New Variety Alert! Pea Eggplants originate in Central America, and have naturalized and become important in tropical Africa, and many other tropical parts of the globe. This variety, for example, comes from our friends at Adaptive Seeds who found it growing semi-wild in Noong Ta Klong, Thailand. Refugees from the Karen state of Myanmar in South Philadelphia (who spent time living in camps in Thailand) asked Truelove Seeds if we could find this variety for them, and we were glad to see that Adaptive Seeds has made this important taste of home available on this continent. Our seeds were grown by our Karen farmer friends at Novick Urban Farm in Philadelphia for their own community as well as for our catalog. They eat these small, round, and bitter eggplants when green and unripe in curries and sauces. This species is also known as Turkey Berry and is used in medicine. Photo by @novickurbanfarm Thanks again to @adaptive_seeds #peaeggplant #noongtaklongpea #solanumtorvum #turkeyberry #seedkeeping #seedsaving (at Novick Urban Farm) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7rIvYLAV_a/?igshid=17e2ycw83e0zt
