I've got a packet of seeds from Bulgaria from my next door neighbour
the packets all in bulgarian but the scientific name is "Curbito pepo"
anyone know if the're a squash or a gourd?
Curcurbita pepo can be a courgette, a pumpkin or a squash.
Gourds are normally Lagenaria.
Some pumpkins are curcurbita maxima while butterbut squash are curcurbita moschata. There are others in this group.
I would plant them and give it a whirl. The question will be whether they are a climber or not and just how big the plant will get.
ok thanks
i'll try and find some space
;D
How about http://imtranslator.net/translation/bulgarian/to-english/translation/ ?
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The problem with Bulgarian is that is has a different script so not easy typing it into a translator.
A courgettes seems to be тиквички
while pumpkin seems to be Тиква
Not sure I could manage to get the result in the opposite direction.
Pompion
[pumpione]
The large fruit of the curcubit, Curbito pepo, the PUMPKIN. Although not found in the Dictionary Archive as such, the SEED were. One early reference was to 'i arke Pumpiones and like seed' valued at 16s [Inventories (1634)], suggesting someone was using the seed on quite a large scale. Much later nurserymen and seeds men were offering pumpkin seed among 'SEEDS in the Kitchen Garden [Tradecards (n.d.)].
OED earliest date of use: 1545
From: 'Pocket - Pompon', Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities, 1550-1820 (2007). URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=58844 Date accessed: 14 December 2011.
Quote from: Digeroo on December 13, 2011, 23:31:36
The problem with Bulgarian is that is has a different script so not easy typing it into a translator.
A courgettes seems to be тиквички
while pumpkin seems to be Тиква
Not sure I could manage to get the result in the opposite direction.
Tikvichki and Tikva.... I'm familiar with neither variety.... sorry
chrisc
Am I right you work in Long Hanborough. Have you been to the nursey in Bunkers Hill just the other side of Blaydon. They have raspberries, strawberries and other fruit bushes quite cheaply.
Does anyone you know have experiece of them?
Regards
Nell