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Eggplant: Quality Indices



The diversity of eggplant types being marketed has increased greatly in recent years. Standard (American) eggplant quality is primarily based on uniform egg to globular shape, firmness and a dark purple skin color. Additional quality indices are size, freedom from growth or handling defects, freedom from decay, and a fresh green calyx. Other eggplant types include:
Japanese - elongated, slender, light to dark purple, very perishable
White - small egg shaped to globular, thin skinned
Mini-Japanese - small elongate, striated purple and violet
Chinese - elongated, slender, light purple