95 days. This long-handled ball-shaped gourd can be hollowed out to make attractive birdhouses, or it can be used as a big dipper gourd.

Long season gourd used for Its fibers as a cleansing, scrubbing cloth. Gourds can reach from 6" to 2.5' long and 4-7" In diameter. Leave on vine until skin shrivels.

A strain of birdhouse gourd with a slightly larger, non-pinched neck. Smooth, tan, hard shell, 10 x 15 inches tall. Trellis vines for a straight neck.

Vine yeilding beautiful 12-18-inch, bulbous fruits with throttled swan-neck and a dark-green shell speckled with white. 115 days.