[nctomatoman]

Eggplants are now coming in like crazy (so are peppers....tomatoes? not very many, definite impact of the heat on fruit set).

Below are (left to right)

Apple Green cross, Batu close up, Batu, Casper cross (purplish stem seen after germination), Casper, Neon, NY Improved cross (purplish stem seen after germination - note purplish calyx, fruit very similar, a bit more pale in color) - two pictures; New York Improved, Orient Express F2 (with a very purple stem), and Rosita - along with all of the ones picked today in a basket.

Interesting to note days to maturity from transplant into the pot - four of them in 43 days, one at 50 days, two at 52 days, and two at 54 days.

Remaining to harvest - Ripples (nearly there, fruit on the plant), Orient Express F2 with a less purple stem (fruit set), Neon F2 with a green stem, Neon F2 with a purplish stem, and Rosa Bianca (way behind the others, poor/late germination, slow grower early on).