Varieties from Armenia

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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <h2><strong>Armenian Tigger Melon Seeds Organically Grown</strong></h2> <h2><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Price for Package of 5 seeds.</strong></span></h2> <p>It is characterized by a strong and intense exotic taste and smell, and it is also very decorative. Small in size, the fruits weigh 150-450 g. Tigger melon plants can yield up to twenty melons per vine. The most amazing looking melon we have grown.</p> <p>Tigger melons smooth rind has vertical variegations of rust orange and yellow. The melon's creamy, off-white flesh is juicy and sweet with a flavor that has been compared to that of Asian pear and cantaloupe. Like most muskmelon types, it offers a highly aromatic scent and has been known to perfume the entire room they are in when at their peak of ripeness. Tigger melons will grow to be approximately the size of a softball and weigh a modest one pound when fully mature.</p> <p>The Tigger melon was originally discovered in ancient western Armenia near the Tigris River. Like most melon varieties it prefers the warm to hot growing days of summer in temperate and Mediterranean regions. Growing on climbing vines the petite size of the Tigger melon makes it ideal for trellising allowing it to be grown in relatively small spaces.</p> <p><strong>APPEARANCE </strong></p> <p>Gorgeous, bright yellow and rusty orange tiger-striped skin with pale, tan flesh</p> <p><strong>AROMA </strong></p> <p>This little baby just fills the room with fragrance while innocently sitting there on the table. Then when you cut it, oh when you cut it, it just explodes with the most divinely strong and sweet melony smell. This is what falling in love smells like.</p> <p><strong>TEXTURE </strong></p> <p>Pretty firm for melon and juicy</p> <p><strong>TASTE</strong></p> <p>Mellow vanilla flavor with little sweetness</p>

V 46 (5 S)

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<h2 class="n1ed--selected"><strong>Armenian Yard Long Cucumber Seeds</strong></h2> <h2><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Price for Package of 35 (1g) seeds.</strong></span></h2> <p>65 days. Cucumis sativus. Plant produces good yields of 3 foot long slim light green cucumbers. Best when harvested when 12" long. This is the longest cucumber on the market. It is an excellent slicer and perfect for salads and gourmet dishes. It has a crisp mild flavor and is easy to digest. Impress your neighbors and grow a 3 foot long cucumber in your home garden! United States Department of Agriculture, NSL 65913.</p> <p><em><strong>Disease Resistant: Mosaic Virus.<br /></strong></em></p> <p><em><strong> </strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>WIKIPEDIA:</strong></em></p> <p>The <b>Armenian cucumber</b>, <b><i>Cucumis melo</i> var. <i>flexuosus</i></b>, is a type of long, slender fruit that tastes like a cucumber and looks somewhat like a cucumber inside. It is actually a variety of muskmelon (<i>C. melo</i>), a species closely related to the cucumber (<i>C. sativus</i>). It is also known as the <b>yard-long cucumber</b>, <b>snake cucumber</b>, <b>snake melon</b>, and <i>uri</i> in Japan. It should not be confused with the snake gourds (<i>Trichosanthes</i> spp.). The skin is very thin, light green, and bumpless. It has no bitterness and the fruit is almost always used without peeling. It is also sometimes called a "gutah".</p> <div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox"> <div> <div class="thumb"> <div><img alt="Several Armenian cucumbers in a fabric-covered box." src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Armenian_cucumbers.jpeg/90px-Armenian_cucumbers.jpeg" width="90" height="120" /></div> </div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Armenian cucumbers for sale</p> </div> </div> </li> </ul> <div id="toc" class="toc"><span class="toctext"></span></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Description">Description</span></h2> <p>The Armenian cucumber grows approximately 30 to 36 inches (76 to 91 cm) long. It grows equally well on the ground or on a<span> </span>trellis. Armenian cucumber plants prefer to grow in full sun for most of the day. The fruit is most flavorful when it is 12 to 15 inches (30 to 38 cm) long. Pickled Armenian cucumber is sold in Middle Eastern markets as "Pickled Wild Cucumber".</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span></h2> <p>Fredric Hasselquist, in his travels in<span> </span>Asia Minor,<span> </span>Egypt,<span> </span>Cyprus,<span> </span>and<span> </span>Palestine<span> </span>in the 18th century, came across the "Egyptian or hairy cucumber,<span> </span><i>Cucumis chate</i>", which is today included in the Armenian variety. It is said by Hasselquist to be the “queen of cucumbers, refreshing, sweet, solid, and wholesome.” He also states “they still form a great part of the food of the lower-class people in Egypt serving them for meat, drink, and physic.” George E. Post, in<span> </span><i>Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible</i>, states, “It is longer and more slender than the<span> </span>common cucumber, being often more than a foot long, and sometimes less than an inch thick, and pointed at both ends.”<br /><br /></p> <div style="padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;"> <div class="n1ed_cover" data-cke-hidden-sel="true" contenteditable="false" style="z-index: 200; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 1371px; height: 770px;"></div> <iframe style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/567380557" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" data-mce-fragment="1"></iframe></div> <p> <script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script> </p> </div> <script src="//cdn.public.n1ed.com/G3OMDFLT/widgets.js"></script>

PK 25 (1g)

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<h2><strong>Giant Armenian reticulate Cucumber Melon seeds</strong></h2> <h2><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Price for Package of 5 seeds.</strong></span></h2> Armenian reticulate cucumber is a variety that is very difficult to find. The fruits are up to 50 cm long, dark green with a mesh, and can reach a weight of 3 kg.<br /><br />The plant produces good yields of 40-50 cm long thick dark green cucumbers. Best to harvest the fruits when is 30 cm long. This is one of the biggest cucumbers on the market. It is an excellent and perfect cucumber for salads and gourmet dishes. It has a crisp mild flavor and is easy to digest. The fruits are ready for harvest in 50 days. <br /><br />Impress your neighbors and grow a giant cucumber in your home garden! <script src="//cdn.public.n1ed.com/G3OMDFLT/widgets.js"></script>

PK 30 (10 S)

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<h2 class=""><strong>Armenian Snake Cucumber Seeds</strong></h2> <h2><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Price for a Package of 10 seeds.</strong></span></h2> Introduced from Armenia to Italy in the the1400s, this attractive crisp cucumber stays sweet even when the fruit is large.<br><br>Thin-skinned and dense flesh these cucumbers have few seeds and a pleasantly mild flavor. Actually, melon with a taste like a cucumber is burpless and easy to digest. Like the English cucumber, it doesn't need to be peeled or seeded.<br>It grows equally well on the ground or on a trellis. The fruit grows approximately 72-90 cm (30-36")<br><br>Jajik is a traditional Armenian dish that commonly uses Armenian cucumbers and is passed down from generation to generation. This side dish is made with cucumbers, yogurt, and garlic or mint and is often consumed in the summer to combat the hot temperatures outside. It is typically served with pita chips or flatbread and also pairs well with chicken and rice.<br><br>Grow notes:<br><br>Adaptable to most good garden soils that are well-drained in a sunny position; provide adequate food and water.<br><br>Tropical: Spring &amp; Autumn<br>Temperate: Spring &amp; Summer.<br>Cool climate: Late Spring &amp; Summer<br><br>Plant space: 30cm<br>Row Space: 100 cm<br>Maturity: 6-8 weeks <script src="//cdn.public.n1ed.com/G3OMDFLT/widgets.js"></script>

PK 1 (10 S)