Comments on: Great Eggplant Varieties

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 14:20:11 +0000

Hi Aj, sorry you had to deal with that problem. I guess mix-ups do happen but I have never had an issue with any seeds that I have purchased from Baker Creek and think that they do a very good job with their seeds. It was probably an isolated incident, and I know it doesn’t make up for the time and effort spent on growing bad seed but I would take them up on their offer for a replacement.

By: AJ

AJ — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:07:20 +0000

Would stay away from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds – lovely catalog, but the seed for one of the peppers and one of the pumpkins I received had been crossed with something else and did not grow true to form – when they asked me if I wanted a replacement pack all I could think was – right, spend a whole season to find out the seed is bad again.

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:02:57 +0000

Wow, I’m beginning to get a complex with all the fact checking around here lately!

I did a quick little google and here is what I came up with… looks like most of the seed catalogs list Listada de Gandia as an Italian variety… but the first source identified it as an “Heirloom from France about 1850″ and then went on to describe it as an “egg-shaped Italian beauty.” My Spanish is pretty rusty but maybe it’s an Italian variety with a French origin and a Spanish name, go figure. All I know for sure is that it is a beautiful looking eggplant and I like to grow it!

By: Chops

Chops — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:58:21 +0000

I grow the Listada de Gandia, this website claims it’s an Italian variety, I was under the impression that it was a Spanish variety. Gandia is a city on the eastern coast of Spain, on the Med. Sea. Also, “listada” means “striped” in Spanish. Not trying to sound snobish, just saying.

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:20:04 +0000

Judy I am not familiar with the Pala or Edirne eggplant varieties but I would try Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds or the Seed Savers Exchange Organization as a potential source.

By: Judy Matzen

Judy Matzen — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:03:07 +0000

I would like to know where to buy Pala Eggplant and Edirne Purple Striped Eggplant seeds. Thank you for your help,
Judy Matzen, Woodstock, IL

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India Says No Thanks to Monsanto and Bt Brinjal » Veggie Gardening Tips — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:49:25 +0000

[...] fear is that the GM plant varieties will cross pollinate and contaminate the traditional and heirloom varieties of eggplants that are under [...]

By: chaaaaar

chaaaaar — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:45:27 +0000

i love eggplant because it is the great alternative