Cucumis

101108 - Striking mixture of all species with similar fruit size such as C. africanus, C. anguria, C. canoxii, C. carolinus, C. dipsaceus, C. melo Queen Anne’s Pocket, C. myriocarpus and Zehneria scabra. Easy to grow in a home garden and will give a good harvest of all kinds of fruits in different shapes and colours

101155 - The elongated, slightly oval shaped fruits are about 6 cm - 2.5 in. long. Brown with contrasting light brown stripes and spikes. The fruits of this species are quite distinctive and therefore very useful in combination with other species

101170 - Easy species which produce a good quantity of decorative fruits. The fruits are round and are about 6 cm / 2.5 in. in size with long fleshy spines. The colour is light green. In spite of the name, it is not a gherkin

101172 - Easy-to-grow species producing 5 cm - 2 in. round fruits. The eyecatching fruits are light green with lighter stripes and short spines

101174 - Amazing fruits look like kiwano (C. metuliferus) but are much smaller and in northern areas C. carolinus is much easier to grow. It is an early species, late summer the first fruits can be picked. The plant is not a real climber but more a trailing type. Fruit size is 7 cm / 2.8 in. The light green fruits have spectacular large yellow spines

101175 - The oval fruits resemble the spiny flower head of teasel as they are densely covered with soft fleshy spines. Fruit colour is light green and the size is about 6 cm / 2.4 in long

101182 - The fruits are very aromatic but not very sweet or tasteful. A long time ago ladies carried the small fruits in their pockets as a fragrance. Pick the small round and oval fruits when they are cream mottled green and let them mature inside. The green is turning to deep orange and the fruit have a delicate sweet fragrance. Shelf life is not very long. Best grown on a warm sheltered spot or in a glasshouse. Plant spread is 80-180 cm / 32-70 in

101185 - This species will produce loads of 4 cm / 1.6 in. round fruits. The fruits are dark green with light green stripes and short spines. Shelf life is quite good. The fruits are said to be poisonous when eaten raw, in any case they are very bitter

101205 - It looks more like a gourd than a cucumber. The plants are extremely vigorous and the fruits are smooth and very hard. Fruits are about 6 to 8 cm in size, oval shaped and have a beautiful green colour with lighter green stripes. Shelf life is excellent; we had fruits for more than a year on a fruit plate, although the shining green colour had faded slightly. Not tasteful, not edible for decoration only

101210 - Ages old varieties of this sikkimensis type are grown as a food crop in mountainous India and Nepal. Fruits are 20 cm / 8 in. large, oblong somewhat oval in shape. Fruit flesh is edible but not very tasteful. Main characteristic is the unique netted fruit skin. When ripe the fruit skin looks like old dark brown crackled leather. Impressive and sure to raise questions. Shelf life of the fruits is not very long. Grow outside like other cucumbers for consumption