Assortment - The vegetable garden of curiosities
In this unique assortment, you'll find 6 varieties of unusual fruits and vegetables, ideal for creating a curiosity garden. Whether they come from elsewhere or have simply been forgotten, these varieties invite you to discover new flavors! Expand your curiosity and bring a touch of originality to both the garden and the kitchen.
Seeds for the assortment - Le potager des curiosités are sown from February to June, depending on the variety.
Varieties for the Curiosity Garden assortment
This assortment comprises :
This old-fashioned variety, which grows to over 1 m in height, produces an abundance of round fruit with tender flesh and an appreciated flavor, whose thick skin offers shades of purple, green and white.
Cucumber / Melon "Carosello Scopatizzo Barese"(https://kokopelli-semences.fr/fr/p/P1846-Carosello-Scopatizzo-Barese)
This variety produces light-green fruits 15 cm long, fluted and covered with silky down. Their flavor is somewhere between cucumber and melon.
-Cresson de Pará - Brède Mafane
This wide-growing species has dark green foliage and many bright yellow and red flowers. Raw, the leaves and flowers have a surprising analgesic effect in the mouth. They can also be eaten cooked, like spinach.
-Kiwano - African horned cucumber
Kiwano, native to sub-Saharan Africa, produces ripe brownish-red fruit bristling with pungent spikes. Its green pulp offers a juicy texture with a flavor similar to kiwi and banana. It can be eaten raw or grilled. It has a very high vitamin C content. Recent medical research has highlighted the fact that it contains cucurbitacin B, a triterpene known for its cytological, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer qualities.
-Cracoviensis" asparagus lettuce
This old, very hardy variety produces a loose head of delicious, long, purple-edged leaves. It goes to seed very quickly, producing a broad, tender central stalk to be eaten like asparagus.
This creeping or climbing species produces cylindrical fruits 20 to 40 cm long. Much appreciated in Asian cuisine, the young fruits are eaten like zucchini. The fibers of the ripe, dried fruit serve as a vegetable sponge. This plant, native to India, is also known as "vegetable squash" or "vegetable sponge".
