Ok I will bite. My trial variety this year is Night Shadow, a large market type similar to Black beauty but much more productive.
I am continuing with Black Shine, an Asian type with superb flavor and excellent early production. Tends to peter out relatively early. a little quicker than Orient Express and better flavor.
Also continuing with Fond May, a long Chinese variety similar to Ping Tung Long, but more uniform and productive. A hard flesh variety that holds for weeks with out shriveling.
Last year my test variety was Black Knight, performed well
Over the years I have grown Black Beauty, Green Goddess, Baluroi, Casper, Classic, Cloud Nine, Edna, Epic, Itchiban, Long Ship, Money Maker #2, Nubia, Orient Express, Slim Jim, Twilight, Vittoria. They are in the database.
Only real disapointments were Slim Jim. (just too small for my uses) and Long Ship (Just too skinny, 12 inch long eggplant with a 1 inch diameter just does not do it for me.)
