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Louisiana Long Green Eggplant Overall Rating: (5.0 Stars):
2 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 65-65
Description: Early. 9-inch, glossy, light-green, tender and mild fruit.

Comprido Verde Claro Eggplant Overall Rating: (5.0 Stars):
2 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 72-72
Description: Midseason. Tall plants bear 3- to 4-inch, oval, slightly ribbed, shiny, lime green, fruit turning orange when overmature. Green calyx. Extended harvest.

Udmalbet Eggplant Overall Rating: (5.0 Stars):
2 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 80-90
Description: From India. Plants bear egg-shaped, light-green, purple-streaked fruit. Also known as 'Udumalapet'.

Japanese Pickling Eggplant Overall Rating: (5.0 Stars):
2 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 75-85
Description: Main-season variety. Plants bear extremely long, 22- to 26-inch, slender, slightly curved, purple fruit.

Diamond Eggplant Overall Rating: (5.0 Stars):
2 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 65-95
Description: Early- to mid-season Ukrainian variety. 20- to 25-inch plants bear dark purple, 6- to 9-inch by 2- to 3-inch fruit in clusters of 4 to 6.

Italian Pink Bicolor Eggplant Overall Rating: (5.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: 75-75
Description: Midseason, open-pollinated. Oval, 8-inch, cream and rose fruit matures to pink rose.

Violet Di Firenze Eggplant Overall Rating: (5.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Midseason Italian heirloom. Oblong to round fruit are lavender to purple, sometimes striped with white. Also known as 'Violette di Firenze'.

Italian White Eggplant Overall Rating: (5.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: 72-78
Description: Early- to mid-season variety. 22- to 26-inch plants bear white to pale green fruit that are less bitter than the purple types.

Japanese White Egg Eggplant Overall Rating: (5.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Plants bear 2- to 3-inch, white frut.

Rotonda Bianca Sfumata di Rosa Eggplant Overall Rating: (5.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: 80-80
Description: Mid-season Italian heirloom. Plants bear roundish, 3- to 4-inch by 4- to 5-inch, white fruit shaded with rose-pink.

Jilo Tingua Verde Claro Eggplant Overall Rating: (5.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Brazilian heirloom. Tall plants green, oblong fruit that turn red-orange as they mature. Usually picked and used green.

Waimanalo Eggplant Overall Rating: (5.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: 85-85
Description: Mid-season eggplant. Plnats bear long, slender, snake-shaped, dark-purple fruit.

Millionaire Eggplant Overall Rating: (4.5 Stars):
6 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 55-65
Description: Early Japanese hybrid. Upright plants bear 8- to 12-inch by 2-inch, glossy, black fruit with purple calyx and nearly seedless flesh.

Blue Marble Eggplant Overall Rating: (4.5 Stars):
2 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 62-62
Description: Early Italian hybrid. Round, grapefruit-sized fruit with luminous purple and white skin.

Casper Eggplant Overall Rating: (4.3 Stars):
6 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 70-75
Description: Early to mid-season variety. Compact plants bear 6-inch by 2- to 3-inch, shiny, ivory fruit with snow-white flesh. Also known as 'Casper White'.

Ichiban Eggplant Overall Rating: (4.2 Stars):
11 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 57-58
Description: Early Asian hybrid. 8- to 10-inch by 2- to 3-inch, slightly curved fruit on 36- to 40-inch plant.

Apple Green Eggplant Overall Rating: (4.0 Stars):
3 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 70-70
Description: Early, open-pollinated. 6-inch by 4 1/2-inch light apple-green fruit. Also known as 'Applegreen'.

Nadia Eggplant Overall Rating: (4.0 Stars):
2 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 72-72
Description: Early-season Italian. Sturdy plants bear glossy, dark purple fruit with green calyx. Sets fruit under cool conditions. Resistant to verticillium wilt.

Brazilian Oval Orange Eggplant Overall Rating: (4.0 Stars):
2 Ratings
Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Tall erect plants with dark green foliage bear small, oval, shiny bright green fruit that ripen through orange to bright red at full maturity. Also known as 'Brazilian Mini Orange'.

Kamo Eggplant Overall Rating: (4.0 Stars):
2 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 60-60
Description: Early heirloom from Kamo area of Japan. Plants bear half-pound, 4-inch, purple- to black-skinned, round fruit with flat bottoms and purple calyx.

Bambino Eggplant Overall Rating: (4.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: 45-45
Description: Miniature 1-foot plants bear masses of small, thumb-sized, dark-purple fruit. Good for ornamental edging and containers.

Vittoria Italian Eggplant Overall Rating: (4.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: 60-65
Description: Early-season Italian variety. Stocky, 3-foot plants bear dark, glossy 9-inch by 2- to 3-inch fruit.

Thai Green Eggplant Overall Rating: (4.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: 70-80
Description: Midseason variety. Plants bear 12-inch, slender, tender, light-green-skinned, white-fleshed fruit. Drought resistant. Doesn't need peeling.

Yasakanaga Eggplant Overall Rating: (4.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: 60-60
Description: Early Japanese hybrid. Plants bear slender, 7-inch, glossy, purplish-black fruit with purple calyxes.

Gitana Eggplant Overall Rating: (4.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: 75-75
Description: Midseason Italian eggplant. Plants produce 8- to 10-inch, long, very slim, purple fruit with a slight curve.

Ukrainian Beauty Eggplant Overall Rating: (4.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: 75-75
Description: Mid-season eggplant. Plants bear large, blocky, dark-purple fruit with a slight green cast.

Epic Eggplant Overall Rating: (4.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: 64-64
Description: Early-season hybrid. Upright, 36-inch plants bear 8 1/4- x 4-inch, oval to tear-drop-shaped, dark purple fruit with green calyx. Resistant to tomato mosaic virus.

Rosa Bianca Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.9 Stars):
9 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 88-88
Description: Midseason, open-pollinated, Italian heirloom. 3- to 4-inch by 5-inch, 2- to 4-pound white fruit with lavender streaks and a creamy, pudding-like interior flesh. Fruit is narrow at the top, widening with indentations almost in folds like fabric. Also known as 'Rossa Bianca'.

Pingtung Long Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.9 Stars):
7 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 58-75
Description: Early- to mid-season Asian hybrid. 12-inch, light-purple fruit darkens at maturity. Stress tolerant. Also known as 'Ping Tung' and 'Ping-Tung Long'.

Calliope Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.8 Stars):
5 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 64-64
Description: Early Indian hybrid. Harvest at 2 inches for 'baby' 3 to 4 inches for mature fruit. Oval fuit with white and purple streaks, spineless calyxes.

Swallow Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.8 Stars):
4 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 51-51
Description: Early Asian hybrid. Glossy, purple-black, 1 3/4-inch by 7-inch fruit.

Neon Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.8 Stars):
4 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 65-65
Description: Early hybrid. Deep-pink, semi-cylindrical mid-sized fruits with a bright green calyx born on strongly branched plants. White flesh is mild.

Rosita Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.8 Stars):
4 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 68-84
Description: Early to mid-season variety developed in Puerto Rico during the 1940s from a cross of 'Native White' and 'Black Beauty'. Plants bear pear-shaped, 6- to 8-inch by 3- to 6-inch, pink-lavender fruit with white shoulders.

Dusky Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.7 Stars):
7 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 56-75
Description: Early hybrid. Pear-shaped, glossy ,purple-black, 3 1/2-inch fruit with a green calyx on compact plant. Resistant to tomato mosaic virus.

Green Goddess Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.7 Stars):
6 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 63-68
Description: Early hybrid. Plants bear 8-inch, narrow, pale-green fruit.

Listada de Gandia Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.7 Stars):
3 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 80-90
Description: Mid-season Italian variety. Plants bear 6- to 8-inch, thin-skinned, purple and white-striped fruit.

Bride Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.5 Stars):
2 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 58-70
Description: Early hybrid. 8-inch by 1 1/2-inch fruit with a green calyx. Fruit matures to rose with light rose/white stripes and pure white interior.

Machiaw Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.5 Stars):
2 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 65-65
Description: Early hybrid. 9-inch by 1-inch, pink-skinned fruit. Strong plants bear continuously but may need pruning and staking.

Little Fingers Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.5 Stars):
2 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 68-68
Description: Early. 4- to 7-inch, spineless, purple fruit clustered in groups of 5 to 10.

Burpee Hybrid Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.5 Stars):
2 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 70-70
Description: Midseason hybrid. Oval, medium-sized, glossy, purple fruits on semi-spreading, tall and vigorous plants.

Senryu Ni Gou Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.5 Stars):
2 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 60-60
Description: Early Japanese hybrid. Plants bear 5-inch, glossy, black fruit with purple calyx.

Baluroi Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.5 Stars):
2 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 59-59
Description: Early-season hybrid. Tall plants with medium-sized leaves bear long, deep-purple fruits with a green calyx. Heat-tolerant and resistant to bacterial wilt.

Black Beauty Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.4 Stars):
9 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 73-83
Description: Midseason heirloom. 8- to 10-inch by 4- to 6-inch purple-black fruit on tall, sturdy, upright plants. Blossom end scar tolerant.

Orient Express Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.3 Stars):
3 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 58-58
Description: Early Asian hybrid. 8- to 10-inch glossy black fruit with a purple calyx. Performs well under heat stress.

Slim Jim Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.3 Stars):
3 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 60-60
Description: Early Italian type. Long, slender, soft purple fruit best harvested at about 4 to 5 inches.

Lavender Touch Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.3 Stars):
3 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 63-66
Description: Early hybrid. Light-purple with light-lavender blush, elongated, 8-inch by 3-inch fruit with mild, sweet flavor.

Cloud Nine Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.3 Stars):
3 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 75-80
Description: Midseason hybrid. Pure white, 7-inch, elongated fruit on 4-foot plants.

Fairy Tale Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.3 Stars):
7 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 49-51
Description: Early-season hybrid. Dwarf, 18- to 30-inch plants bear showy lavender blossoms and clusters of long, slim fruits that are neon-violet striped with white. For highest quality, harvest early when about 4 inches long and 2 inches wide. Good for containers. 2005 All American Selection.

Tango Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.0 Stars):
2 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 60-60
Description: Early hybrid. Plants bear 7-inch by 2-inch cylindrical white fruit.

Edna Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.0 Stars):
2 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 70-70
Description: Early to main-season hybrid. Plants bear 8-inch, oval, black long-keeping fruit.

Kermit Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: 60-60
Description: Early hybrid. Prolific, compact plants bear 2-inch, round fruit with white blossom-end, deep-green striped shoulder and green calyx.

Crescent Moon Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: 62-62
Description: Early hybrid. Mild, white, 6- to 7-inch fruit on 3-foot plants.

Puangyok Thai Pea Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: 150-150
Description: Thai pea eggplant. Plants bear clusters of tiny fruit similar to cherry tomatoes. The crisp and bitter fruit are best harvested when light green before they get tough and overly bitter.

Prosperosa Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: 70-78
Description: Midseason Italian eggplant. Plants bear large, round fruit that are white at top and purple on the bottom.

Longship Eggplant Overall Rating: (3.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: 65-65
Description: Early-season hybrid. Tall plants bear purple flowers and 10-inch by 1-inch, slightly curved, purple-red fruit.

Ghostbuster Eggplant Overall Rating: (2.7 Stars):
3 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 80-80
Description: Midseason hybrid. 6- to 7-inch by 4-inch, cylindrical to oval, white-skinned fruit with green calyx. Plant is broad, vigorous and semi-spreading with dense foliage.

Classic Eggplant Overall Rating: (2.5 Stars):
2 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 76-76
Description: Midseason hybrid. Deep purple-black fruit has elongated teardrop shape. Vigorous plants stand up well to stress.

Turkish Orange Eggplant Overall Rating: (2.5 Stars):
2 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 65-85
Description: Early- to main-season variety. Bushy 18- to 48-inch plants produce 15 to 25, round, brilliant-orange, egg-shaped fruit. (They should be eaten in the green stage, however.) Insect-resistant. Also known as 'Turkish Italian Orange'.

Twilight Eggplant Overall Rating: (2.5 Stars):
2 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 60-65
Description: Early hybrid. 3-foot plants bear glossy, dark-purple, slightly elongated oval fruit. Disease resistant.

Money Maker No. 2 Eggplant Overall Rating: (2.5 Stars):
2 Ratings
Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Early hybrid. Plants bear small, glossy black, teardrop-cylindrical to egg-shaped fruit with purple calyx.

Cambodian Giant Green Eggplant Overall Rating: (2.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Southeast Asian heirloom. Plants bear large, round, flattish, lightly ribbed, pale-green fruit with dark-green stripes.

Blacknite Eggplant Overall Rating: (1.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: 61-61
Description: Early hybrid. 9-inch by 3 1/2-inch oval, deep-purple fruit. Resistant to tomato mosaic virus.

Black Bell Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 60-68
Description: Hybrid, Italian-type with oval-round, medium to large, very glossy black-purple fruit and green calyx. Strong plants are extremely disease resistant.

Baby Bell Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 55-55
Description: Early hybrid. 2-inch, true miniature, glossy, dwarf jet black fruit with purple calyx on 10-inch plant. Ideal for 6 inch pots.

Billionaire Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 56-56
Description: Early hybrid. Shiny, deep-purple tender-skinned fruit up to 9 inches long.

Mangan Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 58-58
Description: Early, Asian hybrid. Plants produce 5-inch tear-shaped, shiny, smooth, blemish-free, glossy, purple-to-black fruit weighing about 1 pound. Spine-free green calyx.

Megal Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 60-60
Description: Early Italian hybrid. 7- to 9-inch by 3-inch, tapered, purple-black fruit with green calyx. Resistant to tomato mosaic virus.

Snowy Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 60-80
Description: Early- to main-season variety native to India Plants bear 5- to 8-inch, white, smooth-skinned fruit. Also known as 'Snowy White'.

Green Giant Early Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 62-62
Description: Early Asian type. 5- to 6-inch by 3- to 4-inch, light-green, bell-shaped fruit with green calyxes.

Orient Charm Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 65-65
Description: Early hybrid. 8- to 10-inch fruit in shades of fluorescent pink, pastel pink and white with green calyxes.

Purple Rain Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 66-66
Description: Early hybrid. Nearly seedless, 6-inch by 4 1/2-inch, purple fruit streaked with creamy white.

Classy Chassis Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 68-68
Description: Early ybrid. 8-inch by 4-inch, glossy, deep-purple to black fruit with green calyx. Resistant to tomato mosaic virus.

Vernal Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 70-70
Description: Midseason hybrid. 7-inch, jet-black, teardrop-shaped fruit with green calyx. Medium size plant with few spines. Tolerant of cucumber and tobacoo mosaic viruses.

Zebra Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 70-70
Description: Early Italian hybrid. 6- to 8-inch by 3- to 4- inch purple fruit with white stripes and green calyx.

Night Shadow Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 75-75
Description: Midseason hybrid. Large, teardrop, glossy, black fruit with small blossom-end scar. Blossom end scar and scar tolerant.

Highbush Select Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 80-80
Description: Midseason, open-pollinated. Teardrop-shaped, glossy, black fruit with green calyx on tall plant.

Imperial Black Beauty Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 80-80
Description: Midseason, open-pollinated heirloom. 5- to 7-inch, egg-shaped, dark-purple fruit.

Violetta Lunga Precoce Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 65-70
Description: Italian heirloom. 8-inch, deep purple, elongated teardrop-shaped fruit.

Asian Trio Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 78-78
Description: Mix of three Asian varieties (Asian Bride, Little Fingers, and Farmer's Long) that bear slender, cylindrical, elongated fruit in vivid dark purple, magenta or lavender/white

Italian Trio Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 80-80
Description: Mix of three Italian varieties: Diva (purple-black), Beatrice (magenta) and Rosa Bianca (rose and white)

Morden Midget Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 65-70
Description: Early, open-pollinated variety. Bushy, compact plants bear small, round to oval, deep-purple fruit. Good for containers.

No. 226 Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 55-55
Description: Early hybrid. Short plants bear glossy, smooth, round, 3-inch dark-purple fruit.

Long Purple Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 70-80
Description: Early- to mid-season oriental-type. 24- to 30-inch plants bear 8- to 10-inch, slender, dark purple fruits.

Purple Blush Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 62-62
Description: Early-season hybrid. Plants bear oval 6-inch by 4 1/2-inch white fruit blushed with lavender.

Black Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 70-70
Description: Early-season variety. 18- to 22-inch plants bear oblong, dark-purple fruit. Good northern variety.

Bianca di Imola Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 65-75
Description: Early- to mid-season Italian variety. Plants bear elongated, oval, white-skinned, 5- to 6-inch by 3-inch fruit. Disease-resistant.

Florida High Bush Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 76-80
Description: Midseason variety. Upright, well-branched plant bear large, purple fruit with pure-white flesh. Disease- and drought-resistant.

Beatrice Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 62-62
Description: Early-season hybrid. Plants bear round, bright violet, 3- to 4-inch by 5-inch fruit. Similar similar to Rosa Bianca but matures earlier and has brighter fruit.

Clara Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 65-65
Description: Early-season, Italian hybrid. Plants bear white-skinned, 6- to 7-inch by 4- to 5-inch fruit.

Little Spooky Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 60-60
Description: Early white-fruited variety. 3-foot plants bear 7- by 3-inch, cylindrical, white fruit.

Aubergine Du Burkina-Faso Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: West African heirloom. Tall plants bear red-ribbed, flat, wrinkled, somewhat bitter fruit.

Florida Market Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 85-85
Description: Large plants bear large, purple, bell-shaped fruit.

Lao Green Stripe Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Southeast Asian heirloom. Plants bear green- white- purple-striped, 2- to 4-inch, ball-shaped fruit.

Lao White Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Southeast Asian heirloom. Plants bear white, 2-inch, ball-shaped fruit that turn deep-yellow as they ripen.

Pandora Striped Rose Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Thornless plants bear teardrop-shaped, lilac-rose fruit with thin white stripes.

Round Mauve Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Compact plants bear round, deep mauve fruit.

Sparrow's Brinjal Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Southeast Asian heirloom (Solanum indicum). Plants bear tiny greenish-white fruit used in curries, or allowed to mature to red and used in soups and sauces.

Thai Dark Round Green Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Southeast Asian heirloom. Bushy plants bear 2 1/2-inch, dark green fruit striped with white.

Thai Green Egg Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Southeast Asian heirloom. Bushy plants bear small, oblong, egg-shaped fruit with light and dark green stripes.

Thai Green Pea Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Southeast Asian heirloom. Tall plants bear tiny green fruit that look like peas.

Thai Long Green (heirloom) Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 80-80
Description: Southeast Asian heirloom. Also known as 'Green Elephant Tusk'. 2- to 3-foot plants bear 10- to 12-inch, slender, light-lime green fruit.

Thai Long Purple Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Southeast Asian heirloom. Plants bear long, thin, dark purple fruit.

Thai Purple Egg Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Southeast Asian heirloom. Plants bear small, purple, egg-shaped fruit.

Thai Yellow Egg Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Southeast Asian heirloom. Plants bear egg-sized, bright golden-yellow fruit

Goyo Kumba Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 90-100
Description: Midseason variety from Africa. Sturdy plants bear bright red 2- to 3-inch, slightly flattened fruits. Outstanding ornamental, too.

Lao Purple Stripe Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 90-90
Description: Midseason variety similar 'Lao Green Stripe' except for color. Upright, 2- to 3-foot plants bear 2-inch, round, purple fruit best eaten small before seeds develop. (a.k.a. Purple Tiger)

Red Ruffled Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Early- to mid-season variety. 20-inch plants bear clusters of red, 2-inch, bitter fruit used in Asian cuisine.

N Drowa Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 90-90
Description: Midseason African variety. Plants bear small, greenish-yellow fruit that ripen to orange.

Early Black Egg Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 63-65
Description: Early Japanese variety. Plants with purple-veined foliage bear 5-inch egg-shaped to nearly round fruit. Vigorous seedlings tolerate flea beetles more than most.

White Beauty Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 70-70
Description: Early- to mid-season variety. Plants bear 5- to 6-inch, slightly oval fruit.

Dewako One Bite Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 60-60
Description: Early Japanese hybrid. Plants bear very small (bite-sized), purplish-black fruit with purple calyx. Excellent for pickling.

Kurume Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 60-60
Description: Japanese variety. Plants bear 8- to 9-inch by 2-inch, glossy black fruit with purple calyx. Also known as 'Kurume Long'.

Kyoto Egg Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 65-65
Description: Early Japanese hybrid. Upright plants bear 3-inch, round, glossy, purple-to-black fruit with purple calyx.

Shoya Long Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 60-60
Description: Early Japanese hybrid. Plants bear slender, 14-inch, purplish-black fruit with purple calyx.

Panda Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 70-70
Description: Early Thai hybrid. Tall, many-branched plants bear small, 1-ounce, round, light green and white fruit.

Roleks Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 70-70
Description: Early Thai hybrid. Plants bear 12-inch, straight, glossy, green tender-skinned and -fleshed, mild-flavored fruit with green calyxes.

Tiger Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 60-60
Description: Early Thai hybrid. Plants bear small, 2-ounce, round fruit with green calyxes and variegated green and white skin.

Opal Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 62-62
Description: Early eggplant similar to 'Black Beauty' but smaller and earlier. Plants bear teardrop-shaped, moderate-sized fruit with smooth black skin. Also known as 'Black Opal'.

Purple Charm Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Hybrid from Taiwan. Plants bear 2-inch by 8- to 10-inch, reddish-purple fruit.

Long White Angel Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Asian hybrid. Upright plants produce 10- to 12-inch, white fruit.

Money Maker Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Early Japanese hybrid. Plants produce glossy, nearly black, egg-shaped fruit.

Purple Ball Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Early, Asian specialty eggplant. Plants produce bite-sized, half-ounce or less fruit with dark purple skin, usually boiled or pickled.

Thai Long Green (hybrid) Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Southeast Asian hybrid. Plants bear green-skinned, 14-inch by 2-inch fruit.

Green Doll Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Hybrid Thai eggplant. Tall plants bear small, egg-shaped, 1/2- to 1-ounce, white-skinned fruit with green stripes.

Black Baby Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Early Asian/Indian hybrid. Plants bear 2-ounce, round-oval, dark-purple fruit. Insect and disease resistant. Also known as 'Black Chu-Chu'.

Apsara Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Indian hybrid. Tall, spreading plants bear clusters of small, 3-ounce, round-to-oval, purple fruit with white stripes.

Purple Excel Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Hybrid Chinese eggplant. Plants produce medium-long, purple fruit.

Ma-Zu Purple Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Chinese eggplant from Taiwan. Upright plants bear 8- to 12-inch by 2-inch dark-purple fruit.

Black King Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Japanese hybrid. Plants bear large, 1- to 1 1/4-pound, oval, nearly black frut with green calyxes.

Round Green Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 80-80
Description: Mid-season Thai variety. Plants bear round, 2- to 3-inch, apple-green fruits with white streaks.

Violet Prince Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Hybrid Thai eggplant. Plants bear bite-sized, 1-ounce, purple- and white-skinned fruit.

White Ball Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Hybrid Thai eggplant. Plants bear small, 2- to 3-ounce, nearly white-skinned fruit with green-striped shoulders

Green Beauty Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Long Thai eggplant. Plants bear 10- to 12-inch, half-pound, green fruit.

Chu-Chu Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 40-40
Description: Early hybrid Indian baby eggplant. Plants bear bite-sized, 1-ounce, reddish-purple fruit.

Bharata Star Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 60-60
Description: Indian hybrid eggplant. Plants bear medium-sized, 1/2-pound, oval-round, dark black fruit with green calyxes.

Black Coral Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Korean hybrid. Plants bear slender, 12-inch, nearly black-skinned fruit.

India Paint Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 70-70
Description: Early- to mid-season variety. 18- to 20-inch plants bear 4-inch, round to oval, neon purple fruit with white streaks.

Thai White Ribbed Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Plants bear pure white, flat, deeply ribbed fruit.

Thai Light Round Green Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Plants bear small round fruit with light green stripes.

Red China Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Heirloom ornamental eggplant. Upright plants bear small, flattened orange fruit that ripen to red and are edible, though bitter. Fruit resembles 'Jack-Be-Little' and can be used in fall arrangements. Also known as 'Scarlet Chinese'.

Nipple Fruit Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 100-100
Description: Ornamental eggplant. 4- to 5-foot, thorny plants bear purple flowers then long spikes of 3-inch yellow-orange, inedible fruit resembling cow udders. Harvest 2- to 5-foot stems for flower arrangements.

Bangladeshi Long Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Plants bear cylindrical, purple-gray fruit with dark purple streaks.

Striped Toga Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 70-80
Description: Main-season eggplant. Plants bear 1-inch by 3-inch, striped fruit that ripen from two-toned green to two-toned orange. Strong-flavored but not bitter.

Chinese White Sword Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 65-65
Description: Early eggplant. Plants bear long, skinny, straight, white fruit.

Cookstown Orange Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 69-69
Description: Early- to mid-season ornamental eggplant. Plants bear bitter-fleshed, tomato-sized, bright, scarlet red/orange fruit with faint stripes.

Jade Sweet Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 77-77
Description: Mid-season eggplant. Plants bear large, blocky, lime-green fruits.

Louisiana Green Oval Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 75-75
Description: Mid-season eggplant. Plants bear very large, blocky, green-skinned fruit.

New York Spineless Improved Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 78-78
Description: Mid-season eggplant. Large plants bear large, purple fruits

TaTong Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 75-75
Description: Mid-season eggplant. Plants bear light green eggplant-shaped fruit.

Little Prince Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Compact plants bear lavender blossoms and clusters of 3- to 4-inch, oval fruit.

Sweet African Orange Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 90-90
Description: Midseason African variety. 2 1/2-foot plants bear plump, oval or round, white fruit that mature to shiny orange-red.

Twinkle Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 55-65
Description: Early hybrid. Spineless plants bear small, purple fruit with white streaks that are best harvested at 2- to 3-inches.

Dancer Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 65-65
Description: Early hybrid. Plants bear deep-pink, mid-sized, semi-cylindrical, nonbitter fruit with green calyx.

Galine Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 65-65
Description: Early hybrid. Plants bear 6-inch by 3-inch, firm, very glossy, black fruit with classic Italian bell shape.

Hansel Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 70-70
Description: Mid-season hybrid. Sturdy, upright, compact plants bear dark purple, finger-shaped fruit. Harvest for baby eggplant at 2 to 3 inches, or full-grown at 9 to 10 inches. 2008 All America Selection.

Gretel Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 55-70
Description: Early, white-fruited hybrid. 3-foot-tall by 2 1/2-foot wide plants bear clusters of 3 to 6 glossy ivory fruits are ready for picking when 3 to 4 inches long in 55 days or can be harvested at full maturity in 70 days.

Early Bird Eggplant Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Hybrid eggplant. Plants bear oval, purple fruit.
 
 
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