Louisiana Green Oval

Very large, green, oval-shaped fruit with a bulbous blossom end. Fruit have faint purple stripes and are born singly. Some prickles on the calyx and pedicel. Market mature fruit are 5-7" long, 3-4" wide, and 11-15oz. Excellent flavor, sweet, not bitter. Fruit mature to yellow. Purple flowers. Plants reach 1.5-2' tall. Highly productive when grown in 2016 at Heritage Farm. Mid-season maturing. Seed Savers Exchange acquired this accession (probably sometime in the 1980s) from the now defunct Gleckler’s Seedsmen (CV Gl1) seed company of Metamora, Ohio. This variety has been popular within the Exchange where it has been grown and shared for over 25 years. SSE Accession # 109471