cornichons

biscgolf · January 31, 2012

anyone ever grown them?

my best customer among the restaurants i sell to would like me to give it a shot this year.

if you have grown them- did you grow a specific type of cuke for them or just harvest a regular pickling cuke at very small size?

Jeannine Anne · January 31, 2012

They are the same family as cukes but are a different cultivar, Cornichon is French for Gherkin and they are picked very small . Look up gherkins and you may find more info. I may even have a packet.. I will get back to you.

Just looked,I have two lots of Gherkins..both received from the UK in seed swaps. One is simply called Gherkin about 30 seeds maybe and says plant by 2011 and the other is Piccolo Di Paragi and is from Seeds of Italy there is also about 30 seeds, it says plant by 2012. I wouldn't worry about the dates personally.

I can pop both or one in the post of you wish

XX Jeannine

amideutch · January 31, 2012

http://www.kcb-samen.ch/shop/?cPath=30

Petronius_II · January 31, 2012

In the US, the variety used most often for cornichons is Paris Pickling aka Parisian Pickling aka Improved Borbonne. I'm getting some seeds of it from Ohio Heirlooms and plan to try growing it this year. SSE has some good photos here:

http://www.seedsavers.org/Details.as...o=1356%28OG%29

biscgolf · January 31, 2012

awesome- thanks to all of you!

pm sent to Jeannine.

that KCB-Samen site is amazing- 700 types of cucurbits...

January 31, 2012	#1
biscgolf Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Virginia Posts: 353	cornichons anyone ever grown them? my best customer among the restaurants i sell to would like me to give it a shot this year. if you have grown them- did you grow a specific type of cuke for them or just harvest a regular pickling cuke at very small size?

January 31, 2012	#2
Jeannine Anne Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 1,553	They are the same family as cukes but are a different cultivar, Cornichon is French for Gherkin and they are picked very small . Look up gherkins and you may find more info. I may even have a packet.. I will get back to you. Just looked,I have two lots of Gherkins..both received from the UK in seed swaps. One is simply called Gherkin about 30 seeds maybe and says plant by 2011 and the other is Piccolo Di Paragi and is from Seeds of Italy there is also about 30 seeds, it says plant by 2012. I wouldn't worry about the dates personally. I can pop both or one in the post of you wish XX Jeannine Last edited by Jeannine Anne; January 31, 2012 at 03:17 PM. Reason: more info

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Petronius_II Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Albuquerque, NM - Zone 7a Posts: 209	In the US, the variety used most often for cornichons is Paris Pickling aka Parisian Pickling aka Improved Borbonne. I'm getting some seeds of it from Ohio Heirlooms and plan to try growing it this year. SSE has some good photos here: http://www.seedsavers.org/Details.as...o=1356%28OG%29