100 days. Pick while green and white speckle are vivid color. Gourd has a curved long neck with the stem end showing a Swan like shape. 14” - 18” overall length with a 6” diameter base.

140 days. Ball shaped, long slender neck.

55 days. Surekha produces very attractive, tender, thin-ridge gourds. Fruit 14 inches long and weigh 4-5 oz. One can eat it raw like a cucumber. Good yields, over long period.

45-55 days. Tinda fruits weigh 2 to 3 ounces. They are very tender and tasty, light to dark green in color and have soft hairs on the skin. The vines grow 3 to 4 feet in height. Profuse bearing, can harvest on one to two days intervals. Prolific yields.

85-90 days. Turk’s Turban, actually a squash, but in demand for decorations with gourds. Assorted sizes usually 8 to 10 inches in diameter. Turban usually prominent. Colorful stripes extend from blossom to stem end and vary from red to white to green to orange. Fair keeper. Edible, fair quality.