This eggplant is shaped like a black egg. Black Egg produces very tender fruit on vigorous 3′ plants. Sets fruit early even in cool weather and is best picked early. Fits in the palm of your hand. This modest fruit size helps it mature earlier than almost any other eggplant. 60–70 days. 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. Harvesting: Beginning 70 days from date of transplant, long harvest season. Nutrition: Fat, sodium and cholesterol free. Good source of vitamin A and B.