A little off topic, but does anyone know what this is?

http://www.hidebehind.com/0C0ABF

(1 square is about 5mm)

I bought it at the local asian supermarket.


Thanks

In article ,
Adrian wrote:

A little off topic, but does anyone know what this is?

http://www.hidebehind.com/0C0ABF

(1 square is about 5mm)

I bought it at the local asian supermarket.


Nice! It looks a little distressed - bruised or even
mouldy. What's inside it?

How about Pitahaya or Rambutan or is it a sort of citrus?
Rough lemon, Jamberi?

On 18 May, 11:17, John McMillan
wrote:
In article ,

Adrian wrote:
A little off topic, but does anyone know what this is?

http://www.hidebehind.com/0C0ABF

(1 square is about 5mm)

I bought it at the local asian supermarket.

Nice! It looks a little distressed - bruised or even
mouldy. What's inside it?

How about Pitahaya or Rambutan or is it a sort of citrus?
Rough lemon, Jamberi?

No Idea after waiting for a masive file to down load. It's a good idea
to jpeg your pics before sending or linking them.
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries

On 18 May 2007 04:27:38 -0700, Dave Hill
wrote:

On 18 May, 11:17, John McMillan
wrote:
In article ,

Adrian wrote:
A little off topic, but does anyone know what this is?

http://www.hidebehind.com/0C0ABF

(1 square is about 5mm)

I bought it at the local asian supermarket.

Nice! It looks a little distressed - bruised or even
mouldy. What's inside it?

How about Pitahaya or Rambutan or is it a sort of citrus?
Rough lemon, Jamberi?

No Idea after waiting for a masive file to down load. It's a good idea
to jpeg your pics before sending or linking them.
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries

Huh? This is a heavily cropped and heavily compressed picture (it IS a
jpeg) - it's only 120KB! That should take around 30 seconds on dialup
and as little as 0.125 seconds on broadband.

Adrian wrote:

A little off topic, but does anyone know what this is?

http://www.hidebehind.com/0C0ABF

It looks like some sort of melon to me.

Biter melon-like seeds?
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Tim Tyler wrote:

http://www.hidebehind.com/0C0ABF

It looks like some sort of melon to me.

Biter melon-like seeds?

I think you're right. Its a battered version of this isn't it?
http://www.desertbloomherbs.com/mono...ttermelon.html
They're normally greener...

on the other hand Kiwano is another possibility.
http://www.theredstove.com/photos/un...iwano_text.jpg
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On 18 May, 16:58, Zhang DaWei wrote:
On Friday 18 May 2007 15:15, John McMillan

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Tim Tyler wrote:

http://www.hidebehind.com/0C0ABF

It looks like some sort of melon to me.

Biter melon-like seeds?

I think you're right. Its a battered version of this isn't it?
http://www.desertbloomherbs.com/mono...ttermelon.html
They're normally greener...

I'm not sure that it is. I've grown them in the UK (in a greenhouse) for a
number of years, and also we (my wife and son and I) have grown them for a
similar number of years in China. We grown a number of varieties including
packeted varieties bought in Hunan, China. We've also bought and eaten them
extensively over a number of years, both in the UK and China. In none of
these cases has the Bitter melon resembled the picture given by Tim Tyler.
The rounded ridges that run down the melon, like melted wax, are quite
characteristic, and present in all that I and my wife have ever seen from
even the earliest stage of recognisable growth of the fruit, and the photo
doesn't have them.

I suppose that it could be a variety unseen by us, but we doubt it. If we
were to bet, our money would go on the other fruit suggested. However,
without any other information (like the taste, etc) it is not certain.

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It would help a lot if you had a picture of the fruit cut open.
My gut feeling is something in the line of Rambutan, but not hairy,
you say it is around 2 inches long.
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries

On May 18, 9:11 am, Adrian wrote:
A little off topic, but does anyone know what this is?

http://www.hidebehind.com/0C0ABF

(1 square is about 5mm)

I bought it at the local asian supermarket.

Thanks

My wife cooked it for my lunch today, its a vegetable. Your specimen
is bruised and over ripe.Concura is the Gujarati name for it

In article . com, Dave
Hill writes
On 18 May, 11:17, John McMillan
wrote:
In article ,

Adrian wrote:
A little off topic, but does anyone know what this is?

http://www.hidebehind.com/0C0ABF

(1 square is about 5mm)

I bought it at the local asian supermarket.

Nice! It looks a little distressed - bruised or even
mouldy. What's inside it?

How about Pitahaya or Rambutan or is it a sort of citrus?
Rough lemon, Jamberi?

No Idea after waiting for a masive file to down load. It's a good idea
to jpeg your pics before sending or linking them.
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries



Don't worry David, all I got this morning was a load of pictures
featuring naked women (gardeners I assume?)
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Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

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In article . com, Dave
Hill writes
On 18 May, 11:17, John McMillan
wrote:
In article ,

Adrian wrote:
A little off topic, but does anyone know what this is?

http://www.hidebehind.com/0C0ABF

(1 square is about 5mm)

I bought it at the local asian supermarket.

Nice! It looks a little distressed - bruised or even
mouldy. What's inside it?

How about Pitahaya or Rambutan or is it a sort of citrus?
Rough lemon, Jamberi?

No Idea after waiting for a masive file to down load. It's a good idea
to jpeg your pics before sending or linking them.
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries



Don't worry David, all I got this morning was a load of pictures featuring
naked women (gardeners I assume?)

What have I missed?

In article , Alan Holmes
writes

Don't worry David, all I got this morning was a load of pictures featuring
naked women (gardeners I assume?)

What have I missed?




Well when I clicked on the link I got a page uploading a HUGE file but
in the meantime I had banners at the top and bottom with adverts for
whatever naked and half naked women were advertising!
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk