I grow Bedfordshire Prize and Straight 8. According to old 1800s seed catalogs, Bedfordshire Prize was first cultivated in 1780 and was the prominant cuke grown here in America until the Civil War era. Has long 1/2" hair spines which easily come off sliding your hand down the cuke. Has that old fashioned cuke flavor. Pretty much extinct here in the U.S. but still grown in England where I got the original seeds. I have not had any issues with disease (unlike my zukes where PM & DM tend to overwhelm my zuke plants).
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