I'm thinking of growing some of those round green Thai eggplants this
year, and I'm hunting out some small red ones that looked like plum
tomatoes that I had once. Anyone got any other
"grow-them-yourself-becasue-they're-hard-to-find-in-stores" eggplant
suggestions?

"Pete from Boston" wrote:

I'm thinking of growing some of those round green Thai eggplants this
year, and I'm hunting out some small red ones that looked like plum
tomatoes that I had once. Anyone got any other
"grow-them-yourself-becasue-they're-hard-to-find-in-stores" eggplant
suggestions?

Check out one called Fairy Tale. Very compact plant, fruit is lavender
with white stripes and is non-bitter with few seeds. We use them for
grilling and in stir-frys.
We got our seed from a local seed house but, I'm sure they'll be
available many places. They were an AAS winner last year, not often
that happens to an eggplant.

Ross
Southern Ontario, Canada.
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80º13'28.55" West
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Pete from Boston said:

I'm thinking of growing some of those round green Thai eggplants this
year, and I'm hunting out some small red ones that looked like plum
tomatoes that I had once. Anyone got any other
"grow-them-yourself-becasue-they're-hard-to-find-in-stores" eggplant
suggestions?


Ross beat me to it! I also recommend 'Fairy Tale.' Excellent little
eggplant. It is, hands down,the best tasting and most productive of
the small eggplants I've tried.

Another eggplant variety I like is 'Neon' which seems to have suffered
from a seed crop failure this year. This is a white-fleshed (firm-textured)
type of eggplant. The fruit color is a bright pink/violet -- very eyecatching.

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