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I'm growing several varieties this year and offer a review of them starting with the cucumber in the far right of the photo below:
1) Sir Crunch a Lot is definitely a favorite here and is a hybrid from Park's seed that continues to produce when all the other varieties have stopped bearing. It just goes and goes and goes. Sir Crunch a Lot is also rich and free of bitter taste, with a small seed cavity and extra-long fruit size.
2) Straight Eight is an old-time variety that was the All-America winner back in 1935. It is smooth, straight, and deep green 8-inch fruits but is good even at 9 or 10 inches if you forget to pick them as the one pictured below second from the right. It is vigorous and prolific and tolerates mosaic virus. I grow it every year and it never fails to please.
3) Honey plus is a hybrid from Burpee that has a "smooth pale green to white skin and crispy-crunchy, sweet-as-honey, golden-fleshed fruit." It has proven to be very tasty if not as sweet as honey. Shown below as third from the far right.
4) Thunder is a heat-resistant, early-yielding cucumber that has great flavor. Resistant to all the dieseases this one caught my eye because of its heat tolerance. It is supposed to produce even in the hottest summer. We will see. Shown as the fourth from the right.
5) Persian is a small, tender cucumber with a smooth exterior, thin skin, and very few seeds. They're narrower than regular cucumbers and have a mild flavor. My first year to try them and they are just ok but not as good as 1 and 2 above IMO.
Curious what other growers here like in cucumbers.
1) Sir Crunch a Lot is definitely a favorite here and is a hybrid from Park's seed that continues to produce when all the other varieties have stopped bearing. It just goes and goes and goes. Sir Crunch a Lot is also rich and free of bitter taste, with a small seed cavity and extra-long fruit size.
2) Straight Eight is an old-time variety that was the All-America winner back in 1935. It is smooth, straight, and deep green 8-inch fruits but is good even at 9 or 10 inches if you forget to pick them as the one pictured below second from the right. It is vigorous and prolific and tolerates mosaic virus. I grow it every year and it never fails to please.
3) Honey plus is a hybrid from Burpee that has a "smooth pale green to white skin and crispy-crunchy, sweet-as-honey, golden-fleshed fruit." It has proven to be very tasty if not as sweet as honey. Shown below as third from the far right.
4) Thunder is a heat-resistant, early-yielding cucumber that has great flavor. Resistant to all the dieseases this one caught my eye because of its heat tolerance. It is supposed to produce even in the hottest summer. We will see. Shown as the fourth from the right.
5) Persian is a small, tender cucumber with a smooth exterior, thin skin, and very few seeds. They're narrower than regular cucumbers and have a mild flavor. My first year to try them and they are just ok but not as good as 1 and 2 above IMO.
Curious what other growers here like in cucumbers.
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