Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions for North America
Gourd - Luffa Sponge, Lists 1-26 Combined
Edited by Todd C. Wehner and Tammy L. Ellington
Department of Horticultural Science
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7609
Ba Leng Gua (ZWRM 135) - Parentage: from China. Characteristics:
low yield of sponges.
Fletcher - Breeder: DeCourley, Missouri. Characteristics: high
yield of high quality sponges with 100x400 mm size.
Hollar Luffa (13204) - Vendor: Hollar & Co. Characteristics:
moderate to high yield of high quality sponges with 97x428 mm
size.
Leng Si Gua (ZWRM 133) - Parentage: from China. Characteristics:
high yield of moderate quality sponges with 60x350 mm size.
Lockhardt (Walters 484) - Vendor: Lockhardt Seeds. Characteristics:
high yield of moderate quality sponges with 79x489 mm size.
Orol Ledden Luffa - Vendor: Orol Ledden & Sons. Characteristics:
moderate to high yield of high quality sponges with 98x429 mm
size.
Pang Si Gua (ZWRM 134) - Parentage: from China. Characteristics:
moderate yield of moderate quality sponges with 100x430 mm size.
Peace Luffa - Vendor: Peace Seeds. Characteristics: moderate
yield of high quality sponges with 85x420 mm size, late flowering.
Pusa Chikni - Parentage: from India. Characteristics: attractive
fruit, eaten immature. Martin's Vegetables for the Hot, Humid
Tropics, 1979.
Qing Pi Chang (ZWRM 138) - Parentage: from China. Characteristics:
high yield of moderate quality sponges with 65x595 mm size.
Quan Zhou Chang Tiao Gua (ZWRM 141) - Parentage: from China.
Characteristics: high yield of moderate-high quality sponges with
50x180 mm size.
Richters Luffa (S3795) - Vendor: Otto Richter and Sons Ltd. Characteristics:
moderate to high yield of high quality sponges with 98x431 mm
size.
Shi Ting Da Quing Pi (ZWRM 137) - Parentage: from China. Characteristics:
high yield of moderate quality sponges with 60x540 mm size.
Smooth Short Luffa - Vendor: Seed Saver's Exchange. Characteristics:
fruit short, cylindrical, eaten immature (at 6" long), 90 day
maturity. 1981.
Sunrise (Walters 401) - Characteristics: moderate to high yield
of moderate quality sponges with 78x495 mm size.
USA Luffa (Guatemala) - Vendor: USA Luffa Inc. Characteristics:
moderate to high yield of moderate quality sponges with 72x464
mm size.
White Seed (Decker-Walters 885) - Vendor: The Cucurbit Network.
Parentage: from Republic of South Africa. Characteristics: mature
fruit short, seeds tan with white wings. 1993.
Xiang Si Gua (ZWRM 136) - Parentage: from China. Characteristics:
low yield of moderate quality sponges with 75x315 mm size.
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