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Cucumbers are a refreshing, cooling vegetable with many health benefits, especially for the liver and kidneys. Latin name: Cucumis sativus.
Sowing Cucumber Seeds
Sow outdoors after the last frost date, 1/2" deep. Or start indoors 3 weeks early. Space 2' apart in rows. Or grow 3 plants per hill. Space hills 4-6' apart. Full sun.
Cucumber 'Marketmore 76'
(70 days)
80 seeds $3.00
Marketmore 76 is a beautiful, 8" long cucumber that is the standard for home gardeners. It's a good slicing variety that holds its sweet flavor in hot weather. Dark green, slightly bumpy, cylindrical fruits. Productive and disease resistant.
American heirloom, 1976.
Cucumber 'Long Green Improved'
(65 days)
30 seeds $3.00
Long Green Improved cucumber is my personal favorite. It is tender and delicious with a mild old-fashioned flavor and fine texture. It makes a wonderful slicer, but it can also be used for pickling. The dark green fruits are 10-12" long and 2-3" wide. No bitterness. This heirloom cucumber was introduced in 1842, and it quickly became the most popular variety on the market.
Boston Pickling is a fantastic dual-purpose cucumber - great for both pickling and fresh eating. It is rarely bitter, even in hot weather. The steady production kept us supplied with cucumbers through the summer and into fall.
American heirloom, 1880.
Cucumber 'Boston Pickling'
(55 days)
30 seeds $3.00
Silver Slicer is the juiciest cucumber I've ever eaten. It is so refreshing in the heat of summer! The mild flavor is never bitter. It has a crisp texture that will give your sandwich or salad a bit of crunch. The 5-6" fruits have a creamy white skin with bumps. The plants are resistant to powdery mildew for prolonged harvest into the fall. Very productive. Bred at Cornell University.
Cucumber 'Silver Slicer'
(54 days)
35 seeds $3.00
Dragon Egg cucumber is aptly named with pearly-white, egg-shaped fruits that are fantastic for slicing. The mild flavor rarely has any bitterness. Like the lemon cucumber, it is too soft for pickling. Enjoy it fresh.
Croatian heirloom.
Cucumber 'Dragon Egg'
(55 days)
30 seeds $3.00
Poona Keera cucumber is a rare variety with light green fruits that mature to brown with a crackling skin. Of course, you want to eat them at the light green stage when they are young and tender. Usually mild flavor, sometimes bitter.
Indian heirloom.
Cucumber 'Poona Keera'
(55 days)
30 seeds $3.00
Cucumber 'Lemon'
(60 days)
80 seeds $3.00
Lemon cucumber is a popular heirloom. Pick the 4" fruits when they are pale greenish-yellow for best flavor. The long, vigorous vines are very productive. This cucumber is best for fresh eating (too soft for pickling). Non-bitter.
American heirloom, 1894.
Cucumber 'National Pickling'
(55 days)
80 seeds $3.00
National Pickling is a highly productive pickling cucumber. It produces loads of bumpy-skinned fruits that can be picked at any size, up to 6" long. It's a dual-purpose cucumber that's good for fresh eating, too.
American heirloom, 1935.
