{"id":4572,"date":"2018-01-04T16:42:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T00:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=4572"},"modified":"2026-03-09T17:56:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T00:56:44","slug":"kamo","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/product\/kamo\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamo"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Grown, sold, and described by <a href=\"http:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/?p=38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Bunny Hop Seeds<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Time to maturity: midseason<\/li>\n<li>Shape: medium to large round<\/li>\n<li> Color: deep purple, often matte<\/li>\n<li>Approx. number of seeds per pack: 20<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cKamo\u201d is my favorite of all eggplants, even more so than Pingtung Long. It is a beautiful and delicious eggplant heirloom from Kyoto, Japan. The flesh is creamy and tender, while the skin is deep, matte purple, like satin.<br \/>\nMy first introduction to this variety was in the 1990\u2019s, when I used to watch the TV show \u201cIron Chef\u201d (Japan). One episode featured eggplants as the main ingredient\u2026and not just any eggplant, but the Kamo eggplant. It was described as the best gourmet eggplant in Japan as well as the most expensive. Thin slices of the raw vegetable were given to the judges during the cooking battle. How I wished at that time to try this eggplant myself! And after many years, I received seeds and found that the claim to fame for this vegetable was true.<br \/>\nIt is not likely that you will find these in the grocery stores, or probably even in the Farmers\u2019 Markets (unless perhaps they feature many Japanese vegetables). If you like eggplants at all, I encourage you to give Kamo a try. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4573,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[73,107,12],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-4572","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-eggplant","product_cat-ellies-wow-varieties","product_cat-bunny-hop-seeds","first","outofstock","sale","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/4572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=4572"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=4572"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=4572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}