Known as yard long cucumber, snake cucumber, snake melon. Also as varunk (Armenian), chanbar (Persian), sheng (Semnani), chirimenhosonagauri (Japanese), acur (Turkish), kakadi (Hindi), tar (Punjab), commarella or tortarello (Italian).
65 days. Slender fruits that look and taste like cucumbers. Slicing releases a scent revealing its true identity as a closely related species of melon. Harvest the thin-skinned fruits at 12–16”, when they are most flavorful. Heat-loving 15th-century heirloom from Western Asia. Climbs by tendrils.
Pot Size & Price
seed packets
$2.69
Sunlight Exposure
Full Sun
Catalog
V081
Plant Traits
Culinary
Cold Sensitive