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The traditional rich purple color of eggplant is gradually losing its leading position, giving way to light purple, white and even striped varieties. Such a change today surprises no one. Gardeners are constantly in search of a productive and most original variety, which breeders skillfully use when breeding new vegetable crops. Especially for big lovers of the exotic, the Striped Flight eggplant was created.
Description
The eggplant variety “Striped flight” is classified as mid-season. The fruit ripening period from the appearance of the first shoots is 110-115 days. The bush of the plant is quite large and sprawling, reaches a height of 60-70 cm.
Fruits of a cylindrical form have original coloring. A ripe vegetable along the entire length is covered with small multi-colored stripes of pink and rich lilac. The length of the eggplant is 15-17 cm, and the weight varies from 200 to 250 grams.
The flesh is tender, white, without a characteristic bitter taste.
In cooking, the variety has a wide range of applications: it is used for freezing, drying, frying, preparing preparations for the winter, in particular, caviar.
Advantages
Eggplant “Striped flight” has a number of advantages that allow it to stand out from the crowd. The main positive characteristics include:
- the original color of the fruit;
- excellent taste qualities;
- high resistance to high temperatures and pest attack;
- unpretentiousness of cultivation and stable fruiting;
- versatility in culinary applications.
If you want to freshen up your garden and give it a touch of originality, growing Striped Flight is just what you need. Vegetable, of course, will be the brightest accent in your garden.