Our Favorite Varieties of Cucumbers

Enjoy these must-have varieties

Many hoi polloi would n’t dream of a garden without cucumbers . as luck would have it for gardeners and food lovers , there are several Cucumis sativus variety to opt from . One of the former agrarian harvest , cucumbers are enjoying a renaissance . The following model demonstrate that these yield are as beautiful as they are tasty .

slice cucumbersare ready to eat off the vine . They are typically long and have smooth skin .

Pickling cucumbersare usually shorter than slice cucumbers , often have bumpy hide , and are well used for pickle recipes .

Mexican Sour Gherkin

case : Pickling

Days to maturity:65

The Mexican Sour Gherkin is technically neither a cucumber nor a melon vine ; it is ordinarily called a “ cucamelon ” and has been grown as a delicacy in Mexico for many geezerhood .

Little Leaf

Type : Pickling and slice

Days to maturity:60

fan of pickling cucumbers will love the productivity of this great dual - purpose cucumber . Little Leaf performs well under stress from the passion and cold and is a parthenocarpic variety ( produced without pollenation or fertilization ) , so it is perfect for greenhouse growing .

Striped Armenian (aka Painted Serpent)

Type : slice up

Days to maturity:55

stripy Armenian is one of the sweetest cucumbers . It has small seeds and sparse pelt . Though it looks like a cucumber , it is really a melon — a species ofCucumis .

Salt and Pepper

Day to maturity:49

Salt and Pepper is a spectacular white variety that has just resistor to powdery mold and has phenomenal flavor .

Poona Kheera

This Indian variety produce prosperous dark-brown yield that is large for cook . Poona Kheera soaks up sauce nicely and holds its crispiness .

Photo : courtesy of High Mowing Organic Seeds

Lemon

day to maturity:68

Lemon is a productive , beautiful slicing cucumber vine . It tote up cracking colouring to salads . Do n’t peel this motley ; the icteric skin is not caustic .

— Dave Llewellyn is a grower and manager of farmer education at Glynwood in Cold Spring , New York , an organization that supports sustainable agriculture .

Photos , except where noted : courtesy of johnnyseeds.com

The undermentioned mail - edict come seller offer a broad survival of the cucumbers feature :

This article was originally entitled “ Cucumbers Have come up a Long style . ”

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