Emerald Gem

Round green fruit with yellow spots has smooth somewhat glossy skin. Fruit with moderate ribbing has lighter green striping along the vein tracks. Market mature fruit measure 4-5" long, 3.6-4.75" in diameter, and weigh up to 2 lbs. Fruit with a moderately thick rind up to 0.33" and thick orange flesh up to 0.25". Prostrate plant growth. Moderately infected by anthracnose in 2015 at Heritage Farm, but still had a high fruit yield. When Burpee released Emerald Gem in 1886 it was listed as perfectly smooth. In subsequent Burpee catalogs the skin type changed from perfectly smooth to lightly netted so variation in netting does exist. Often listed as a synonym of Netted Gem, but these varieties are distinct. SSE Accession # 112859