‘Short Tom’ is generally ready for harvest 75 days after sowing. Fruits are long and banana shaped, with thin skin that need not be peeled before stir-frying. Fruits are 3 to 5 inches long, 1 inch across, and shiny black. […]

‘Old White Egg’ is an heirloom variety. Bushes have a compact habit and grow about 2 feet high, producing large crops of white, egg-shaped eggplants. Eggplants want much the same soil conditions as tomatoes, but they are also a little […]

‘Listada de Gandia’, also known as ‘Striped Guadalupe’ is an extremely beautiful heirloom variety from France. This is a hot-weather variety which likes temperatures in the mid 90’s. Under normal U.S. conditions, the plants will ripen within 120 days, and […]

‘Imperial Black Beauty’, also known as ‘Black Beauty’ is an heirloom variety of eggplant. Fruits are jet black and smooth skinned. The fruits are ready for harvest quite early compared to other varieties. Eggplants want much the same soil conditions […]

‘Early Long Purple’ is an heirloom variety of eggplant. The fruits measure 9 inches long and 2 inches in diameter, and have a long club shape which is good for slicing and frying. Extremely hardy, and can be grown as […]

‘Bride’ is generally mature 75 days after sowing. Fruits are 7 to 8 inches long with white flesh and purple skin. Plants are sturdy and compact, and bear 2 to 3 fruits per cluster. Fruits are slender and straight. Eggplants […]

‘Black Beauty’ is a pear-shaped dark purple variety. Good flavor, and early maturing. Eggplants want much the same soil conditions as tomatoes, but they are also a little more sensitive, being generally susceptible to wilts, and fond of near-tropical weather. […]

‘Bambino’ is generally ready for harvest 70 days after sowing, making it one of the earliest varieties available. Dwarf plants grow to 1.5 feet high. Lavender flowers and velvety leaves. The fruits are black, and walnut sized and plants yield […]

‘American Large Purple’, also known as ‘Large American’ is a relatively rare heirloom variety with pear-shaped fruit measuring 8 inches long and 7 inches across. Each plant generally produces 3 fruits. Eggplants want much the same soil conditions as tomatoes, […]

This is a semi-evergreen or evergreen climber, to 20 feet tall. Leaves are slender, ovate to lancolate, shiny, deep green, to 2 inches long. Flowers are fragrant, blue and white with yellow anthers, to 1 inch wide, held in axillary […]