VEGETABLES / MELON
Organic Listing
95 days. Small oblong fruit is brownish-green and netted outside, lime green within. Flavor an unusual, a very delicious, sweet-tart combination with a distinct citrus taste. The name simply means “old melon from Samarra,” which is a city in northern Iraq. This variety is known to have been grown in the Abbasid Period over one thousand years ago! Endangered due to war .
$4.00