Heirloom Cucumber Seeds
Cucumbers are a refreshing vegetable with high water content - great for eating in hot weather. They can also be pickled for storage. Cucumis sativus.
Sowing Cucumber Seeds
Sow outdoors after the last frost date, 1/2" deep. Or start indoors 3 weeks early. Space 2' apart in rows. Or grow 3 plants per hill. Space hills 4-6' apart. Full sun.
Cucumber 'Marketmore 76'
(70 days)
80 seeds $3.00
Marketmore 76 is a beautiful, 8" long cucumber that is the standard for home gardeners. It's a good slicing variety that holds its sweet flavor in hot weather. Dark green, slightly bumpy, cylindrical fruits. Productive and disease resistant.
American heirloom, 1976.
Cucumber 'National Pickling'
(55 days)
80 seeds $3.00
National Pickling is a highly productive pickling cucumber. It produces loads of bumpy-skinned fruits that can be picked at any size, up to 6" long. It's a dual-purpose cucumber that's good for fresh eating, too.
American heirloom, 1935.
Lemon cucumber is a popular heirloom. Pick the 4" fruits when they are pale greenish-yellow for best flavor. The long, vigorous vines are very productive. This cucumber is best for fresh eating (too soft for pickling). Non-bitter.
American heirloom, 1894.
Cucumber 'Lemon'
(60 days)
80 seeds $3.00
Boston Pickling is a fantastic dual-purpose cucumber - great for both pickling and fresh eating. It is rarely bitter, even in hot weather. The steady production kept us supplied with cucumbers through the summer and into fall.
American heirloom, 1880.
Cucumber 'Boston Pickling'
(55 days)
30 seeds $3.00
Dragon Egg cucumber is aptly named with pearly-white, egg-shaped fruits that are fantastic for slicing. The mild flavor rarely has any bitterness. Like the lemon cucumber, it is too soft for pickling. Enjoy it fresh.
Croatian heirloom.
Cucumber 'Dragon Egg'
(55 days)
30 seeds $3.00
Poona Keera cucumber is a rare variety with light green fruits that mature to brown with a crackling skin. Of course, you want to eat them at the light green stage when they are young and tender. Usually mild flavor, sometimes bitter.
Indian heirloom.
Cucumber 'Poona Keera'
(55 days)
30 seeds $3.00
