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    Developed by the late Professor Elwyn Meader in New Hampshire in 1964. Productive upright 50-75 cm plants. Oval fruits are 12.5 in diameter with pale green skin and mild white flesh. Non-acid flavor, no need to peel. Extra-early and productive. 62-70 days from transplant. If there’s one thing about this brinjal variety that has everyone talking, it’s the taste. And yes, you eat it green! If you leave the fruits on the plant for too long, they will turn yellow, but will also lose that fabulous flavour that is its claim to fame. To add to your pleasure, the plants are resistant to mildew.
  • Over 100 years old, this 1902 introduction was an immediate hit because the plants ripened perfect fruits dramatically earlier than other varieties. It became the common market eggplant of today. Harvested fresh, however, makes all the difference.
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    The Diamond Eggplant is definitely a good one! Each plant produces several pounds of slender fruit. Their flesh is firm and not bitter. This variety comes from Ukraine and is a super short season variety. The most reliable for Canadian gardens. This is a great all-around heirloom eggplant variety, adaptable to any home organic garden. Diamond Eggplants Mature in about 70 days and are an open-pollinated eggplant variety.
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    Sometimes listed as Fingerling or Long Purple Italian, Long Purple Eggplant seeds produce stocky, productive plants that bear four or more fruits per plant. The fruits are dark purple and club-shaped 20-25cm long and around 6cm in diameter. The flesh is firm and mild in flavour, and it’s lovely when cooked, taking on the flavours it is cooked with. This old heirloom variety arrived in American gardens back in the 1850s. Try growing this eggplant in a three to five-gallon pot on your patio. Eggplants thrive in hot weather. This is the perfect eggplant for making Ratatouille.
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    Ping Tung is the name of the town in Taiwan where it originated, making it an excellent variety for Asian cuisine. The fruits are light purple, from 30-45 cm long, and only 3 cm in diameter. Hardy, disease-resistant plants bear up to 20 sweet and tender fruit per plant. Stake the bushy plants for the straightest fruits. Eggplants thrive in containers, provided the soil is kept moist especially during the hottest days when they are fruiting.  The plants work well in the open field and raised beds but benefit from full sun and wind protection. Eggplants grow best in heat.
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