Of these, fried eggplants and cabbage boiled with corn-beef on the American system of boiling, that is to say, cooking, I abominate the most.
"The Book of Khalid"
Ameen Rihani
It is therefore advised that tomato growers should always practice a rotation of crops, whether any disease has appeared or not, and that in case bacterial wilt develops they should not plant that land in tomatoes, potatoes, or eggplants for three or four years.
"Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato"
William Warner Tracy
eggplants are choice morsels for the potato- beetle, and they must be watched vigilantly if we would save them.
"The Home Acre"
E. P. Roe