They were known best for both producing Norman Greenbaum; and the their own hit "The Eggplant that Ate Chicago", which reached No.
The selection offered includes an unusually large variety of eggplants, peppers, squashes, edible vines and leafy vegetables.
Nightshade vegetables, including tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, eggplant; also spinach, beets and avocados are not recommended or used sparingly in macrobiotic cooking, as they are considered extremely yin.
Bacterial wilts of tomato, pepper, eggplant and Irish potato caused by Ralstonia solanacearum were among the first diseases that Erwin Frink Smith proved to be caused by a bacterial pathogen.