Black Beauty (Cucurbita pepo) is the classic dark-green zucchini that basically defined the category in American gardens. Introduced around 1910–1920 by several seed companies, it became the standard supermarket zucchini for decades and is still is.
 
Key Characteristics
Fruit: 6–10 inches long × 2–3 inches thick, straight to slightly curved, glossy deep-blackish-green skin (almost black when young) with faint lighter flecks.
Flesh: Creamy white, dense, tender, nutty-sweet when picked young; few seeds if harvested on time.
Days to harvest: Lightning fast — 45–55 days from transplant, 50–65 from direct seed. Often the first summer squash ready in the garden.
Plant habit: Open bush (not vining), 2½–3½ ft wide × 18–24 inches tall. No trellis needed, but great for small spaces or containers.
Yield: Insane — one plant can give 20–40+ zucchinis over 6–8 weeks if picked daily.
 
Growing Tips for Maximum Harvest
Plant after all danger of frost when soil is 70 °F+, space bushes 2½–3 feet apart in full sun and rich soil. Feed once at planting and again when fruits start forming — it’s a heavy feeder. Pick every single day once they hit 6–8 inches (even every other day is too long in hot weather); letting fruits get baseball-bat size shuts the plant down. One or two plants will bury a family in zucchini all summer — three plants and you’ll be leaving bags on neighbors’ porches.

Sold in a 2.5" pot.