Cucumber
Field Day
North Carolina State University hosts a cucumber field
day on the last Thursday in June for those interested in
seeing the latest research on cucumber breeding.
The field day for 2008 will be June 26, Thursday from 1
to 5 pm. It will be held at the Horticultural Crops Research
Station at Clinton, NC.
Directions: from Raleigh, take I-40 east for about 1 hour
of driving, then turn south on hwy 403. The station will
be on the left after about 15 minutes of driving.
Things to see
- Population improvement for yield
- Replicated spring pickle trial
- New pickling type hybrids
- Replicated spring slicer trial
- New fresh-market type hybrids
Other Sites of Interest
