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Friends,

Thanks all for the very helpful input. Willhite seeds has a number of interesting hybrids from India at fair prices that may be worth a look, especially for our mad Aussie friends [mad for eggplants, that is]!

I have a list [to post later] from the Asian Veg. Research and Dev. Ctr., Taiwan, the germplasm center for Asian and African eggplants, that lists dry matter and sugar contents. Some of the Indian cultivars rate the highest, although the status of the hybrids is unknown; with higher yields coming more punky ground tissue rather than a proportionately large increase in photosynthetic rate, which is more difficult to achieve.

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