Rich green glossy fruits, with a few paler speckles, nestle in on open plant. There are three key features to help persuade you to try these: good flavour, no spines and the fruits twist off easily
The fruit stems are said to have a unique characteristic amongst courgettes that allows for easy twist harvesting without breaking the fruit at the stem - certainly I have always needed a knife to harvest other courgettes: the problem is that it is second nature to me to use the knife so I always forget to twist these fruits off....