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To finish the thread, just like last year, with the production in containers on the balcony (most had about 5-6 gal of potting mix available). Again, just one plant of each, so not exactly statistically significant.

Green Dragon: green fruit around 300-350g, oval-ish, 3.8 kg (8.3 lb). Early.

Xi'an Green: green fruit around 400-600g, oval-fat, 3.5 kg (7.7 lb). Early. Very compact plant, sets very well. This and green dragon are quite similar in most respects, except fruit size.

Kurume: long thin purple fruit (up to 32 cm, 200-250g), quite straight, green skin under, japanese style with purple calyx, color depends a lot on sun exposure. 2.2 kg (4.8 lb), reasonably early, very soft flesh in all conditions, thin skin.

Xi'an Purple Jar: purple calyx, oval fat fruit (400-600g), a somewhat different shade of purple, very beautiful fruit, dense meat that needs longer cooking but otherwise good, color depends a lot on sun exposure. 2.5 kg (5.5 lb)

Aswad: standard color, black with green calyx, big and a bit ribbed, 400-900g, a bit more dense flesh, 6kg (13 lb) (this one also had a bigger pot), rather late. Huge leaves and high vigor.

Mitoyo: purple calyx, darker shade of skin than others which is less affected by lack of light on the backside, teardrop shape, 200-500g, soft flesh. 3 kg (6.6 lb). Somewhat late with good vigour. An unusual feature is how slow the fruit develops, which can be good in a way since it avoids picking it too late. I'm not exaggerating that it takes to reach the same maturity from flower at least 2 weeks slower than xi'an green (which is one of the fastest).