Boston Pickling Cucumber

This beloved HEIRLOOM will satisfy your wildest pickling dreams. Vigorous vines yield a continuous harvest of bright green, thin-skinned beauties with a crisp, tender flesh. Harvest between three to seven inches to best suit your pickling endeavors. Also a great snacker, fresh out of the garden.

This Diva is no temperamental star but a true garden performer. Considered a Beit Alpha type that is both gynoecious and parthenocarpic. As such it is one of the smooth, thin-skinned class of cukes that originated in the Middle East, and produces exclusively female flowers which do not require pollination to set fruit. Tender, crisp, sweet and bitter-free, they are nearly seedless and best harvested between 5 to 7 inches. An All American Selection Winner renowned for taste, exceptional yields and disease resistance. A premium cuke for fresh eating.

This thin-skinned, gourmet cucumber has a small seed cavity and exceptional taste. Considered a Beit Alpha type that is parthenocarpic, it produces exclusively female flowers which do not require pollination to set fruit. The vigorous, powdery mildew tolerant vines are not only self-pollinating, but also early-bearing and high-yielding. Fruit best harvested when just 3 to 5 inches.

Especially bred to be the quintessential pickler. Ideal size, shape, crisp texture and superb flavor all rolled into one. Whether picked small for tiny gherkins, medium size for dill spears, or large for bread and butter slices, these green, short, plump cukes are perfect.  At whatever size, they are firm and tender-sweet! Plants grow vigorously over a long season, with great disease resistance for appreciable yields. The bountiful vines do well supported with a trellis or staking.

A gourmet mini cuke! Gynoecious and parthenocarpic, these thin-skinned, crisp beauties produce entire female flowers and do not require pollination to set fruit. Don’t be fooled by the plant’s relatively compact size. Iznik is an extraordinary yielder that will perform equally well in your containers, trellis garden, raised beds or rows.  The spineless, seedless, dark green snackers, best picked when 3- to 4-inches long, are tasty fresh or pickled. Highly resistant to powdery mildew and scab.

HEIRLOOM 1894. Originated in 1894, the 3 inch fruits are round, pale yellow in color, with a white flesh that is easily digested and never bitter. Yields are abundant.

This HEIRLOOM, also known mouse melon, cucamelon, and sandíita (Spanish for “little melon”), is not a real cucumber, but an honorary one belonging to another genus entirely, Melothria. These little charmers pack a powerful, sweet, cucumber flavor with a tangy, citrus twist into an adorable-sized treat. Expect delicate foliage and baskets of fruit that look like doll-sized watermelons. Perfect to trellis or cascade in a hanging basket. The 1-inch fruits are terrific tossed in a salad, and the plants are productive enough to have plenty for pickling.

A delightful, bitter-free addition to your cucumber line-up! This variety is both gynoecious and parthenocarpic – producing almost exclusively female flowers which do not require pollination to set fruit. Expect high yields of markedly uniform, vibrant green fruit with a sweet, citrusy flavor and refreshing crunch. For optimum flavor, harvest between 5 to 6 inches in length.

Also known as Armenian Cucumber or Snake Melon, this HEIRLOOM native to Armenia was taken to Italy in the 15th century. Botanically Painted Serpent is a muskmelon, Cucumis melo, more commonly known in the form of a cantaloupe, yet the species is closely related to the cucumber.  You will be captivated by the slender, slightly fuzzy, flexuous fruits that delicately coil like a serpent with alternating light and dark green stripes. And the flavor will astound you. A farmer’s market favorite when folks have the opportunity for sampling!

A French HEIRLOOM dating back to the late 1800s, Parisienne Cornichon de Bourbonne was used extensively in France as the premier pickling Cornichon. Expect buckets of gherkin or Cornichon-sized cukes — dark green and seedless, nubby and bumpy, tart and crunchy-sweet. Harvest fully developed, no more than 2-inch long, the width of a child’s finger and have your mason jars and favorite pickling ingredients on standby. 

Mini English cucumbers are sweet little crispy gems. Best picked at 4-5 inches long. Skin is medium green and thin. Not only prolific, but independent – plants are parthenocarpic, allowing for fruit set without pollination.

A noteworthy gourmet variety from India. Smooth-skinned fruits turn from white to golden-yellow to russet brown and may be eaten at any stage, skin and all.  At each stage they remain extremely crisp, sweet, juicy, refreshing, and bitter-free. Many consider the flavor best when harvested as rosy blush begins. Used in stir-fries, long-marinating dishes, pickles, and chutneys. They keep their crisp texture and absorb sauce flavors in Thai and Indian food.

This compact and space-saving All-America Selections winner is easy to grow anywhere, though ideally suited for containers, raised beds or even hanging baskets.  Yields full-sized and full-flavored 8-inch, uniform slicers over a long season. High disease resistance.

Whether you are limited on garden space or have the perfect sunny spot for a container on your porch or patio, this disease-resistant All-America Selection winner will be a good choice for you. The semi-bush vine will continue to set sweet crisp cucumbers as long as you keep them picked. May be harvested smaller for the perfect pickler and later at full maturity for fresh slices or spears.

Born from Cornell’s breeding program in 1980, this disease resistant, bush variety is ideal for small growing areas,  containers and even hanging baskets. The 2- to 3-foot vines yield an impressive numbers of flavorful, full-sized slicers.  Enjoy for snacking, salads and sandwiches. Also makes a great pickler!

This Japanese Hybrid yields buckets of dark, tasty, burpless, thin-skinned beauties. If trellised, they will grow up to 16 to 18-inches long, yet remain slender with a small seed cavity. Delicious eaten straight off the vine or tossed into your favorite salads or sandwiches. We tend to harvest when less mature, at 10 to 12 inches, and at peak season find ourselves organizing meals around cucumber salad recipes!