Cucumber
Approx. 1,100 seeds/oz. 1/4 oz sows 100' of row. Direct-sow 2-3 lbs/acre. Sow seeds 1-2". deep, 8-12" apart in rows 36-72" apart. Seeds germ in about 7 days. Days to maturity are from sowing.
Slicing
- 54 days. Top quality new slicer with high yield potential and great disease package.
- Showed strong multi-virus resistance and intermediate fungal resistance in trials.
- Mid-vigorous vines.
- Cylindrical 8.25" x 1.25" fruits with quality flesh and rich green skin.
- High packout of fancy grade fruit in trials.
- Excellent combination of marketability and production traits.
- Gynoecious normal type flowering.
- Resistant A1, ALS, CMV, S, ZYMV.
- Tolerant PRSV, DM, PM.
- 58 days.
- Premium gyn with high yield potential.
- Vigorous plants, straight, uniform, dark-green 8.5" x 2.5" fruit.
- Strong disease package.
- Tolerant A, ALS, CMV, PM, S.
- Fresh Mkt, Garden, Commercial.
- 52 days.
- Early.
- Classic American Slicer type, long and straight, very deep green, 8-9" x 1.5-1.75", with desirable L/D ratio, white interior and small seed cavity.
- Excellent disease package provides good potential for high productivity.
- Vigorous vines respond well to rich program of nutrition and water, both spring and fall in South.
- Gynoecious, includes 12% pollinizer. For ground or trellis culture.
- Resistant PM, PRSV, S, WMV, ZYMV.
- Tolerant ALS, DM, CMV.
- Fresh Mkt, Regional Shipping.
- 66 days.
- Market leader.
- A whitespined slicer.
- 8" fruits are straight and attractive uniform dark green.
- Vines are large and vigorous with dark green foliage.
- Widely adapted for spring and fall seasons.
- Resistant S, DM, PM. Tolerant CMV.
- Fresh Mkt, Garden.
- 45 days as ghs cuke.
- 50-60 days in field.
- A real workhorse among parthenocarpic "seedless" fancy-pack cukes.
- In 2018 trials, Iznik fruited earliest and out yielded others in its class by a wide margin, and was still yielding long after others in trial succumbed to wet weather diseases.
- Great flavor was noted throughout season - crisp, cool, with no hint of bitterness or aftertaste.
- Fresh green cukes, shiny and smooth, reach about 4" length and stay slender and tender, with only teeny ovules and a very nice baby slicer shape.
- Yields avg 5 fruit per leaf axil, allowing potential for high exception yield by fruit count.
- Multi-use, adaptable to field, greenhouse and container culture.
- 66 days.
- OP.
- Well-known variety for planting both in North and South.
- Tolerant CMV, DM, PM, S.
- Commercial production.
- 57 days.
- Early slicer with compact bushy habit.
- Glossy dark green fruit are uniform, cylindrical with slight taper, 8" x 2¼".
- Adaptable to compact spacing. Resistance CMV, S.
- Container, Fresh Mkt.
- 55 days.
- Semi-bush habit spreading about 2' across.
- Deep green slicers 7-8" x 2", slightly tapered cylindrical, with crisp sweet flesh.
- Strong disease package, high potential yield, with good durability and capable of extended harvest if kept picked.
- Can also be used in basket for garden center sales.
- Tolerant A, CMV, PM, S.
- Fresh Mkt, Bedding Plant Sales.
- Southeast.
- 62 days.
- Mid-early.
- Smooth, deep green, 8.5", with desirable L/D ratio.
- Has demonstrated excellent yield potential in commercial plantings.
- Predominantly female flowering; contains a pollinator. A proven, consistent performer.
- Resistant S. Tolerant A1·3 CMV, DM, PM.
- Fresh Mkt, Regional Shipping, Garden.
- 56 days.
- High % super selects for quality markets. Top commercial productivity.
- Large, refined blocky cylindrical slicer with superb disease package.
- Vigorous vine with potential for high yields of 8" x 2.25" fruit, dark green, smooth, glossy spineless exterior and great eye appeal.
- Very small seed cavity.
- Fills to end even under stress.
- Gynoecious flowering.
- Can be grown open field or trellised.
- Very early for a fancy cuke but the disease package allows extended harvest or late season supply.
- Will be a best replacement for Thunder when needed.
- Resistant A, ALS, DM, PM,S, ZYMV.
- Fresh Mkt, Shipping.
- 62 days.
- American Slicer in fruit shape & color, but parthenocarpic -- able to produce “seedless” fruits when isolated from pollen.
- Robust plants. Deep green, slightly glossy skin, smooth cylindrical shape, 8-9" x 2-2.5" diam.
- Bitter free fruit with small core of soft ovules and broad zone of crispy light flesh. Resistant PM, S.
- Fresh Mkt, Field or Greenhouse Crop.
- 55 days.
- Greenhouse-type parthenocarpic cucumber also performs well in the garden (sets fruit without pollination).
- Medium green, smooth, high-quality fruits grow 12-14". Grow on stakes or trellis.
- Sweet, crisp flesh, tender skin.
- Tolerant CMV, S. Fresh Mkt, Greenhouse, Garden.
- AAS Winner 1983
- 55-60 days.
- Japanese burpless-type that produces very uniform, glossy deep green fruit.
- 8-8.5" x 1".
- Monoecious flowering habit, with a medium number of female flowers.
- Suitable for both greenhouse and open field production, best sown March - July.
- Great bitterfree taste.
- Tolerant DM, PM.
- Fresh Mkt, Shipping.
Burpless
Handsome slicing types with reduced bitterness in their genetic makeup, these fruits have more tender skins which are believed easier to digest than regular cucumbers. Very popular with Fresh Mkt.
- 58 days.
- Seedless parthenocarpic cucumber.
- Sets abundantly without pollination and stays seedless if not interplanted with other cukes.
- Fruit is smooth and spineless, glossy bright green, slender and cylindrical with slightly tapered ends.
- Non-bitter trait is unattractive to cucumber beetles so this pest is less likely to carry CMV onto the crop.
- Can also be sold as mini cukes if picked at 4".
- Resistance S, Tolerant DM, PM.
- Fresh Mkt, Shipping, Roadside, Gdn.
- Extra fine quality, uniform fruit with glossy deep green exterior.
- Interior is classic Japanese Burpless type with very small seeds and small narrow core.
- Vigorous vines with multiple lateral breaks, combined with strong mildew resistance and tolerance for heat, provide potential for high yield.
- Resistant DM, PM.
- Tolerant TLS.
- Fresh Mkt, Fancy Pack, Wrapped.
- 52 days.
- Burpless type produces long, slender, smooth-skinned fruits.
- Early, heavy yields; long harvest. Best at 9" x 1" but holds at larger sizes.
- Tolerates high temperature and humidity.
- Resistant PM, Tolerant DM.
- Fresh Mkt.
Pickling
- 45 days.
- A short vined high-quality pickling type, deep green skin with very good internal quality.
- Also an excellent candidate for refined mini-slicer mkt when picked young.
- Mature L/D ratio is 3.05, making an excellent commercial packing pickle.
- Fruit set pattern lends itself to both hand and machine harvest.
- Concentrated fruit set and high disease ratings provide opportunity for high potential yield.
- 56 days.
- Uniform, dark-green, blocky fruits have a length-to-depth ratio of 3:1; white spined.
- Introduced by NC Agricultural Experiment Station.
- Tolerant A, ALS, CMV, DM, PM.
- Fresh Mkt, Processing.
- 55 days.
- Deep green refined 3" pickler for commercial pickles or fancy baby slicers.
- Mid long vines are easy for hand picking.
- White spines. Excellent 6-way disease package for high potential yield.
- Resistant PM, DM, ALS, CMV, A.
- Tolerant S.
- 45 days. Seedless (Parthenocarpic) bitterfree pickler.
- Sets abundantly without pollenation and stays seedless when not interplanted with other cukes.
- Fruit develops with 3.1:1 ratio of length to diameter, straight, cylindrical, dark green, with rounded ends.
- Crispy sweet and tender.
- Nonbitter trait is unattractive to Cucumber Beetles so this pest is less likely to carry CMV onto the crop.
- Compact vine with strong, lateral shoots.
- Can also be sold as gourmet mini cukes if picked at 3-4".
- Resistant DM, PM.
- Pickling, Fancy Pack, Fresh Mkt.
- 50-55 days.
- European gherkin type pickler.
- Very high quality eating both fresh or pickled.
- Parthenocarpic, bitterfree, 3-5", 1-1.25".
- Tender-skinned crispy fruit can be grown "seedless" for extra fine table quality.
- Strong disease package and vigorous vines covering 4-6 ft enable high yield potential.
- Well adapted to tunnel, trellis or open ground.
- Nationally promoted through consumer channels.
- Resistant CMV, S.
- Tolerant DM, PM.
- Fresh Mkt, Garden Ctr Sales, Pickling, Restaurant.
- Southeast, Mountain/Southwest.
- 50 days.
- Semi-bush plant spreading about 2 ft across, bears high yields of crisp sweet medium green picklers.
- Excellent durability through hot weather.
- Can be picked at gherkin stage for baby cukes or at spear stage for processing.
- Can be planted with close spacing for high yield per acre or grown in basket for garden sales.
- Tolerant CGMMV, CMV, S.
- Fresh Mkt, Processing, Bedding Plant Sales.
- Heartland, Great Lakes.
- 52 days.
- Vigorous plant with blocky medium dark green fruit and white spine.
- Perfect for hand picking as plants continuously set new fruit.
- Excellent processing quality.
- Fruit length/diameter (L/D) ratio 3:1.
- Plant type indeterminate, medium.
- Adaptable for sustained multiple harvest production programs.
- Potentially high yields.
- Tolerant A, ALS, CMV, PM, S.
- Fresh Mkt, Processing.
Specialty
- 60-70 days.
- OP.
- Heirloom variety with a unique lemon color and shape.
- Great flavor and crunchy texture with non-bitter skin.
- High yield potential of 2-3" fruit, a perfect size for a single serving.
- Great for pickling and slicing.
- Rust and drought resistant.
- Novelty sure to sell at fresh markets.
- 55-60 days.
- Bright white interior is bitterfree, non-yellowing small seeded, very sweet and crunchy.
- Extra tender, no-peel skin is a pale chiffon green color, providing unique table quality.
- Fruit are straight cylindrical.
- Harvest fruit at 5-6" long with 1.5-2" diam for gourmet quality.
- Vigorous vines with 4-6 ft spread keep bearing throughout growing season and provide good sun protection for unblemished fruit. Nationally promoted through consumer channels.
- Resistant PM.
- Fresh Mkt, Garden Ctr Sales, Restaurant.
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Cucumber Disease Codes
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Parthenocarpic, or " Seedless" Varieties:
These varieties are able to produce fruit without pollination. When grown in isolation from other varieties, the ovules do not develop into seed, but remain soft and light colored, enabling the production of fruit with “seedless” flesh. Since seed are not set, fruit quality can last longer on plant and in storage, and the flesh can resist developing bitterness associated with mature seed.