This is the classic Italian aubergine typically used in the Emilia Romagna northern region of Italy, where it is used to make the famous Parmigiana dish a recipe using tomatoes and parmesan cheese.

This aubergine is a mid-early variety and very productive. It produces long, dark and slightly curved aubergine fruit with very few seeds inside.

Aubergines can be grown outside in a sunny warm, sheltered spot but they are most productive inside a greenhouse or even a conservatory where there will be an earlier and more productive harvest.

All growing instructions for Franchi seeds are on the back of the pack. Just follow the blue dot symbols.