["Ray South" <neseedsavers@gmail.com>]

The Gauda Bean or New Guinea Butter Bean is Tricosanthes cucumerina anguina, a tropical climber. Edens carry the seeds. The New Guinea Bean aka Cucuzzi, Italian Edible Gourd etc. is Lagenaria siceraria. Eden's used to carry it but I can't see them listed on their site now. I have a few seeds of the latter available, though not a lot. Email me direct at ray.south@gmail.com if interested.
Cossack Pineapple is indeed a husk tomato. I haven't seen it offered anywhere in Oz and it's prohibitively expensive to import them.
Ray

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 3:05 PM, john mcnaull <mcrun@hermes.net.au> wrote:

sorry - not able to help with synonyms for seeds, or seeds themselves.  In fact I have another question from our market stall in lawson.  Cossack Pineapple?  Anyone ever heard of it?  from the description it sounded like one of the husked tomatoes - cape gooseberry for example, but apparently it had a distinct pineapple taste.

best regards to all

john

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From: Annie Jenkins

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Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 8:25 AM

Subject: Re: [Localseed-discuss] Looking for Seeds

Hi Tammy

                I have never come across this melon up north here in the tropics (Atherton Tablelands)

Annie jenkins

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From: Ray South

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Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 7:33 AM

Subject: Re: [Localseed-discuss] Looking for Seeds

Hi Tammy,
I've never come across seed for this melon. Sorry.
Ray

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Tammy Holland <snailbox@people.net.au> wrote:

Dear Fellow Seed Savers

 

I put in a request a couple of months ago for the Seeds of the Phut or Snap Melon but did not hear back from anyone.

 

I was just wondering (even if nobody has seeds available) is anyone familiar with this melon or seen it before in the past?  They come in various shapes and sizes but most have flesh as white as snow (or very pale orange) and just as fluffy. They have the peculiar habit of splitting or cracking as maturity approaches and "fluffy snow" escapes out of the crack.

 

Any information would be appreciated.

 

Many Thanks

 

Tammy Holland

(Caboolture Seed Savers)

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