Varieties of cucumbers

Cucumbers - almost the most favorite vegetable on our table. And every gardener dreams of acquiring such a variety of cucumbers, which would be distinguished by extraordinary yields, resistance to diseases, excellent taste, so that a neighbor could surprise them. Now we will find out what sorts of cucumbers need to be planted so that they meet all the listed qualities. In order for the seeds to be of good germination, they should be collected from plants that have many female flowers during flowering. It is from such plants and collect ripe fruits, better from the first ovary.

One of the most productive varieties of cucumber is the new early variety Parisian cornichon. Its fruit is fusiform, 6-10 cm long and weighs 50-100 grams, its yield is very high, good for preservation, bitterness is absent. Another variety - Apomixis Konyaevyh - is suitable for northern regions, cold-resistant, it begins to fructify in a month and a half after planting the seeds and until late autumn. Cucumber of early variety Kustova has fruits with a mass of 100-120 g of excellent taste qualities. The varieties Xia-fin and Prince are varieties with very high resistance to disease. Cucumbers of a new variety Dy-zy-sy grow very quickly, you can collect them almost every day. It is well tolerated frosts of the Middle-Far East variety-6, which is good in conservation.

Nobody will refuse to try a crispy light-salted cucumber in the winter. But not everyone knows that not every variety of cucumbers is suitable for conservation. In different regions there are varieties. For example, in Ukraine it's Nezhenka, Winner, Harvest 86, Donetsk salty, Success, Magnificent and many others. They are all delicious in salting, have a beautiful dark green peel, the color of which does not change even after conservation.

Holland cucumber varieties

It is worth paying attention to the Dutch varieties of cucumbers:

• Pasadena F-1 is a medium-early variety, short dark-green fruits are very fruitful and tasty, without bitterness;
• Santana F-1 - medium-late variety, very little sick, stable and long-term harvested, tasty in both conservation and fresh, without bitterness;
• Cereus-1 - a greenhouse cucumber, begins to bear fruit after 40 days after the appearance of the first sprouts, it is especially tasty in salads.

Varieties of gherkins

And how pleasant it is to open a jar of green crusty gherkins in the winter! This is a special type of small-fruited cucumber, the fruits of which are torn off when they have a size of 4 to 8 cm and no more. Gherkins are an independent variety of cucumber, ordinary, only a small size, and pickled them according to the usual recipes. True, in cultivation these varieties of cucumbers are extremely capricious, susceptible to many diseases, do not like a lot of mineral fertilizing. Here are some varieties of cucumber gherkins: Atlantis, Claudia, Adam, Zhuravlenok, Hector.

Let's talk also about what the hostess pays attention to when buying cucumbers. Probably, first of all on color, and on the presence of thorns in the vegetable. There are generally fruits without thorns, or with white spines - this means that the variety is intended only for salad, and not for salting. It is these vegetables that are grown all year round in greenhouses. When picking these cucumbers taste they will not at all the same, without the elasticity and crunch. If the cucumber spikes are black or brown, this fruit is universal, including salting. They are good in fresh and in conservation. Banks with such cucumbers practically do not explode. And in order to get an excellent harvest with good seeds, you need to provide quality care for cucumbers. This is the loosening of the soil throughout the period of growth, and control of weeds, and regular watering, and proper feeding. Then the cucumbers will please you with an excellent harvest.