Pepino

Pepino, has anybody grown it. Taken till now to ripen, but should it be this colour? Not tasted it yet.Grew it last year but didn't get any fruit, only got this two this year.

 

Hello Pete,
Had some given to us last year by an American chap - about the size of elongated tennis balls and tasted like a cross between melon and cucumber (similar to starfruit). They went well in fruit salad....with gert big dollops of cream!! The colour was very similar to your photo if I remember correctly. He said you could eat the seeds as well.

PS Looks like the 2 my lab lost!!

[ March 08, 2005, 09:29 AM: Message edited by: skrumpy ]

 

Thanks for that Skrumpy, now I know the colour looks about right I'll give them the taste test. That bit about your lab has put me right off now. Ha ha.

 

Yeah, just like a melon in flavor I thought.

 

What - labrador's ....s or the pepino?

[ March 15, 2005, 10:20 PM: Message edited by: skrumpy ]

 

I'll let you work that one out for yourself.

 

Looks pretty healthy Nathan, got some flowers coming, if yours is anything like mine they probably wont set till late in the year, but lets hope you have more luck than me. Keep me posted.

 

hello Pete, It may have the following names, pepino dulce, pepino, melon pear, melon shrub or pear mellon.

 

Hi hans, is that all the names we should be using, thats a lot of names for one plant.

 

hello pete, I got my info from
www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/pepino.html
some of the names are, perhaps, local. Solanum muricatum Ait. i was interested in your post as i mixed up pepino and pimienta [internet recipe] so we had cucumber instead of peppers in our mediterranean chicken dish [ not recomended]

[ 12. June 2005, 11:38 AM: Message edited by: hans ]

 

OK hans,thanks. Wounder what variety I've got.

 

About 3ins long Nathan, have you got any flowers out yet?