybrid
Biker Billy Jalapeño
70-85 days
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Sources & References
Evidence: 1 source, all trial programmes. No independent reference documents this yet.
- All-America Selections winners database · All-America Selections, Trial Program