Cucumber - Crystal Lemon, botanical illustration

Cucumber - Crystal Lemon

Cucumis sativus

Fruiting vegetables Vital Seeds
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About

A prolific, unusual and old variety of outdoor cucumber; small, round and yellow with a crisp, sweet flavour. First cultivated in 1894 in New Zealand, these small apple shaped cucumbers with pale skins are an unusual and very pleasing variety of cucumber. The plant is an attractive climber and will produce prolifically throughout the summer, whether planted in a container or in free draining soil. The skin gets tougher as the fruit ages so they are best picked early on. Drawings by Lucca Benney. (Approximate seed count - 11)

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Botany

Latin nameCucumis sativus
FamilyCucurbitaceae
GenusCucumis

Producer

Vital Seeds

Organic and biodynamic open-pollinated seeds, Devon UK

Country: UK

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