Corn & Cucurbitaceae

Alberello di Sarzana Zucchini, "The Little Tree From Sarzana", produces elongated, dark-green fruits, around 15-20cm long. Creme-white, creamy flesh. Bush-variety, around 60cm high and 90cm wide. Cucurbita pepo. 6seeds/pack

Armenian Cucumber is not really a cucumber, but a melon. Produces cucumber-looking, elongated fruits, between 20-50cm long. The melons are slightly ribbed and pale green. Crispy, sweet flesh with a hint of melon. The more ripe the fruits are the more taste of melon. Climbing or trailing up to 250cm or more. Cucumis melo var. flexuosus. 6seeds/pack

Armenian Cucumber is not really a cucumber, but a melon. Produces cucumber-looking, elongated fruits, between 20-50cm long. The melons are slightly ribbed and dark green, with a very fine, frizzy hair. Crispy, sweet flesh with a hint of melon. The more ripe the fruits are the more taste of melon. Climbing or trailing up to 250cm or more. Cucumis melo var. flexuosus. 6seeds/pack

Astronomy Domine Sweet Corn is a very beautiful, multicolored type of sweet corn. The ears have colors in purple, white, red, yellow, and almost black. Most ears are multicolored but some are completely red. The coloring starts already as unripe and gets stronger while ripening. The cobs keep the color after boiling, some color may fade. The plants are around 180-200cm high. Astronomy Domine has a traditional, old-time sweet corn flavor. This variety was bred in ”the Great Basin” in Utah, USA by Joseph Lofthouse. The original seeds of this selection is from a ”landrace” grown by Alan Bishop in South Indiana. 70D. 25seeds/pack

Beth Alpha Cucumber produces short, chubby cucumbers, around 10-15cm long. Medium to dark-green fruits with crisp white flesh. Early variety. Does well also in shorter seasons. Cucumis sativus. 15seeds/pack

Bitter Melon is a vining species, climbing over 200cm. Produces rubber-like fruits with soft spines. Ripen from green to yellow to orange as fully ripe. When fully ripe the fruits open from the bottom, showing the shiny red seeds. There are different varieties with longer fruits, round fruits, and also different tastes in bitterness. Used for cooking and its medicinal properties in the Caribbean, Africa, Southeast Asia, and China. Weedy, bitter flavor. Harvest as green and unripe. Momordica charantia. 7seeds/pack