Re: Mystery of the Turks Turbans - chatty follow up

Dear Sue

Thanks. I suspect you're right. I've got some other variety. Hopefully it's
a new one and I will become RICH and FAMOUS!

Nice to hear from RSA. I've been there quite a lot. Where are you? Are you
anywhere near some jacaranda trees. I've often thought of moving to
somewhere like Knysna or Stellenbosch.....  Do you know if proteas will grow
in the UK. I tried once with some seeds from a very crummy little shop in
Gaberone but only one germinated and then it died at about 5 inches high.

Best from Devon - where we're harvesting......!

David
----- Original Message -----
From: Sue Callaghan <scallagh@african-life.co.za>
To: <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 1:14 PM
Subject: RE: Mystery of the Turks Turbans


> Hi All,
> We grew Turks Turban gourds last Summer and the shape and colouring are
> apparent even when the fruit is pretty small. They have two very
differently
> coloured hemispheres (which are also of a different size). As I recall,
one
> part (1/3) was bright orange and the other two thirds had yellow, orange,
> green and brown stripes running from the waist to the stem end (or maybe
it
> was the blossom end!) They are very attractive and unusual (or at least
here
> in South Africa) and we managed to sell some of them to some folks who
have
> a home crafts stand at a flea market. They get to about the size of a
> football, so David although yours sound like they are the right size, the
> colouring and shape don't seem to be right. They sound more like another
> type of gourd (of which there seem to be hundreds) or even a pumpkin of
some
> kind. Did you get the seed from a reputable supplier? We bought ours from
> Johnnys Seeds and they were all true to type. Check out their on-line
> catalogue for a picture. Here is an ASCII 'picture' of the shape.
>        __
>     _/__\_    <-- This part was a single orange colour
>    /         \
>    \_____/   <-- This part had the vertical stripes
>
> Cheers from Sue in Sunny SA (where Spring is happening all around and the
> veggie plot is about to be planted up for Summer)
>
>
>
>
>
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