Applegreen is an eggplant breed for northern climates by Professor Meader of New Hampshire and released in 1964
I tried to save seeds from eggplant a few years ago. I even made a succesfull test of germination same autumn. But in spring there were no more germination. Oh-oh-oh – what an embarrasment, I had been sharing my seeds, and emails started to come in. All polite emails, but I myself was very disappointed and angry with myself. Now I find it more easy to forgive others who had accidents with the seeds they send me.
To do it better this time, I reserved the very first fruit for seeds, even wrote on it, to avoid any mistake at suppertime. Now I have been waiting for this fruit since mid july. Today I decided to cut it open, since it has been all yellow for very long time, and stopped shining for some time.
Scooping out the pulp and seeds into a bowl
Seperating eggplant seeds from pulp in water. Seeds sinks to the bottom whereas pulp float – a nice piece of low technology.
Washing eggplant seeds thoroughly prevents seedborne diseases.
Drying eggplant seeds on a plate. Now I just have to be patient and wait until they are completely dry before storing in an envelope.
In the toad's garden 