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 Variety - All Sweet Watermelon

Scientific name - Citrullus lanatus

Approximate seeds per gram - 25

Pack Size - 50 grams

Description - This watermelon variety is developed from a sister line of Crimson Sweet. All Sweet is an excellent fresh market variety. The elongated watermelon ranges from 42 to 47cm long and 11cm in diameter averaging 10 to 15kgs. Tough green rind with dark-green broken stripes. Flesh is bright red with relatively few seeds. Average water needs.

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Physalis peruviana is the plant and its fruit, also known as Cape gooseberry (South Africa), Inca berry, Aztec berry, golden berry, giant ground cherry, Peruvian groundcherry and sometimes simply Physalis. It is indigenous to South America, but has been cultivated in England since the late 18th century and in South Africa in the region of the Cape of Good Hope since at least the start of the 19th century. Physalis peruviana is closely related to the tomatillo, also a member of the genus Physalis. As a member of the plant family Solanaceae, it is more distantly related to a large number of edible plants, including tomato, eggplant, potato and other members of the nightshades. Despite its name, it is not closely related to any of the cherry, Ribes gooseberry, Indian gooseberry, or Chinese gooseberry. The fruit is a smooth berry, resembling a miniature, spherical, yellow tomato. Removed from its bladder-like calyx, it is about the size of a marble, about 1–2 cm in diameter. Like a tomato, it contains numerous small seeds. It is bright yellow to orange in colour, and it is sweet when ripe, with a characteristic, mildly tart flavour, making it ideal for snacks, pies, or jams. It is relished in salads and fruit salads, sometimes combined with avocado. Also, because of the fruit's decorative appearance, it is popular in restaurants as an exotic garnish for desserts. A prominent feature is the inflated, papery calyx enclosing each berry. The calyx is accrescent until the fruit is fully grown; at first it is of normal size, but after the petals fall it continues to grow until it forms a protective cover around the growing fruit. If the fruit is left inside the intact calyx husks, its shelf life at room temperature is about 30–45 days. According to analyses by the USDA, a 100 g serving of Cape gooseberries is low in calories and contains modest levels of vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin B1 and vitamin B3, while other nutrients are at low levels. Basic research on the cape gooseberry has provided preliminary evidence that its constituents, possibly polyphenols and/or carotenoids, may have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. The crude extract of the fruit-bearing plant has in vitro evidence for activity against markers of inflammation and lung cancer. It has also shown possible properties in vitro against diabetes and hypertension mechanisms. Some withanolides isolated from the plant may have anticancer activity. In folk medicine, Physalis peruviana is thought to be a medicinal herb to treat diseases, none of which has been confirmed in human clinical trials as treatable by Cape gooseberry or its extracts. In South Africa, cutworms are the most important of the many insect pests that attack the Cape gooseberry in seedbeds; red spiders after plants have been established in the field; and the potato tuber moth if the Cape gooseberry is in the vicinity of potato fields. Birds eat the fruits if not repelled. In South Africa, the most troublesome diseases are powdery mildew and soft brown scale. The plants are prone to root rots and viruses if on poorly drained soil or if carried over to a second year.

Seeds per pack - 50 Seeds

Country of Origin - Proudly produced in South Africa by Sandveld Organics

Certified Organic by - KIWA BCS ÖKO-GARANTIE GmbH

About the producer - Seeds for Africa and Sandveld Organics have entered into an exclusive strategic partnership to offer a large range of South African grown certified organic seeds. Sandveld Organics are an organic farm in Lamberts Bay on the Cape West Coast. Founded in 1998 Sandveld Organics has achieved and maintained organic certification with KIWA BCS ÖKO-GARANTIE GmbH since 1998. Sandveld Organics are the ONLY South African company growing certified organic seed.

 Variety - Charleston Grey Watermelon

Scientific name - Citrullus lanatus

Approximate seeds per gram - 20

Pack Size - 50 grams

Description - A classic oblong heirloom watermelon, Charleston Gray has red, fibreless flesh and a tough, medium-thick grey-green rind often used for making watermelon rind pickles. At one time this was the predominant watermelon in home gardens and markets. It is not a seedless variety. Give vines plenty of room to run.

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 Variety - Congo Watermelon

Scientific name - Citrullus lanatus

Approximate seeds per gram - 12

Pack Size - 50 grams

Description - Congo Watermelon produces sweet, red fleshed melons up to 20kgs. Sugar tests reveal sugar levels as high as 9.5%. Congo watermelon is adapted to many growing regions and resistant to Anthracnose. Excellent watermelon for the home gardener.

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 Variety - Hales Best Melon Spanspek

Scientific name - Cucumis melo

Approximate seeds per gram - 35

Pack Size - 50 grams

Description - Plant produces a average yield of 5 lb. sweet cantaloupes. Cantaloupes have deep salmon flesh with sweet flavour. They take an average of 85 days from transplant to harvest.

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 Variety - Honeydew Green Melon

Scientific name - Cucumis melo

Approximate seeds per gram - 35

Pack Size - 50 grams

Description - Lime Green Flesh, with a perfect texture. This is very sweet bearing fruits around 20cm in diameter. It is at home in a fruit salad, and makes the perfect accompaniment to Pama or Black Forrest Ham on an Italian Antipasti Platter. Harvests at 110 days and produces great results every time.

A spectacular watermelon, with fine flavour, introduced by the Henderson seed company in 1926. The skin is deep green, speckled with hundreds of red stars and a few round shaped moons. Even the foliage has "stars". The fruit is red. Melons are medium sized 10kg. and slightly oblong.

A spectacular watermelon, with fine flavour, introduced by the Henderson seed company in 1926. The skin is deep green, speckled with hundreds of golden yellow stars and a few round shaped moons. Even the foliage has yellow "stars". The fruit is red. Melons are medium sized 10kg. and slightly oblong.

This form of Musa itinerans was discovered in India. It likes shade and grows to 10 metres tall. It has a red or purple pseudostem and on the upper side deep green leaves with a dark red midrib. The red colour runs into the leaves, in the juvenile stage the leaf undersides are also purple red. The fruit are not considered to be edible and it is grown for its ornamental tropical appearance.

USDA Zone - 12

Season to Sow - Spring

Musa ochracea is a plant in the banana and plantain family native to tropical Asia (in India). This very rare and hard to obtain seed produces a plant perfect for use in the landscape for their ornamental appeal. This variety was not commonly known until the late 1950's. Green to yellow green narrow trunks grow about 3 meters if grown as a specimen plant outdoors and about 1-2m as a potted plant. Long, slender green leaves are graced by intense yellow - brown flower bracts followed by seeded fruit.

USDA Zone - 12

Season to Sow - Spring

Musa yunnanensis, commonly known as either Yunnan banana or wild forest banana, is a recently described plant in the banana and plantain family native to Yunnan in southern China. Although M. yunnanesis grows in montane tropical forest, it is both shade and frost tolerant, and sensitive to direct sunlight, and so is essentially an understory plant. Individuals typically reach about 5?–?5.25 meters in height at maturation. Bark on pseudostems is coated in wax that is white with a bluish cast. The upper surface of the leaves are also bluish, though their undersides are red hued. M. yunnanensis has value to local wildlife; its summer fruits are consumed by birds, bats, and possibly elephants. It is not considered to be edible for human consumption.

USDA Zone - 12

Season to Sow - Spring

Small, round tomato-like fruits ripen from green to yellow with a pleasant texture and juicy pineapple flavour. Tomatillo Pineapple is excellent for fresh salads, salsas, and Mexican dishes.

Opuntia, also known as nopales or paddle cactus, is a genus in the cactus family, Cactaceae. Currently, only prickly pears are included in this genus of about 200 species distributed throughout most of the Americas. The fruit of prickly pears, commonly called cactus fruit, cactus fig, Indian fig or tuna in Spanish, is edible, although it has to be peeled carefully to remove the small spines on the outer skin before consumption. If the outer layer is not properly removed, glochids can be ingested, causing discomfort of the throat, lips, and tongue, as the small spines are easily lodged in the skin. Native Americans, like the Tequesta, would roll the fruit around in a suitable medium (e.g. grit) to "sand" off the glochids. Alternatively, rotating the fruit in the flame of a campfire or torch has been used to remove the glochids.

Seeds per pack - 5 Seeds

Country of Origin - Proudly produced in South Africa by Sandveld Organics

Certified Organic by - KIWA BCS ÖKO-GARANTIE GmbH

About the producer - Seeds for Africa and Sandveld Organics have entered into an exclusive strategic partnership to offer a large range of South African grown certified organic seeds. Sandveld Organics are an organic farm in Lamberts Bay on the Cape West Coast. Founded in 1998 Sandveld Organics has achieved and maintained organic certification with KIWA BCS ÖKO-GARANTIE GmbH since 1998. Sandveld Organics are the ONLY South African company growing certified organic seed.

Opuntia, also known as nopales or paddle cactus, is a genus in the cactus family, Cactaceae. Currently, only prickly pears are included in this genus of about 200 species distributed throughout most of the Americas. The fruit of prickly pears, commonly called cactus fruit, cactus fig, Indian fig or tuna in Spanish, is edible, although it has to be peeled carefully to remove the small spines on the outer skin before consumption. If the outer layer is not properly removed, glochids can be ingested, causing discomfort of the throat, lips, and tongue, as the small spines are easily lodged in the skin. Native Americans, like the Tequesta, would roll the fruit around in a suitable medium (e.g. grit) to "sand" off the glochids. Alternatively, rotating the fruit in the flame of a campfire or torch has been used to remove the glochids.