2004 SupaCumba and Spring Vegetables  
   
 
 

Telegraph Hybrid
Long & tender dark green shiny colour cucumber. Powdery mildew tolerant. Length 30 – 36 cm

 

 

Mini Hybrid
The latest trend, a meal-sized telegraph. Bitter free. 16-18 cm long. Excellent dark colour.

 

 

Slicer Hybrid
Medium length slicer. Early and extremely high yielding producing an abundance of female flowers. Very reliable – good outdoor producer.

 

 

Apple
Popular. Pale yellow/green fruit 7 cm diameter. Mild, outdoor or glasshouse.

 

Gherkin
Prolific for pickles. Recipe on label. Good cold temperature vigour.
 
 
                   
 

Pepinos -------------------------------------------------------------------

These are often called melon pear or melon shrub. An erect bushy herb 60-100 cm in height with a woody base. A native to the temperate Andean zones of South America. The fruits are ovoid to egg-shaped up to 15 cm long and can weigh from 100 – 300 grams at maturity. The thin skin is light purplish green to cream yellow with dark purple streaks or stripes. Highly aromatic, moderately sweet, juicy and similar to cantaloupe melons in flavours.

They are best grown away from plant relatives – potatoes + tomatoes. Sensitive to frosts. Unripe but mature fruit will ripen after picking. Can be eaten raw or added to fruit salads.
   
   
 
Peppers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Varieties:
Hungarian
Fruit: long slightly curved, tapers to a blunt point, yellow turning red Scoville Heat Units 4000-7000. It is also called the Banana chilli, makes an ideal chilli for stuffing purposes.

Jalapeno (pronounced Hah-lah-peh-nyoh)
Fruit: cylindrical, tapering to a point, green turning red. Scoville heat unity 4000-5000, used in condiments, salsas, soups, stews, meat and vegetable dishes.

Cayenne
Fruit: long, slender, curved pod, tapers to a point, green turning red. Scoville 35000-40000. Widely used chilli in Indian cookery. Used in sauces, Indian, Indonesian, Thai, Pakistan and Hunan dishes, also dried and powdered as a spice.

Sweet Banana
Fruit: long sweet, matures from yellow, orange and then to crimson red. Used for pickling, frying or fresh in salads.

Green/Red, Green/Yellow, Purple, Orange Blocky
Large bell-shaped fruit, with sweet juicy flesh, used for salads, processing, savoury snacks and hot dishes.
 

Scoville-the hotter the climate, the hotter the pepper accumulates heat units in fruit.
  mild warm to hot very hot extreme hot
  2500-4000 5000-7000 10000-23000 25000-40000 70000-80000 300000-400000
             
 
                   
 
 
                   
 

Sweet Basil ----------------------------------------------------

Popular annual herb with fragrant leaves suitable for drying and fresh use. Care – Plant in well drained soil, warm position, pinch back to produce bushy plant.