This delicious and versatile vegetable is very popular worldwide. Plants grow 2’–3′ (60–90 cm) tall, with 4 or more oval fruits. One of our garden’s best meat substitutes. Culture: Start indoors setting plants out in warm soil or sow outdoors in full sun after soil has warmed. Excellent plants for beds, intensive growing, and container growing. Harvest: Beginning 78 days from date of transplant, long harvest season. Suggestions: Excellent fried, in casseroles or combined with other vegetables, parmesan cheese. Nutrition: Fat, sodium and cholesterol free. Good source of vitamin B and A.