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  • From: Carla Maness <manessfarm AT gmail.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Eggplant varieties
  • Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:18:50 -0600

Pam,
If you like the Italian type eggplant, you might want to give 'Nubia' from Johnny's a try. It was new to us this season, so we only grew about 18 plants or so, to see how it would do. It kept producing during the worst of our heat and drought, and customers loved it. We will def grow more of it next year. 
My only complaint would be that during our extreme heat, temps of 115+ the color faded. I had to pick them small, baseball size or slightly smaller to get that gorgeous purple/white striping. Even then, customers commented on the delicious flavor and smooth, creamy texture. 

Carla
Perkins, OK  77 degrees  for a high today 


On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Pam Twin Oaks <pam AT twinoaks.org> wrote:
Thank you Carla and Ben for your suggestions on heat-tolerant eggplant varieties a while back. I can see the sense of planting several varieties, including a fast-maturing one, followed by more heat-tolerant (but slower) ones. I've been researching the ones you each suggested and some others. I'm looking at trying some combination of my previous favorite Nadia (67d, good set in cool conditions) with some of

Epic 61-64d (early and huge!), from Osborne, Stokes. Recommended in Florida and Texas.
Night Shadow 68d, (size claims vary from "similar to Epic" to "smaller"), Osborne, Stokes, Siegers.
Traviata (variously recorded as 55-60d, 70d and 80d), small but good flavor. Osborne, Johnnys, High Mowing. Recommended in Florida.
Classic 76d, heavy yields, high quality, does not perform well in cool conditions. Harris. Recommended in Florida and Texas.
Santana 80d, large, continuous setting. Siegers. Recommended in Florida.

These are all hybrids, but I also found a couple of promising -sounding OPs:

Florida High Bush 76-85d, reliable, large fruit, drought and disease resistant. Seed Savers Exchange, Cherrygal/Sustainable Seed Co.  Recommended in Florida and Texas.
Florida Market 80-85d, large, excellent for the South, not for the Northeast. Baker Creek. Recommended in Florida and Texas.

If anyone has any comparisons of two or more of these, I'd love to hear more. I only really want to try 3 or 4, not all of them in one year.

Pam, Twin Oaks, Virginia, zone 7a
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Pam Dawling
 
Author of Sustainable Market Farming, Intensive Vegetable Production on a Few Acres
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