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  • From: "Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Trendy veggies for 2006
  • Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 17:21:35 -0400

From: "Bill Bradshaw" <billbradshaw AT direcway.com>
> On the subject of trendy vegetables, new for 2005 was Fairytales
eggplant.
> Anyone grow it? Were you able to sale it? We didn't grow any but a
farmer
> friend of mine did, it was very good and none bitter.
> Thinking about 2006 crop. Thanks Bill

I'm growing it, and it's a nice, productive plant. The eggplants are a
pretty shape (much prettier than Calliope, which I also grew). But they
don't sell here...this is a very 'backwards' area and miniature veggies
just don't sell. People want huge eggplants, baseball bat zucchinis, etc.
They think they are getting more for their money, I guess. I think
Fairytale could do well in a more 'gourmet' area.

I'm also growing Neon, which is a real eye-catcher! The color of mine
(growing in a greenhouse) is more amazing than any of the photos I've seen
of it...Neon is right! They are a larger plant, larger fruit and slower to
mature, and I haven't harvested any yet, so I can't comment on the taste
(next week they'll be ready).

Lynn Wigglesworth
Peasant Farmer
Tioga County, PA




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