Long Lavender White

Fruit are white with mauve streaks, elongated, and generally curved. Fruit curvature ranges from sickle-shaped to straight. Fruit are uniform in size and average 6-10" long and 1.4-1.8" wide. Good texture and flavor; skin not noticeable; slightly bitter. Mostly non-pigmented plants; some minor violet pigmentation on leaf petioles. Few prickles on fruit pedicels and calyces; leaf prickles absent. Purple flowers, born in clusters of 1-6. Fruit born singly. Fruit become cream-colored to yellow at seed maturity. Highly productive plants. Mid-season maturing. Donated to SSE by Jeff Myers (CA MY J) who received this variety in 1991 from Paul Gardner (AUSL GA P). SSE Accession # 109670