Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions for North America
Cucumber (A-I), Lists 1-26 Combined
Edited by Todd C. Wehner
Department of Horticultural Science
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7609
A and C - Breeder: Abbott & Cobb. Vendor: Hollar. Characteristics:
8" fruit length, 64 day maturity, green, stippling at blossom
end, tapers at ends. Similar: Davis Perfect. 1928.
A and C 1810 (ACX 1810) - Breeder: Petoseed. Vendor: Abbott
& Cobb. Characteristics: uniform color, uniform size
and shape, monoecious hybrid, heavy yield. Resistance: scab,
cucumber mosaic virus, powdery mildew, downy mildew, angular
leaf spot, anthracnose. Similar: Poinsett 76. 1982.
Abundance - Breeder: home gardener near Rochester, New
York. Characteristics: fruit smooth, symmetrical, yellow
green specks, dark green, 9-10 x 2-2.25" fruit, pickler,
inbred. Similar: Davis Perfect. 1916.
Adams - Breeder: T. Lee Adams Co. Characteristics: fruit
dark blue-green to dull green, 9-10 x 2.25-2.5" fruit, pickler,
monoecious, inbred. Similar: Longfellow. 1926.
Addis (M11) - Breeder: R.L. Lower, North Carolina State
University, Raleigh. Vendor: Northrup King and numerous
seed companies. Parentage: SC 19B, Pixie, North Carolina
Agric. Expt. Sta. breeding lines. Characteristics: monoecious
pickling inbred, dark green color, L/D 3.2, cylindrical
fruit, slightly rounded ends, excellent processing quality.
Resistance: powdery mildew, downy mildew, anthracnose, angular
leaf spot. Similar: SC 19B. Adaptation: southeastern United
States. 1976.
Aladyn F1 - Breeder: Research Institute of Vegetable Crops,
Poland. Characteristics: fruit attractive, short, green,
small seed size, pickler, monoecious hybrid. Resistance:
anthracnose, downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber
mosaic virus.
Alba 74 (XPH 1274) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co.
Parentage: Michigan Agric. Expt. Sta. and Asgrow inbreds.
Characteristics: F1 hybrid, very high yielding, slicer,
Beit Alpha type, long smooth fruit. Similar: Damascus. 1981.
Albion - Breeder: H. Munger, Cornell University. Characteristics:
powdery mildew resistance backcrossed into SR 551. Similar:
SR 551.
Albion 87 - Breeder: H. Munger, Cornell University. Characteristics:
target leaf spot resistance backcrossed into Albion. Similar:
SR 551.
Alexander (Sun 3504) - Breeder and vendor: Sunseeds. Characteristics:
slightly tapered, dark green, white spined, machine or hand
harvest, pickler, gynoecious hybrid, 5.37" fruit length,
vine determinate. Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf
spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic
virus.
Alice (Dessert no. 4) - Breeder and vendor: Dessert Seed
Co. Parentage: Gy 3 x MSU 7. Characteristics: high yielding,
light colored fruit, pickler. Resistance: scab, cucumber
mosaic virus. Similar: Wisconsin SMR 18. Adaptation: northern
areas. 1968.
All Season - Characteristics: early gynoecious slicer,
49 days to harvest. 1996.
Allgreen - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris Co. Characteristics:
hybrid, white spined, uniform green, non-stippling fruit,
gynoecious, slicer. Similar: Meridian. Resistance: scab,
cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: northern United States.
1971.
Alpha Green - Vendor: Nat. Seed Storage Lab. Characteristics:
inbred.
Alpha Plus (002515) - Breeder: D. Croker. Vendor: Petoseed.
Characteristics: open field, gynoecious, dark green 1 x
6" fruit, sweet taste, middle eastern slicer. Resistance:
powdery mildew, cucumber mosaic virus, downy mildew. Similar:
Babylon, Beit Alpha.
Amir - Breeder and vendor: Nunhems. Characteristics: gynoecious,
parthenocarpic, dark green ribbed cylindrical fruit 16-17
cm long. Resistance: powdery mildew. 1992.
Amira - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
smooth skin, middle eastern slicer, medium green, gynoecious,
5" fruit length, extremely productive, very good taste,
54 day maturity. Resistance: downy mildew, powdery mildew,
cucumber mosaic virus. Similar: Beit Alpha. 1992.
Aodai-Nazare - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics:
Large vines and fruit, white spined, slicer, monoecious,
inbred.
Apple Shape Lemon - Vendor: Nat. Seed Storage Lab. Characteristics:
hermaphroditic, inbred, garden novelty, round yellow fruit
with 5 carpels. Similar: Lemon.
Arabian (XP 1914) - Breeder: B. Johnson. Vendor: Seminis
Vegetable Seeds, Asgrow Brand. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics:
hybrid pickling type; medium dark green color, short vine,
LD 3.05 to 3.1, hand or machine harvest. Resistance: none
claimed. Adaptation: U.S. 1999.
Aria - Characteristics: bitterfree, thin skinned, short
slicer, 4-6" fruit length, non-robust vines. 1996.
Arkansas Little Leaf (H-19) - Breeder: University of Arkansas.
Vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: monoecious inbred pickler;
fruit white spined, medium green color, parthenocarpic,
L/D 2.95, littleleaf type, 62 day maturity, vigorous multi-branched
vines. Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf spot, downy
mildew, cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: wide. PVP.
Arlington White Spine (Ak-sar-ben, Aldon White Spine, Arlington,
Arlington Early White Spine, Arlington Famous White Spine,
Arlington Improved, Baltimore White Spine, Bloomsdale Perfected
White Spine, Blue Ribbon Improved White Spine, California
Gem, Climax, Crystal Springs, Early Perfection White Spine,
Early Prolific White Spine, Extra Early Arlington White
Spine, Extra Early White Spine, Extra Select White Spine,
Famous, Famous White Spine, Ideal White Spine, Improved
Arlington, Improved Arlington White Spine, Improved Baltimore
White Spine, Improved Early White Spine, Improved Extra
Early Arlington White Spine, Ohio White Spined, Perfected
Arlington, Washington White Spine) - Breeder: W.W. Rawson,
Vendor: D.M. Ferry and Co. Characteristics: fruit straight,
medium light green, broad tip stripes, 7-7.5 x 2.5-2.75"
fruit, slicer, monoecious, inbred. 1886.
Armada (PS 20580) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
pickler, 53-54 day maturity, gynoecious, L/D 3.15, dark
green, high yielding processor, white spined, vine vigorous,
excellent brining. Resistance: scab, anthracnose, angular
leaf spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew. 1985.
Armour (Ottawa 1) - Breeder: Canada Department of Agr.
Resistance: Branch, Ottawa Research Sta., Ottawa. Parentage:
Highmoor x Niagara. Characteristics: good dark color that
holds well. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation:
areas where scab is prevalent. Canada J. Plant Science,
1965. 1965.
Armstrong Early Cluster - Characteristics: early flowering,
round fruit, monoecious, inbred.
Ashe (N.C. 6) - Breeder: North Carolina State College,
Raleigh. Parentage: Highmoor, Palmetto, SC 14, Ashley, with
five backcrosses to Ashley. Characteristics: monoecious
slicer inbred. Resistance: scab, downy mildew. Similar:
Ashley. 1959.
Ashley
- Breeder: South Carolina Truck Expt. Sta., Charleston.
Parentage: breeding lines that include Puerto Rico 40 and
Marketer. Characteristics: early, medium vine growth, medium
size, darker green fruits than other cultivars of the time.
Resistance: downy mildew. Similar. Adaptation: Marketer
cultivar. Adaptation: southern United States and possibly
other areas. Seedsmans Digest February, 1955. 1956.
Asian Nectar - Vendor: W. Atlee Burpee. Characteristics:
slicing type. 1999.
Astor (E0205) - Breeder: L. Gautney. Vendor: Ferry-Morse.
Characteristics: fine spined, European, pickler hybrid.
Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus. 1983.
Atlantic (603) - Breeder and vendor: Agway. Parentage:
Gy 57 seed parent. Characteristics: hybrid, gynoecious,
slicer, good holding ability. Resistance: scab, cucumber
mosaic virus, anthracnose. Similar: Gemini. Adaptation:
northeastern United States. Agway Catalog, 1970. 1970.
Atlantis (HMX 2464) - Breeder and vendor: Harris Moran
Seed Co. Parentage: Harris Moran inbreds. Characteristics:
long fruited gynoecious hybrid pickling type, LD 3.2 to
3.4, mid-early maturity, somewhat reduced vine length. Resistance:
scab, anthracnose, angular leafspot, powdery mildew, downy
mildew.
Aurora (ARCO 699) - Breeder: A. Gabert. Vendor: ARCO. Parentage:
ARCO seed parent 559 x NCSU pollen parent Clinton. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid, indeterminate vine, uniform fruit shape, white
spined, good fruit color, small seed cell, late seed development,
L/D 3.0. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus, angular
leaf spot, powdery mildew, downy mildew, anthracnose. Similar:
Calico. Adaptation: Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Michigan.
1985.
Babylon (PS 30785) - Breeder: K. Owens. Vendor: Petoseed.
Characteristics: gynoecious hybrid, middle eastern slicer,
dark green fruit 6.5 x 1" size, glossy ribbed fruit skin,
very early, high yielding. Resistance: powdery mildew, downy
mildew, cucumber mosaic virus. Similar: Beit Alpha.
Banquet (XPH 1619) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics:
monoecious hybrid, dark green fruit. Resistance: major cuke
disease. Similar: Calypso. 1989.
Baron (HMX 6466) - Breeder and vendor: Harris Moran. Characteristics:
excellent color, attractive shape, high packout. Resistance:
scab, powdery mildew, cucumber mosaic virus, anthracnose,
downy mildew. Similar: Royal.
Barteldes - Breeder: Barteldes. Characteristics: fruit
dark green, dark green, yellow green specks, 10-12 x 2.5-3"
fruit, slicer, monoecious hybrid. Similar: Longfellow. 1925.
Beauty - Breeder and vendor: Hollar and Co. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid, gynoecious, parthenocarpic, designed for greenhouse
use only, 13" fruit length. Similar: Pepinex, Corona, Deleva.
1983.
Beit Alpha - Vendor: Dessert Seed Co. Characteristics:
cylindrical fruit with slight taper, black spines, glossy
green skin; middle eastern slicer, 55 day maturity, 6 x
2" fruit. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus.
Beit Alpha MR - Characteristics: cylindrical fruit with
slight taper, black spines, glossy green skin; middle eastern
slicer, 55 day maturity, 6 x 2" fruit. Resistance: cucumber
mosaic virus. Similar: Beit Alpha.
Beit Alpha Smooth MR - Breeder and vendor: ARCO. Characteristics:
black spined, middle eastern slicer, inbred, 6 x 2" fruit,
glossy green, tender skin. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus.
Similar: Beit Alpha.
Bella - Breeder: Nunhems. Vendor: Canners. Characteristics:
gynoecious hybrid greenhouse slicer, extra long fruit. Resistance:
powdery mildew, downy mildew. Similar: Sandra.
Belle Aire (XP69-18) - Breeder and vendor: Agway. Parentage:
Tablegreen 68 x Poinsett. Characteristics: hybrid, white
spined, early prolific, gynoecious, slicer, dark skinned
fruit. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus, anthracnose,
alternaria, powdery mildew, downy mildew. Similar: Poinsett.
Adaptation: northeastern United States. Agway Veg. Seed
Catalog, 1972. 1972.
Benson (XPH1651) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics:
monoecious hybrid, dark green fruit, prolific staminate
flower production to aid in pollinating of hybrids. Resistance:
anthracnose, scab, downy mildew. Similar: Magic. 1991.
Black Diamond - Breeder and vendor: Hollar. Characteristics:
monoecious, inbred.
Blitz (PSX 1479) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
Semi-dwarf, small seedcell, medium green, white spined,
pickler, gynoecious hybrid, L/D 3.0, vine vigorous, 51 day
maturity. Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf spot, downy
mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus. 1984.
Bonus (Harrow 78.05) - Breeder and vendor: Agr. Canada.
Resistance: Branch, Harrow. Ontario. Characteristics: F1
hybrid, white spined, medium green, blunt blossom and stem
end, strongly gynoecious, no brining defects. Resistance:
angular leaf spot, cucumber mosaic virus, scab. Similar:
Triplemech. Adaptation: wide. 1980.
Boston Pickling (Boston Pickle, Early Green Prolific, Extra
Early Green Prolific, Extra Early Prolific, Extra Green
Prolific Pickling, Extra Long Green Prolific Green Prolific
Pickling, Improved Extra Early Green Prolific, Short Green
Pickling, Short Pickling, Short Prolific, Short Prolific
Pickle, Short Prolific Pickling) - Breeder and vendor: Wood
and Sons. Characteristics: fruit straight, dark green, tip
stripes, 6-7 x 2.25-2.5" fruit, black spined, pickler, monoecious,
inbred. 1880.
Bounty (XP 1025) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co.
Parentage: Gy 3 x Asgrow line. Characteristics: hybrid,
high yielding, black spined, pickler, good L/D. Similar:
Pioneer. Resistance: scab, mosaic, downy mildew. Adaptation:
general. Asgrow Catalog, 1971. 1970.
Bradley (Sun 3539) - Breeder and vendor: Sunseeds. Characteristics:
blocky fruit, dark green, white spined, brines well, excellent
yields of straight fruit, machine or hand harvest, hybrid
pickle, L/D 3.0, determinate. Resistance: anthracnose, angular
leaf spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber
mosaic virus.
Bravo (43-52-6) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed Co. Parentage:
Gy 3 seed parent. Characteristics: hybrid, white spined,
high yield, good color, pickler. Resistance: tolerance to
cucumber mosaic virus, downy mildew. Similar: Model. Adaptation:
southern, western United States. 1968.
Brice - Breeder: Burrell Seed. Vendor: Nat. Seed Storage
Lab. Characteristics: monoecious, inbred.
Brine Time (FMX 4447) - Breeder: Dr. L. Gautney. Vendor:
Ferry-Morse. Characteristics: white spined, pickler hybrid,
medium long vines, good yields, medium fruit color, good
fruit length, L/D 3.0-3.2, brines well. Resistance: scab,
anthracnose, cucumber mosaic virus, angular leaf spot. Similar:
Score. 1987.
Briney (Hybrid Pickle 52) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse
Seed Co. Parentage: Ferry-Morse Seed Company inbred x Wisconsin
SMR 18. Characteristics: F1, slightly longer than Ferry-Morse
Seed Company Hybrid 51, for processing, black spined, mostly
gynoecious. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Similar:
Wisconsin SMR 18. Adaptation: general. Ferry-Morse Seed
Company, 15 April 1963. 1963.
Brooks (DEXP 377) - Breeder: Dr. A. Gabert. Vendor: ARCO.
Characteristics: medium dark green fruit, white spined,
L/D 2.8-2.9, small seedcell, firm flesh, 52 day maturity,
straight, blocky, machine or hand harvest, pickler. Resistance:
cucumber mosaic virus, angular leaf spot, powdery mildew,
downy mildew, anthracnose, scab. Similar: Calico. 1984.
Bugre (PS 72595) - Breeder: Wei Ouyang. Vendor: Seminis
Vegetable Seeds, Petoseed Brand. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics:
predominantly gynoecious, early Caipiras type, strong vine,
good fruit, fruit size 50 x 160 mm. Resistance: downy mildew,
powdery mildew, angular leafspot, cucumber mosaic virus.
Similar: Safira. Adaptation: Brazil. 1999.
Burpee Hybrid- Breeder and vendor: W. Atlee Burpee Company,
Philadelphia. Parentage: closed. Characteristics: F1, very
vigorous, fruits medium long, cylindrical, rounded both
ends. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus, downy mildew. Similar:
Cubit. Adaptation: wide. Burpee catalog, 1945. 1945.
Burpee Hybrid II - Breeder and vendor: W. Atlee Burpee
Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, earlier and more productive
than Burpee Hybrid, slightly longer fruit. Resistance: cucumber
mosaic virus, downy mildew. Similar: Burpee Hybrid. Adaptation:
wide. 1984.
Burpee Pickler - Breeder and vendor: W. Atlee Burpee Company,
Philadelphia 32 Philadelphia Parentage: F2 of a closed-formula
hybrid: Characteristics: productive, black spined, blocky
shape, heavy yield, attractive fruit. Resistance: tolerance
to cucumber mosaic virus. Similar: National Pickling. Adaptation:
wide. Burpee catalog, 1957. 1957.
Burpeeana Burpless - Breeder and vendor: W. Atlee Burpee
and Co.
Burpeeana Hybrid - Breeder and vendor: W. Atlee Burpee
Company, Philadelphia 32 Philadelphia Parentage: closed.
Characteristics: F1, early, prolific, long cylindrical fruit,
very dark green color, absence of speckling. Adaptation:
wide. Burpee catalog, 1959.
Burpeeana Hybrid II - Breeder and vendor: W. Atlee Burpee
Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, gynoecious form of Burpeeana,
earlier, more productive. Similar: Burpeeana Hybrid. Adaptation:
wide. 1984.
Burpee's M and M Hybrid - Breeder and vendor: W. Atlee
Burpee Co. Parentage: closed. Characteristics: F1 hybrid
slicer, 8" fruit length, vigorous indeterminate vines, early
maturity, very dark glossy green fruit, white spined. Resistance:
cucumber mosaic virus, downy mildew. Similar: Triumph. Adaptation:
wide. 1966.
Burpee's Sunnybrook - Breeder and vendor: W. Atlee Burpee
Company, Philadelphia. Characteristics: very long, slender,
dark green fruit. Similar: Colorado cultivar. Adaptation:
wide. Burpee Catalog, 1936.
Burpless 33 - Breeder: Hastings Co. Vendor: Nat. Seed Storage
Lab. Characteristics: monoecious, inbred.
Burpless Bush - Breeder and vendor: Rogers NK. Characteristics:
fruit straight, cylindrical, dark green, slicer hybrid,
10-12" fruit length, bush habit, firm, nearly seedless.
Burpless Hybrid - Breeder and vendor: Burpee Seed. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid, mild flavor, 62 day maturity, white spined, trellis
type, 10" fruit length.
Burpless Muncher - Breeder and vendor: Burpee Seed. Characteristics:
mild flavor.
Bush Baby - Breeder and vendor: Stokes Seeds. Characteristics:
18-20" vine length. White spined, pickler, determinate vines.
Resistance: downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber
mosaic virus.
Bush Champion - Breeder: Cornell University. Vendor: W.
Atlee Burpee Co. Characteristics: open pollinated, short
internode plant, 9-11" fruit length, slender, bright green
fruit tapered to stem end. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus.
Similar: Bush Crop. Adaptation: wide. 1980.
Bush Crop - Breeder and vendor: Rogers NK. Characteristics:
home garden, fruit slightly tapered, medium green, slicer,
monoecious inbred, 7.5" fruit length, 55 day maturity. Resistance:
scab.
Bush Pickle - Breeder and vendor: Goldsmith Seeds. Characteristics:
open pollinated, ideal for space saving garden, fruit straight
and cylindrical, produced over a short period of time compared
to larger standard vine types, compact bush plant habit.
Similar: Tiny Dill. Adaptation: wide. 1982.
Caimon (XPH 1703) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics:
large robust vine for trellising, slicer type, fruit with
L/D 4.3, dark green, blocky ends. Resistance: scab, cucumber
mosaic virus, powdery mildew, angular leaf spot, moderate
to downy mildew. Similar: Marketmore 76.
Calico (G 48) - Breeder: R.L. Lower, North Carolina State
University, Raleigh. Parentage: Gy 2 x Clinton (M 24). Characteristics:
predominantly gynoecious hybrid, white spined, L/D 2.9,
pickler. Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf spot, downy
mildew, powdery mildew, scab, moderate to cucumber mosaic
virus. 1978.
Calypso (G 18) - Breeder: R.L. Lower, North Carolina State
University, Raleigh. Vendor: numerous seed companies. Parentage:
Gy 14A x Addis (M11). Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious
pickling hybrid, dark green fruit, L/D 3.1, good processing
quality. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus, downy
mildew, powdery mildew, anthracnose, angular leaf spot.
Similar: Carolina. Adaptation: wide. 1976.
Canasta (XPH 1384) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co.
Characteristics: F1 hybrid, European, parthenocarpic, 18"
fruit length, 18 ounces, second early maturity, medium green
in color, no bitterness or internal hollowness, excellent
quality. Resistance: downy mildew, powdery mildew, cucumber
mosaic virus 1 and 2. Similar: Pepinex. Adaptation: heated
or unheated greenhouses. 1982.
Capitol - Breeder: Luther Burbank. Characteristics: green
fruited monoecious slicer. Similar: Iceland, Lemon. 1923.
Carnimus - Breeder and vendor: Royal Sluis. Characteristics:
schalgurken type, monoecious, inbred, 14" fruit length.
Similar: Riesenschal.
Carolina - Breeder: Clemson Agric. Expt. Sta. and Asgrow
Seed Co. Vendor: Asgrow Seed Co. Parentage: Gy 14 x SC 38A.
Inbreds have PI 197087, PI 196289, PI 220860, Asgrow line
and Wisconsin SMR 18 in pedigree. Characteristics: predominantly
gynoecious hybrid, white spined, medium green fruit, small
seedcell. Resistance: downy mildew, powdery mildew, anthracnose,
angular leaf spot, scab, cucumber mosaic virus, watermelon
mosaic virus. Adaptation: general. 1973.
Cascade (DEXP 387) - Breeder: A. Gabert. Vendor: ARCO.
Characteristics: white spined pickler, medium dark green
fruit, straight, slight taper, L/D 3.0-3.1, good length,
good mechanical harvest yield, 51 day maturity. Resistance:
cucumber mosaic virus, powdery mildew, downy mildew, angular
leaf spot, scab, anthracnose. Similar: Calypso. 1984.
Castlemaster (CHY 2506) - Breeder and vendor: A.L. Castle
Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, medium early, indeterminate,
slicer, uniform color, good yield, highly gynoecious. Resistance:
scab, cucumber mosaic virus, powdery mildew, downy mildew.
Similar: Slicemaster. Adaptation: southern United States,
Mexico. 1984.
Castlepickle 183 - Breeder and vendor: A.L. Castle Seed
Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, intermediate vine, pickler,
L/D 2.8; medium fruit length and color. Resistance: scab,
cucumber mosaic virus, verticillium. Adaptation: western
California.
Castlepik (CHY 2012) - Breeder and vendor: A.L. Castle
Seed Co. Characteristics: determinate, prolific, white spined,
pickler, medium fruit color and length, L/D 2.9. Resistance:
scab, cucumber mosaic virus, powdery mildew, downy mildew.
Adaptation: any pickle producing area. 1984.
Castleroyal (CHY 2013) - Breeder and vendor: A.L. Castle
Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, vigorous vine, pickler,
for multiple harvest, good fruit length, L/D 3.0, dark green
fruit color, white spined. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic
virus, angular leaf spot, anthracnose, powdery mildew, downy
mildew. Similar: Calypso. Adaptation: eastern United States,
Canada. 1985.
Celebrity - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse. Characteristics:
predominantly gynoecious hybrid, white spined, middle eastern
slicer, 6" fruit length. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus,
watermelon mosaic virus. Similar: Beit Alpha.
Centurion
(828) - Breeder and vendor: Northrup King. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid, gynoecious, white spined, slicer, 54 day maturity,
dark green fruit, 7.5-8.5 x 2.5" fruit, straight, cylindrical.
Resistance: scab, angular leaf spot, anthracnose, downy
mildew, powdery mildew; tolerance to cucumber mosaic virus.
Similar: Marketer, Poinsett 76. Adaptation: wide. 1978.
Cezar F1 (GOF-190) - Breeder: Research Institute of Vegetable
Crops, Poland. Characteristics: fruit uniform, green, numerous
small warts, pickler, monoecious hybrid. Resistance: anthracnose,
downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus.
Challenger - Breeder: Niagara. Vendor: Nat. Seed Storage
Lab. Characteristics: slicer, monoecious, inbred. Resistance:
downy mildew, cucumber mosaic virus. 1958.
Challenger Hybrid - Breeder and vendor: Lawrence Robinson
and Sons. Characteristics: slicer, F1 hybrid of Challenger
by proprietary inbred. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus
downy mildew. Similar: Marketer. Adaptation: eastern half
of United States. 1958.
Charger (PSX 2573) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed Co. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid, black spined, gynoecious, pickler, L/D 2.85,
medium dark green block fruit, 50 day maturity. Resistance:
scab, cucumber mosaic virus, downy mildew, powdery mildew,
angular leaf spot. Similar: Pioneer. Adaptation: wide.
Chemset (TX 79-2) - Breeder: Texas A & M Univ. Parentage:
gynoecious x hermaphroditic hybrid. Characteristics: white
spined, pickler, gynoecious hybrid, L/D 3.0. Resistance:
anthracnose, angular leaf spot.
Cherokee (SC 59) - Breeder: Clemson University Truck Expt.
Sta., Charleston, South Carolina. Parentage: Gy 54 x Poinsett.
Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid slicer,
early, productive, good color and shape. Resistance: downy
mildew, powdery mildew, anthracnose, angular leaf spot.
Similar: Poinsett. Adaptation: southern United States. 1967.
Cherokee 7 (Hy 5) - Breeder: Clemson University Agric.
Expt. Sta., Charleston, South Carolina. Parentage: (SC)
Gy 57 x Poinsett. Characteristics: moderate small vine,
dark green fruit, slightly longer than Cherokee. Resistance:
downy mildew, powdery mildew, anthracnose, angular leaf
spot. Adaptation: southern United States (areas with no
scab). 1969.
Chicago Pickling (Improved Chicago Pickling, Westerfield,
Westerfield Chicago Pickling, Westerfield Pickling) - Breeder:
D. M. Ferry and Co. Vendor: Northrup King. Characteristics:
fruit medium green, 5-6 x 2-2.25" size, monoecious, pickling
inbred, 58 day maturity, L/D 2.85, black spined, vigorous
vines. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus. 1888.
China Long (Chicago Giant, Chinese Evergreen, Early Chinese,
Great Giant, Jumbo, Long China, Long Green China, Long Green
Chinese, Shumways Giant, Very Long Green Chinese) - Breeder:
James Vicks Seeds. Characteristics: fruit straight, medium-dark
green with fine yellow speckles, 12-14 x 2.5-2.75" size,
monoecious slicer inbred. 1862.
Chinese Long - Parentage: obtained from China by R.H. Porter
(Iowa State University); sent it to O. Shifriss in 1930s.
Characteristics: uniform green fruit (original source of
trait for most American slicers). Resistance: cucumber mosaic
virus (main source of trait for most American cultivars).
Chinese Three Feet (Chinese Long-Remaining Green, Chinese
Snake, Climbing, Climbing China, Japan Dark Green, Japanese
Dark Green) - Breeder: Dupuy and Ferguson. Characteristics:
fruit light green with yellow green speckles and dark green
stripes, 18-24 x 1.75-2" size, monoecious trellis type.
1933.
Chipper (SC 25) - Breeder: Clemson University Agric. Expt.
Sta., Charleston, SC and Asgrow Seed Co. Parentage: complicated
Asgrow lines, PI 197087 and PI 196289. Characteristics:
slightly blocky, medium dark green fruit, small warts, white
spined, thick flesh, small seed cavity, brines well, does
not grow well under low temperature. Similar: Pixie. Resistance:
downy mildew, powdery mildew, anthracnose, angular leaf
spot, cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: southern United
States. 1968.
Chipper u - Breeder: H. Munger, Cornell University. Parentage:
uniform green fruit trait backcrossed into Chipper. Characteristics:
monoecious inbred, white spined, pickler.
Clark's Special (Imperator, Lago Nu-green) - Breeder: Associated
Seed Growers (Asgrow). Characteristics: fruit like Davis
Perfect, dark green, 9-10 x 2.5-3" size, monoecious slicer.
Similar: Davis. 1932.
Clinton (M24, 8AM4) - Breeder: R.L. Lower, North Carolina
State University, Raleigh. Parentage: Pixie x NCARS lines
x Clemson lines. Characteristics: monoecious inbred, blocky
fruit, white spined, pickler, L/D 2.8. Resistance: anthracnose,
angular leaf spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber
mosaic virus. 1978.
Colonial - Breeder: Joseph Harris Co. Vendor: Nat. Seed
Storage Lab. Characteristics: monoecious, inbred.
Colorado (A and C) - Breeder: J.C. Robinson. Vendor: Niagara.
Characteristics: fruit straight, dark green, 9-12 x 2-2.25"
size, monoecious inbred slicer. Similar: Vaughan. 1934.
Colt (XP 1913) - Breeder: B. Johnson. Vendor: Seminis Vegetable
Seeds, Asgrow Brand. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics:
pickling type, short vines, good exterior fruit quality,
machine or hand harvest, LD 3.05 to 3.1. Resistance: scab;
moderate to anthracnose, angular leafspot, downy mildew,
and powdery mildew. Adaptation: U.S. 1999.
Comanche - Breeder and vendor: Dessert Seed Co. Parentage:
Gy 54 x MSU 915. Characteristics: hybrid, medium length,
dark green, blunt end fruit, market type. Similar: Poinsett.
Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: wide.
1967.
Comet - Breeder: H. Munger, Cornell University. Characteristics:
predominantly gynoecious hybrid slicer, white spined, 8"
fruit length. Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf spot,
downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus.
1986.
Comet 86 - Vendor: Agway. Characteristics: predominantly
gynoecious hybrid slicer, white spined, 8" fruit length.
Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf spot, downy mildew,
powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus. 1986.
Comet A (XPH 1472) - Breeder: H. Munger, Cornell University.
Vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: early, high yielding, predominantly
gynoecious hybrid slicer, L/D 4.0. Resistance: powdery mildew,
scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: eastern, midwestern
United States; Western Mexico, Texas. Similar: Marketmore
76. 1985.
Commanche 7 - Parentage: Gy 57 x unknown inbred. Characteristics:
predominantly gynoecious hybrid, white spined, slicer, 8
x 2.25" fruit, 70 day maturity, dark green, L/D 2.8, vigorous,
long harvesting period. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic
virus.
Commander - Breeder: Petoseed. Characteristics: predominantly
gynoecious hybrid, white spined, pickler.
Common Rough Green Pickling - Breeder: Mawe and Abercrombie.
Characteristics: fruit dark green, monoecious pickler, 6-7"
fruit length. 1778.
Compass (C5ND) - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris Co.
Characteristics: F1 hybrid, early, good color, pickler,
high yield, predominantly gynoecious. Resistance: scab,
cucumber mosaic virus. Similar: Pickmore. Adaptation: northeastern
United States, mechanical harvest. 1975.
Conquest (PSX 50183) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
predominantly gynoecious pickler, vigorous, semi determinate
plant, white spined, medium dark green skin color, L/D 3.0,
52 day maturity, hand harvest. Resistance: scab, angular
leaf spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew, anthracnose race
2, cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: United States, Mexico,
Canada. 1990.
Conquistador (159088) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
monoecious hybrid slicer, medium-late, vigorous plant, produces
consistently high yield, cylindrical, straight, dark green
fruit, white spined, high percentage of super-selects. Resistance:
zucchini yellow mosaic virus, papaya ringspot virus, watermelon
mosaic virus, cucumber mosaic virus, powdery mildew, angular
leaf spot, anthracnose race 2. Adaptation: wide. 1996.
Continental (FMX4934) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse.
Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious pickler, fruit
very straight, with blocky, blunt ends, good yield uniformity,
machine and hand harvest, medium dark green, white spined,
L/D 2.8-3.2, 52-54 day maturity, small seedcell, slow seed
development. Resistance: powdery mildew, downy mildew, scab,
anthracnose, cucumber mosaic virus, angular leaf spot. Similar:
Discover, Vlaspik, Flurry, Royal.
Cool and Crisp - Breeder: Peter Henderson and Co. Characteristics:
7-8 x 2-2.25" fruit size, dark green, white spined, pickler.
Similar: Arlington, White Spine. 1893.
Coolgreen - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics:
monoecious, middle eastern slicer, brown spined, inbred,
6" fruit length. Similar: Beit Alpha.
Coolgreen MR - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics:
middle eastern slicer, monoecious, inbred. Resistance: cucumber
mosaic virus. Similar: Beit Alpha.
Cortez - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
predominantly gynoecious hybrid, very vigorous, straight
very dark green fruit, 61 day maturity. Resistance: powdery
mildew, anthracnose, angular leaf spot, cucumber mosaic
virus, papaya ringspot virus, watermelon mosaic virus 2,
zucchini yellow mosaic virus.
Country Pick (FMX4937) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse.
Characteristics: very dark green fruit color holds well
even in warm climates, slightly tapered shape. Resistance:
scab, cucumber mosaic virus, angular leaf spot, powdery
mildew, downy mildew, anthracnose. Similar: Royal, Flurry,
Pick Rite.
County Fair - Breeder: Wis-USDA. Parentage: WI 744G x WI
1082H. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious pickling
hybrid, parthenocarpic. Resistance: downy mildew, powdery
mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus, moderate anthracnose.
1978.
County Fair 83 - Breeder: Wis-USDA. Parentage: WI 1701G
x WI 1983A. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious pickling
hybrid, vines dark green, vigorous, branching, parthenocarpic,
fruit bitterfree, tapered, L/D 3.0-3.2, white spined. Resistance:
anthracnose, angular leaf spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew,
scab, cucumber mosaic virus. 1985.
County Fair 87 (County Fair 86) - Breeder: Wis-USDA. Vendor:
Parks, Asgrow, Jung. Parentage: WI 1701G x WI 1983H. Characteristics:
highly gynoecious pickling hybrid, vines dark green, vigorous,
branching, parthenocarpic, fruit bitterfree, white spined,
tapered, L/D 3.0-3.2. Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf
spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic
virus.
Cracker Lee - Vendor: Nat. Seed Storage Lab. Characteristics:
slicer inbred, 56 day maturity, cylindrical, slight taper,
8 x 2.5" fruit, white spined, dark green, good shipping.
Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf spot, downy mildew,
powdery mildew.
Cresta - Breeder and vendor: Royal Sluis. Characteristics:
monoecious hybrid, white spined. Resistance: scab. Adaptation:
greenhouse.
Crispy (Hybrid Pickle 51) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse
Seed Co. Parentage: Ferry-Morse Seed Company inbred x SMR
15. Characteristics: F1, gynoecious, black spined. Resistance:
scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Similar: SMR 15. Adaptation:
general. Ferry-Morse Seed Company Vegetable Catalog, 1964.
1964.
Cross Country (FMX 4318) - Breeder: L. Gautney. Vendor:
Ferry-Morse. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious pickling
hybrid, white spined, good length, L/D 3.0-3.2, very good
dark green color, fruit blocky and straight, yields well,
brines well, machine and hand harvest, 50-52 day maturity.
Resistance: scab, anthracnose, cucumber mosaic virus, angular
leaf spot, powdery mildew, downy mildew. Similar: Calypso.
Adaptation: wide. 1987.
Crusader (7M) - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris Co. Characteristics:
F1, black-spined pickler, gynoecious fruiting habit. Similar:
Spartan Dawn. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation:
eastern United States. 1964.
Crystal Apple - Breeder and vendor: Arthur Yates and Co.
Characteristics: fruit like Lemon yet lighter in color,
white spined, slicer, hermaphroditic, inbred, round, 3"
diameter, creamy white, 65 day maturity. Similar: Lemon.
1933.
Cubit - Breeder and vendor: Associated Seed Growers. Parentage:
AIC x Straight 8. Characteristics: long, cylindrical fruit,
round at both ends, early. Adaptation: wide. 1943.
Cumberland (New Cumberland) - Breeder and vendor: Chauncey
P. Coy and Sons. Characteristics: fruit straight, rough,
medium green, 7-8 x 2-2.25" fruit, monoecious pickling inbred.
1902.
Cyclone (XPH 1685) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics:
monoecious slicer hybrid, maintains fruit length under stress
conditions, pollenizer for Thunder and Lightning blends.
Resistance: angular leaf spot, scab, cucumber mosaic virus,
anthracnose. Similar: Monarch. 1993.
Cypress (FX 3909) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed
Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid slicer, early, high yield,
good color. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus, downy
mildew, anthracnose. Similar: Poinsett. Adaptation: most
areas, except where powdery mildew resistance is needed.
1976.
Damascus - Breeder: Petoseed Co. Characteristics: hybrid,
white spined, smooth skin, bitterfree, light green, middle
eastern type. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus. Similar:
Beit Alpha. Adaptation: general. 1974.
Danish Common - Vendor: Nat. Seed Storage Lab. Characteristics:
monoecious inbred.
Danish Mustard - Vendor: Nat. Seed Storage Lab. Characteristics:
monoecious inbred.
Danish Pickling - Breeder: L. Daehnfeldt. Characteristics:
fruit dull dark green, 12-15 x 2.5-3" fruit, monoecious
pickling inbred. Similar: Cumberland. 1912.
Darina - Breeder and vendor: Royal Sluis. Characteristics:
dark green cylindrical fruit, white spined, 3 days earlier
than Bellando; white spined, gynoecious hybrid slicer, 8"
fruit length. Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf spot,
downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus.
Dasher (PSX 1274) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed Co. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid, early gynoecious, slicer, uniform fruit that
are straight, dark green, slight taper on both ends, holds
color in stress weather. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic
virus, anthracnose, angular leaf spot. Similar: Slicemaster.
Adaptation: wide. 1978.
Dasher
II - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: predominantly
gynoecious hybrid slicer, white spined, 8" fruit length;
two days earlier than Dasher with better disease resistance.
Resistance: angular leaf spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew,
scab, cucumber mosaic virus. 1982.
Davis Perfect (Challenge, Davis Perfection, Davis Perfect
Select, Perfected Davis Perfect, 20th Century, Vadco Wonder)
- Breeder: Eugene Davis. Vendor: Niagara. Characteristics:
fruit dark green, 9-10 x 2-2.25" fruit, monoecious slicer
inbred. 1906.
Daytona (PS 191091) - Breeder: S. Kimbrue. Vendor: Petoseed.
Characteristics: very dark green fruit, white spined, medium
early maturity, gynoecious hybrid; fruit vigorous, straight,
color exceptional; performs well on plastic and ground culture,
fruit hold length under stress, 60 day maturity. Resistance:
powdery mildew, downy mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus,
angular leaf spot, anthracnose race 1, watermelon mosaic
virus, zucchini yellow mosaic virus, papaya ringspot virus.
Similar: Darker II.
Debonaire (NCX 605) - Breeder and vendor: Niagara Chemical
Division, FMC Corp. Parentage: Gy 54 female. Characteristics:
hybrid, white spined, productive, gynoecious, slicer, long,
dark green fruit, blunt ends, small seed cavity. Resistance:
scab, tolerance to downy mildew, cucumber mosaic virus.
Similar: Gemini 7. Adaptation: general. The Progressive
Farmer. 1973.
Delcrow - Breeder: Division of Hort., Central Expt. Farm,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Parentage: Deltus x Hes Crow. Characteristics:
smooth skin, small seed cavity, high quality. Similar: Niagara
cultivar. 1936.
Delta (ARCO 769) - Breeder and vendor: ARCO Seed Co. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid, indeterminate, pickler, medium green fruit color,
good fruit length, L/D 3.0+, in a wide range of environments.
Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus, angular leaf spot,
anthracnose, powdery mildew, downy mildew. Similar: Regal.
Adaptation: midwestern and eastern United States, the Carolinas.
1986.
Deltus - Breeder: A. Titus. Characteristics: fruit dark
green, 9-10 x 2.25-2.5" fruit, slicer, monoecious hybrid.
1919.
Dilly (XPF 921) - Breeder and vendor: Moran Seeds. Characteristics:
dwarf vine 16-18" long, 7" fruit length, medium dark skin,
monoecious, white spined. Resistance: tolerance to cucumber
mosaic virus. 1978.
Discover (XPH 1550) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics:
determinate pickler, long fruit. Resistance: broad range.
1987.
Diva (JU2) - Breeder: Janika J. Eckert. Vendor: Johnny's
Selected Seeds. Characteristics: smooth, tender skin, bright
green color, sweet and crisp flesh, seedless, gynoecious
and parthenocarpic. Resistance: Cladosporium, Sphaerotheca,
Pseudoperonospora, and Corynespora. Adaptation: greenhouse.
2001.
Dixie 23 (P23) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Co.
Parentage: Gy 3 x proprietary inbred. Characteristics: hybrid,
white spined, gynoecious, medium plant vigor. Similar: Explorer.
Resistance: tolerance to powdery mildew, downy mildew, anthracnose,
angular leaf spot. Adaptation: southern United States. 1970.
Diyala (XPH 1475) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co.
Characteristics: F1 hybrid, cylindrical fruit, medium green
color, slightly rough skin, L/D 3.6. Similar: Arabel. Adaptation:
middle east, protected culture. 1985.
Double Feature - Vendor: W. Atlee Burpee and Co. Characteristics:
slicing type. 1999.
Double Yield Pickle - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris
Co. Characteristics: 50 day maturity, high yield, Fruit
medium green, 5-6 x 1.88-2" fruit, monoecious pickle inbred.
1924.
Downeast Slicer (Maine Hybrid 1) - Breeder: Maine Agric.
Expt. Sta., Orono. Vendor: East. States Farms Exc., West
Springfield, Massachusetts. Parentage: Improved Highmoor
x Palomar. Characteristics: F1, early, good slicer. Resistance:
scab (Cladosporium cucumerinum). Similar: Marketer. Adaptation:
New England, Maritime Prov. of Canada. East. States Cooperator,
November-December, 1963. 1964.
Dryden (PSMR18 WS) - Breeder: H. Munger, Cornell University.
Characteristics: white spined monoecious pickle inbred.
Parentage: powdery mildew resistance and white spine traits
backcrossed into Wisconsin SMR 18. Resistance: powdery mildew,
scab, cucumber mosaic virus.
Dryden 87 - Breeder: H. Munger, Cornell University. Characteristics:
white spined monoecious pickle inbred. Parentage: target
leaf spot resistance backcrossed into Dryden. Resistance:
target leaf spot, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic
virus.
Dublin - Breeder and vendor: Stokes. Characteristics: predominantly
gynoecious slicer hybrid, 8-9" dark green fruit, 48 day
maturity. Resistance: anthracnose, downy mildew, scab, cucumber
mosaic virus.
Duchess (P2N163) - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris Co.
Characteristics: F1, extra early slicer, gynoecious, white
spined. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Similar:
Challenger. Adaptation: eastern United States. 1966.
Dugan (NUN 6514) - Breeder and vendor: Nunhems. Characteristics:
gynoecious, parthenocarpic, suitable for rockwool or soil
culture, high production, good endurance until the end of
the cropping period, normal length fruit on stems and lateral
branches. Adaptation: greenhouse. 1990.
Duke (HMX 4489) - Breeder and vendor: Harris Moran. Characteristics:
gynoecious pickle hybrid, early, white spined, dark green,
cylindrical, blocky, L/D 2.9-3.1. Resistance: anthracnose,
cucumber mosaic virus, downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab,
angular leaf spot.
Dynasty (PSX 681) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
white spined gynoecious slicer hybrid, 8" fruit length.
Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf spot, downy mildew,
powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus. 1984.
Earliest of All (Burrells Earliest of All, Earliest White
Spine, First Crop, First of All, Forty Day, Mills Earliest)
- Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse. Characteristics: fruit
straight, moderate dark green, 6.5-7 x 2.25-2.5" fruit,
monoecious slicer. 1906.
Earlipik (2990) - Breeder and vendor: Northrup King. Parentage:
Gy 3 x NK male. Characteristics: hybrid, early, concentrated
set, white spined, pickle. Adaptation: southern, western
United States. 1969.
Earlipik 14 - Breeder and vendor: Northrup King. Parentage:
Gy 14 x NK male. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, slightly longer
and slightly darker than Earlipik. Resistance: scab. Similar:
Earlipik. 1975.
Early Beauty (Early Express, Express Extra Early, Tempeys
Express Pickler) - Breeder: John Lewis Childs. Characteristics:
monoecious slicer, fruit straight, medium bright green,
6-7 x 2-2.25" size. 1899.
Early Cluster (Cluster, Early Cluster Prickley, Green Cluster,
Improved Early Green Cluster, Table Queen) - Breeder and
vendor: Mawe and Abercrombie. Characteristics: fruit straight,
tapers toward end, light green, 5-6 x 2.25-2.5" size, white
spined, monoecious pickle, 53 day maturity. 1778.
Early Cyclone (Cyclone, White Cluster) - Breeder: Chauncey
P. Coy. Characteristics: fruit straight, medium green, 3.5-4
x 2.25-2.5" size, monoecious slicer. 1900.
Early Fortune (Special Dark Green) - Breeder: J. Bolgiano
and Son of Baltimore. Vendor: Nat. Seed Storage Lab. Characteristics:
monoecious slicer; cylindrical, white spined fruit, dark
green, 8-9 x 2-2.25" size; maintains color and freshness
over long periods, 65 day maturity. 1906.
Early Frame (Early Frame Short Green, Early Prolific Short
Green, Early Short Green, Early Short Prolific, Extra Early
Frame, Short Green). Characteristics: fruit straight, dark
green, 6-7 x 2.25-2.5" size, monoecious slicer. McMahon
Gardeners Catalog. 1806.
Early Green Cluster - Breeder: Wood and Sons. Vendor: Nat.
Seed Storage Lab. Characteristics: monoecious pickler.
Early Marketer Hybrid - Breeder: Petoseed Company, Saticoy,
California. Parentage: unknown. Similar: Marketer. Characteristics:
F1, early, high yield. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus,
downy mildew. H. B. Petoseed, 1957. 1956.
Early Michigan - Breeder and vendor: Burgess Seed and Plant
Company, Galesburg, Mich. Parentage: unknown, from variable
sample furnished by customer. Characteristics: very early,
white spined, slicer, very productive. Similar: Early White
Spine cultivar. Adaptation: wide. Burgess Catalog, 1938.
Early Perfection - Breeder and vendor: Sakata Seed. Characteristics:
highly productive Telegraph type of F1 hybrid for greenhouse
forcing, gynoecious, 16" fruit length. Adaptation: greenhouse.
Early Pride - Breeder and vendor: Burpee. Characteristics:
gynoecious, slicer, dark green color, early, produces over
long season. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus, mildew.
Similar: Triumph. 1983.
Early Pride Hybrid - Breeder and vendor: W. Atlee Burpee
Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, early gynoecious, slicer,
dark green color, produces over long season. Resistance:
tolerance to cucumber mosaic virus, mildew. Similar: Triumph.
Adaptation: wide. 1983.
Early Russian (Borowskian, Early Russian Gherkin, Extra
Early Russian, Improved Early Russian, Muromian, Muromian
Gherkin, Russian, Russian Gherkin, Russian Shortish Green,
Russian Small Early Pickling, Small Early Russian) - Breeder:
Hovey and Co. Vendor: Nat. Seed Storage Lab. Characteristics:
fruit moderate light green, 3.5-4 x 1.75-2" fruit, tapers
at ends, monoecious pickler, 50-55 day maturity. 1854.
Early Set - Breeder and vendor: Sakata Seed. Characteristics:
small plant size, may plant more closely, earlier and longer
producer, gynoecious hybrid slicer, 8.5" fruit length. Resistance:
powdery mildew.
Early Short Prickley (Early Short Green Prickley, Short
Prickley, Short Green Prickley) - Breeder: Mawe and Abercrombie.
Characteristics: fruit smooth, 3-4" fruit length, monoecious
slicer. 1778.
Early Surecrop - Breeder: Peto-Hollar Seed Company, Rocky
Ford, Colo. Parentage: closed. Characteristics: F1 hybrid.
Adaptation: A and C. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus downy
mildew. Adaptation: wide. Peto-Hollar Seed Company Catalog,
1953.
Early Surecrop - Characteristics: monoecious hybrid, slicer.
Resistance: downy mildew, cucumber mosaic virus.
Early Surecrop Hybrid - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
monoecious hybrid slicer, 8" fruit length.
Early Triumph (PSX 2776) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed
Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, early, monoecious slicer,
dark green, blocky, smooth, small seed cavity, vine vigorous,
medium sized. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus, downy mildew,
powdery mildew, scab, anthracnose. Similar: Triumph. Adaptation:
wide. 1980.
Early White - Breeder: New York Agric. Exp. Sta. Characteristics:
fruit straight, greenish white, 8-9 x 2.5-3" size, monoecious
inbred slicer. 1887.
Early White Spine (Chicago, Extraordinary White Spine,
Famous Peerless, Monarch, Monarch White Spine, Peerless,
Peerless Improved White Spine, Peerless White Spine, Prolific
White Spine, special White Spine, Success, Unexcelled White
Spine, White Spine) - Breeder: McMahon. Vendor: Nat. Seed
Storage Lab. Characteristics: fruit straight, light green,
7-8 x 2.25-2.7 5" fruit, slicer, monoecious, inbred. 1806.
Early Yellow Dutch - Breeder: Geneva. Characteristics:
fruit curved, greenish white, 8-9 x 2.5-3" size, monoecious
inbred slicer. 1884.
EDYP F1 - Breeder: Research Institute of Vegetable Crops,
Poland. Characteristics: fruit uniform shape, dark green,
short, monoecious hybrid pickle. Resistance: anthracnose,
downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus.
Elite - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
white spined, gynoecious hybrid slicer, 8" fruit length.
Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf spot, downy mildew,
powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus.
Elka (Nun 4467) - Breeder and vendor: Nunhems Zaden. Characteristics:
white spined, gynoecious hybrid slicer. Adaptation: greenhouse.
Emerald (Emerald Green White Spine, Florida Emerald, Florida
Green) - Breeder: A.W. Livingstons Sons. Characteristics:
fruit straight, very dark green, 6-7 x 2.25-2.5" size, monoecious
inbred slicer. 1897.
Empress (P2E16) - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris Co.
Characteristics: early hybrid slicer, predominantly gynoecious,
white spined. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Similar:
Challenger. Adaptation: eastern United States. 1966.
Encore (HM77623) - Breeder and vendor: Harris Moran. Characteristics:
predominantly gynoecious hybrid slicer, early maturity (2
days later than Raider), very dark green slightly tapered
fruit, white spined. Resistance: angular leaf spot, downy
mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation:
to southeast. 1985.
Endeavor (WI 2870G x Clinton) - Breeder: J.E. Staub and
T.C. Wehner, USDA-Wisconsin and North Carolina State University,
Raleigh. Parentage: WI 2870 G x Clinton. Characteristics:
white spined, dark green, pickler, gynoecious hybrid, L/D
2.9, strong vine for extended season, 52 day maturity, hand
harvest, high quality whole packer. Resistance: anthracnose,
angular leaf spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber
mosaic virus. 1988.
English Telegraph - Characteristics: monoecious inbred,
long-fruited trellis type.
Eureka (PSX 2888) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
pickler, 57 day maturity, monoecious, vigorous vine, L/D
3.15, white spined, very dark green, hand harvest, excellent
fruit quality. Resistance: anthracnose race 2, angular leaf
spot, cucumber mosaic virus, downy mildew, powdery mildew,
scab, papaya ringspot virus, watermelon mosaic virus, zucchini
yellow mosaic virus. Adaptation: western United States.
1990.
Euroamerican - Breeder and vendor: Rogers NK. Characteristics:
fruit slightly tapered, bright green, slicer, monoecious
hybrid, 10" fruit length, 60 day maturity, sweet thin skin,
small seedcell. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus.
Everbearing (Earliest Everbearing, New Everbearing, Thorburn
Everbearing, Thorburns New Everbearing) - Breeder: J.M.
Thorburn and Co. Vendor: Burpee Seed (Nat. Seed Storage
Lab). Characteristics: monoecious inbred slicer, fruit straight,
medium-light green, 4.5-5 x 2-2.25" size. 1888.
Evergreen White Spine (Century, Early Evergreen, Early
Long White Spine, Evergreen, Evergreen Early White Spine,
Extra Early Evergreen White Spine, Extra Long, Extra Long
Evergreen, Extra Long White Spine, Improved Early Long White
Spine, Long Evergreen White Spine, New Century, New Evergreen,
New Evergreen White Spine, New York Extra Long Perfected
White Spine, Pride of the Pacific, Toledo Market Evergreen
White Spine, White Oak) - Breeder: Johnson and Stokes. Characteristics:
monoecious inbred slicer, fruit straight, dark green, 10-12
x 2.5-3" size. 1886.
Everslice
(NK 2160) - Breeder and vendor: Northrup King. Characteristics:
slicer, uniform green, extra long harvest period, predominantly
gynoecious; cylindrical, dark green fruit 8.5" long, 55
day maturity. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus, powdery
mildew, downy mildew, angular leaf spot, anthracnose race
1. Similar: Centurion. 1989.
Eversweet - Characteristics: inbred slicer with bitterfree,
black spined fruit.
Excel (XPH 1682) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics:
gynoecious hybrid pickler, short determinate vine, L/D 3.1,
dark green fruit, small seedcell. Resistance: scab, powdery
mildew, angular leaf spot, zucchini yellow mosaic virus,
moderate to anthracnose. Similar: Discover. 1993.
Expedition (SVR 04506116) - Breeder and vendor: Seminis
Vegetable Seeds. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics:
gynoecious pickle, dark green blocky fruit with 3.0 to 3.06
L/D; high yield; excellent fruit color and shape; machine
pick; 1 to 2 days earlier than Vlaspik. Resistance: angular
leaf spot, cucumber mosaic virus, scab; intermediate to
anthracnose, powdery mildew, downy mildew. Similar: Lafayette,
Sassy, Discover. Adaptation: NAFTA - southeast U.S. 2005.
Explorer (Hybrid 105) - Breeder: Clemson University Agric.
Expt. Sta., Charleston, SC, and Asgrow Seed Co. Vendor:
Asgrow Seed Co. Parentage: Gy 3 x Chipper (SC 25). Characteristics:
predominantly gynoecious hybrid, slightly blocky, medium
dark green fruit, small warts, white spined, thick flesh.
Resistance: downy mildew, powdery mildew, anthracnose, angular
leaf spot, cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: southern United
States. 1969.
Express (79-1197) - Breeder and vendor: Musser. Characteristics:
early gynoecious hybrid pickler, productive vines, dark
green bitterfree fruit, excellent briner, L/D 3.1, 55 day
maturity. Resistance: anthracnose 1, angular leaf spot,
downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, tolerance to cucumber
mosaic virus. 1984.
Extra Early Majestic - Vendor: Nat. Seed Storage Lab. Characteristics:
monoecious, inbred.
Faison - Breeder: Northrup King and Co. Parentage: gynoecious
line MSU 713-5 x Pixie. Characteristics: F1, early, very
productive, black spined, pickler, fruit medium to dark
green, mostly blunt at stem and blossom end, vine medium
size, larger than NK 805 but smaller than Pic-Nik. Resistance:
tolerance to cucumber mosaic virus, scab. 1967.
Fancipak (XPH 1369) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co.
Characteristics: F1 hybrid, dark color, hand-harvest pickler,
low incidence of crooks and nubs. Resistance: tolerance
to anthracnose, downy mildew, scab, angular leaf spot, cucumber
mosaic virus, powdery mildew. Similar: Score. Adaptation:
warm growing areas. 1985.
Fanfare (PSX 113088) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
semi-determinate vine, monoecious, slicer, AAS winner, excellent
color and fruit length, straight, 62 day maturity. Resistance:
cucumber mosaic virus, downy mildew, powdery mildew, anthracnose,
angular leaf spot, scab. 1990.
Feisty (HMX 9464) - Breeder: Gary Taurick. Vendor: Harris
Moran. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: pickling type;
dark green indeterminate vines; fruit with small seedcell;
3.2 L/D ratio. Adaptation: U.S. 2003.
Fiecha (XPH 1705) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics:
22-23 inch fruit length, bitter, skin dark green. Resistance:
downy mildew, powdery mildew.
Flamingo - Breeder: Leen De Mos Vegetable Seed Co. Vendor:
Shamrock Seed Co. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics:
long Dutch greenhouse cucumber type, 55-60 day maturity,
fruit with cylindrical shape, dark green color, 12-13 inch
length, suitable for production on rockwool or soil. Resistance:
powdery mildew, scab, leafspot. Similar: Miligan. Adaptation:
climate controlled greenhouse. PVP: none. 1996.
Fletcher (N.C. 2) - Breeder: North Carolina State College,
Raleigh. Parentage: Highmoor and Stono. Characteristics:
monoecious slicer inbred. Resistance: scab, downy mildew.
Similar: Stono. 1959.
Flurry (XPH 1191) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co.
Characteristics: F1 hybrid, high yielding, pickler, medium
dark green fruit color, excellent uniformity, well suited
for slices and spears. Resistance: scab. Similar: Calypso.
1980.
FM 5020 (FMX 5020) - Breeder: Gary Taurick. Vendor: Harris
Moran Seed Co. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: pickling
type, cylindrical fruit shape, very dark skin color. Resistance:
scab, CMV, angular leafspot, anthracnose, powdery mildew.
Similar: Vlaspik. Adaptation: midwestern U.S., Texas, Florida.
1998.
FM Hybrid Ashley - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed
Company, Mountain View, California. Parentage: Ashley x
F.M. inbred. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid
slicer, 8" fruit length; earlier and slightly more vigorous
than Ashley. Resistance: downy mildew. Similar: Ashley.
Adaptation: wide. Ferry-Morse Seed Company list. 1961.
Fojin (Mandarin, New Early Fojin, Quality) - Breeder: Vaughan
Seed. Characteristics: fruit slightly curved, medium dark
green, 8-9 x 1.7 5-2" size, monoecious slicer. 1932.
Fordhook Famous (Early Fordhook White Spine, Fordhook Fancy,
Fordhook White Spine, Imperial) - Breeder: Mr. A. McInnis,
Canada. Characteristics: fruit straight, light green, 10-12
x 2.5-3" size, monoecious slicer. 1894.
Fordhook Pickling (Fordhook, New Fordhook Pickling) - Breeder:
C.P. Coy. Characteristics: fruit usually straight, medium
dark green, 7-8 x 2.25-2.5" fruit, monoecious pickler. 1896.
Fore Most S.L. 1 Hybrid - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse
Seed Company, Detroit, Mich., Mountain View, California.
Parentage: Delcrow x Marketer inbred. Characteristics: F1,
long very smooth skinned, dark, blocky ends, fine quality,
white spined. Adaptation: wide. Ferry-Morse Seed Company
Seed. Co. 1953.
Fremont (1983 x Clinton) - Breeder and vendor: USDA-Univ.
Wisconsin and North Carolina State University, Raleigh.
Vendor: ARCO Seed Co. Parentage: W1983G x Clinton. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid, white spined, L/D 2.85, blocky fruit, good fruit
color distribution, medium size vine that remains healthy
into season. Resistance: angular leaf spot, powdery mildew,
cucumber mosaic virus, scab. Similar: Calico. Adaptation:
Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina. 1985.
Frontier - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed. Co. Parentage:
South Carolina Gy 3 x scab-resistant pollen parent. Characteristics:
F1, black spined, pickler. Similar: Pioneer. Resistance:
scab, cucumber mosaic virus; tolerance to angular leaf spot,
downy mildew, anthracnose. Adaptation: northern pickling
areas. 1967.
Furax (NUN 7209) - Breeder and vendor: Nunhems. Characteristics:
vigorous, open vines, dark green fruit, L/D 3.0-3.1. Resistance:
powdery mildew, scab, tolerance to cucumber mosaic virus.
Similar: Parker. 1992.
Fushinari - Breeder: Oriental. Characteristics: fruit straight,
light green, 8-9 x 1.5-1.75" size, monoecious slicer. 1927.
Futura - Breeder: L. Daehnfeldt. Characteristics: gynoecious
hybrid greenhouse slicer, high yield, vigorous, open growth
habit, 10 5/8-13" fruit length, white spined. Resistance:
high to powdery mildew. Adaptation: greenhouse. 1994.
G 30 - Breeder: R.L. Lower, North Carolina State University,
Raleigh. Parentage: Gy 2 x M 21. Characteristics: semi-dwarf,
predominantly gynoecious hybrid pickler, fruit longer than
Calypso, excellent for making chips and spears, good for
high density once-over harvest. Resistance: scab, anthracnose,
angular leaf spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew, cucumber
mosaic virus. Similar: Calypso. Adaptation: wide. 1978.
Galaxy (SC 23) - Breeder: Clemson University Agric. Expt.
Sta., Charleston, SC, and Asgrow Seed Co. Vendor: Asgrow
Seed Co. Parentage: complicated, using PI 197087, 196289,
and Asgrow lines. Characteristics: white spined, pickler,
medium, dark green fruit, slowly developing seed, small
seed cavity, L/D 2.9. Similar: Chipper, Pixie. Resistance:
downy mildew, powdery mildew, anthracnose, angular leaf
spot, cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: southern United
States.
Galaxy u - Breeder: H. Munger, Cornell University. Characteristics:
Galaxy with uniform green fruit color gene added by backcrossing.
Garden (Dual) - Breeder: M.L. Robbins, Clemson University.
Characteristics: long fruited pickler, for home garden use,
white spined, monoecious inbred. Resistance: high to anthracnose
and chilling.
Gemini (SC 3) - Breeder: W.C. Barnes, Clemson University
Truck Expt. Sta., Charleston, South Carolina. Parentage:
Gy 54 x SR Tablegreen. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious
hybrid slicer, early maturity. Resistance: scab, cucumber
mosaic virus, powdery mildew, moderate resistance to downy
mildew, anthracnose, angular leaf spot. Adaptation: northern
United States and mountains. 1967.
Gemini 7 (Hy 6) - Breeder: W.C. Barnes, Clemson University
Agric. Expt. Sta., Charleston, South Carolina. Vendor: ARCO.
Parentage: Gy 57u x Tablegreen. Characteristics: predominantly
gynoecious hybrid slicer, fruit straight, white spined,
slightly taper, vigorous vine, 8.5 x 2.5" size, 60 day maturity,
medium dark green fruit slightly longer than Gemini. Resistance:
cucumber mosaic virus, scab. Similar: Ashley. Adaptation:
general, especially scab areas. 1969.
General
Lee (FMX 4440) - Breeder: L. Gautney. Vendor: Ferry-Morse.
Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious slicer hybrid,
high yield, attractive, dark green, straight fruit; vines
large, vigorous. Resistance: powdery mildew, downy mildew,
scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Similar: Sprint. 1988.
Geneva - Breeder: Richard Wellington, Minnesota Agric.
Exp. Sta. Characteristics: monoecious slicer; fruit straight,
grayish green, 10-12 x 2.25-2.5" size. 1930.
Get Set - Breeder and vendor: Sakata Seed. Characteristics:
gynoecious hybrid slicer, vigorous vines, prolific yield,
recommended for hot and humid conditions, white spined,
9" fruit length. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus.
Giant Pera (Grand Pera, Long Giant Pera, Long Green Giant
Pera, Mammoth Giant Pera, New Giant Pera, Pera) - Breeder:
Dr. Harris (Pennsylvania) and W. Atlee Burpee. Characteristics:
monoecious hybrid trellis slicer, fruit light green, 12-15
x 2.5-3" size. 1886.
Giant White Arnstadt - Vendor: Nat. Seed Storage Lab. Characteristics:
monoecious inbred.
Goddess - Breeder: Keystone. Characteristics: hybrid pickler,
black spined, L/D 3.4. Resistance: powdery mildew.
Golden State Pickle - Breeder and vendor: Lawrence Robinson
R. Sons, Modesto, California. Characteristics: black spined,
pickler, bred to perform with National Pickling in pickle
packer use, but with cucumber mosaic virus resistance. Resistance:
cucumber mosaic virus. Similar: National Pickling. Adaptation:
Pacific coast of the United States. 1956.
Gourmet - Breeder: Petoseed Co. Characteristics: hybrid,
white spined, gynoecious, bitter free, European, parthenocarpic,
14-16" fruit length. Resistance: scab, C. melonis. Similar:
Toska 70. Adaptation: general, greenhouse. 1974.
Grand Rapids Forcing - Vendor: Nat. Seed Storage Lab. Characteristics:
monoecious inbred.
Green Beauty - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Co.
Characteristics: F1. Adaptation: machine harvest, gynoecious,
productive. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation:
northern, midwestern United Sates. 1969.
Green King - Breeder: Sakata Seed. Characteristics: gynoecious
hybrid slicer; extra early, high yielding, recommended for
mild climate, heavy producer, 8.5" fruit length. Resistance:
powdery mildew, cucumber mosaic virus.
Green Knight Hybrid - Breeder: Burpee Seed. Characteristics:
hybrid trellis slicer, 60 days maturity, long, straight,
dark green fruit, 12" fruit length.
Green Prolific - Breeder: Wood and Sons. Vendor: Nat. Seed
Storage Lab. Characteristics: monoecious inbred.
Green Spear (no. 2820) - Breeder and vendor: Northrup King
and Co. Parentage: Gy 3 x NK male. Characteristics: hybrid,
white spined, pickler, longer fruit than Southern Cross
and Explorer. Resistance: tolerance to scab, cucumber mosaic
virus, angular leaf spot, powdery mildew. 1973.
Green Spear 14 - Breeder and vendor: Northrup King and
Co. Parentage: Gy 14 x NK male. Characteristics: F1 hybrid,
slightly longer than Green Spear. Resistance: scab, powdery
mildew, angular leaf spot, cucumber mosaic virus. Similar:
Green Spear. 1975.
Green Thumb - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris Company
Rochester, New York. Parentage: mutation in Double Yield.
Adaptation: Double Yield cultivar. Characteristics: early,
white spined, pickler, dark green color. Adaptation: home
gardens in northeastern United States and Canada. Harris
Catalog, 1952.
Greenpak (38ND) - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris Co.
Characteristics: F1 hybrid, gynoecious, pickler, L/D 2.9,
dark green, heavy yield suitable for mechanical harvest.
Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Similar: Pickmore.
Adaptation: northern United States. 1973.
Greensleeves (HMX 0431) - Breeder and vendor: Harris Moran
Seed Co. Parentage: Harris Moran inbreds. Characteristics:
early gynoecious hybrid slicer with dark green, 8-inch long
fruit. Resistance: scab, anthracnose, angular leafspot,
cucumber mosaic virus, powdery mildew, downy mildew.
Greenstar (1159) - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris Co.
Characteristics: gynoecious hybrid pickler, vigorous vines,
dark green fruit. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus.
Adaptation: northeastern, midwestern United States. 1974.
Grow Quick (Quick Grow) - Breeder: Vaughan-Jacklin. Vendor:
Nat. Seed Storage Lab. Characteristics: monoecious slicer
inbred; fruit slightly curved, light green, 5-6 x 2-2.25"
size. 1929.
Guardian
(827) - Breeder and vendor: Northrup King and Co. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid, gynoecious, white spined slicer, long, cylindrical,
uniform dark green, small amount of stippling, 55 day maturity.
Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus. scab, angular leaf spot,
anthracnose, downy mildew, powdery mildew. Similar: Centurion.
Adaptation: wide. 1979.
Guerrero Classic (Sun-3541) - Breeder and vendor: Sunseeds.
Characteristics: hybrid pickler, white spined, 52 day maturity,
blocky shape. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus, papaya
ringspot virus, watermelon mosaic virus, zucchini yellow
mosaic virus.
Gynomite (XPH 1304) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co.
Characteristics: F1 hybrid, pickler, very high ratio of
female flowers for concentrated set and mechanical harvest.
Resistance: scab. Similar: Carolina.
Hanover - Characteristics: monoecious, inbred, schalgurken
type, 14" fruit length. Similar: Riesenschal.
Harrow Jubilee (Harrow 77.07) - Breeder: Agriculture Canada.
Vendor: Nuttall-Bonn. Characteristics: gynoecious pickler,
white spined, medium green, blunt blossom and stem ends,
L/D 3.2, very good yield, no brining defects. Resistance:
angular leaf spot, cucumber mosaic virus, scab. Similar:
Triplemech.
Harvestmore
- Breeder and vendor: Rogers NK. Characteristics: monoecious
hybrid slicer, consistent yield, long harvest, 63 day maturity,
8.4-9" fruit length, dark green. Resistance: angular leaf
spot, cucumber mosaic virus, scab, downy mildew, powdery
mildew, anthracnose race 1. Similar: Slice King.
Heinz Pickling - Breeder and vendor: Burpee Seed. Characteristics:
monoecious inbred pickler.
Hendersons Perfected (Perfect White Spine, Perfected White
Spine, Perfection White Spine, The Henderson) - Breeder:
Peter Henderson. Characteristics: monoecious inbred slicer,
fruit straight, dark green, 7-8 x 2.5-2.7 5" size. 1900.
Heron F1 - Breeder: Research Institute of Vegetable Crops,
Poland. Characteristics: monoecious hybrid pickler, fruit
attractive, dark green, small seed size. Resistance: anthracnose,
downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus.
Similar: longer fruit than Aladyn F1.
Hes Crow - Breeder: A.H. MacClennan, Ontario, Canada. Characteristics:
monoecious hybrid slicer, fruit smooth, straight, moderately
dark green, 8-10 x 2" size. 1920.
High Mark (XP-H) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co.
Parentage: closed pedigree involving Cornell inbred. Characteristics:
F1, vine vigorous, high yielding, fruit dark green, desirable
market type. Resistance: scab, tolerance to downy mildew,
cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: general. Asgrow's "Your
Crops," Fall, 1964. 1964.
High Mark II (XP-H2) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed
Co. Parentage: closed pedigree involving Cornell inbred.
Characteristics: F1, vine vigorous, heavy yielding, fruit
dark green, desirable market type. Resistance: scab, tolerance
to downy mildew, cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: general.
Asgrow Desc. Catalog of Vegetables, December, 1965.
High Tide (PSX 50585) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
gynoecious hybrid pickler, medium dark green fruit, multiple
fruit per node, 51 day maturity, vigorous vine, L/D 3.05,
white spined. Resistance: scab, angular leaf spot, downy
mildew, powdery mildew, anthracnose race 2. 1990.
Highest Quality - Breeder: Routledge Seed and Floral Co.
Characteristics: monoecious slicer, fruit straight, dark
green, 6-7 x 2-2.25" size. 1918.
Highmoor - Breeder: Maine Agric. Expt. Sta., Orono. Vendor:
Allen, Sterling and Lothrop, Portland, Maine. Parentage:
Longfellow x Chicago Pickling inbred backcrossed to Straight
8. Adaptation: Straight 8 cultivar. Resistance: scab. Adaptation:
regionally northern New England. Maine Sta. Bul. 449: 386-387.
1947.
Holland - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
gynoecious hybrid slicer, vigorous vines, 64 day maturity,
fruit cylindrical, straight, uniform dark green, 15-16 x
2" size, parthenocarpic. Resistance: scab, target leaf spot.
Adaptation: greenhouse. 1990.
Homegreen #2 (Homegreen) - Characteristics: monoecious
inbred. Resistance: gummy stem blight.
Humocaro (23673) - Breeder: Manuel Rosas. Vendor: Seminis-Petoseed.
Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: American slicer,
gynoecious, dark green, straight fruit, strong vines. Resistance:
anthracnose, angular leafspot, powdery mildew, scab, PRSV,
WMV, ZYMV. Similar: Cortez. Adaptation: Mexico. 2000.
Hybrid 60 - Breeder and vendor: Agway. Characteristics:
hybrid, gynoecious, slicer. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic
virus. Similar: Straight Eight. Adaptation: northeastern
United States. Agway Catalog, 1966.
Hybrid Aseel - Breeder and vendor: Sunseeds. Characteristics:
F1 hybrid; ability to set dark green, shiny fruit without
pollination and set an early crop of fruit. Resistance:
powdery mildew. Similar: Hybrid Beit Alpha. Adaptation:
Middle Eastern areas, any area with Mediterranean climate.
Hybrid Pinnacle (NVH 1900) - Breeder and vendor: Northrup
King. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid pickler,
white spined, L/D 2.9, excellent quality and vine vigor.
Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus, scab, angular leaf spot,
downy mildew, powdery mildew, anthracnose. Similar: Carolina,
Calypso, PikMaster. 1981.
Hybrid Reliance (NVH 2025) - Breeder and vendor: Northrup
King. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid pickler;
fruit 3 celled, white spined, L/D 3.2, slightly longer than
Calypso. Resistance: powdery mildew, downy mildew, scab,
cucumber mosaic virus, angular leaf spot, anthracnose. Similar:
Calypso. 1981.
Hybrid Tabletreat - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed
Company, Mountain View, California. Parentage: Tablegreen
x Ferry-Morse Seed Company inbred. Characteristics: predominantly
gynoecious hybrid slicer; early Tablegreen type. Resistance:
cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: wide. Ferry-Morse Seed
Company list. 1961.
Hycrop Pickling (Hycrop Pickling Hybrid) - Breeder: Ontario
Agr. College, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Vendor: Petoseed
Co. Parentage: York State Inbred x Petoseed Company Inbred.
Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid pickler,
a degree of resistance to cold damp conditions in the spring.
Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus. Similar: York State.
Ontario Agr. Col. Prog. Rpt, 1957. 1954.
Hyslice (Castlex 2001) - Breeder and vendor: A.L. Castle.
Characteristics: F1 hybrid, early, cylindrical, slightly
tapered, uniform dark green fruit, vigorous medium vine,
high yield. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus, angular
leaf spot, anthracnose, downy mildew. Adaptation: wide.
1977.
Iceland (Burbank's Iceland) - Breeder: Luther Burbank.
Characteristics: monoecious slicer, fruit nearly white,
3.5-4 x 2.5-2.75" size. 1917.
Iceman (06050) - Breeder: D. Croker. Vendor: Petoseed.
Characteristics: early maturity. Resistance: angular leaf
spot, cucumber mosaic virus, scab, downy mildew, powdery
mildew. Similar: Fanfare. 1994.
Ilima - Breeder: Veg. Crops Department, University of Hawaii,
Honolulu. Parentage: Honolulu Agric. Expt. Sta., cucumber
selection 4-1-1-1-6-3. Adaptation: Cubit cultivar. Characteristics:
dark green foliage, medium green fruit, cubit type with
"star" on end. Resistance: exceptionally high resistance
to cucumber mosaic virus. Severe mosaic exposure will not
distort fruit. Adaptation: regionally adapted where cucumber
mosaic virus is severe enough to hurt partially resistant
cultivars. 1953.
Improved Hycrop Pickling - Breeder: Guelph Ontario Agr.
College, Guelph, Ontario, Canada and Petoseed Co. Parentage:
female inbred from Guelph, male inbred from Petoseed Co.
Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid pickler,
very strong vine, midseason, black spined, L/D 2.8, very
uniform, produces over a long season. Resistance: scab,
cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: northern United States,
Canada. 1960.
Improved Long Green - Vendor: Dessert Seed Co. Characteristics:
slicer, fruit tapered, warty, 10 x 3" size, 70 day maturity,
black spined, dark green. Adaptation: home garden.
Improved White Spine - Breeder: Hastings. Vendor: Nat.
Seed Storage Lab. Characteristics: monoecious inbred.
Indefatigable Of Konigsdorf - Vendor: Nat. Seed Storage
Lab. Characteristics: monoecious inbred.
Independence (12702) - Breeder and vendor: Enza Zaden.
Parentage: F1 hybrid. Adaptation: North America. 1999.
Indio (PS 155595) - Breeder: Eldon Heersink. Vendor: Seminis-Petoseed.
Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: American slicer,
gynoecious, dark green, straight fruit, strong vines. Resistance:
anthracnose, angular leafspot, powdery mildew, scab, PRSV,
WMV, ZYMV. Similar: Cortez. Adaptation: Eastern U.S., Central
Mexico. 2000.
Indy (PS 119991) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics:
predominantly gynoecious slicer hybrid, fruit early, white
spined, 8-12" long, blocky cylindrical dark green, exceptional
quality, vines vigorous, dark green, set early, high yield,
59 day maturity. Resistance: powdery mildew, cucumber mosaic
virus, angular leaf spot, scab, zucchini yellow mosaic virus,
papaya ringspot virus, watermelon mosaic virus 2, anthracnose.
Similar: Dasher II, Speedway.
Intimidator (SVR 3501217) - Breeder: Nischit Shetty. Vendor:
Seminis Vegetable Seeds. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics:
gynoecious slicer, early maturity, very dark green fruit
with uniform length and good diameter, premium shape, few
spines with high percentage of super-selects and early yields.
Resistance: anthracnose race 2, angular leaf spot, cucumber
mosaic virus, downy mildew and scab. Similar: Dasher II,
Thunder. Adaptation: wide. 2001.
Irish Queen (New England) - Breeder: S.M. Isbell and Co.
Characteristics: monoecious slicer, fruit straight, grayish
green, 6-7.5 x 2.5-2.75" size. 1916.