Commercially introduced by us in the U.S.
Phonetically pronounced:
Topak Adana is a traditional eggplant variety of Adana, Turkey. Fruits have a beautiful bright purple color and usually weigh in 1-2 lbs range. For best flavor, pick them before they get too big. Plants are strong and have a large canopy.
Plants did very well in our field in Florida when we used to farm there as well as on our farm in Reedsville, WV.
Our current seed stock was grown by Daniel Conrad of Kentucky.
Packet has 20 seeds
These were not only delish grilled, but especially beautiful in the garden! Once they got going and had many fruits, they needed a stake to keep them upright.
The season in Michigan is just too short – I rarely get eggplant. Same with this.
They were great in 2021. In 2022 they did not germinate. I used those small Jiffy pellets. All the other seeds germinated with the same growing conditions. For some reason these did not.