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(Cucumis sativus) 25-35 seeds per packet. Originally an East Indian crop, but spread to other parts of Asia and Europe long ago. Best direct-seeded at about the time of last frost, but can be started earlier as transplants, provided the seedlings are set out before becoming rootbound. Cucumbers are heavy feeders and thrive in rich soil full of organic matter. They can be trellised if desired. A bit of afternoon shade is helpful in very hot summer-areas. Supply abundant moisture and keep mature fruit picked.
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A & C Pickling
Abbott & Cobb introduced this variety in 1928. The fruit is uniform and deep green. A good variety for salads or for dill pickles; large yields.
Item Code: CU116
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Black Diamond
60 days. This American classic, introduced in 1920, has become very rare in recent years. It produces large yields of cylindrical 7-9" fruit that are quite uniform. This dark green variety makes a great slicer and keeps well.
Item Code: CU131
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Boothby's Blonde
Heirloom variety from Livermore, Maine, where the Boothby family has grown it for several generations. It sets high yields of 6"-8", cream colored cukes that are mild and sweet, thin skinned. Good producer.
Item Code: CU118
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Boston Pickling
50 days. An old heirloom dating back to 1880. Vigorous vines give large yields of smooth green fruit. It is excellent for pickles, very crisp and good quality. A very popular variety at the turn of the century.
Item Code: CU105
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Chinese Yellow
Beautiful, yellow-orange cucumber from mainland China, the young fruit is green. 10" fruit are as crisp as an apple. Very mild and delicious, great for slicing or for pickles. This was our largest yielding variety ever - just a few plants produced hundreds of cucumbers! Our favorite cucumber for 2003. A very rare Chinese heirloom.
Item Code: CU112
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Crystal Apple
New!
Small 3" oval fruit are a bright, creamy white, about the
size of a small apple, and sweet, mild and very tender.
This variety has become almost extinct in America after
being introduced here from Australia around the year
1930 from Arthur Yates and Co. But this type of cucumber
is likely to have originated in China. The small fruit
are so tender you can eat them skin and all.
Item Code: CU149
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De Bourbonne
New!
Tiny pickling cucumbers are ready in about 50 days. This old
French heirloom is used to make the 2" long Cornichon pickles
that are so tasty. Still popular in France for this purpose. High yielding
vines will be popular with all those who preserve
food.
Item Code: CU144
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Delikatesse
60 days. 10"-long, unique fruits are pale green with small warts. Superb taste, excellent for slicing or pickling; bears abundantly. A rare variety from Germany.
Item Code: CU109
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Dragon's Egg
New!
Beautiful cream-colored fruit are about the size and
shape of a large egg! Mild, bitter-free and sweet-tasting,
this little cucumber set massive yields in our gardens. So
fun to grow, and very unique-looking; great for children
and all who like delicious cucumbers. We were sent this
new favorite by Reinhard Kraft, a German seed collector,
but this heirloom originated in Croatia.
Item Code: CU147
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Early Russian
55 days. This early heirloom was introduced in 1854. It produces loads of short, medium-green fruit over a very long season. They are mild and sweet in flavor. Uniform in shape and the vines are quite hardy, making it perfect for northern areas with short seasons; a great little cucumber for salads or pickles.
Item Code: CU130
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Edmondson
Cute, 4" cream to light green mini cucumbers that are so sweet and tender,
good for slicing or pickles. Vigorous vines set heavy yields, this family heirloom
has been grown by the Clarice family since 1913.
Item Code: CU143
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Empereur Alexandre
Named for Russian Emperor Alexander. Dark green fruit are best picked at
about 6" long, quite uniform, very mild flavor and vines are amazingly productive.
Item Code: CU135
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Fin De Meaux
New!
Slender, little green fruit are picked when 2" long and are used
to make delicious cornichon pickles. A popular French variety
that is hard to find. Very productive plants bear fruit that is
darker green than most types.
Item Code: CU145
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Himangi
Developed in 1992 by M.P.K.V. Agriculture University in India. 6" fruit are cream-colored, sweet and crisp, developed for uniform fruit and high production of quality fruit, cream and pale yellow cucumbers are a preferred market type in India. A good keeper that should be a nice variety for marketing.
Item Code: CU139
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Japanese Climbing
60 days. Tasty 9" dark-green fruit are fine for salads or picked young for pickles. This heritage variety is a great climber and perfect for growing on fences and trellises. The American seedhouse Thorburn introduced this variety from Japan in 1892. Good producer.
Item Code: CU127
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Japanese Long
68 days. Long, slim fruit that are very crisp and mild. Easy to digest, firm flesh with few seeds, a great Japanese variety for home use or farmers' markets.
Item Code: CU111
Bulk Quantities
1 OZ - $12.00
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Jaune Dickfleischige
A variety that is described as "ancienne" or old by the French, it also bears
a partly German name and is of German origin, making this old heirloom a
real piece of European Cucumber history. Huge, yellowish-green fruit turn
a lovely lemon color at full maturity and can weigh 5 lbs! Beautiful fruit are
very crisp and flavorful. Vines produce good yields of this impressive, tasty
cucumber. Rare!
Item Code: CU140
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Lemon Cuke
60 days. The shape, size and color of a lemon but the flavor is sweet and mild! This heirloom was introduced in 1894, and is still a favorite today.
Item Code: CU103
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Long De Chine
New!
Types of Long China cucumbers have been mentioned in France
since the 1860’s. Long, bright green-colored fruit are mild
and tasty. They are the sweet oriental type that
so many people enjoy. Vines produce
well, and this variety is still commercially
grown in Europe.
Item Code: CU146
Bulk Quantities
1 oz. - $9.50
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Long White
A rare heirloom cuke. Very large, smooth white fruit are very crisp and mild.
Can grow to 6 lbs, one of the best for fresh eating, delicately flavored and
unique looking.
Item Code: CU138
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Longfellow
Sweet tasting, straight, 12" long, green slicing cucumbers. Fruit are of excellent quality. This heirloom was introduced by the Rice Seed Company in 1927 and was popular in America for many years.
Item Code: CU113
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Marketmore 76
70 days. Dark green 8"-9" fruit, great slicer! Good yields! Excellent flavor.
Item Code: CU101
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Mexican Sour Gherkin
70 days. (Melothria scabra) Incredible, small cucumber-like fruit are shaped like baby watermelons. They are good added to salads or can be pickled. They have a cucumber-like taste with a touch of lemon. The ornamental vines have tiny leaves and flowers and are perfect for the cottage garden. Very unique and fun for kids. Huge yields.
Item Code: CU125
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Parisian Pickling
60 days. The old French gherkin or cornichon pickler. Listed in America in 1892 by Gregory. Great for making tiny sweet pickles. Rare.
Item Code: CU106
Bulk Quantities
1 oz - $5.00
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Poona Kheera
60 days. Cream/light green fruits, very delicious flesh, crisp, juicy, sweet and mild, one of my favorite varieties. Fruit shaped like a potato, with skin turning brown as they ripen. One of our best varieties for disease resistance and very hardy. Vines produce early and with very heavy yields. A wonderful heirloom from India that has become our most "asked for" cucumber.
Item Code: CU129
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Richmond Green Apple
70 days. A unique heirloom from Australia and is still popular there. The fruit are the size of a lemon but are of a beautiful light green color. For eating these are excellent, very mild, sweet and juicy. Hard to find and really fun to grow.
Item Code: CU108
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Sikkim Cucumber
The historic cucumber of 'Sikkim'. Fat, large fruit can reach 15" long by 6" wide. The ripe fruit is a unique rusty red color and is good eaten cooked or raw. In Asia cucumbers are often stir-fried and are quite tasty. This variety is grown in the Himalayas of Sikkim and Nepal. Sir Joseph Hooker first discovered it in the eastern Himalayas in 1848. Here is part of what he wrote about it: "So abundant were the fruits, that for days together I saw gnawed fruits lying by the natives' paths by the thousands, and every man, woman and child seemed engaged throughout the day in devouring them."
Item Code: CU124
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Snow's Fancy Pickling
55 days. This fine pickling variety was developed in 1905 by J.C. Snow of the famous Snow Pickle Farm of Rockford Illinois. Short, slender fruit are dark green and make a great pickle.
Item Code: CU115
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Suyo Long
65 days. Long, ribbed, dark green fruit can grow to 18". They are very mild, sweet and burpless. One of my personal favorites for fresh eating. This productive heirloom comes from northern China and is very attractive.
Item Code: CU132
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Telegraph Improved
60 days. Smooth, straight, dark-green fruit, to 18" long. Flesh is very crisp, tender and mild, superb flavor. Very few seeds, vigorous high yielding vines, great for greenhouse production; also good cultured outdoors. This is an excellent English heirloom variety, intro. around 1897.
Item Code: CU110
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Thai Five Star
This variety from Thailand is a small-fruited type that sure is a "5 star" cucumber
for flavor and productivity. The cute 5" mini fruit are medium-green
in color and are quite sweet, the vines did well here in Missouri.
Item Code: CU137
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Thai Green
Popular in Thailand, this stocky cucumber is 7" long and 2" wide, medium green color, perfect for hot humid climates. Hard to find outside of Thailand. I collected this variety from a seed dealer in Bangkok.
Item Code: CU117
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Thai Mae Sai
Named after Mai Sai, which is the most northern town in Thailand and right
on the Thai-Myanmar border. Produces 8-to 10-inch, smooth, medium
green fruit. Slightly bitter taste. Used in cooking and pickling.
Item Code: CU141
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Thai Petch Tasi
Lovely pale green to beautiful lemon-yellow 5-inch fruit, one of my favorite
new varieties and a lot of fun to grow, these are very mild and delicious.
This Thai variety is quite ornamental, and is a great home garden variety.
Collected by us in Thailand. Rare and unique.
Item Code: CU136
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Thai Special
One of the heaviest producers of 8-to 10-inch, medium-green-colored
fruits we have grown. Fresh fruit can be a little bitter. For pickles, cooking
and relish. Vigorous vines do well in warm summers due to their development
in Thailand.
Item Code: CU142
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Uzbekski
New!
A fascinating heirloom from the Mideast country of
Uzbekistan. Big, fat 6"-8" cucumbers turn brown when
ripe. Very crisp even at large sizes. This variety is a good
keeper, and will store well into the fall. Unique and fun to
grow.
Item Code: CU148
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West India Burr Gherkins
65 days. (Cucumis anguria) Not a true cucumber, but used much like it. Will not cross with C. sativus-Very beautiful long vines and hundreds of small tasty fruit. Yields better than any cucumber. These are becoming rare. They do great in hot humid weather. Introduced to the USA in 1793 from Jamaica, and used pickled or boiled by the Colonies in Jamaica.
Item Code: CU107
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White Wonder
60 days. A great yielder. Creamy-ivory, 7"-long fruits, delicious and great for pickles or slicing. W. Atlee Burpee introduced this heirloom in 1893 after they received it from a customer in New York.
Item Code: CU104
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Yamato Extra Long
Fascinating and fun to grow, extra long fruit can grow to 24"! This delicious
and unique Japanese cucumber has green skin with faint yellow stripes,
with crisp white, sweet flesh that is burpless. Vines do well even in hot, humid
conditions. A hard-to-find variety of extra good quality.
Item Code: CU134
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Yok Kao
Greenish-yellow, short, 5-inch fruit. Very crisp and with good cuke flavor.
Another good tasting Thai variety that is easy to grow and great for fresh
eating or preserving.
Item Code: CU133
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