Availability Updated on May 24, 2009
2009 Cucumbers and Gherkins
(Squash Family)
[ Cucumbers (Slicing) | Cucumbers (Pickling) ]
[ Cucumbers (Dual-purpose) | Gherkins ]
ORGANIC CERTIFICATION UPDATE: We were able to get organic certification on part of our farm this year. This means we will soon be listing everything that we grow here at our farm as Certified Organic. We have many varieties in this year's catalog which are being offered as CERTIFIED ORGANIC. If the item is being offered as CERTIFIED ORGANIC, it will have an OG after the price of the seeds.
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2009 CUCUMBERS - Slicing Varieties
Cucumber culture: Culture is the same as for muskmelons. Slicing varieties are predominantly used for fresh slicing, especially in salads. Packets contain 25 to 35 seeds.
Athens: 75 days. Very large, dark green slicer. Superb quality. Pkt. $1.50
Bedfordshire Prize: 65 days. A good 10 inch slicing cucumber. High and continuous yields. An excellent English variety. Pkt. $1.50 OG
Beit Alpha: 56 days. Straight, thick, tender fruit, medium green skin, mild. Pkt. $1.50
Black Diamond: 67 days. Old-fashioned cucumber with a long history introduced in 1920. Pkt. $1.50
Burpee's Sunnybrook Early: 60 days. 9 to 11 inch dark green, white spine cucumbers. Pkt. $1.50
Delikatesse: 60 days. Medium green, 8 to 10 inch slicer. Superb, semi-burpless type. Pkt. $1.50
Glorie de Paris: 65 days. Terrific yielder of 12 to 15 inch long, very uniform, blocky slicing cucumber. Fruits can get quite large and still remain relatively seed free. (Sold Out for 2009)
Greek: 60 days. Very productive and tasty. Not a real dark color and don't look like traditional type, but excellent quality. My favorite for refrigerator pickles, no need to peel, mild all the way through. This one does not make good canned pickles. Pkt. $2.00
Japanese Climbing: 63 days. A very uniform, dark green slicer type. High yields. Pkt. $1.50 OG
Lemon: 60 days. Super tasty globe shaped lemon colored skin. I like to take them whole in my lunch. Skin is not bitter. Pkt. $1.50
Longfellow: 67 days. Long, 12 to 15 inch American type slicing cucumber. Remains edible when larger than most. Introduced in 1927. Pkt. $2.00 OG
Mirella: 70 days. A very nice, blocky, Middle Eastern type burpless, thin-skinned cucumber. Not the best in fusarium resistance, but superb for eating. Pkt. $1.50 OG
Straight Nine: 60 days. An improved version of Straight Eight, more tolerant to drought and downy and powdery mildew. Pkt. $2.00
The Duke: 70 days. Actually a melon (C. melo) used in the immature stage as a cucumber. Popular in the Mid-East. They are very mild and basically bitter-free. (Unavailable for 2009)
Tokiwa: 70 days. Very large slicer, uniform in shape, very tasty. Very closely resembles a seedless greenhouse cucumber. Fruits remain in superb eating condition even when they get very large. Excellent source for anyone growing for farmers' markets. Pkt. $1.75; 1 oz./$7.00.
2009 Cucumbers - Pickling Varieties
Cucumber culture: These varieties are best used for making pickles. Culture is the same as for muskmelons. Packets contain 25 to 35 seeds.
Armstrong Early Cluster: 50 days. Very early, compact plants produce large numbers of small, thumbsize in length cucumbers perfect for whole pickles. Pkt. $2.00 (Sold Out for 2009)
Boston Pickling: 51 days. Introduced in 1880, a moderately short, plump pickling cucumber. Pkt. $1.50 OG
Chicago Pickling: 55 days. Excellent short, fat pickling type that holds up well to insects and disease. Introduced in 1888. Pkt. $2.00 OG (Limit 1 Pkt.)
Chipper: 60 days. Very productive pickler that is short and fat, developed for the pickle chip industry. Pkt. $2.00 (Sold Out for 2009)
Early Green Cluster: 58 days. A little later type, also excellent for pickles. Introduced in 1778. Pkt. $1.50 OG
Morden Early: 45 days. Nice bush plant, compact vines, super early, nice pickler. (Sold Out for 2009)
North Carolina Heirloom Pickling: 60 days. A wonderful 2" to 3", blocky, creamy white cucumber. Makes superb dill pickles. Stay crisp when pickled. Pkt. $1.75
Ukrainian Pickling: 60 days. Light green fruits, as is typical of the Eastern European types, they turn a russet color when ripe and will remain solid for several weeks in storage. Pkt. $1.50 OG
2009 Dual-Purpose Varieties (Slicing or Pickling)
Cucumber uses: Dual-purpose cucumbers are old-fashioned types that can be used for both slicing and for pickles depending on the stage of harvesting. Culture is the same as for muskmelons. Packets contain 25 to 35 seeds.
Improved Long Green: 65 days. A very large, dual purpose cucumber that gets big quick and has a paler green skin color. Plants stay productive for a long period of time. Introduced in 1842. (Sold Out for 2009)
Monastic: 65 days. Dual purpose, short, fat pickling type, cream colored when young, will also work as a small slicer. Good drought tolerance. Pkt. $1.50 OG
Poona Kheera: 60 days. Fruits start out a mayonnaise color and turn russet potato colored later on. Nearly bitter free. Pkt. $2.00 OG
Uzbekski: 50 days. Light green skin turns to golden brown, flesh remains crisp well after harvest. Pkt. $1.25
2009 Gherkins
Gherkin notes: Used for small pickles. Not the same species as regular cucumbers. Culture is the same as for muskmelons. Packet should contain at least 25 seeds.
Jamaican: 65 days. Gherkin type, very similar to West India Gherkin, but is earlier and more productive. Pkt. $1.50 OG
West India Gherkin: 70 days. Small, burr sized, spiny cucumbers that are of a different species than regular cucumbers. Pkt. $1.50 OG