Spongegourd Hybrids - Comparative table
Hybrid Relative days
to maturity (DS)
Fruit
shape
Fruit
length
(cm)
Fruit
weight
(g)
Fruit
colour
Remarks Recommended for
  India&Sub
continent
South
East Asia
Middle East
DARK GREEN
NS 441 40-45 cylindrical 25-30 200 - 250 dark green early hybrid, vigorous, prolific contininuous bearer, attractive cyclindrical dark green fruits    
LIGHT GREEN
NS 442 40-45 cylindrical 25-30 150 - 180 cream good fruit    
NS 445 40-45 cylindrical 30 - 35 180-200 cream excellent yeilder  
Key to abbreviation
DS - days from sowing