(50 - 75 days) Can reach lengths up to 2', and is more easily digestible than most cukes. This is because it is really a member of the melon family! Ribbed light green fruit that need trellising.
(60-65 days) This is a family heirloom, handed down through generations of the Boothby family, in Maine, USA. I was persuaded to add it to my collection by a customer who raved about its delicious flavor. The fruits are 6-8 long and are a creamy yellow colour.
(50 60 days) 1924. Extremely productive, pickling cucumber. Heavy yield. Fruits are 5-6 long, smooth and uniform.
(58-65 days) A Japanese heirloom, this unusual variety of cucumber was introduced to North America in 1892 by the American seedhouse Thorburn. Its vigorous vines make it one of the best varieties for trellising and climbing fences and it produces 9" long, dark green, cylindrical fruits. The flesh is crisp and mild with a slightly tart flavour, making it an excellent slicing cucumber.
1894. (58 70 days) Unusual appearance looks like a large lemon! Bright yellow, round fruits have mild skin and crunchy texture good for fresh eating or pickling. The plant is very productive, tolerates drought and is resistan to fungus.
(60 70 days) I just couldnt resist this fun veggie! Not a member of the regular cucumber family, it is a recently rediscovered heirloom. Hundreds and hundreds of tiny (1-2) fruits that look like mini-watermelons are produced on vines that need to be trellised. Marie-Michele, one of my customers and a fellow fairy-lover, insists that these are "fairy watermelons". Their flavour is unique - a combination of fresh cucumber taste with a sour edge, as if they'd already been pickled; they are incredibly easy to grow, and are bound to be a conversation piece.
SORRY, SOLD OUT FOR 2010 (70-85 days) A middle-eastern heirloom, this cucumber produces 6-8" fruits that are smooth, thin-skinned and mild. This plant is highly productive and early, and is considered one of the best-tasting cucumbers there is. It's good for eating fresh and for pickling. Adaptable to a wide range of growing conditions.
(55 days) Developed by the National Pickle Packers Association in collaboration with the Michigan Agricultural Experimental Station in 1924, this is a very popular variety with picklers! Highly-productive, disease-resistant vines start producing early and produce a wonderful abundance of dark green fruit with crisp white flesh and black spines. Retains quality over a longer season than most. Fruit can be picked small (2-3") for gherkins or larger (5-6") for full-sized pickles.
(1935) (35-65 days) A popular market cucumber for decades, it is an early producer of an abundance of green, smooth-skinned fruit. Receiving the Gold Medal Award in the All American Trials in its year of introduction, it was touted by seed catalogues of the time as the most outstanding cucumber developed to date.
(60-70 days) Another vegetable originally from China, this cucumber has a superb reputation for hardiness & productivity in harsh conditions. . Sweet-flavoured, "burpless", with few seeds, the fruits grow 10 - 18" long, and need to be trellised.
(60-75 Days) Aka 'Burr Cucumber' and 'Jerusalem Cucumber'. A cousin to the "regular" cucumber that we know, this annual vine is originally from Africa, was brought over to Jamaica and then introduced from there to North America in 1793. Vigorous vines grow 5-10', with large watermelon-type leaves, and produce tons of small, spiny ,oblong fruit (2-3" long and 1.5" diameter) throughout the summer. These are used primarily for pickling and make wonderful pickles! Rare.
1890. (58 days) Another oddity the name says it all a pure white cucumber, 5 7 long, delicious sliced or pickled. It was introduced by W. Atlas Burpee in 1893, and was very popular until the late 1920's. Heat tolerant; nice mild taste.
