Jim’s Favorite Garden Cucumber Vegetable Seeds

SF305 Persian No Peel

Monoecious. 7″ long burpless, non bitter, thin skin needs no peeling, 55 days.

SF142 Bush Pickle

Monoecious. Plants Spread Just 2-1/2 to 3 Feet
Compact choice for small gardens or containers! Bears early, white-spined, 5-in. cukes in half the space needed by most vines. Cool, mild flavor. Scab and mosaic-tolerant plants. 45 days.

IP085 Pick A Bushel Hybrid

Plant your own pickle factories.
Be prepared to be pick lots of cukes from these compact plants. The medium green, white-spined fruits are sweet, firm and crisp, ready to pick only 50 days from sowing at 3 inch gherkin size for great pickles or left to grow to 6 inch length for slicing fresh in salads.
The semi-bush vines grow only 24 inches long, so they are well-suited for growing in patio containers as well as the garden. Plants have excellent heat tolerance and disease resistances to CMV, Scab and MMV. 50 days. Gynoecious.

3597 Gherkin

Excellent pickling cucumber. Early, large yields, bitter free, strong disease package, parthenocarpic (self pollinating).

50 days.

FT07 Mexican Gherkin

Say adios to vinegar – this little ‘pickle’ ( The Mexican Gherkin is technically not a cucumber. The genus Cucumis contains lots of familiar crops, including gourds, but only one species, Cucumis sativus, is considered a cucumber really. The Mexican sour gherkin belongs to another genus entirely, Melothria ) doesn’t need a jar! 60 – 70 days. Generous yields of 1 to 2″ fruits look like miniature watermelons, and even actually fall off the vines when ripe. Sweet cucumber flavor, followed by a surprising sourness, lead you to believe they are already pickled! Excellent variety for trellises.
Yields a bonanza of tiny cukes for salads, snacks, and pickling. A fine spectacle cascading from a hanging basket or climbing on a trellis. The gherkin tastes even better than it looks, mildly and lemony, and is eaten without peeling. And it looks great in a hanging basket with the many small watermelon shaped fruits hanging from the vine.

IP362 Calypso Hybrid

Gynoecious. Very early, high yielding and uniform cucumbers. Calypso is a dependable, heavy yielding cucumber. Produces firm, 1” diameter cukes that are excellent for pickling or eating fresh. Offers strong disease-resistance. If you are doing a lot of pickles, or for fresh slicing, this is the one for you. 51 days.

BM61 Spacemaster 80 Cucumber

Monoecious. A great container grown cucumber and good for small garden spaces. 60 days. 7 1/2 to 9 inch blocky fruits on dwarf 18 to 24 inch vines. Good flavor. Never bitter. Adapted to a wide range of climates. CMV, Sc. The Spacemaster 80 cucumber is a large variety of cucumber that is sweet and tender. The Spacemaster 80 is green and smooth, and grows to be seven to nine inches long. Since this variety is mature in sixty days, a steady harvest can be achieved by planting regularly throughout the season

NB05 Diva Hybrid

Gynoecious. 2002 AAS Edible Vegetable Winner
Sweet flavor and high yield describe the improved qualities of Diva. The fruit will be sweet, non-bitter with a crisp texture when harvested at 6-8 inches. Normally seedless, a few seeds may grow if pollinated by other cuke plants. Diva produces all female flowers (gynoecious, parthenocarphic) and does not require pollen to set fruit. These traits result in high yields. Expect mature cukes in about 58 days from sowing seed in the warm soil. Plants are resistant to scab and tolerant to powdery and downy mildews. Diva is the only slicing cucumber you need to grow in your garden.

TPF206 Armenian Yard Long

Amazing 2-3 ft. long cucumbers with crisp white flesh and a mild sweet flavor.

IP187 Little Potato

Monoecious. Originally from India, this heirloom cucumber is a real treat. Produces nearly round 3″ fruits with brown russetted skin (looking like a potato).
It has a delicious lemon flavor and stays crisp in storage.
Matures in about 70 days

IP047 Natsu Suzumi

Japanese type, 12-14″ long, 1-1/2″ dia., burpless, small seeds, very sweet, highly disease resistant, heat tolerant, monoecious, 59 days.

W175 Backyard Pickler

High yielding, midsize green, 4-5″, solid, crisp, tiny white spined, superb flavor, monoecious, 54 days.

SF194 Beit Alpha F1

Gynoecious.Developed in Florida, the Beit Alpha (Cucumis sativus ‘Beit Alpha’) cucumber looks a lot like Dutch seedless cucumbers. They require no pollination to fruit and tolerate temperatures of up to 100 degrees F. If you have a small garden space, you can grow these in pots or growing bags. When mature, these are most flavorful when no larger than 1.5 inches in diameter. 65 days.

SF193 Patio Snacker

F1 hybrid, “Fast food from your patio” and healthier than a burger, 8 x 1½”, great flavor, high yield, short 4′ vine, 39 days. Gynoecious.

IP173 Early Spring Burpless Cucumber

Excellent choice for container gardening and small gardens as they take up little space and grow in just about any enviroment. These long, slender cukes offer a crisp, mild, bitter-free and burpless bite all season long. Firm and easy to peel, they should become your cucumber of choice.
Expect Early Spring Burpless to reach 8 to 12 inches long in no time. For straight fruit, stake them on a cucumber support. Or, if you like the look of curly cukes, let them grow on the ground, where they’ll twist up.
These burpless cucumbers are known for their tasty, non-astringent flesh, small seed cavity, and crisp, thin skin that never needs peeling. 52 days. Gynoecious.

W179 Poona Kherra

Unusual smooth russet brown skin when mature, crisp sweet yellow-green flesh, high yield, Indian native, 53 days. Monoecious.

W170 Boothby Blonde

Unique stubby, oval, plump, yellow Maine heirloom, delicate sweet flavor, useful in patio
pots, 63 days. Monoecious.

2928 Miniature White Cucumber

Great miniature yellowish-white eating cucumber. Sweet flavor,
no need to peel. Very productive, vines rarely exceed 3′ in
length. Fruits are best eaten raw when they are under 3″ long.
Extremely popular. 50-55 days. Monoecious.

2926 Japanese Climbing Cucumber

Introduced to American gardeners in 1892 by Thorburn from seed
they obtained from Japan. Vigorous growth, strong grasping
tendrils, the best variety we offer for trellises, wire
netting, brush or fences. Fruits are 7-9″ long by 3″ in
diameter, light green and of fine quality for both slicing or
pickling. Plants continue to bear all season, if consistently
picked clean. 58-65 days. Seeds from SSE. Monoecious.

2751 Northern Pickling Cucumber

Early and prolific for short-season gardens. Heavy yields of quality, 3-5 uniform cukes, perfect for pickling.
(50-55 days). Monoecious.

2752 Suyo Long Chinese Cucumber

Remarkable Chinese variety produces large quantities of long, curvaceous fruits. Spiny skin protects the delicious, crispy, non-bitter flesh. Always a favorites in our taste tests. Almost seedless, the fruits are burpless, crisp, and tender. (60-70 days) Gynoecious.

2019 Lemon Apple

60 days The shape size and color of a lemon! But the flavor is crisp like an apple, sweet and mild!
This heirloom was introduced in 1894, and is still a favorite today! Monoecious.

SF149 Tasty Queen Hybrid Japanese Cucumber

One of the best hybrid Oriental cucumbers developed in Japan. The plant produces many female flowers and fruits for a long time. Slender fruits (1-1/2″ x 8″) are very crispy and delicious. This variety has been one of the best sellers from our customers since we introduced a few years ago. Plants grow very well in greenhouse and open field with supports, from spring through fall. Gynoecious.

SF150 Tasty King Hybrid Japanese Cucumber

A slightly larger but delicious companion cuke to Tasty Queen. F1, 10-12″ long green, burpless, very sweet, monoecious, 62 days. Gynoecious.

IP169 Cucamelon ( Melothria scabra )

Tiny 1½” light green, dark striped, crispy white flesh has cucumber-like flavor with lemony tartness and a touch of lime, this is a fascinating little novelty plant for any gardener.
Cucamelons can be grown the same way as regular cucumbers, only they are far easier. They only need some type of support to climb on and suffer from very few pests. Sow the seed from April to May indoors and plant out when all risk of frost is over. Give them a support the scramble over, keep well watered and that is pretty much all you will need to do to enjoy a large harvest.
This plant is native to Mexico and Central America, where it is called sandiita (little watermelon). It is believed to have been a domesticated crop before western contact began.

IP122 Caigua Exploding Cucumber ( Cyclanthera pedata )

This is one of the most interesting plants we have found. It is a climbing member of the cucumber family that can be used as a vegetable in salads, or steamed, it has a nice sweet flavor. It is also an herbal plant, the fruit has anti-inflammatory, weight reducing ( it is often sold in capsule form as a natural weight loss product ), lipid-absorbing, cholesterol and blood sugar regulating affects.
Can easily be grown in the garden, on a fence or trellis. It is an annual plant. One of the most interesting aspects of the plants is that when ripe, the fruits become spring-loaded missile devices, splitting and turning themselves inside-out to launch their seeds up to 5-6 feet away into the garden. This is quite the conversation plant.