Tags: Open Pollinated
Growing Practices: No Pesticides No Herbicides No Fungicides No Synthetic Fertilizers
Latin Name: Cucumis anguria
Days to Maturity: 62
Description:
A cucumber relative that makes especially good pickles, and is also good fresh (it is eaten cooked as well). Very resistant to downy mildew, and tolerant of bacterial wilt. Pick the green and white fruits when 1-1.5” long, before any seed development starts, and they make good crisp pickles. Flavor is similar to cucumbers. Shaped like a tiny football, with lengthwise ridges. Use caution as these will self sow. We originally got this seedstock from Baker Creek. 115 seeds/g. Grown by Lyndsey Walker.
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Good morning. Is this the same as the "Mexican gherkins"? Thanks
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These are not the same as "Mexican Sour Gherkins" (Melothria scabra), which are smaller (roughly 1/4 the size), with smoother skin. The West Indian Gherkins are better for pickling, and are more closely related to cucumbers (same genus). -Edmund for CWSG
Posted by Common Wealth Seed Growers Cooperative on 11/01/2023
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Should they be trellised. We have them growing in all directions. Love them
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We haven't grown them on a trellis, but I expect it would work. -Edmund for CWSG
Posted by Common Wealth Seed Growers Cooperative on 11/01/2023
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Common Wealth Seed Growers
Louisa, VA,
United States (Zone 7a)
Established in 2014
14.00
acres in production
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