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Eggplant
Harvest when fruits are large and shiny. Harvest when reach a uniformly deep purple color and are properly sized for the variety »(4-6” long). Keep mature fruits picked off and plants will produce over a long period of time. Fruit in which the seeds have turned brown are of poor quality and past the edible stage. Heavy bearing taxes small plants, so remove all but 3 or 4 fruits from each plant. Pick long slender Japanese eggplant when finger size to hot dog size; one plant will bear dozens if you keep them picked. Press side of fruit slightly, indentation remains—fruit mature. Harvest before flesh becomes tough and seeds begin to brown.
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