{"title":"Cucumber","description":"\u003cp\u003eMy market and my personal favorites: Adam Gherkin, Boston Pickler, Excelsior, Green Crunch Extraordinaire, and Marketmore\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach Cucumber type is unusually shaped, uniquely paired with an interesting history and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"adam-gherkin-50-seeds","title":"Adam Gherkin","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdam Gherkin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, is a curious European cornucopia, small framed plant, that yields easy, heavy, and abundant thin skinned pickler cucumbers. Fruits are blanketed with small bumpy spines on a thin skin. Highly unique small fruit, and maintains a full radial shape with minimal tapering. \u003ci\u003eAdam Gherkin\u003c\/i\u003e is cute, full of flavor, bright sweet fragrance, reminiscent of petrichor. I’d classify the plant structure as a bush cucumber, with vines that do not stretch as a single leader but tentacles out with precocious and prolific tendrils laden with flowers late spring until summer becomes unbearably hot. \u003ci\u003eAdam Gherkin\u003c\/i\u003e is best sown early, and fizzles out, because it seems to fruit itself to death. But that heat of the summer is where other pickling and slicing varieties with larger frames shine, because Gherkin yields well when dill may be in season. The flavor is juicy, lemon like, bright and without a hint of bitterness! Gooey, less crisp at larger sizes, so picking small will retain a firm and crisp character for picklers in mind. Grows fast, sprawlingly sporadic, and the uniform, and snappy texture tastes great! Providing a bumper crop basket of delicate picklers with an interesting name, and mysterious story, \u003cem\u003eAdam Gherkin\u003c\/em\u003e is surely a refreshing treat.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garden Farmer ","offers":[{"title":"30","offer_id":52832454541528,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60","offer_id":52832454574296,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100","offer_id":52832454607064,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250","offer_id":52832454639832,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000+","offer_id":52832454672600,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/6563\/1192\/files\/IMG_0022_ab06be19-4085-4481-992d-584ec66c0231.heic?v=1792516808"},{"product_id":"excelsior-50-seeds","title":"Excelsior","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExcelsior\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a quintessential pickler. \u003ci\u003eExcelsior\u003c\/i\u003e excels at setting fruit without pollination, and is mostly laden with female flowers. Emerald green, with yellow ridge gradients, is crisp, refreshing, fragrant melon aroma’s, and digestible burpless skin. Micro bumps line the textured smooth and polished polygonal prism exterior, holds shape on ground, and are well-kept in storage.  I consider this cucumber to be excellently flavored, open pollinated, special, and a precocious and prolific producer. Plant structure is vigorous, with minimal vegetation, small leaf size, and high fruit to leaf ratio. Fruit and vegetation are virtually spineless. Pruning is optional. Support is optional, however, plants spaced close together require trellis for they intertwine and encourage dense fruit formation, consistently drawn out weekly harvest through drought in summer to the draught at end of Autumn. Choose \u003ci\u003eExcelsior\u003c\/i\u003e for garden, and market. It rewards in the harshest conditions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garden Farmer ","offers":[{"title":"30","offer_id":52771787440344,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60","offer_id":52771787473112,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100","offer_id":52771787505880,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250","offer_id":52771787538648,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000+","offer_id":52771787571416,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/6563\/1192\/files\/IMG_0419.heic?v=1792690175"},{"product_id":"marketmore-50-seeds","title":"Marketmore 1776","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarketmore\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 76 has to be the saving grace for large slicer cucumbers. This is my version called \u003cem\u003eMarketmore 1776\u003c\/em\u003e. Very dark, large 8” or longer, this now famous heirloom from Cornell University, is adapted for Southern states. Reliable for the market, and easy for home gardens. \u003ci\u003eMarketmore \u003c\/i\u003eis a heavy producer, developing large durable vines, encroaching on space with its large leaves. Naturally, this open pollinated cuke has a vigorous, single leader vine. Deemed a slicer for salads, girthy 1.5”-2.5” remain flavorful at large sizes. Smaller cucumbers remain tender and crisp. Refreshing, with a tasteful texture, mildly sweet and melon like\u003ci\u003e. Marketmore\u003c\/i\u003e 76 is well known for disease and pest resistance, yielding heavily without pollination. Especially durable in heavy downy mildew pressure. Market garden production is difficult to maintain consistency, so \u003ci\u003eMarketmore\u003c\/i\u003e 76 is a life saver when times are tough, and the weather is rough, this fantastic cucumber still produces when challenges hit the farm. Tall sticks, strong trellis, and cages are highly recommended. Avoid planting this gargantuan close together for maximum production.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garden Farmer ","offers":[{"title":"30","offer_id":52840100135128,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60","offer_id":52840100167896,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100","offer_id":52840100200664,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250","offer_id":52840100233432,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000+","offer_id":52840100266200,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/6563\/1192\/files\/IMG_4019_008fcbaa-d71c-4591-96db-10186d628c29.heic?v=1792603930"},{"product_id":"extraordinaire","title":"Extraordinaire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExtraordinaire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an unusual, crunchy thin-skinned cucumber, with a bright lime-green glow. \u003ci\u003eExtraordinaire\u003c\/i\u003e is a juicy, exceptionally fragrant, irresistible snack. In fact, besides the unusual bright white skin, the remarkable smell wafts from the medium sized fruits. Yields are moderately heavy, but uniformity and delicious cucumber melon flavors accompany a tender taste, without spines or burs. For farmer’s market sales, \u003ci\u003eExtraordinaire\u003c\/i\u003e is eye-catching. Patrons will fall for the undeniable smell, and remember an unfound flavor not common with modern day cucumbers. The fragrance in all honesty is what led me to save these seeds. A cucumber with aromatic properties, now I couldn't contain myself, so I kept on saving based on my nose. Plants maintain a bumper crop with proper support. Vines on this plant form more like a strong single leader, and can be made to create a canopy, enveloping medium size, and smooth leaves. This cucumber is an exception, and unusual. I maintain the production of  \u003ci\u003eExtraordinaire \u003c\/i\u003eas a novelty, extra unordinary, as other varieties just can’t compare in terms of quality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garden Farmer ","offers":[{"title":"30","offer_id":52839317307608,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60","offer_id":52839317340376,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100","offer_id":52839317373144,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250","offer_id":52839317405912,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000+","offer_id":52839317438680,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/6563\/1192\/files\/IMG_0323.heic?v=1792612997"},{"product_id":"boston-pickle-party-op","title":"Boston Pickle Party","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBoston Pickle Party\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an heirloom as a classic American pickling cucumber. These medium to large plants produce a multi branch structure. This is a Victorian era heirloom, still high-yielding and reliable variety. Prism cylindrical shapes are bright green with white exposed ridges, few various bumpy, but spineless textured thin tender skin. I identify \u003cem\u003eBoston Pickler\u003c\/em\u003e with triangular symmetry, not too large, perfect for quart mason jars. This is a slicer pickler! Vines develop single leaders without pruning, and vigorously take over trellis and open fields. Not as disease resistant as \u003ci\u003eMarketmore \u003c\/i\u003eor \u003ci\u003eExcelsior\u003c\/i\u003e, but heavier yielding and on a larger frame, than \u003ci\u003eGherkin\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eExtraordinaire\u003c\/i\u003e. The weather and disease have a pernicious effect on this variety; but it grows through, producing succulent fruit examples of what the past represents. \u003ci\u003eBoston Pickle Party\u003c\/i\u003e is a consistent producer, easy to grow, mildly-sweet, maintaining a history of pickles, and persistence. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garden Farmer ","offers":[{"title":"30","offer_id":52810687086808,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60","offer_id":52810687119576,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100","offer_id":52810687152344,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250","offer_id":52810687185112,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000+","offer_id":52810687217880,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/6563\/1192\/files\/bostonpickler.heic?v=1793321680"}],"url":"https:\/\/gardenfarmer.store\/collections\/cucumber.oembed","provider":"Garden Farmer ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}