This unique vegetable has been used as an ornamental vegetable for many years in the western world. Immature fruit are shiny green in color, rinds are lumpy, smooth and look like a whitish-green squash when mature. Over-mature fruit turn yellow like cucumbers when they are past their peak and should not be eaten. This variety is a vine crop and may be trellised like tomatoes or squash if space is at a premium. A warm weather crop that should be started indoors in pots for early summer crops, about 20 days before the last spring frost then transplanted outdoors into warm moist soil after danger of frost. Treat it just like you would a Summer Squash. Young 8-12 in/ 20-30 cm long fruit should be ready for harvest about 70-80 days from seeding, Later crops are possible from outdoor June sowings in warmer areas.