What Should I Know About My Variety Of Cucumbers (Part 1)?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Bella’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Emilie’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Tanja’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Marketmore’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Eureka Hybrid’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Palermo’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Cucino’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Picolino’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Boothby’s Blonde’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Crystal Apple’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Rocky’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Naomi’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Masterpiece’?

This strong and vigorous F1 cultivar produces healthy foliage that is resistant to both powdery mildew and downy mildew. It produces a heavy yield of long, and slightly ribbed, good-quality fruits that are dark green.

This cultivar produces fruits that have attractive, smooth, dark-green skin, crisp white flesh, and a good flavor. They are a useful size, growing to around 8 in (20 cm), which means they provide enough for a meal, without leftovers.

A robust cultivar, ‘Tanja’ produces heavy yields and crops well over a long period. The fruits are 12 in (30 cm) long (or more), with dark green, smooth, shiny skin, and an appetizing flavor. This is a good choice for containers.

This very popular cultivar is normally grown outdoors to produce good yields of medium-sized, attractive, dark-green fruits with a few white spines. It is reliable, performing well even in a poor season, and is resistant to powdery and downy mildew.

This strong, indeterminate hybrid has extremely good disease resistance, with high yields of 2–7-in (5–18-cm), very dark-green slicing, or pickling cucumbers. Plants are monoecious and trouble-free and can be grown on a trellis for easy harvesting.

An F1 hybrid cultivar, ‘Palermo’ has good resistance to powdery mildew. It makes a good choice for growing in an unheated greenhouse and produces long, juicy, dark-green fruits that are equally good in sandwiches or salads.

This cultivar produces mini cucumbers 3–4 in (7.5–10 cm) long, making them ideal for snacks and lunch boxes. The fruits are uniform with thin, smooth, dark-green skin and tasty, green flesh. It is highly productive, yielding double the fruits of many other cultivars.

This heavy-cropping F1 cultivar produces medium-sized, crisp, juicy cucumbers around 6–7 in (15–18 cm) long. A relatively healthy variety, it should be grown under cover and has good resistance to both powdery and downy mildew.

This heirloom cultivar originated in Maine. The fruits have creamy-white skins flushed with yellow or green and a scattering of black spines. They are short and fat, best picked at 3–4 in (7.5–10 cm) long, and may be used fresh or pickled.

This interesting, easy-to-grow cultivar produces a large crop of pale, yellow-green, spherical cucumbers that turn a deeper shade of yellow as they age. The unusual fruits are particularly flavorful and juicy, but they can be a little bit seedy in the center.

This is an unusually compact cultivar, producing clusters of baby cucumbers that are close to the main stem. It is an early maturing variety and likes plenty of warmth, so would be a good choice for a container on a sunny patio.

This cultivar produces long, straight, and slightly ribbed fruits that have attractive, dark-green skin and a good flavor. It has some resistance to several fungal diseases that can affect foliage, including powdery mildew.

An outdoor, ridge-type cucumber, ‘Masterpiece’ produces heavy yields of dark-green, slightly spiny, medium-sized fruits that have a crisp, white flesh. It is a very reliable cropper, with healthy foliage, and would be a good choice for growing in a large container.

‘White Wonder’ is an old, dual-purpose cultivar that dates back to the 1800s and was traditionally used for pickling, although it can also be eaten fresh. It starts to crop early in the season, producing creamy-white fruits that are best picked before they exceed 6 in (15 cm).