Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions for North America
Gourd - Momordica, Lists 1-26 Combined
Edited by Deena Decker-Walters
The Cucurbit Network
P. O. Box 560483
Miami, FL 33256
Coimbatore Long (Coimbatore Long White) - Characteristics: fruit
5-8" long, rind greenish-white to pale cream when mature, prolific;
from southern India. Tindall, 1983.
Hong Kong - Vendor: Seed Saver's Exchange. Characteristics: short
slightly tapered fruit, top shaped, rind dark green, flesh with
rich bitter flavor. 1981.
Hybrid High Moon - Vendor: Gurney's. Characteristics: fruit bigger
than most cultivars, rind white to jade green, flesh creamy, mild
tasting, vigorous, extra early flowering. 1997.
Moonshine - Vendor: Peace Seeds. Characteristics: F2 hybrid,
fruits 6" long weighing up to 1 lb, rind white, needs long growing
season. 1990.
Taiwan Large - Vendor: Sunrise. Characteristics: fruit with tapering
blossom end, 6-12" long x 2-4" diameter, rind dark green. 1987.
Thailand - Vendor: Evergreen. Parentage: from Southeast Asia.
Characteristics: fruit small, skin deep green with blistered bumps,
very productive. 1991.
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