PLANT: Vigorous vines, hard stems. SOWING TIME: Summer as well as rainy season. FRUIT: Dark green with spines, sleek. FRUIT LENGTH: 7-8 inches long. FIRST PICKING: After 55-60 days from sowing. SOWING DISTANCE: Seed to seed - 1' Line to line - 4'. HOW TO SOW: Soil should be mixed with well rotten Cow dung. Sow the seeds at a distance of 1 feet plant to plan and 4 feet line to line. Water it immediately and then water as per requirement.