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Ischia, June 2019
Ischia, June 2019
Forio, Ischia, Napoli.
Baia di Sorgeto - Forio, Ischia, Napoli.
Punta Chiarito - Forio, Ischia, Napoli.
In other purple and culturally important news:
After two years getting to know this beauty, she too is now available in our seed catalog and part of our Italian Collection, some of which are also in this slide show and tagged here.
Ischia Eggplant
Ischia Eggplant is a long, dark purple heirloom eggplant from the volcanic island of Ischia, which you can see across the bay from Naples, Italy. Abundantly growing on 4’ tall bushy plants with elephant-like leaves, these are superb fruits that are great for eggplant parmesan.
This variety was shared with us by an Italian man named Vinny of Norwalk, Connecticut who got them from a friend whose parents still live in Ischia. He loves this variety and says he’s “never seen eggplants like this.” He was inspired to share the seeds with us in order to show us “that it pays to love your grandmother.” Vinny had read our descriptions of other southern Italian varieties from our Italian Collection in which our cofounder Owen Taylor lovingly described his great grandmother who was from south of Naples. Thank you Vinny!
#seedkeeping #ischiaeggplant #ischia #italiancollection #italianseeds
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