CUCUMBER, Green Finger (65 days) Cucumis sativus This is a fine OP Persian cucumber that is ideal for market growers or home gardeners. It has very thin, dark green skin, and the crisp flesh is sweet, juicy, burpless, and never bitter. It's a truly gourmet variety that is highly prolific, producing up to 15 fruits per plant. Average size is 6-8", although the fruit holds its quality and can be picked anywhere from 4 to 10" long. (of course, if you pick baby cukes, you can expect to harvest even more. A beit-alpha type, open pollinated cucumber recently developed by Cornell University. It is one of the only OP cucumbers available that is resistant to a host of significant foliar diseases including powdery mildew, papaya ringspot virus, watermelon mosaic virus, and zucchini yellow mosaic virus. Thanks to Steve Peters from Seed Revolution now for introducing us to this variety. Packet (1 g ≈ 25 seeds)...

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Cucumber, Lemon (68 days) Cucumis sativus Very productive variety introduced in 1894 produces copious amounts of pale yellow round sweet and crunchy fruits that are delicious eaten right in the garden.  Never bitter.  Plants are sprawling vines that keep producing up until frost.  Disease resistant.  Children love them!  HEIRLOOM, SSF CU1: Packet (2 g ≈ 25 seeds) 1/2 ounce ounce...

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Cucumber, Little Leaf H-19 Pickling (57 days) Cucumis sativus This little gem marvels us with abundant piles of tasty and crisp little pickers. Plants are parthenocarpic and produce heavily even in the absence of pollinators, so they may be used in greenhouse culture. Compact vines don’t occupy much space and lend themselves nicely to container culture. Released by Univ. of Arkansas in 1991. Feral Farm Packet (2 g ≈ 25 seeds) ...

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Cucumber, Mideast Peace (70-85 days) Cucumis sativus From the seed collection of Alan Kapular, also known as Mideast Prolific.  Grows 3-5’ vines which produce several crops of 6-8”, non-bitter, smooth and thin-skinned and makes for excellent fresh eating or pickles. Packet (2 g ≈ 25 seeds)            ...

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Cucumber, Muncher (60-65 days) Cucumis sativus A tender delight with thin skin. Muncher is considered a burpless variety with much less bitter skin then other open pollinated varieties. It was developed by the University of Washington and is a Lebanese style cucumber. Excellent for salads and fresh eating but also small enough to pickle. Strong, vigorous vines with fruit that are ripe for picking between 5-9”. Packet (2 g ≈ 25 seeds) Photo by Harshal S. Hirve on Unsplash ...

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Cucumber, NY Slicing 264 (65 days)  Cucumis sativus A standard straight green cucumber that matures early and yields abundant fruit.  Michael Mazourek, plant breeder at Cornell University in New York has developed this variety to stand up to increasing disease pressure such as Downy mildew. FER Packet (2 g ≈ 25 seeds) ...

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Poona Kheera (55-60 days) Cucumis sativus Originally from Poona, India, this unique variety starts out with smooth, pale yellow skin that matures to a russetted rosy brown almost like a potato.  Don’t let their unusual appearance fool you, because they are one of the most mild, sweet and delicious fresh eating cucumbers available. Excellent disease resistance. CHS.  Packet (1 g. ≈ 25 seeds) ...

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Cucumber, Richmond Green Apple (70 days) Cucumis sativus A lime green heirloom wonder from Australia that produces round to oblong, crunchy fruits that are 2-3" in diameter. A delightful snack that some say rivals that flavor of the beloved Lemon cucumber. You'll have to try both and be the judge. HEIRLOOM. SSF Packet:  2 g (~25 seeds) Half Ounce Ounce...

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Cucumber, Snow’s Fancy  Cucumus sativus  (55 days) A truly delightful picking cucumber,  Snow’s Fancy was selected from Chicago Pickler and is an Illinois heirloom from  around 1905. It will produce small fruits about 5” in length, dark green with thin skin and is excellent if eaten fresh or made into pickles. Plants are quick to bear fruit and make it a great choice for places with shorter growing seasons. Packet: 2g  Photo credit: Photo by Jonathan Pielmayer on Unsplash  ...

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Cucumber, Spacemaster 80 - (70 days)  Cucumis sativus A real gem for small gardens, tight spaces, and urban gardeners. Spacemaster stays contained within a 36" area yet still produces loads of crisp, tasty 7-8" fruits. It is also a dependable producer in that it is resistant to Cucumber Mosaic Virus and Scab. Packet: 2 g (~25 seeds) 1/2 ounce: ...

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Cucumber - Sweet Marketmore Cucumis sativus    Our friend Bill Reynolds at Eel River Farm shared this variety with us a decade ago as an improved Marketmore that worked well in his organic market farm system on account of its disease resistance, sweet, non-bitter flavor and high productivity. Fruits are straight and 7-9” long and dark green.  SSF Packet =  (2 g.≈ 25 seeds) 1/4 ounce 1 ounce ...

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Gerkin, Mexican Sour (75 days) Melothria scabra AKA Cucamelon or Mouse melon. A unique relative of cucumbers that produces a plethora of small (1-1 ½ “) fruits that resemble tiny watermelons and have a unique mildly sour cucumber flavor that are delicious to pop in your mouth and eat raw, serve on salads or pickled. Vines grow vigorously up to 10’ and benefit from a trellis. HEIRLOOM. SSF PACKET – 1/2 g. (~150 seeds)...

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Jelly Melon, Kiwano, aka African Horned Melon  Cucumis metuliferus (120 days) The Jelly Melon originated in semi-arid Africa near the Kalahari Desert and is botanically speaking not a melon.  This bizarre fruit with its  prominent spines is also known as “blowfish fruit” and unbelievably it was actually featured in an old episode of Star Trek (alien food?). Grown for it’s lime green colored pulp which is reminiscent of cucumber, citrus and kiwi. Delightful in creative cocktails! Oblong fruits grow to about 6-7” and are ripe to pick when the striped green skin turns yellow orange. Fairly easy to grow - similar to cucumbers.  SSF. Packet: (0.5g)...

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