Corn & Cucurbitaceae

Telegraph produces "normal", long salad cucumbers, up to 30-40cm long. Medium to dark-green fruits with crisp, juicy white flesh. Few warts/bumps on the skin. Cucumis sativus. 7seeds/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

Larger melon with golden-yellow skin. White, sweet flesh with an excellent flavour. Can be stored for a long time. While being stored, the flesh matures and gets sweeter. Later variety. Cucumis melo. 10seeds/pack

Retato Degli Ortolani produces oval fruits around 2kg with salmon-orange flesh. The skin is chamois coloured. Delicious flavour with a strong aroma. Cucumis melo. 10seeds/pack

Charleston Grey Watermelon produces oval, large fruits, with green-grey skin. Sweet and juicy red flesh. Larger and a bit later variety, grow in a warm place or a greenhouse. Citrullus lanatus. 6seeds/pack

Melon Tendral Verde Tardio produces oval-elongated, dark-green, slightly ribbed fruits, around 1-3kg each. The flesh is light-green, with a very sweet and pleasant melon flavor. Can be a bit difficult to see when the fruits are completely ripe. Stores very well after harvest, used as a winter melon. Late variety, around 100 days. 10seeds/pack