Comparison Between the Eggplant Cultivars Friendship 1 and Minqie 1

Friendship 1 was the cultivar with early maturity,resistance to disease and adverse,great branching ability,high and stable yield,good quality,compared with the major cultivar Minqie 1 in Fujian province.The fruit was stick and regular in shape,the peel was bright purplish red with lustre and thin.The flesh was fine with few seeds,the average yield was 45～52 t/hm2 and the highest yield reached 78 t/hm2,its yield increased by above 15% than that of the major cultivar.