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Name of the variety Characteristics

Pusa Do Mausmi
IARI, New Delhi.

Suitable for spring-summer and rainy season. Fruits are dark green, long medium thick, club shaped with 7-8 continuous ridges. They are edible in 55 days from sowing, 8-10 fruits weigh one kg.

Coimbatore Long National Seeds Corporation

Fruits are long, tender, white in colour and suitable as a rainy season crop, average yield 25-30 t/ha.
Akra Harit
IIHR, Hessarghatta

The fruits are attractive, spindle shaped with glossy green colour, small in size with smooth regular ribs, crop duration 100-110 days, average yield 12 t/ha.

VK-1-Priya
SAU, Vellanikkara, Kerela
The fruits are white and 35-40 cm long, heavy bearing variety with first picking in 60 days. Average yield is 50 fruits/plant.
Phule Priyanka
MPKV, Rahuri (MS).
Hybrid variety with dark green colour fruits. Fruits are 20-25 cm long with tubercles. Average yield is 35-40 t/ha.
Phule Green Gold MPKV, Rahuri (MS). Fruits are 2530 cm long, dark green coloured with tubercles. Suitable for exports.
Phule Ujwala
MPKV, Rahuri (MS).
Fruits 18-20 cm long, dark green in colour with tubercles, average yield 30-35 t/ha, suitable for exports.
Pride of Gujarat Fruits are small, round, whitish green in colour with a few white dabs on the skin. Each fruit weighs 8-10 g.