Cool Cucumber Varieties You Will Want To Grow
Compare these cucumber varieties disease resistance, regions, and other features to find the right one for you. Scan the photo gallery of cucumber varieties from major seed companies and take your picks.
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Bereket (Hazera)
An indoor Beir Alpha for spring and summer seasons. It has strong vigor and short side shoots. ‘Bereket’ is a high-quality fruit with semi-multi setting. It has a good shelf life and very high yield potential. Growing system for a greenhouse with cold-to-hot growing season.
Disease package: Px, CVYV, ZYMV, CMV
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Brickyard (Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Stokes Seeds Inc.)
A great, uniform, smooth, gynoecious slicer. ‘Brickyard’ has a strong vigorous vine. High yield potential. Matures in 50 to 53 days. Length: 8 inches
Disease package: HR: WMV, ZYMV, Ccu, IR: CMV, Co:(1), Pcu, PRSV, Psl, Px
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Bristol (Seminis Vegetable Seeds)
The first commercially available cucumber hybrid with intermediate downy mildew resistance; (as well as resistance to multiple viruses). ‘Bristol’ is an early maturing, second generation that is highly adaptable. Region: Southeast. Matures in 50 to 55 days.
Disease package: HR: CMV, ZYMV, Psl, Ccu, Co (1), IR: PRSV, Pcu, Px
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Cobra (US Agriseeds, Rupp Seeds)
‘Cobra’ is a productive hybrid slicer, with an excellent disease package. It has outstanding fruit quality, and can be used on open ground or plastic production. It holds its length well, even during periods of stress. Region: USA and Canada. Matures in 60 days.
Disease package: A, ALS, CMV, PM, PRSV, Ccu, WMV, ZYMV
www.RuppSeeds.com/vegetables/products/cucumbers/slicers/cobra
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Diamondback (SEEDWAY, LLC)
‘Diamondback’ produces strong, quality yields and vine vigor. Cca resistance allows for placement in later-season slots. Fruit will hold length throughout extended picks. A gynoecious slicer variety. Matures in 54 days.
Disease package: R: Ccu, IR: A (2), Cca, Co, CMV, Ec, Psl, Sf, PRSV, WMV, ZYMV
https://www.seedway.com/product/diamondback-cucumber-farmore-treated/
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Dominator (HM Clause | Stokes Seeds Inc.)
‘Dominator’ is a dark-green, gynoecious hybrid with exceptional size and shape. This slicer is dependable and widely adapted to all growing areas. Outstanding quality, consistent production, and high yields. It matures early. An exclusive!
Disease package: IR: Ccu, CMV, Co, Pcu, Psl, Px
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Expedition F1 (Osborne Quality Seeds)
‘Expedition’ stands out for its earliness, yield, and uniformity. Concentrated set of consistently straight, dark-green fruit with a 3 to 3.1 length/diameter ratio. This gynoecious variety can be machine harvested. Perfect for pickling. Matures in 55 days.
Disease package: A (1), PM
https://www.osborneseed.com/catalog/search-results?searchCriteria=expedition
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Happy Dance (Takii & Company, Ltd.)
‘Happy Dance’ is an Asian hybrid that has green fruit with lighter stripes. It produces high yields and is crisp with good flavor, and uniformity. It is widely adaptable and matures in 50 to 60 days. Length: 5 to 6 inches.
Disease package: HR: PM, DM
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Lemon (Seeds by Design)
This ‘Lemon’ is a cucumber with light yellow skin, and white flesh. It resembles a lemon, but it’s a slicer and pickler! A standout in the fresh market. Region: throughout the U.S. Matures in 65 days.
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Manny F1 Organic (Osborne Quality Seeds)
Replacing the stellar ‘Adam’ is the even more impressive ‘Manny’. It produces high yields of uniform, slightly ribbed, dark-green fruit on medium vines. It has excellent flavor and texture. A parthenocarpic, Persian variety that matures in 45 days. Length: 6 to 7 inches.
Disease package: CVYC, PM
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Painted Serpent (Seeds by Design)
‘Painted Serpent’ is a burpless, 100% bitter-free variety. It grows throughout the U.S. and is a fresh market seller. Length: 14 to 20 inches. Matures in 50 to 70 days.
https://www.seedsbydesign.com/seed/Cucumber-Op-Painted-Serpent
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Raceway (Seminis Vegetable Seeds | Rupp Seeds)
‘Raceway’ is a slicing variety with a multi-virus resistance package. A dark-green, uniform color on vigorous vines. It shows consistent length where heat stress might be a factor. A nice choice for late-season planting. Regions: U.S. and Canada. Matures in 54 days.
Disease package: A, ALS, CMV, DM, PM, PRSV, Ccu, S, WMV, ZYMV
https://www.ruppseeds.com/vegetables/products/cucumbers/slicers/raceway
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Sashimi (Johnny’s Selected Seeds)
‘Sashimi’ is a huge step forward in agronomic qualities (over older Japanese-type cucumber varieties). It combines earliness, excellent fruit quality, and improved powdery mildew resistances. It has a full gynoecious and parthenocarpic plant habit. Dark, glossy, and very attractive, the fruit maintains crispness and a uniform shape. Small seed cavities and delightful sweetness. An excellent greenhouse performer. Length: 8 to 12 inches. Matures in 50 days.
Disease package: PM, TSP
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Splash (De Ruiter, Vegetables by Bayer)
‘Splash’ is a mini-cucumber hybrid with uniform, quality fruit. A good plant vigor and excellent taste. Medium days to maturity.
Disease package: HR: CVYV, ZYMV, Ccu, Px, IR: CGMMV
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Springsteen RZ (Rijk Zwaan)
A highly productive pickling, seedless variety for machine harvest. Healthy plant with balanced vine and high yield potential. Excellent internal fruit quality for fresh pack or fermentation. Regions: adaptable throughout Canada and U.S. Matures in 48 to 50 days mid-maturity (depending on region).
Disease package:
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Summer Dance (Takii & Company, Ltd.)
‘Summer Dance’ is a Japanese burpless hybrid. A glossy, deep-green, uniform fruit with high yields and excellent flavor. Tolerant to heat stress. Region: Widely adaptable. Matures in 65 to 70 days.
Disease package:
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Superior (US Agriseeds | Gowan Seed)
‘Superior’ is a slicing variety with a uniform, dark-green fruit and an excellent disease package. A gynoecious variety with high yields throughout extended picks. Regions: North, Central, and South America.
Length: 9 inches. Matures in 35 to 40 days.Disease package: HR: CMV, PRSV, WMV, ZYMV, Psl, Ccu, Co (1), Px
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Unagi (Johnny's Selected Seeds)
‘Unagi’ is a unique cross between a Beit Alpha and traditional Japanese cucumber. It’s our absolute favorite greenhouse pick for eating quality. The spineless and seedless fruits are so tasty that we use this variety (as our benchmark for flavor) in greenhouse trials. This gynoecious and parthenocarpic breed offers yields of straight, glossy, and uniform ‘Unagi’. Matures in 55 days.
Disease package: PM, CMV, TSP
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WS-7584 (Westar Seeds International, Gowan Seed Company)
A fantastic gynoecious American slicer designed to meet the needs of different markets and conditions. ‘WS-7584’ has a great quality, length, and structure, with very dark-green skin. The few spines produced, disappear when the fruit begins to come to maturity. Handling and harvests are easier for the grower, with traits best suited for open field production. Length: 7 to 8 inches. Matures in 58 days.
Disease package: IR: ALS, CMV, Pcu, PRSV, Px, S, WMV, ZYMV
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Bereket (Hazera)
Brickyard (Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Stokes Seeds Inc.)
Bristol (Seminis Vegetable Seeds)
Cobra (US Agriseeds, Rupp Seeds)
Diamondback (SEEDWAY, LLC)
Dominator (HM Clause | Stokes Seeds Inc.)
Expedition F1 (Osborne Quality Seeds)
Happy Dance (Takii & Company, Ltd.)
Lemon (Seeds by Design)
Manny F1 Organic (Osborne Quality Seeds)
Painted Serpent (Seeds by Design)
Raceway (Seminis Vegetable Seeds | Rupp Seeds)
Sashimi (Johnny’s Selected Seeds)
Splash (De Ruiter, Vegetables by Bayer)
Springsteen RZ (Rijk Zwaan)
Summer Dance (Takii & Company, Ltd.)
Superior (US Agriseeds | Gowan Seed)
Unagi (Johnny's Selected Seeds)
WS-7584 (Westar Seeds International, Gowan Seed Company)
Disease Key
- A – Anthracnose
- ALS – Angular Leaf Spot
- Cca – Corynespora Blight and Target Leaf Spot Caused by Corynespora cassiicola
- Ccu – Scab and Gummosis Caused by Cladosporium cucumerinum
- Co – Anthracnose Caused by Colletotrichum orbiculare
- CMV – Cucumber Mosaic Virus
- CVYV – Cucumber Vein Yellowing Virus
- DM – Downy Mildew
- HR – High Resistance
- IR – Intermediate Resistance
- Pcu – Downy Mildew Caused by Pseudoperonospora cubensis
- PM – Powdery Mildew
- PRSV – Papaya Ringspot Virus
- Px – Powdery Mildew Caused by Sphaerotheca fuliginea
- S – Scab
- Sf – Powdery Mildew Caused by Sphaerotheca fuliginea
- TSP – Target Spot caused by fungus, Corynespora cassiicola
- WMV – Watermelon Mosaic Virus
- ZYMV – Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus
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Carol Miller is Editor of American Vegetable Grower. See all author stories here.