Apparently if you train the vine onto a tall tree, they just climb and climb so I imagine the vine must be very tough. Also they may be perennial so you could cut it right down and they spring up the following year provided you protect them properly from frost e.g. covering them well during the cold wintry season.

What surprised me was that they say the plant can produce upto 100 of fruits!!! Accordinly the fruit (Americans also call them vegetable pear) have good storing quality too.

I might try getting the fruit for sprouting from Birmingham market where we have few West Indian veggie stall holders (selling stuffs like yam, topiaca, sweet potatoes, cooking banana). I do agree that they're nicer cooked in chunks as you would use swede or turnips in stews/casseroles and don't forget curry too.

Do keep us posted on the London grown cho-cho miracle. Who would have thought, eh?

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