(Eggplant, Gretel Eggplant)

Excellent garden performance, pretty white fruits and early production earned ‘Gretel’ a place as an All-American Selections winner for 2009. Each compact, bushy plant produces lots of elongated, teardrop-shaped eggplants that are sweet and tender. The baby fruits reach 3 to 4 inches (8 to 10 centimeters) long when mature. Their thin skin is tender and flesh has few seeds. Fruits are generally ready to harvest in 55 days after planting seedlings, or 100 to 110 days after sowing seeds.

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(Eggplant, Hansel Eggplant)

Excellent garden performance, deep glossy purple fruits and early production earned ‘Hansel’ a place as an All-American Selections winner for 2008. Each compact, bushy plant produces lots of elongated, eggplants that are sweet and tender. The baby fruits only reach 3 to 4 inches (8 to 10 centimeters) long when mature. Their thin skin is tender and flesh has few seeds. Fruits are generally ready to harvest in 55 days after planting seedlings, or 100 to 105 days after sowing seeds.

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(Eggplant, Ichiban Eggplant, Japanese Eggplant)

One of those easy summer garden vegetables well worth the work, eggplant is a warm-season tender perennial that originates from Africa and Asia. The cultivar ‘Ichiban’ has an upright, bushy habit and fuzzy medium-green leaves. In summer it puts forth star-shaped lavender flowers with protruding yellow anthers, which are followed by medium-sized, elongated and curved, purple-black fruits. These are ready to harvest in 50 to 60 days after planting strong seedlings, or 95 to 105 days after sowing seeds....

(Eggplant)

Eggplant is an easy, warm-season vegetable that’s well worth the effort. Though perennial in its native Africa and Asia, most gardeners grow it as an annual vegetable crop. A healthy, mature plant has large, fuzzy, green leaves and an upright, bushy habit. Fruits are generally ready to harvest in 90 to 120 days after sowing from seed, or only 50 to 70 days when planted outdoors from robust seedlings.

The felty green leaves of eggplant sometimes have a purplish hue and appear on bushy, upright...

(Eggplant, Heirloom Eggplant, Lao Green Stripe Heirloom Eggplant)

First grown and selected in the mountains of Laos, 'Lao Green Stripe' bears an abundant crop of ball-shaped fruits of green with a white netted pattern. Hints of purple may appear on the fruits as well. Also called 'Green Tiger', it produces multiple fruits ready for harvest 125 to 130 days after sowing seeds, or 90 days from robust transplants. Eggplants are usually harvested when small - no larger than 4 inches (10 centimeters) in diameter. They are delicately flavored and perfect for Southeast...

(Eggplant, Heirloom Eggplant, Lao Purple Stripe Heirloom Eggplant)

Colorful and tasty, 'Lao Purple Stripe' is a Hmong heirloom eggplant that yields ping pong ball sized fruits. Each eggplant is pale lavender to plum-purple striped with darker purple. The harvest season begins 125 to 130 days after sowing seeds, or 90 days from robust seedlings. Eggplants are usually harvested when small - about 2 inches (5 centimeters) in diameter. They are delicately flavored and perfect for Southeast Asian dishes, such as soups or curries.

Eggplant is an easy,...

(Eggplant, Italian Striped Eggplant, Listada de Gandia Eggplant)

This fantastic Spanish heirloom is one of the prettiest eggplants you can grow. It originates from the city of Gandia, just south of Valencia on the Mediterranean coast, and produces an abundant crop of large, oval fruits uniformly speckled and streaked with purple and white with mild, white flesh. Fruits are borne in profusion on compact but vigorous plants. The harvest season begins 125 days after sowing seeds, or 80 to 90 days from robust seedlings. Harvest fruits when perfectly colored, 8 inches...

(Eggplant, Little Prince Eggplant)

The quaint plants of 'Little Prince' mature to a compact size excellent for containers or small vegetable patches and provide lots of purple, egg-like fruits. The shiny fruits occur in loose clusters and have mild flesh and few seeds. Even the velvety green leaves take on an exceptionally ornamental look. The harvest season begins 110 days after sowing from seed, or 65 days after planting from robust transplants.

Eggplant is an easy, warm-season vegetable that’s well worth the effort. Though...

(Eggplant)

Eggplant is an easy, warm-season vegetable that’s well worth the effort. Though perennial in its native Africa and Asia, most gardeners grow it as an annual vegetable crop. A healthy, mature plant has large, fuzzy, green leaves and an upright, bushy habit. Fruits are generally ready to harvest in 90 to 120 days after sowing from seed, or only 50 to 70 days when planted outdoors from robust seedlings.

The felty green leaves of eggplant sometimes have a purplish hue and appear on bushy, upright...

(Eggplant, Orient Express Eggplant)

The fruitful eggplant 'Orient Express' is heat resistant and bears fruit earlier than most. The long, thin, purple-black fruits are elongated, curved and best harvested when 8 to 10 inches (20 to 25 centimeters) long. Fruits are generally ready to harvest in 58 days after planting seedlings, or 110 to 120 days after sowing seeds.

Eggplant is an easy, warm-season vegetable that’s well worth the effort. Though perennial in its native Africa and Asia, most gardeners grow it as an annual vegetable...