Tropical cultivation : all the year round, best during dry season. Fruit dark green colour. Length 19 cm, diameter 6 cm. Sowing in seedling trays or plastic pots and transplanting 3 weekss later. Planting (1.6 plant/m2) in sunny area. Pinch back plantlets over the 4th leaf. Harvest : 40 days after planting. Tolerances : Powdery mildew (Sphaerotheca fuliginea), Downy Mildew (Pseudoperonospora cubensis), SCAB (Cladosporium cucumerinum), Anthracnose (Colletotrichum lageranium) and Angular leaf spot (Pseudomonas syringae pv. lachrymans).