Purple Star
Open-pollinated pepper
- Breeding
- Open-pollinated
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 70-85 days 1 seed catalog · 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
Purple Beauty
Both are purple-stage bells; Purple Star is the darker selection.
Origin & history
A deep violet-black bell that ripens to red, dark enough at the purple stage that the pods read almost black against the foliage.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 70-85 days | |
| 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 71% 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 Beauty
70-75 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: 1 source, all seed catalogs. No independent reference documents this yet.
- Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds catalog · Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co., Seed Catalog