Cucumber Recommendations
 

I have one more trellis open for a new cucumber variety...I will be growing Boothby's Blonde and Tendergreen Burpless again this year. Last year I tried Straight Eight and had little luck with it...few fruit and died an early death due to disease.

I guess I would like to try a traditional slicer...

Thanks,
Adenn1

Armenian cucumber.
By far my favorite.
Pretty, prolific and palate pleasing.
I think I read that it is actually a bitter melon.

Diva - I can say they were awesome last year ~
lots of them ~ great taste ~
all female flowers - low seed counts ~
an all around good cuke ~

Tom

couple shown here ~

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My brother gave me a couple of lemon cukes...they were perfectly round and yellow..real good too

Market More is a real good one for me.

I second the Lemon cukes Bully, as they are my wife's
faves. She finds them light and refreshings. I'm a
pickle person myself....JJ61

Cucumber Recommendations
 

Sweet Slice (hybrid) is delicious.

GTG

County Fair cuke
 

Most of my cukes always bite the dust prematurily due to Bacterial Wilt. I've found that "County Fair" resists BW better than most & has a longer productive lifetime in my garden.

2 years ago, tried Straight Eight and they were terribely UNproductive...most likely due to lack of pollination in that wet season. (At the time Carolyn offered to make some alternate suggestions, leading me to believe that she didn't think too much of S.E. - but somehow we never got around to her suggestion :? )

Changed to Diva last year, which does not need pollination, and results were MUCH better. Growing them again. I will note that they took a [i]little[/i] while to "take off," but once they did, they kept us in slicers the season long with all but no effort. :D

Adenn,

I just noticed your in the Philly area. Worth's
suggestion of MarketMore is a good one as
they were developed for the Northeast. I've
grown them and they are excellent producers.
Just give them lots of deep, rich humis....JJ61

Gotta give another big thumbs up to the breeder's at Johnny's for coming out with such a great variety in DIVA.
Definitely a keeper for it low seed count!

Lee

I'm going to weigh in on this one and suggest that you try Poona Kheera.

I purchased seed for this one at Baker Creek; they claim it's originally from India. I've been growing it for 5 years.

The cucumbers from this variety look more like a Russet potato; slightly more yellow skin and elongated.

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They are easy to peel, most excellently crunchy and the seeds are small and few. The plants are sturdy and seem to withstand anything that Mother Nature throws at them.

The plants bear heavily here in Massachusetts, too.

My favorite characteristic for this variety? "[u]burpless[/u]"! :wink:

Thanks everyone for the advice/reccommendations--now I feel like dropping Boothbys and Tendergreen and selecting three new varities! What the heck...why not!

I had trouble the last two years with bacterial wilt...despite my efforts with Daconil. The cukes are going into a new spot behind my garage...so will see what difference this makes. I had better make my mind up and starting ordering more seeds!

Thanks again...

Adenn1

For slicers, I prefer the thin skinned kind like Muncher and Mideast Prolific. If you want to try the pickling route and just use them as slicers, I like Snow's Fancy and Boston Pickling.