I've grown Black Beauty eggplant with some success but all eggplants seem to be a favorite meal of flea beetles and they will seriously damage the plants if not controlled. Personally, I prefer the slender Japanese type such as Ichiban. They have a more delicate flavor and the skin is thinner if picked when the proper size.

You need to be sure the temperature and soil outside is nice and warm before you plant them out. Any cold snap will stunt them and they may not produce very well after that. Here (Richmond) I wait till the first week in May to set out transplants and even then have to watch the nighttime temperatures closely for a couple of weeks.

Sandy

I second Sandy's comments. Try Ichiban along side your Black Beauty. Black Beauty has a tendency to be bitter. Pick it when the fruit is not young, bright and shiny to improve your chances. There are wide assortment of Eggplant cultivars. From the previous posts on this site Ichiban seems to do well for most. Other choices may do equally well for your area.

I've raised Kleckley Sweet watermelons several years ago...that was what my dad raised in the '40s. They are ok for your zone and mine. I prefer my own raised transplants as I want some July melons too. Kleckley is ok but I prefer some newer varieties.

Black Beauty is an excellent producer of big tear drop shaped fruits. Plants are large and vigorous. It was a top market cultivar until the hybrids took over. Never had a bitterness problem unless the fruit was overage. They are usually much more bland than the Japanese Types like Ichiban or Millionaire.
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Emerald Okra was developed by the Campbell soup company. Very prolific, and one of the best tasting that I have tried.
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Kleckley's Sweet had quite a following in the first half of the 20th century. It is picky about growing conditions. In my youth those with bottom land grew Kleckley's Sweet and Tom Watson. Hillside farmers grew Dixie Queen and Stone Mountain. Kleckleys tend to bottlenose when conditions do not suit them. Taste is ok but far below that of an Allsweet or Crimson Sweet.
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thanks for the replies and the pics,really helped.

Okra...

I AM SO READY FOR OKRA!

We can buy it here any time of year at the grocery and that's fine for frying, but almost any other way you want to do okra up there's nothing compared to fresh-off-the-plant crisp. The extra crispness allows you cook it longer and in harsher ways without it becoming mush.

Full sun...as much sun as you can get it...it won't do much until it starts to warm up at night as well as the day. Once it starts growing it continues right up until it gets cold.

It can also get to be a very tall (4-6'+) plant. Think about that and how it may shade other plants around it if you're doing a mixed planting in the bed.