Abstract：‘Jinong No.3’is a new medium-late maturity eggplant F1 hybrid developed by crossing inbred
line‘96-243’as female parent and inbred line‘96-163’as male parent．It is of compact plant type and has
strong growth vigor．Its first flower node sets on the 10-11th node．The fruit is of long stick shape with shining
dark purple peel and light green pulp．The fruit is about 30 cm in length and about 8 cm in width．The single
fruit weight is about 500 g．The contents of VC is 88.0 mg · kg-1 and total soluble sugar is 2.67%．Its resistance
to Verticillium wilt and blight plague in fields is stronger than that of the contrast‘Guozhuangchangqie-2’．Its
yield in early stage is about 60 t · hm-2，and the total yield is about 165 t · hm-2．It is suitable for cultivation in
open fields over summer in northern China．
