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A native of the southern parts of the Eurasian continent, eggplant today deserves its place in the culinary arts of the whole world. This is one of the few foods recommended by doctors as an essential component of the diet for diabetes.
The main problem of all nightshades is a disease known as the cucumber mosaic virus. For many years, breeders have been trying to develop varieties that are resistant to this disease. Their efforts usually pay off.
Large-fruited eggplants are becoming more and more popular in private gardens. Often these eggplants are round in shape. Large round eggplant especially good for stuffing. The convenience of this form for preserving or stewing depends on the personal tastes of the gardener. However, eggplants of these shapes and sizes are becoming more and more popular.
Round fruit varieties
Black Moon
A mid-early variety that is harvested after four months. Grown in the open field and under a film. The growth of the bush is average.
The shape of the fruit resembles a shortened pear. The pulp is greenish, tender, not bitter. The color is dark purple. The skin is glossy. The mass of eggplants reaches three hundred and fifty grams. Productivity per square meter up to five kilograms.
A vegetable requires a lot of water and light, but it is calm about temperature fluctuations.
Pros of the variety: long-term 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 the establishment of warm weather, at the age of two months, the seedlings are planted in the ground. Harvesting takes place from July to September.
The average weight of the fruit is four hundred to five hundred grams. It can reach one kilogram. One such eggplant will be enough for the whole family. In the phase of full ripeness, the 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. Fruiting 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 texture, greenish, slightly bitter flesh. The vegetable is used in cooking.
Bull heart F1
Resistant to disease. It tolerates both hot and cold climates, which makes it suitable for growing in cold regions of Russia.
The hybrid is mid-season. Designed for greenhouses and open beds. The plant is strong, tall. Eggplant ripens 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 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. Differs in keeping quality of 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. A bush of medium height. Up to 150 centimeters in height. Planting density of this variety: three to five bushes per square meter.
Fruiting in one hundred and twenty days after sowing the seeds. The eggplants are spherical, the skin is black and purple. Weight 600-700 grams. The pulp is firm, with a good taste. The variety is versatile.
Resistant to spider mites.
Large-fruited spherical eggplants on the market are still relatively scarce, 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.
Who does not like the novelties can grow large fruits of classic-shaped eggplants.
Classical varieties
Airship
In this case, the form justifies the name. The size and shape of the variety truly resembles an airship. Mid-season variety, bearing fruit in the fourth month from the moment of germination.
Designed for greenhouse cultivation in extended circulation. The bush is very tall, reaching four meters in height. Semi-spreading, with dense foliage.
The planting density of plants is 2.8 per square meter. High-yielding. Provides 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 fetus 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 to four hundred grams.
Mid-season eggplant varietyripening 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 to be tied up. 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 with seedlings. For germination of seeds for seedlings, a soil is prepared, consisting of a mixture of peat and sod land. It's a good idea to add some humus. During the cultivation of seedlings, eggplants are fed twice with mineral fertilizers. Seedlings are planted in greenhouses in mid-May, in June in open ground.
This type of eggplant is great for stuffing and grilling.
Black Beauty
Eggplant, which is well-deservedly popular with Russian gardeners. In different sources, the name of the variety may be found, translated as "Black Beauty" or "Black Beauty". It should be borne in mind that in front of you are not different varieties of eggplant, but the same one.
Mid-season variety, bears fruit in the third month after sprouting. It is included in the state register of Russia as recommended for growing in temperate climates. In the northern regions, they are grown in greenhouses. Resistant to post.
It is not suitable for industrial production, since, with all the advantages, it often gives fruits of an ugly shape. Recommended for private households.
Bushes are medium-sized, with short internodes, semi-spreading. The variety can be classified as large-fruited, but this gradation is conditional, the fruits Black Beauty are at an intermediate level. The minimum weight of a vegetable can be 110 grams, which cannot be attributed to large ones. The maximum reaches three hundred grams and is definitely large. The average weight of eggplants of this variety is two hundred - two hundred and fifty grams.
Fruits are dark purple, after full ripening they are black-purple. The pulp with a yellow tint, without bitterness, tender, juicy. There are few seeds. The eggplant peel is thin, with a small number of thorns on the calyx. Sometimes the fruit can be elongated.The yield per square meter is from three to six and a half kilograms.
The variety is excellent for preparing caviar and other preservation.
Sophia
The most favorite eggplant gardeners. They love the variety because it grows equally well in greenhouses, in open ground and under a 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 be from a square meter to eight kilograms.
Eggplants are large, thick, grow up to nine hundred grams. The color is black and purple. Dense white flesh, no bitterness.
Unfortunately, it has poor disease resistance, so proper care and preventive spraying are required.
Solara F1
An early ripe hybrid with a high yield. Fruiting already on the fifty-fifth day. Popular with gardeners.
Fruits can grow up to thirty centimeters in length and weigh one kilogram or more. The eggplant skin is black. The pulp is white, the density is medium, there is no bitterness.
It can be planted in greenhouses and open ground. Plant density: 5 per 1 sq. m. Unpretentious.
City F1
The variety is late ripening. 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. Ripen in the fifth month. The greenish pulp is not boiled soft when stewing and frying. The crop can be stored for a long time without losing its presentation. Suitable for cooking and preservation.
Eggplants of this variety are harvested up to eight kilograms per square meter. The density of the planted plants is 2.8 per square meter.
Colored
The name "blue", widespread in the Russian-speaking space, seems to be receding into the past. Today varieties of all colors of the rainbow have been bred. So far, only red is missing. But there is pink.
The largest of the colored varieties
Pink flamingo
Medium early variety. Designed for all types of greenhouses and open ground. Bushes are tall. In open ground up to twenty meters high, in greenhouses over one hundred and eighty centimeters.
Bunch ovaries, two to six fruits per bunch. The skin of the eggplant after ripening is lilac. The white pulp 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 thorns on the calyx.
Boombo
Mid-early variety, bearing fruit one hundred and thirty days after sowing. 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, two-colored, weighing up to seven hundred grams, up to fourteen centimeters in diameter. The color of the fruit alternates between white and lilac. This variety gives especially good yields in greenhouses, where the plant has the ability to form powerful bushes.
The pulp is dense, white, there is no bitterness. Eggplants are versatile in use. Thorns on the calyx are rare.
Emerald F1
Early ripe. Bred for growing in a film shelter and open field. Medium-sized. Height sixty - seventy centimeters. Fruiting from the one hundred and tenth day after sowing.
The eggplants are green. Fruit weight up to four hundred grams. The pulp is creamy, loose, without bitterness, with a mushroom taste and smell. The variety is versatile.
Resistant to stress and disease. Cold resistant. Differs in long-term abundant fruiting and high productivity.
Conclusion
When growing eggplants, there are a few things to keep in mind:
- It is necessary to remove excess leaves, since the fruits of eggplants are tied only when the flowers are in direct sunlight;
- Eggplant should be watered twice a week.They do not like drying out of the soil.
Subject to the rules of agricultural technology in relation to eggplants, these plants will delight you with a bountiful harvest of vegetables for your table and winter preparations.
