Acur Melon

Cucumis melo

Botanically a melon, acur is traditionally grown in Turkey for its firm, crunchy and cucumber-like fruits for fresh eating, pickling and preserving for winter use. Plants known as Armenian Cucumber in the U.S. context for their long, white-ish fruits are also grown as acur or other synonyms such as kelek, hiti, hıtta among others which show variations from one region to another in Turkey.