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'Japanese Pickling' Eggplant

Sub-Category:	Midseason

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Main-season variety. Plants bear extremely long, 22- to 26-inch, slender, slightly curved, purple fruit.
Days To Maturity:	75-85
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Rating Summary

Overall: (5.0 Stars) Taste: (5.0 Stars) Yield: (5.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (4.5 Stars)

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Number of Reviews: 2

KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease

Reviewed on 03/10/2009 by GardenerHI - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States Frost Free Season: More than 203 days Soil Texture: Sand Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Tastes much better than the long, skinny hybrids and has better yield and higher germination rates too.

Reviewed on 08/26/2005 by Nancy B - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Illinois, United States Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
"Ichiban" Japanese is the most reliable, heavy yield producer in my Chicago area and the fruit is almost always without blemish and grows straight and beautiful.

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