Corn & Cucurbitaceae

Zakynthos produces flattened fruits, slightly ribbed in “slices”. Golden to paler yellow fruits with white-green flesh. Sweet flavor with a pleasant aroma. Earlier variety. From Greece. Cucumis melo. 10seeds/pack

Queen Anne’s Pocket Melon is a variety with tiny fruits of around 50grams each. Golden orange fruits with golden stripes. Juicy fruits with a mild and sweet melon flavor, can be served with warm honey. Exquisite fragrance. Was used during the Victorian era by ladies who wore fruits as perfume. Cucumis melo. 85D. 10seeds/pack

Gourd Kobra is a traditionally bottle-shaped gourd with fruits up to 30cm long. The fruits are bright green, mottled with pale spots and streaks. Climbing or trailing up to 250cm or more. Young fruits can be cooked and eaten like squash. Gourds have 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. 7seeds/pack

Hopi Orange is a dark-orange winter squash with excellent keeper characteristics. Mid-sized pumpkins of around 4-6kg each. The flesh is orange-yellow with an excellent flavor. Perfect for soups, baking, pies, roasting, etc. Vining growth. Cucurbita maxima. 6seeds/pack

Kajari is a melon from Punjab, India. Beautiful, round to oblate fruits with stripes in orange-green-white up to 1kg each. Green flesh with an excellent sweet honey-melon flavor. When fully ripe the fruits fall from the vine. If grown on a trellis, be sure to bind the fruits so they don’t fall to the ground and crack. 70-75D. Cucumis melo. 10seeds/pack

Lungo Verde Degli Ortolani is a traditional cucumber from Italy. Cylindrical, dark-skinned, and smooth fruits around 20-25cm long. Crispy texture with few seeds. Cucumis sativus. 10seeds/pack