Unbeatable eggplant

Modern hybrids
Here are some more modern hybrids, which were developed after the initial breakthrough:

• ‘Bride'
  58 days, mauve-and-white-striped; long, cylindrical; 20 x 4 cm
  
• ‘Classy Chassis'
  68 days; deep purple; bell-shaped; 20 x 10 cm
• ‘Ghostbuster'
  80 days; pure white; cyl.; 15-20 cm x 7.5 cm
• ‘Green Giant Early'
  62 days; lime-hued; bell-shaped; 12-15 cm x 7.5 to 10 cm
• ‘Italian Pink Bicolor'
  75 days; mauve-white; bell-shaped; 20 x 12 cm
• ‘Lavender Touch'
  63 days; white with lavender flush; cyl.; 20 x 7.5 cm
• ‘Louisiana Long Green'
  65 days; lime green; long, cyl.; 23 x 5 cm
• ‘Millionaire'
  55 days; glossy black; long, cyl.; 25 cm long x 5 cm wide
• ‘Neon'
  65 days; fuchsia pink with bright green calyx; semi-cyl.; 20 x 7.5 cm
  
• ‘Night Shadow'
  75 days; jet-black; glossy, teardrop-shaped fruit; 20-25 cm x 10 cm
• ‘Orient Charm'
  65 days; fluorescent pink; long, cyl.; 20-25 cm x 5-7.5 cm
• ‘Rosita'
  68 days; rose pink; long, cyl.; 20 x 5 cm
• ‘Zebra'
  70 days; purple-and-white-striped; teardrop; 20 cm x 7.5-10 cm

Container cultivars
Eggplants are well suited to container growing. Dwarf plants with edible miniature fruit are charming on sunny patios and decks, or grown in a pot by the steps.

• ‘Calliope’ (64 days) is an oval-shaped, white-and-purple-streaked eggplant with a high 
yield of 7.5- to 10-centimetre-long fruit.
• Compact ‘Kermit’ (60 days) produces even smaller, round, five-centimetre fruit, with a white blossom end and deep green striped shoulders.
• ‘Baby Bell’ (also called ‘Bambino’) is 
a true miniature plant, 25 centimetres tall and ideal for 15-centimetre pots, and produces jet-black, five-centimetre, oval berries in 55 days.
• ‘Fairy Tale’ (49 days) is a beautiful All-America Selections 2005 winner, growing to 
45 centimetres tall with purple-and-white-striped, elongated, 10-centimetre fruit.