including C. anguria
and some C. melo (armenian cucumbers, carosellos and pickling melons)
Cucumber Armenian
(Cucumis melo L. var.
flexuosus)
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,99
Cucumber Armenian Serpent
(Cucumis
melo L. var. flexuosus)
Wonderful striped armenian cucumber! Very long (40 cm) and thin
(3-4 cm) fruits. Click thumbnails for details. Mild, sweet
flavor. Crunchy. Can be eaten without peeling, skin is very
thin. Can grow up to 1 meter long, but better when picked at
around 30-40 cm. Popular in Armenia. 70 days. Rare. Aka: Metki painted serpent. Make
the vines climb to get straight cucumbers.
Packet of 10 seeds: $2,99
Cucumber White
Medium size, white cucumber from Italy. Thin skin. Used
traditionally for pickling but also good for fresh eating.
Packet of 15 seeds: $1.99
Cucumber Boothby's Blond
(Boothby's Blond)
Packet of 10 seeds: $1,99
Cucumber Brown
This type can be harvested either yellow or when it turns to russet brown. Very crunchy when yellow but gets sweeter as it matures and start to darken. Not bitter, renowned taste. 15 to 20 cm long. 65 days.
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,99
Cucumber Carosello Mezzo Lungo (Cucumis melo)
Stunning cucumber covered with a woolly fuzz! Click thumbnails
for details. Oval to banana shaped, medium size (10 to 15 cm
long). Corrugated, pale green skin. Soft fuzz is easily
removable. Very tender flesh, and slightly sweet flavor.
Delicious. An italian Carosello heirloom from southeast Italy
(Puglia), quite rare in North America. Also known as "Carosello
Mezzo Lungo di Polignano". Like the Armenian cucumber, it is
botanically a melon (C. melo)..
50-60 days.
Packet of 10 seeds: $2,99
Cucumber Chinese
Heat tolerant variety from China with long, corrugated fruits.
Dark green skin. Compact flesh, never bitter, almost seedless.
60-65 days. Packet of 10 seeds: $1,99
Cucumber
Lemon
A very different kind of cucumber with round fruits that are
bright yellow and about the size of a small apple. The lime
green flesh is sweet and mild. Pick them immature. 70 days.
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,99
Mexican Sour Gherkin/
Cucamelon
(Cucamelon, Concombre a confire, Mouse
melon)
Melothria
scabra
Tiny little fruits under 3 cm long.
Look like miniature watermelons. Edible, taste is
sweet-tart. Can make very cute pickled gherkins. Very
delicate vine, not invasive. Can be grown with flowers as an
ornamental. Fruits stay on the vines for a long time. 70
days.
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,99
Cucumber
Homemade Pickles
High yielding type producing small fruits that can be picked at any stage (from 1" to 6"). Used fresh or for pickling. Crunchy. Plants are disease resistant. Compact vines, about 1,5 m long. 55-60 days.
Packet of 20 seeds: $2,99
See also Cucumber Paris Pickling, last down the list.
Cucumber Japanese
Suhyo Long Very long and thin cucumbers (45 cm by 3 cm),with dark green skin and crunchy flesh. Similar to the English Cucumber. Productive. Popular in Japan. Make vines climb to get straight fruits. 65 days.
Packet of 10 seeds: $2,99
Cucumber Lebanese (C. sativus, var. sativus, Lebanese group)
Gourmet type with delicate, smooth shiny skin. Middle East type
(lebanese). Sweet flavor. Never bitter. Short fruits between 10
to 15 cm long. Productive. Early: 55 days.
Note: we offer this year a variety simply named "Beit-Alpha",
with typical lebanese-type fruits, as depicted on picture.
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,99
Cucumber Liso Calcutta
(Cucumis anguria)
A West Indies Gherkin
variety (C. anguria)
with slightly larger fruits and smoother skin.
Spineless. Can be eaten with the skin. Pick early, when
they are about 5-6 cm long (2 inches). You can also eat
them when they are larger (8 cm), but the taste then
gets a little more tart and acidic (though not
unpleasant). Rare variety! 70 days.
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,49
Cucumber Marketmore
Early producing type with short-medium vines. Fruits are 8-9"
long. Sweet and crisp. Good slicing type. Can be used for
pickling too. 56-65 days.
Packet of 25 seeds: $1,99
Cucumber
Crystal Apple (Pomme de Cristal,
Kristallapfelgurke)
Clear white, oval cucumbers, from the size of a baseball to a
grapefruit. Crispy, juicy flesh. Light, refreshing flavor. Pick
fruits young for best quality. Rare.
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,99
Cucumber Richmond Green Apple (Richmond
River
Green Apple)
This is a wonderful
Apple variety with beautiful, oval green fruits and crispy white
flesh. Slightly sweet. Can be eaten with the skin, like an
apple. About 12 cm. Pick early. Old australian heirloom. About
70 days.
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,99
Cucumber
Spacemaster
Compact vines for small gardens and containers. Only 1 m long.
Dark green cucumbers, medium size (18 cm). Resistant to many
diseases. Early: 56-62 days. Bush
Crop.
Packet of 20 seeds: $2,99
Cucumber Straight 8
Straight, 8 inch long fruits. Nice slicing cucumber. Crispy. An All American winner. 60-70 days.
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,99
Cucumber Tondo Liscio (Cucumis melo L. var. chate )
Carosello type from Italy with apple size, round green fruits. Botanically, it is a melon that is harvested before maturity (like armenian cucumbers). Sweet flavor and very fine texture. Rare variety, not well known in North America. Seeds imported from Italy. Also known as "Carosello tondo liscio di manduria". 60 days.
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,99
Cucumber West Indies Gherkin
Cucumber Gherkin
(Cucumis anguria)
Probably the smallest cucumber in the world, at only 2 inches. A
different species altogether, from the West Indies (C. anguria).
Original ancestor of the pickle. Pick fruits when they are still
young and pale. The soft spines covering the fruits are easily
removable by hand. Can be eaten fresh or pickled. Nice flavor.
60-70 days.
Packet of 25 seeds: $2,49
Cucumber Paris Pickling (Cornichon
de Paris ,Vert Petit de Paris, Amélioré de Bourbonne)
Prolific variety grown mainly for pickles. The sweet, tasty
little fruits can also be picked later as nice slicing
cucumbers. Old french heirloom dating back to 1892. Known in
Europe as Ameliore de
Bourbonne. 50-60
days (pickles), or 70-80 days (for cucumbers). Limited
quantites, smaller packet (10 seeds).
Packet of 10 seeds: $2,99
