“Peach Vine” Revealed: It’s a Cucumber Relative

Mail-order ads for a “peach vine” describe a vining plant whose fruit resembles a peach. Extension research identifies it as Cucumis melo—a melon/cucumber family member. The fruit is described as “hardly mouth-watering… more insipid than sweet, not at all like a peach.”

Save your garden space for true peaches or tasty melons; this novelty vine disappoints on flavor.