EGG PLANT
VEGETABLE SEEDS(Solanum melongena). Requires similar conditions to tomatoes. Do not plant out until soil has warmed up. Sow September & October (cold): August to December (temp): and August to March (trop). Plant 75 cm. apart with 90 cm between rows. Pick fruit when small to avoid hard seeds and bitter fruit. 225 s/g
Tasmanian customers: Seed is treated to comply with Tasmanian Quarantine Regulations.
1504: Bonica Hybrid
Vigorous and heavy cropping cultivar. It matures well in cool climates where others fail. Packets only.
1505: Casper
Reliable white eggplant with fruit best harvested when 15cm long and 5cm across. Packets only.
1502: Fairy Tales
Lovely long lavender fruit with white stripes in clusters of 3 to 5 fruit. Early maturing, it is ideal as a container plant.
1503: Lebanese Bunching (Asian type)
The slim, deep purple fruits are best picked at 15cm. Favoured in the Middle East and Asia. Fruit in cluster of 4 to 6 fruit.
1506: Ping Tung Long (new!)
Purple fruit to a massive 30 to 45cm long and 3 cm wide. Heavy yields of sweet and tender fruit.
1501: Supreme
Large egg-shaped fruit in good numbers. Very dark purple, very high quality.
