Uncle Mike’s Favorite Cucumbers

We talk a lot about our variety and selection in tomatoes, but did you know Uncle Mike grows a whole collection of cukes too? Here’s what’s growing in our Woburn Growing Greenhouse and shipping weekly to our retail stores! Please note, supplies and selection may vary and this list is not an indication of in-store availability.

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SWEET SUCCESS

This All American Selection Winner is a newer variety but most who try it come back for more! Sweet Success is a fantastic slicing cuke with a sweet, bitter-free taste. Yields a bumper crop of seedless, dark green 12-14″ fruits. Very disease resistant!

Days to maturity: 54.

STRAIGHT 8

An heirloom variety, and All America Selections winner, Straight 8 is a cucumber superstar. This highly productive and vigorous plant produces cukes with cool, firm flesh and a sparky taste. Pick at 8″ long for best taste!

Days to Maturity: 58.

SNACKER

A high-yielding salad or pickling type cucumber on shorter vines – great for a larger container. Crunchy, sweet fruit and non-bitter peel.

Days to Maturity: 50-55.

MARKETMORE

One of our favorites for northern climates, and perhaps the most recognizable heirloom cuke. Dark green skin with impressive fresh taste grows 8-9″ long. Makes for an excellent salad slicer.

Days to Maturity: 70.

HOMEMADE PICKLES

Bred specifically for home pickling, these tasty cucumbers boast solid, crisp flesh and excellent taste. A vigorous, somewhat compact bush type plant that is very disease resistant these can also be used as a salad cuke. Pick anywhere from 1.5″ – 6″ long.

Days to Maturity: 55 days.

BURPLESS

This cucumber contains little to no cucurbitacin, the compound that causes bitterness and indigestion. Known for their tasty, non-astringent flesh this English style cuke reaches 8-12″ long. With very few seeds, Burpless cucumbers are crisp and mild with an easy-to-peel skin.

Days to Maturity: 52.

 

ADDITIONALLY NOTEWORTHY

Uncle Mike has a few more favorites grown by our partner farmers that you may also enjoy!

Bushcrop

This is a dwarf plant that produces regular salad cukes. It’s great for containers and small spaces and will produce just as prolifically as regular vine type plants!

Bush Pickling

Another dwarf plant that produces great pickling cukes! This one is also great for containers and small spaces and you’ll get a great yield of cucumbers!

Citadel

This plant is disease resistant, very quick to mature, and produces a terrific pickling cuke. This is one of the best when it comes to downy mildew resistance, the bane of many a cuke-grower’s season!

Diva

This Lebanese salad cuke is not self-fertile and will only produce fruit if pollinated by another cucumber variety. Pick the fruit small for best quality and taste.