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EGGPLANT

  • BEATRICE: 62 days, F-1 Hybrid. This splendid, early-maturing eggplant offers high yields of plump, bright violet, Italian-type fruits similar in shape, delicious flavor and texture to Rosa Bianca, differing in earlier maturity, darker fruit color, and just slightly smaller (4-6″ long by 4-5″ diameter).
  • GALINE – 72 days, F-1 Hybrid. Early, dependable Italian-style eggplant, mild, creamy-fleshed fruits averaging 1 lb., with glossy black skin.
  • NAGASAKI LONG – 75 days, Heirloom. An heirloom eggplant from Nagasaki, Japan valued for its extra-long fruit with purple-black skin and exceptionally velvety, slightly nutty-tasting, never-bitter flesh, mild and sweet enough to eat raw. The plants are very heat-tolerant and productive.
  • ORIENT EXPRESS – 58 days, F-1 Hybrid. A very dependable, very early, and very adaptable eggplant, with tender, mild-flavored, never bitter, quick-cooking flesh. High-yielding plants produce armloads of attractive, slender, and glossy fruits 8-10″ long by 1½ to 2 ½” diameter. Ready up to 2 weeks before other early varieties and sets fruit in cool weather and under heat stress. Does well in containers.
  • PINGTUNG LONG. 58 days, F-1 hybrid. A prolific Long Chinese eggplant named for a town in Taiwan that produces 11″ long glossy purple fruit with sweet, bitter-free flesh. Starts producing early for a good overall yield and can bear as many as 20 fruits each. The erect plants are stress-tolerant, very sturdy, vigorous and resistant to bacterial wilt, and. Great for cooks who prefer to work with uniform slices. Its light purple color is especially attractive if harvested before full maturity. As it approaches its full 11″, its skin darkens but retains a pleasing sheen.
  • PROSPEROSA: 65 days, OP. This Tuscan heirloom bears gorgeous, deep purple fruit with a pleated top that shows just a touch of cream color peeking out from the black calyx. The baseball-sized (4–5”) round fruits are meaty, mild flavored and delicious, with a wonderful texture. The tall plants are vigorous and beautiful.
  • ROSA BIANCA – 80-85 days, Heirloom OP. A lovely Sicilian variety with rosy-pink fruit streaked with white and violet. Plump, rounded 5-6” fruits have mild, creamy flavor, no bitterness and few seeds. Perfect for slicing, baking, roasting. Good yields.
  • ROSITA EGGPLANT – 84 days, Open-pollinated
    This heirloom eggplant is very productive, tasty and free of bitterness. Sturdy plants to 4’ tall bear beautiful, pear-shaped, pink-lavender fruits with white shoulders, 6-8″ long and 4-6″ wide with tender, sweet white flesh. Heirloom Rosita, brought to the States from Puerto Rico in 1979 and has gained a steady following.