Corn & Cucurbitaceae

Luffa Gourd, also called Sponge Gourd, is a vining species, climbing up to over 200cm. Produces green fruits, that ripen to dry brown as fully ripe. The fruits grow to between 20-40cm in length. As very unmatured the fruits can be cooked as okra. When the fruits are fully ripe and dry, they can be peeled and the seeds can be emptied. Inside you will find the sponge! The sponge can be used for showering, cleaning plates, housekeeping, etc. Requires a warm place. Luffa cylindrica / Luffa aegyptiaca. 10seeds/pack

Winter Melon, also called Wax Gourd, is a vining species, trailing up 200cm. Produces round green fruits, as fully ripe the fruits get a pale wax covering. Can be stored for a long time. Partly ripe fruits have white, crispy, sweet flesh. Requires a warm place. Benincasa hispida. 10seeds/pack

Cucamelon, also called Mexican miniature watermelon, Mexican sour cucumber, Mexican sour gherkin, and Mouse Melon. Climbing or trailing up 200cm. Produces small, oval watermelon-looking fruits, about 3-5cm long. Sweet-tangy flavor, can be eaten fresh in salads, etc. Melothria scabra. 7seeds/pack

Bottle Gourd, a traditional bottle-shaped gourd. Climbing or trailing up to 250cm or more. Produces bottle-shaped fruits up to 30cm long. Young fruits can be cooked and eaten like squash. Has been grown for a very long time, not primarily for food, but for containers. Fully ripe fruits get hollow and hard as wood. Can be used as bottles for water or containers, musical instruments, lamps, and more. Lagenaria siceraria. 10seeds/pack

Hercules Club, also called Long Gourd, Club Gourd, Cucuzzi Squash, Sicilian Snake. Produces very long fruits, up to 50-75cm. Young fruits are cooked and eaten like squash. White, delicate flesh. Fully ripe fruits get hard as wood. Climbing or trailing up to 250cm or more. Lagenaria longissima. 10seeds/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

Ananas produces yellow-orange-brown fruits with creme-yellow flesh. Sweet flavor. The fruits are slightly ragged, with a bark-like pattern. Later variety, grow in a warm place or greenhouse. Cucumis melo. 10seeds/pack

Jaune Canari 3 produces oval, yellow fruits with creme-colored flesh. Sweet flavor with a nice aroma. Later variety, grow in a warm place or greenhouse. Cucumis melo. 10seeds/pack

Crimson Sweet Watermelon produces round-oval, large fruits, white-green-striped. Sweet, red flesh. Larger and a bit later variety, grow in a warm place or a greenhouse. Citrullus lanatus. 10seeds/pack