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Fairy Tale
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Fairy Tale is a mini hybrid eggplant with lavender-and-white striped finger fruits meant to be cooked whole or halved—tender, sweet, nearly seedless at market size, and fast-cooking for weeknight pans. Plants are compact enough for containers. The novelty size drives retail multi-packs more than bulk commodity. Sauté whole with stems on as a garnish-vegetable, or roast trays of halves. Minimal bitterness. Do not let fruits oversize on the plant or quality drops toward ordinary seedy miniature.
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Fairy Tale hybrid mini eggplant was introduced for specialty and garden markets.
All-America type recognition boosted Fairy Tale garden plantings.
Grocery multi-packs of mini striped eggplants featured Fairy Tale-class fruit.
Container gardeners kept Fairy Tale popular for patio eggplant.