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A native of the southern parts of the Eurasian continent, eggplant today deservedly takes its place in the culinary world. This is one of the few products recommended by doctors as a mandatory component of the diet for diabetes.
The main problem with all nightshades is a disease known as cucumber mosaic virus. For many years, breeders have been trying to develop varieties resistant to this disease. Their efforts usually pay off.
Large-fruited eggplants are becoming increasingly popular in private gardens. Often these eggplants have a round shape. Large round eggplants especially good for stuffing. The convenience of this form for preservation or stewing depends on the personal tastes of the gardener. However, eggplants of these shapes and sizes are becoming increasingly popular.
Varieties with round fruits
Black Moon
A mid-early variety, the harvest from which is obtained after four months. Grow in open ground and under film. The growth of the bush is average.
The shape of the fruit resembles a shortened pear. The flesh is greenish, tender, and not bitter. The color is dark purple. The skin is glossy. The weight of eggplants reaches three hundred and fifty grams. Productivity per square meter is up to five kilograms.
The vegetable requires a lot of water and light, but it tolerates temperature fluctuations calmly.
Advantages of the variety: long fruiting, good fruit set at low temperatures. Perfect for canning and cooking.
Bourgeois F1
Large-fruited hybrid. High-yielding. Eggplants ripen by the end of the fourth month. Designed for growing in open beds. The bush is powerful. At the end of March, the seeds are sown for seedlings. After warm weather sets in, at the age of two months, the seedlings are planted in the ground. Harvesting takes place from July to September.
The average fruit weight is four hundred to five hundred grams. Can reach one kilogram. One such eggplant will be enough for the whole family. When fully ripe, eggplants are black and purple in color. The pulp is white, tender. No bitterness.
Bard F1
Mid-early hybrid. The bush is powerful, dense, up to three meters high. Fruits in the fifth month after sowing.
The weight of the fruits of this variety reaches nine hundred grams, and the diameter is fifteen centimeters. Ripe vegetables have a dense consistency, greenish, slightly bitter pulp. The vegetable is used in cooking.
Bull heart F1
Resistant to diseases. It tolerates both hot and cold climates, which makes it suitable for growing in cold regions of Russia.
Mid-season hybrid. Designed for greenhouses and open beds. The plant is strong and tall.Eggplants ripen by the end of the fourth month. The fruits really resemble a heart, slightly oblong. The color of ripe fruits is purple. These are the largest eggplants presented on this page. The weight of the fetus sometimes reaches a kilogram, on average from three hundred to five hundred grams.
The pulp is white, dense. There is no bitterness. This variety is well suited for any processing. It is distinguished by the keeping quality of its fruits.
Sancho Panza
Medium early variety, high yield. Main purpose: growing in spring greenhouses. Growing in open beds and in winter greenhouses is quite acceptable. Medium height bush. Up to 150 centimeters in height. Planting density of this variety: three to five bushes per square meter.
It bears fruit one hundred and twenty days after sowing the seeds. Eggplants are spherical, the skin is black and purple. Weight 600-700 grams. The pulp is dense, with good taste. The variety is universal.
Resistant to spider mites.
Large-fruited, spherical eggplants are still relatively poorly represented on the market, but given the growing demand, this situation is unlikely to last long. Soon, breeders will delight with new varieties of round eggplants, which are so convenient to stuff.
Those who don’t like new products can grow large, classic-shaped eggplant fruits.
Varieties of classical form
Airship
In this case, the form lives up to the name. The size and shape of the variety really resembles an airship. Mid-season variety, bearing fruit in the fourth month from the moment of germination.
Designed for greenhouse cultivation in extended rotation. The bush is very tall, reaching four meters in height. Semi-spreading, with dense foliage.
The planting density is 2.8 per square meter. High-yielding.Gives up to ten kilograms per square meter of greenhouse area. The fruits are very large, purple in color, the weight of one fruit ranges from seven hundred to one thousand two hundred grams.
Marzipan F1
The fruits are very large, with fleshy pulp. The weight of the fruit can reach more than a kilogram with a length of fifteen centimeters and a width of eight. Even the last ones grow to a weight of three hundred to four hundred grams.
Mid-season eggplant variety, ripening four months after sowing the seeds. More suitable for southern regions. He even likes dry hot weather. Growing in the northern regions is possible only in greenhouses.
The height of the bush is about a meter. Due to the large weight of the fruit, the bush needs staking. The creamy, juicy pulp of the fruit has a sweetish taste with no bitterness at all. The seeds are small, there are few of them in the pulp and they are soft.
Eggplant is planted in the ground as seedlings. To germinate seeds for seedlings, prepare soil consisting of a mixture of peat and turf soil. It's a good idea to add a little humus. When growing seedlings, eggplants are fed twice with mineral fertilizers. Seedlings are planted in greenhouses in mid-May and in open ground in June.
This variety of eggplant is great for stuffing and grilling.
Black Beauty
Eggplant, which enjoys well-deserved popularity among Russian gardeners. In different sources you may find the name of the variety translated as “Black Beauty” or “Black Beauty”. It should be borne in mind that this is not different varieties of eggplant, but the same one.
Mid-season variety, bears fruit in the third month after the sprouts appear.Included in the Russian state register as recommended for cultivation in temperate climates. In the northern regions it is grown in greenhouses. Resistant to stolbur.
It is not suitable for industrial production, since despite all its advantages it often produces unattractively shaped fruits. Recommended for private households.
The bushes are medium-sized, with short internodes, semi-spreading. The variety can be classified as large-fruited, but this gradation is arbitrary, the fruits Black Beauty are at an intermediate level. The minimum weight of a vegetable can be 110 grams, which cannot be classified as large. The maximum reaches three hundred grams and is definitely large. The average weight of eggplants of this variety is two hundred to two hundred and fifty grams.
The fruits are dark purple, and when fully ripe they are black-violet. The pulp has a yellow tint, without bitterness, tender, juicy. There are few seeds. The skin of the eggplant is thin and there are a small number of spines on the cup. Sometimes the fruits can be elongated. The yield per square meter is from three to six and a half kilograms.
The variety is excellent for making caviar and other preserves.
Sophia
Eggplants are the most beloved by gardeners. They love the variety because it grows equally well in greenhouses, in open ground and under film. Ideal for owners of small garden plots.
The bushes are low. They adapt well to adverse weather conditions. The harvest ripens by the middle of the fifth month of the growing season and can range from a square meter to eight kilograms.
Eggplants are large, thick, and grow up to nine hundred grams. Color black-violet. Dense white pulp, no bitterness.
Unfortunately, it has poor resistance to diseases, so appropriate care and preventive spraying are required.
Solara F1
An early ripening hybrid with high yield. It bears fruit already on the fifty-fifth day. Popular with gardeners.
The fruits can grow up to thirty centimeters in length and reach a weight of one kilogram or more. The skin of eggplants is black. The pulp is white, medium density, no bitterness.
Can be planted in greenhouses and open ground. Plant density: 5 per 1 sq. m. Unpretentious.
Policeman F1
Late ripening variety. Tall, spreading bush. It reaches a height of three meters. It is preferable to grow in a greenhouse.
The color of the fruit is dark purple. The shape is cylindrical. Weight up to five hundred grams. They ripen in the fifth month. The greenish flesh does not soften during stewing and frying. The harvest can be stored for a long time without losing its presentation. Suitable for cooking and preservation.
Up to eight kilograms of eggplant of this variety are harvested per square meter. The density of planted plants is 2.8 per square meter.
Colored
The common name for eggplants in the Russian-speaking space – “little blue” – seems to be becoming a thing of the past. Today varieties of all colors of the rainbow have been bred. Only red is missing so far. But there is pink.
The largest-fruited colored varieties
Pink flamingo
Medium early variety. Designed for all types of greenhouses and open ground. The bushes are tall. In open ground up to twenty meters high, in greenhouses over one hundred and eighty centimeters.
The ovaries are bunched, two to six fruits per bunch.The skin of eggplants after ripening is purple in color. The white flesh is not bitter. The length of the fruit reaches forty centimeters with a diameter of five centimeters in cross section. Weight 250-450 grams. There are few seeds, concentrated in the upper part of the vegetable. There are no spines on the calyx.
Bumbo
A mid-early variety that bears fruit one hundred and thirty days after sowing. They are grown in all types of greenhouses and in the open air. The bush is tall, 130 cm tall. Density of three to five plants per square meter.
Eggplants are spherical, bicolor, weighing up to seven hundred grams, with a diameter of up to fourteen centimeters. The color of the fruit alternates between white and purple. This variety produces especially good yields in greenhouses, where the plant has the opportunity to form powerful bushes.
The pulp is dense, white, no bitterness. Eggplants are versatile in use. The spines on the calyx are rare.
Emerald F1
Early ripening. Bred for cultivation in film shelter and open ground. Medium height. Height sixty to seventy centimeters. It bears fruit starting from the one hundred and tenth day after sowing.
Eggplants are green. Fruit weight is up to four hundred grams. The pulp is creamy, loose, without bitterness, with a mushroom taste and smell. The variety is universal.
Resistant to stress and disease. Cold-resistant. It is distinguished by long-term abundant fruiting and high productivity.
Conclusion
When growing eggplants, you need to remember some points:
- It is necessary to remove excess leaves, since eggplant fruits set only when the flowers are exposed to direct sunlight;
- Eggplants need to be watered twice a week. They do not like the soil to dry out.
If you follow the rules of agricultural technology in relation to eggplants, these plants will delight you with an abundant harvest of vegetables for your table and winter preparations.
