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An American heirloom originating from the Boothby family in Maine. Prolific cropper outdoors, best eaten small, 10cm (4in) when crisp and sweet with no need to peel. Fruits are dimpled, slightly spined with creamy-yellow skin. Fruits will grow up to 20cm (8in) when they are best used for pickling or cooking.
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Yes, it's true. No indigestion problems with this cucumber. Crisp, delicious, no bitterness and ideal to eat just like celery. Pick at 20-25cm (8-10in) long when flavour and vitamin content is very high. Very easy to grow.
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Greenhouse/All Female A unique variety with resistance to all known strains of powdery mildew, scab and leaf-spot. Fruits are bitter free and produced in abundance - 50-100 per plant. Ideal for organic gardeners. Easy to train and day length sensitive. For maximum yield plant after 1st March. Excellent for exhibition.
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Horace Hedgehog. Easy and fun. A climbing plant producing lots of pale green, round decorative, spiny fruits which you can turn into decorations and characters. They will last up to 3 months.
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Perfect lunchbox snacks, these exciting little 'cucino' fruits can be eaten straight from the plant without peeling. Crisp, flavoursome mini-fruits are produced prolifically throughout the season indoors or in a sheltered position outdoors.
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An all female type producing quality, long, dark green bitter free fruits, in the greenhouse. Powdery Mildew tolerant and Cladosporium (leaf mould) resistant. Bred to give increased Hybrid vigour, garden performance and flavour, thus increasing your harvest. Due to their wide ranging pest and disease resistance, there will be no need for the use of chemicals.
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Ideally for outdoor growing. Allow plants to trail along the ground or climb up a trellis. Early to set finger-sized 10-12cm (4-5in), smooth skinned, firm, crisp and bitter-free fruits. Pick regularly for a long season of production. Ideal for adding to children's lunch boxes. Excellent powdery mildew tolerance.
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Not just a novelty cucumber. The non bitter, tender skin is very thin and means peeling is not necessary. The firm flesh Is sweet and juicy, with a pleasant tang. A good cropper which will add colour to your salads. Harvest July to September.
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Cucumber Masterpiece is an early and reliable British selection for outdoor growing, producing heavy crops of dark green skinned, slightly spined, 20cm (8in) fruits with crisp white flesh. Tender and perfect for summer salads. Seeds are in the RHS Vegetable Collection.
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Prolific crop of mini cucumbers around 12cm long throughout the summer. Thin skinned with crisp, juicy flesh.
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Crisp, juicy half length 'mini cues' ideal for slicing and used up in one meal with no waste. All-female flowering so produces many fruits and requires regularly harvesting to maintain production. Good powdery and downy mildew resistance.
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An all female 'American slicer' ideal for both outdoor and greenhouse growing. Plants produce a heavy crop of slightly spined dark green fruits 20cm (8in) long with a crisp, juicy flesh. Excellent powdery mildew, weather and scab resistance.
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Greenhouse/All Female A vigorous plant habit, producing many long, dark green skinned, slightly ribbed, bitter free fruits 28-35cm (11-14in) long, throughout the season. Its vigorous habit makes it ideal for growing in an unheated glasshouse, but is equally at home in a heated one for a very early crop. Excellent powdery mildew tolerance.
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All Female Sweet, juicy and highly versatile. Just three characteristics of this excellent smooth-skinned hybrid, specifically bred to provide lots of mini cucumbers. Harvest when 17-20cm (7-8in) long and suitable for indoor and outdoor cultivation.
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Prolific crop throughout the summer of medium length, dark green fruits with short, white spines. Best grown outdoors.
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Early ripening and prolific cropping gherkin producing short, firm fleshed, spiny skinned fruits. Ideal whole or sliced for pickling.
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Long, slender, mid green fruits with short spines. A more reliable crop if grown under glass but will grow outdoors in a sunny situation.
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