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Cucumbers/Melons

In cultivation for more than 4,000 years, cucumbers are thought to have originated in south India, but had made their way to Europe in medieval times. Besides their use in salads, they are popular combined with yoghurt as a refreshing accompaniment to meats and curries and the dwarf varieties are made into pickles. There are three main varieties of melons: Cantaloupe melons named after the town of the same name near Rome, Netted melons with a characteristic reticulate surface pattern, and Winter melons that mature late autumn, and unlike the other melons, continue to ripen after picking.

	CUCUMBER (Centriolino) piccolo di Parigi Small green cucumber up to 10cm long and one of the first cucumbers to produce fruit, and it continues to produce over a long season. Use fresh or for pickles. Packet contains 5g seed for about 150 seeds.		Price:	QTY:

	CUCUMBER (Centriolino) beth alpha These Lebanese-type cucumbers have a very thin skin, absolutely no bitterness, and are productive over a long season. One of the earliest to produce, and should go until a frost, and are one of the best all around cucumbers available. Pick them when they are about five or six inches long for best flavor. Packet of 6 grams for about 180 seeds.		Price:	QTY:

	CUCUMBER (Centriolo) tortarello abruzzese This is long cucumber from Abruzzo and much favoured by Italians. A prolific producer of mild, light-green fruit about 25cm long with ribs. Add to salads, and for Asian food as well. Packet of 3g contains about 90 seeds.		Price:	QTY:

	MELON (Melone) cantalupo di Charentais This is a classic European melon with sweet orange flesh and thin skin. Ripe when small pointed leaf on stem where attached to fruit becomes pale in color. Packet contains 4g seed for about 100 seeds.		Price:	QTY:

	MELON (Melone) rampicante zuccerino This early melon (75-80 days) has half kilogram fruit with very sweet salmon-orange flesh. Can be grown on the ground, on a trellis or along a fence. In Italy, this melon is often eaten with Parma or other hams. Packet contains 4g seed (about 100 seeds).		Price:	QTY:

	MELON (Melone) ananas “Pineapple” is a netted (rock) melon and is sweet and aromatic. This is a vigorous and productive plant producing large, yellow-fleshed fruit in 90 odd days. Melons need warm weather so plant late spring. 5g packet for about 125 seeds.		Price:	QTY:

	MELON (Melone) zatta		Price:	QTY:

	WATER MELON (Anguria) janosik		Price:	QTY: