Two New Turkish Varieties

Two New Turkish Varieties
This past season we were so excited to team up with Two Seeds in a Pod to grow two exciting Turkish cucurbits:
Badem Melon
Kilis Cucumber
Two Seeds in a Pod is a unique seed company specializing in both Turkish/Anatolian and Appalachain seed varieties. 
Many of the Turkish varieties they grow, including these two,
were commercially introduced to the U.S. by them!  

'Badem' melon is a stuffing/pickling melon from Turkey, and we just loved it growing it! It's not a sweet melon, but has a lovely, fresh cucumber taste.  It's very juicy and produces early in the season.  When pickling, pick them young.  When stuffing, hollow out and/or dry larger fruits.  It's considered a delicacy where its from in Antwerp, Turkey.  

'Kilis' is a cucumber from south-central Turkey, its grown in a town called Kilis near the Syrian border.  This cucumber is great pickled or as a fresh eating slicer.  Short vines yield fruit early in the season.