*3.2. Variability in Growth and Foliage*

All the traits studied related to plant growth habits and foliage exhibited noticeable variation among the germplasm except leaf hairs and corolla Color (Table 2). Plant growth habit was observed in upright (17.69%), intermediate (49.23%) and prostrate (33.08%). Leaf-blade lobing were exhibited four categories as Weak (45.38%), Intermediate (33.08%), Strong (17.69%), and very strong (3.85%). The leaf blade tip angles were also exhibited as four categories such as very acute (4.62%), Acute (21.54%), Intermediate (49.23%) and Obtuse (24.62%). Leaf prickles were found in maximum variation such as very few (10.0%), few (29.23%), intermediate (55.38%), many (3.58%) and very many (1.54%) in the studied germplasm. Leaf hairs and showed minimum variation. Corolla Colors were found light violet (31.54%), pale violet (64.62%) and white (3.85%). All the fruits traits displayed

distinctive variation among the genotypes except fruit cross-section and fruit position (Table 3). The maximum variation was identified in overall leaf prickles, fruit calyx prickles, fruit color at ripening and fruit flesh density.
