Sliced cucumbers are grown for fresh consumption, while pickling cucumbers have thinner skins and are shorter. Slicing cucumbers have thicker skins and can be harvested at 20cm. They have pale green flesh with edible seeds and can be grown in home gardens. Popular varieties include Cucumber Bush Slicer, Straight Eight, Corinth, Dasher II, Pot Luck, Marketmore, Raider, Babylon, and Fountain.
Sliced cucumbers are grown to be eaten fresh. Some other commercially grown types are those grown to be pickled and a type called bureless, which produces less gas when consumed. These cucumbers are typically sliced and are used in sandwiches and salads. They usually have dark green skins which are sometimes peeled before consumption.
Farmers harvest the sliced cucumbers when they reach a length of about 20cm. Also known as ridge or hill types, these cucumbers are larger and longer and have thicker skins than pickled cucumbers, which are shorter. Colored uniformly, their skins can be dimpled or smoothed. They are also cheaper in comparison. Their thicker hides make them more resistant to damage, and they can be shipped or handled easily.
These unripe cucumbers have pale green flesh with many edible seeds and are delicious served in salads. If they are allowed to ripen, they turn yellow and taste quite sour. Gardeners can easily grow slicing cucumbers in home gardens. There are many different types of sliced cucumbers that are bred to have thin, non-bitter skins that don’t require any peeling. Cylindrical in shape, their flesh can be quite crunchy and watery.
Long cut green cucumbers can be found in many supermarkets. Gardeners specially grow some varieties that have slow seed development. Cucumbers form on the vines and gardeners harvest them as and when they need to. Typically, they pinch the cucumbers when they have reached a certain size to keep them from becoming woody. Gardeners are aware that large cucumbers left to grow on a vine for too long can prevent new cucumbers from growing.
If grown for too long, these cucumbers can develop very large seeds, thicker skins, and more bitter flesh. When growing cucumbers at home, gardeners harvest them in the sizes recommended for each type. Cucumber Bush Slicer is a hybrid type of sliced cucumber resistant to scab and powdery mildew. With small seed cavities and crunchy, delicious flesh, this cucumber can easily be grown in compact containers.
Straight Eight cucumber vines are very prolific and produce fruit about 25cm or less. The Corinth cucumber variety grows well in a wide range of temperatures and is resistant to leaf blight and cucumber mosaic virus. Dasher II, Pot Luck, and Marketmore are other popular sliced cucumber types. Some other hybrids that produce fruit quite well are the Raider, Babylon and Fountain varieties.
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