Picture of the Week: Ornamental Cucumbers

What are these strange spiky green things? Do the green stripes seem familiar? They are actually cucumbers. These ones are only for decoration, not for eating.

このとげとげした緑の物はなんでしょう？緑のしましまに見覚えがありませんか？実はキュウリです。このキュウリは食用ではなく飾りです。