Delikatesse

Excellent texture, good flavor. Sweet, crisp, and juicy. Market mature fruit are dark green with pale green stripes at stippling. Fruit have dense, tiny white spines, and superficial ribbing. Fruit are round in cross section; straight; and have a medium skin thickness. Pale green flesh. Fruit 4-6" long, 1.6-2.6" wide, and 4-12oz. Seed mature fruit yellow; 6-9" long, 2.6-3.5" wide, and 1-2lbs. Vining plants with soft pubescence. Average productivity; mid-season maturing; afflicted with anthracnose when grown in 2014 at Heritage Farm. SSE Accession # 109360