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bitterwort · April 15, 2017

Viridis F1 is the best tasting cucumber I've ever had, bar none.

shelleybean · April 15, 2017

Deborah,

YES! I love pickling cucumbers raw. Sometimes they need to be peeled, true. They're so much crunchier and they don't have that watery seed mass inside. For years I grew Snow's Fancy Pickling but that last few years I've grown Sumter and it seems to fight the mildew about a month longer. I use them for both pickles and salads.

Deborah · April 15, 2017

Well.... OK....

Worth1 · April 15, 2017

I stopped buying those disgusting dark green waxed burp-less cucumbers in the store years ago.
ALL I buy is the small pickling cucumbers.
My extra goat gene allows me to eat skin bumps and all.

Worth

Cole_Robbie · April 15, 2017

Worth, you gotta try Sweet Success. Parthenocarpic is the true burpless. The plant can't make viable seeds. There are what look like tiny seeds inside them, but they are just a husk; they dry to nothing. I don't grow a lot of them, because I hate buying seeds, but it is one great cuke for eating.

AlittleSalt · April 15, 2017

Strait Eight

We grew one that was lemon. It was interesting with a bold taste and no shelf life to speak of.

MikeInCypress · April 16, 2017

Sweet Success, Diva, and Suyo Long are my favorites. From 2 mounds of Sweet Success plants I got enough cukes to can 30 pints of pickle slices (Dill and Bread & Butter). Diva wasn't as productive but I love the taste. And Suyo Long looks so interesting sliced in salads.

MikeInCypress

Worth1 · April 16, 2017

Lemon is to be picked small and still green this is a mistake many people make with it.

Worth

Hellmanns · April 16, 2017

National Pickling, is my favorite slicer.

Durgan · April 17, 2017

Cross country.
http://www.durgan.org/2015/July%2020...ucumbers/HTML/ 8 July 2015 Cross Country Cucumbers
Cucumbers have stated to produce. Cross country is excellent for juicing and slicing, and pickling. The hybrid is most prolific.The female flower emerges with a small cuke attached and the male without. It is possible to pollinate with a small paint brush. If the female is not pollinated then the cuke dies and falls off. With the shortage of bees in my garden I contemplated hand pollination, but apparently not necessary now, since fruit is forming.

August 2, 2017

My favorite is General Lee- it has the real old fashioned crunch and is not watery like some newer varieties are. Also love Armenian--

Salaam · August 2, 2017

In our parts, 'Lebanese' cucumber tastes great. I grew it last year and got great tasting fruit before the plant succumbed to the beetles.

https://www.seeds-organic.com/collec...anese-cucumber

April 15, 2017	#16
bitterwort Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MN Zone4b Posts: 292	Viridis F1 is the best tasting cucumber I've ever had, bar none. __________________ Bitterwort

April 15, 2017	#17
shelleybean Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,648	Deborah, YES! I love pickling cucumbers raw. Sometimes they need to be peeled, true. They're so much crunchier and they don't have that watery seed mass inside. For years I grew Snow's Fancy Pickling but that last few years I've grown Sumter and it seems to fight the mildew about a month longer. I use them for both pickles and salads. __________________ Michele

April 15, 2017	#18
Deborah Riding The Crazy Train Again Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: San Marcos, California Posts: 2,562	Well.... OK.... __________________ "The righteous one cares for the needs of his animal". Proverbs 12:10

April 16, 2017	#22
MikeInCypress Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 963	Sweet Success, Diva, and Suyo Long are my favorites. From 2 mounds of Sweet Success plants I got enough cukes to can 30 pints of pickle slices (Dill and Bread & Butter). Diva wasn't as productive but I love the taste. And Suyo Long looks so interesting sliced in salads. MikeInCypress __________________ "Growing older, not up"

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April 15, 2017	#19
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I stopped buying those disgusting dark green waxed burp-less cucumbers in the store years ago. ALL I buy is the small pickling cucumbers. My extra goat gene allows me to eat skin bumps and all. Worth

April 15, 2017	#20
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	Worth, you gotta try Sweet Success. Parthenocarpic is the true burpless. The plant can't make viable seeds. There are what look like tiny seeds inside them, but they are just a husk; they dry to nothing. I don't grow a lot of them, because I hate buying seeds, but it is one great cuke for eating.

April 15, 2017	#21
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Strait Eight We grew one that was lemon. It was interesting with a bold taste and no shelf life to speak of.

April 16, 2017	#24
Hellmanns Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: kentucky Posts: 1,116	National Pickling, is my favorite slicer.

April 17, 2017	#25
Durgan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Brantford, ON, Canada Posts: 1,341	Cross country. http://www.durgan.org/2015/July%2020...ucumbers/HTML/ 8 July 2015 Cross Country Cucumbers Cucumbers have stated to produce. Cross country is excellent for juicing and slicing, and pickling. The hybrid is most prolific.The female flower emerges with a small cuke attached and the male without. It is possible to pollinate with a small paint brush. If the female is not pollinated then the cuke dies and falls off. With the shortage of bees in my garden I contemplated hand pollination, but apparently not necessary now, since fruit is forming.

August 2, 2017	#26
JoParrott Guest Posts: n/a	My favorite is General Lee- it has the real old fashioned crunch and is not watery like some newer varieties are. Also love Armenian--

August 2, 2017	#27
Salaam Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Ottawa, ON Posts: 128	In our parts, 'Lebanese' cucumber tastes great. I grew it last year and got great tasting fruit before the plant succumbed to the beetles. https://www.seeds-organic.com/collec...anese-cucumber