ROYAL BLACK PEPPER, HOT .25G SEED, USDA CERTIFIED ORGANIC 

Royal Black PEPPER, HOT .25g seed, USDA Certified Organic

Product Code: 46511 Price: Check Latest 88 days. (purple > red with purple-black stripes) Tasty, hot, and elegant. [Introduced in 1995 by SESE. Original seed sent by Carolyn Male.] 'Royal Black' makes a beautiful backdrop for a bed of flowers. For culinary use, the red fruits make a convincing and long lasting impression on the palate - definitely on the dark side of the "Force"! We use the fruits (both purple and red) in colorful hot vinegars. The foliage and stems are dark-purple, almost black with an occasional variegated growing tip of green, purple, and creamy white. The undersides of the leaves are green with purple venation. The red fruits add a further accent, appearing like crown jewels on a botanical tapestry of deep purple. Bullet-shaped fruits measuring 1/2" wide by 1-1/4" high, are borne upright on 3 foot well-branched plants, Foliage has an oriental quality. Pkt. (0.25 g) I love this beautiful pepper. A must have for pickling hot peppers (which is a winter snack that I LOVE!) -Cricket Rakita