Tropical Type

CU 4303	CU 4304	CU 4305
CU 115	CU 4306	CU 4307
CU 4308	CU 4311

White Type

CU 073 Bowling

CU 4309

CU 4310

Japanese Type

CU 4301

Wonder 298

Better 079

Slicing Type

CU 075

Small Type

CU 4302

Other Types

Mae Sai

White Emerald

Variety Comparison Chart

growers-guide

The cucumber is the edible fruit of the cucumber plant Cucumis sativus, which belongs to the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, as do melons and squash. The plant has been cultivated for 3000 years and is widely cultivated today. The cucumber plant has large leaves that form a canopy over the fruit. The vine is grown on the ground or on trellises, often in greenhouses.

The fruit is commonly harvested while still green, and eaten as a vegetable, whether raw, cooked, or made into pickled cucumbers. Although less nutritious than most fruit, the fresh cucumber is still a very good source of vitamin C, vitamin K, and potassium, and also provides some dietary fiber, vitamin A, vitamin B6, thiamin, folate, pantothenic acid, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, copper, and manganese. The pickling process removes or degrades much of the nutrient content, especially that of vitamin C.

Cucumbers are usually green-skinned, roughly cylindrical, elongated, with tapered ends, and may be as large as 30 cm long and 5 cm in diameter.