What Are the Common Varieties of Cucumber? A Detailed Guide to the Growth Habits of Each Variety
Cucumber is a vegetable commonly eaten in everyday life; it can be eaten raw or stir-fried. Nowadays, basically every household in rural areas grows cucumbers. Many farming friends who want to grow cucumbers on a large scale for profit do not know which variety is best to choose. Below, the editor of Nongxun Network introduces several common cucumber varieties.
1. Green cucumber
Green cucumber is a hybrid variety developed later, and cucumbers on the market today are mostly green cucumbers. Green cucumber is green in color, has a very crisp texture, and is also on the long side, forming a very long strip. Tender green cucumbers are crisp and refreshing, but once they get a little older, the taste becomes very strange. For example, Yuanfengyuan No. 6 green cucumber: produced by the Yuanfengyuan Vegetable Research Institute of Xiaxian County, Shanxi, a first-generation hybrid, mid-early maturing, strong growth vigor, sets fruit on both the main and lateral vines, high female flower rate, straight and smooth fruit, dark green, glossy, fruit length 35 cm, white spines, relatively dense spine bumps, short fruit stalk, excellent quality, high yield, 5000 kg per mu. Suitable for planting in spring, summer and autumn.
2. North China cucumber
North China cucumber is also called water cucumber. Its growth vigor is not considered very good, and its leaves are very large, making it suitable for planting in moist environments. In addition, the fruit of the North China cucumber is relatively slender, the spines on its surface are also very densely grown, and the spines are white in color. The skin is very thin, and the cucumber flesh is crisp and tender.
3. White cucumber
White cucumber is actually the earliest cucumber variety, and it is also what we often call the local yellow cucumber. The point that most sets it apart from other cucumbers is that its skin is yellowish-white. In addition, white cucumber is generally shorter than other cucumbers, but overall it is larger, and it does not easily become old; even when it grows very large, it is still very tender.
4. European and American type
Distributed across Europe and North America. Stems and leaves are luxuriant, the fruit is cylindrical, medium-sized, with sparse bumps and white spines, a mild flavor, and the ripe fruit is pale yellow or yellowish-brown. There are variety groups such as Eastern European, Northern European and North American. European and American greenhouse cucumbers are distributed in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Stems and leaves are luxuriant, tolerant of low temperature and weak light, the fruit surface is smooth, light green, and the fruit length reaches more than 1250px. There are British greenhouse cucumbers, Dutch greenhouse cucumbers, and so on.
5. Small cucumber
Distributed across Asia as well as Europe and America. The plant is relatively short, with strong branching. Many flowers and many fruits. Representative varieties include Yangzhou long pickling cucumber, and so on.
6. Chunhua No. 1
A hybrid variety bred by the Qingdao Academy of Agricultural Sciences. In the spring greenhouse comparative trial in 2008, the total yield per mu was 2896 kg. In the 2009 production trial, the total yield per mu was 4601 kg. In 2010, it passed variety approval in Shandong Province, approval number 2010051. Although it is a South China type cucumber, it is equally suitable for planting in Shandong, where the North China type is the main cultivation area.
It is an early-maturing variety. About 52 days from sowing to first harvest. Growth vigor is relatively strong, leaf color is dark green, and it mainly sets fruit on the main vine. The fruit is short and cylindrical, the skin color is light green, the fruit is straight and smooth, the fruit surface is smooth with no ridges or grooves, the spine bumps are white, small and sparse, the fruit is about 18 cm long, about 3 cm in transverse diameter, the fruit stalk length is less than 1/6 of the fruit length, and the average single fruit weight is 152 g. Commercial quality and flavor quality are relatively good.
In summary, that is today's introduction to cucumber varieties. In fact, when choosing a variety, you should not only consider the characteristics of the variety but also take the local climate into account. When buying seeds, everyone must go to a legitimate store.
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