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WATERMELON Citrullus lanatus
Sow watermelons direct after all danger of frost has
passed into warm soil, 1-2 cm deep, 1 m apart on raised mounds, rows 2 m apart;
watermelons need plenty of space. Prepare soil with compost and well-rotted
manure; deep digging is beneficial. The soil needs to be well drained. Pinch
out the terminal bud to encourage branching. Harvest when the tendril closest to
the fruit stem is dry and brown and when the underside of the fruit has changed
colour.
Watermelon ‘Allsweet’
Organically certified
A large, oblong melon with
striped green rind and sweet
red flesh. It is disease
resistant with few seeds and
keeps well.
SW124 35 seeds $3.50
SW125 50g $25.00
Watermelon
‘Crimson
Sweet’ Organically
certified
syn.
Warpaint
Fruit
is round, dark green
with large stripes,10-12 kg
with bright red, very sweet,
juicy flesh with a fine
texture. Good
disease resistance.
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SW101 35 seeds $3.50
SW102 50g $25.00
SW115 250g $75.00
Watermelon ‘Sugarbaby’ Organically
certified
Popular home garden variety
that will fit in the fridge,
round fruit 3 - 5 kg. Red
flesh is crisp,
mouth-watering, with a
sweet, rich flavour. Sets
4-6 melons per vine, easiest
watermelon to grow.
SW103
35 seeds $3.50
SW104 50g $25.00
Watermelon ‘Moon and Stars’ Organically
certified
Moon and Stars is an
heirloom variety with very
sweet, rich, red flesh. The rind is
patterned with yellow
markings and the foliage can
be speckled yellow as well.
Fruit can grow very large,
between 13 and 20 kg.
SW116
35 seeds $3.50
SW117 50g $25.00
Serpent
Gourd
Not to
WA
Trichosanthes cucumerina var. anguina
Also known as snake gourd, chichinga, padwal
Serpent Gourd is sometimes confused with Guada Gourd syn. New Guinea Bean but it
is a completely different plant. It is widely grown as a vegetable in India and
southeast Asia. It is a fast growing, subtropical plant with a growth habit similar
to luffa. It is best to grow this vine on a trellis to obtain straight fruit.
SS166 9 seeds $3.50
Wax
Gourd
Benincasa hispida
syn.
Chinese winter melon, flour gourd
A fast growing, long season,
warm climate vegetable
producing very large fruit
up to 20kg. The round gourds
are green with a white waxy
coating. The wax gourd keeps
for many months off the vine
and is eaten raw or cooked.
The shoots, tendrils and
leaves are also eaten as
greens; seeds are edible
and are tasty roasted. Use
the white flesh of this
giant
fruit in a chicken and
wax-gourd curry; serve
appetizers of finely chopped
stir-fried vegetables in
bowls made from a
hollowed-out melon. Sow
after frost in spring;
in tropical areas sow during
the dry season.Sow direct into well
composted soil, 1-2 cm deep,
1m apart on raised mounds,
rows 1m apart. Days to
harvest: 100
H
SW121 25 seeds $3.50
SW137 50g $15.00
ZUCCHINI AND SQUASH
Cucurbito pepo and
Cucurbita
maxima
Zucchini and squash should be sown
direct, after frost, as it
needs a warm soil to
germinate; in subtropical
areas and tropical areas
avoid sowing during periods
of high humidity. Space
‘hills’ 1 m apart, add
plenty of compost, sow 3-6
seeds 15-20 mm deep and thin
to the 2-3 strongest. Keep
the soil moist. It needs a
rich, high in nitrogen,
well-drained soil, preferred
pH 6-7.5. Pick when about 15
cm long, the flowers are
also edible. Plan for 2
plants per 4-6 people.
‘Bennings Green Tint’ Bush
Squash
A patty-pan squash with
scalloped edges and pretty
pale-green fruit. Flesh is
white and tender with a
fine-grained texture and
very good flavour.
Old variety (1894); prized
for its sweet, dry,
orange-yellow flesh;
attractive
cream
coloured skin with and dark
green stripes. Fruit is
18-22 cm long by 10 cm wide,
produced on highly
prolific short vines; keeps
well.
SS111 40 seeds $3.50
SS112 50g $25.00
‘Golden
Scallopini’ Squash
Cucurbito pepo
Syn.
Yellow Bush Scallop Squash,
Yellow Pattypan Squash
A rare squash that is an
Italian heirloom, it
produces delicious patty-pan
golden yellow squash with
scalloped edges. Flesh is
white, with a fine-grained
texture and nutty flavour.
SS138
12 seeds $3.50
SS139
50g $25.00
SS221 250g $95.00
'Green
Button' Squash
Organically
certified
Cucurbito pepo
A dark green, pattypan
squash with scalloped edges.
Flesh is white, with a
fine-grained texture and
good flavour. Prolific
producer. This is an F1
hybrid so is not suitable
for seed saving.
SS145
12 seeds $3.50
SS154
50g $40.00
‘Green
Hubbard’ Squash
Organically
certified
Very
dark green, warted rind with
rich, golden-yellow flesh,
excellent flavour. Grows to
5 kg or more on vigorous
vines. Excellent keeper.
SS140
10 seeds $3.50
SS141
50g $15.00
‘Ronde
De Nice’
Squash Cucurbito pepo
Syn. Tonda de Nizza, Baby
Round Zucchini
A rare French heirloom, it
is a vigorous, fast-growing
and highly productive bush
squash. The squash is round
and green
with white speckling. It is
tender with an exceptional
flavour, the skin is
delicate and bruises easily.
It freezes well.
Easy to grow; fruits are
yellow; 22cm long and weigh approx. 1.8 kg. Stores
well. Pasta-like flesh looks
like the real thing and is
great topped with pesto or
pasta sauce.H
Easy-to-grow bush squash,
heirloom variety, favourite
for over 150 years; sweet
buttery flavour and firm
texture; produces an
abundance of rich, golden
yellow, white-fleshed fruit;
also freezes well.
SS109 12 seeds $3.50
SS110 50g $20.00
Zucchini
‘Black Beauty’ Organically
certified
Syn. courgette; summer
squash
Cucurbito pepo
Black Beauty produces
dark-green, glossy, smooth
fruit with creamy, white
flesh and a good flavour. It
is fast growing with a
prolific yield. The fruit
freezes well. Bushes have a
semi-upright, open growth
habit which makes for easy
picking. In subtropical and
tropical areas avoid sowing
during periods of high
humidity. It is an an
open-pollinated zucchini
introduced in 1957. Days to
harvest: 44 - 64
Cucurbito pepo
A distinctive Italian
heirloom bush zucchini
with prominently ribbed
fruit. The skin is medium
grey-green with pale green
flecks. It is delicious raw
or cooked with a nutty
flavour. The male flower
buds are also eaten. It
stays tender even when very
large.
It is a
favourite of the River Café
and Jamie Oliver. Days to
harvest:
52 - 60
Seeds suitable for
subtropical and tropical
conditions are marked
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for hot and humid!
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