Re: [efloraofindia:60171] Fruits & Vegetable week - Brown cucumber? from Apulien

[Na Bha]

These Fotos were taken in Apulien (Italy)  in Sept. 2010. The cucumber looked strange to me. never saw round ones. Just wonder, if they are Brown cucumber.

Also the aubergines are round. The third foto shows Zichorie (so the vendor).

But I have seen different zichorie.

Experts plz comment.

Regards

Nalini

 

 

 

 

 

 

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From: Gurcharan Singh

To: Pankaj Kumar

Cc: mani nair ; indian...@googlegroups.com

Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 6:08 PM

Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:60171] Fruits & Vegetable week - Brown cucumber

While surfing the net I discovered an interesting thing. Dosakai cucumber or Mangalore cucumber is also known as yellow cucumber and often known as melon cucumber, being rounded in shape (I have seen them up to 10 cm across in California stores), usually yellowish brown with green speckles, but then in some writing the melon becomes lemon, the yellow colour is uniform and size of lemon, and believe me for both the alternate name is dosakai. I found it strange. Are we looking at two different cucumbers, or same?

 

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On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahani...@gmail.com> wrote:

I was in Dombivilli last year. I think you should submit a list of
what all you are growing in your balcony. Your balcony and Yazdy sir's
farm and make it up to Guiness book of world records :))
I remember when we had our house on first floor I had garden on the
roof and staircase (huge one) and balcony (2). I had around 500 pots
and then we had lawn and a small tank which had some aquatic plants
too.....
I miss my garden!!!
Pankaj

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 8:31 PM, mani nair <mani....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
> Sending photos of brown cucumber which was growing in our balcony garden.
> This vegetable videly used in South Indian dishes.
> In Malayalam we call it Vellarikka.
>
>
> Place :  Dombivli
> Date  :  June 2009
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Mani.
>

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[Gurcharan Singh]

 

Nabha ji
To me the third photo does not have Zichorie (the chicory; Cichorium intybus), nor yellow cucumber. It looks like we have two types of brinjal, Zucchini (C. pepo), Mediterranean squash (C. pepo) and some cucurbit but not cucumber.

 

Zichorie is different:

 

http://www.fotosearch.de/PTC122/013313/

 

Stores in California also have Radichhio, I will upload it separately.

[Na Bha]

Thanks Prof. Singh ji,

the fotos got mixed up.

The Foto 9233 is supposed to be Zichorie. I did not find Zichorie on the net. The Zichorie in your foto is known here as Zichorie too, it comes from Belgium, We either make salad from it with orange or Klementinen( i sent the foto yesterday) or fry alittle in Butter and just with a little salt and pepper eat it, mainly with crisp bread.

In 9232 is Brinjal in the middle, but i never saw such round ones.

In  9234 it is in the front from left to right Brinjal, Zucchini, and Dudhi ( it looked like Dudhi) ind thebeack row left is cucumber, so told me the vendor, and to the right Brinjal whick is common here.

Small Brinjal as in Maharashtra I have never seen here.

 

Wo what is in the foto 9233?

[Gurcharan Singh]

Nabha ji

 

You seem to be mixing photos. 9232 has Brinjal in middle, yellow bell pepper on left and zucchini on right, cucumber-like fruit above (same as in 9233)

 

9233 has brinjal of two types (lower left and upper right), zucchini and mediterranean squash (and not dudhi- bottle gourd; see zucchini like cap at top but lighter colour. I am as written earlier not sure about cucumber.

 

9234 could be Cichorie (Chicory) the major vegetable and head lettuce on left

 

I hope i have connected them rightly

 

--
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

[Na Bha]

Thank you for the correction!