Cucumbers

All seeds are sustainably grown & chemical free.

20 seeds per packet.

English Greenhouse

1) English Telegragh  –  60 days. This is the original ‘EnglishCucumber’ around since at least 1884 or 1885. It was a favourite in Victorian England & was often grown in greenhouses to ensure a steady supply of cucumbers year-round. It is a long, thin-skinned cucumber with a mild flavour & crisp flesh. Can be harvested at various stages of growth, plus regular harvesting improves yields.

Pickling

1) Morden Early – 45 days.  Crisp, abundant & delicious. From Morden Research Station, Manitoba, 1956. One of the earliest pickling cucumbers available. Short vines produce loads of fruit. Great for short season areas.

Dual Purpose Cucumbers – Pickling and Slicing

1) A&C Pickler (Ace) – 50-55 days.

Introduced in 1928 by Abbott & Cobb of Pennsylvania. Uniformly straight 8-10 inch fruits hold dark green colour for a long time. Pick when small for pickler or larger for slicing. Best picked when 4-6” long. Good for market gardens as productive & reliable. 30 seeds per packet.

2) Earliest Mincu – 50 days. Perfect for pickling or slicing, these dual-purpose cukes are 4-5” long. Early   & quick to harvest. Compact vines produce heavy yields of short light green fruit with white spines.

3) Early Russian – 50-55 days. Introduced in 1854. Pick early for gherkins or matures as 6” sweet cukes. Never bitter. Produces over a long season.

4) Marketmore 76 – 60 days. A reliable good flavoured variety that produces abundant yields of 8-9” slicers on disease resistant plants.

5) Silver Slicer – 54 days. Superior slicer may be the best eating cucumber of them all. Long 7-8”, slim thin skin, buttery, crunchy, great flavour & crisp. Heavy set of buttery crunchy crisp fruits, neither watery nor ever bitter. Resists PM and keeps going till September. 30 seeds per packet.

6) Spacemaster – 62 days. Very compact bushy variety is ideal for small growing areas. Excellent pickler when small, use for slicer when larger.