Purple Beauty
Open-pollinated pepper
- Breeding
- Open-pollinated
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 70-75 days 2 sources, none independent · basis unstated
- Fruit
- purple-black
- Weight
- -
- Bred by
- -
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.
Commonly confused with
These are different varieties. A name shared between them does not make them the same seed.
- different variety
Islander
Both hold a purple stage; Purple Beauty is open-pollinated and stays purple longer before turning.
- different variety
Purple Star
Both are purple-stage bells; Purple Star is the darker selection.
Origin & history
A compact open-pollinated bell whose fruit hold a glossy violet-purple for weeks before turning red, one of the few purple vegetables whose color survives being sliced raw.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 70-75 days | Consensus range across the cited sources, which include both independent references and commercial catalogs. |
| Scoville heat | 0 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 83% 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.
milder than 100% of the 249 peppers we hold a figure for.
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
- open-pollinated
Purple Star
70-85 days
- heirloom
Bull Nose
65-80 days
- open-pollinated
California Wonder
70-75 days
- open-pollinated
Emerald Giant
72-80 days
- open-pollinated
Golden Bell
70-80 days
- open-pollinated
Golden California Wonder
72-78 days
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Sources & References
Evidence: 2 sources, 1 seed catalog and 1 community collection. No independent reference documents this yet.
- Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds catalog · Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co., Seed Catalog
- Seed Savers Exchange catalog & variety histories · Seed Savers Exchange, Community Collection