I ate it the day I picked it. I was too curious to wait. I'll have plenty to eat later. I didn't save any seeds, I'm not sure if I will, as it most likely was pollenated by it's own pollen, and I'd get a bunch of variations from like an acorn, to much like these, and then some that were more like the padana. I still have some of the original seeds from last year to plant next spring.