Liso Calcutta

Sprawling, ground-hugging vine 5-6' long, heavily branched, diminutive 1/4" yellow flowers, followed by ovoid 2-3" fruit, light green, soft spines, very similar to West India gherkin but fewer spines, very slow to form seeds, center stays firm, very sweet & crunchy raw, makes OUTSTANDING firm pickles, bears until frost if kept picked, has odd trait of stem elongating much like a peanut peg to hide developing fruit under foliage, these were still going after my cucumbers had given up, PHOTO, 2021 seed