common wealth pickling cucumber

Seed grower turned plant breeder Edmund Frost brings us this downy mildew–resistant cuke, bred in the Southeast where disease pressure is formidable and where two generations of a crop can be grown in a year. The results have been relatively swift and gratifying: a sweet crisp thin-skinned pickler with the requisite disease resistance and a bonus tolerance to bacterial wilt. The best performer in our pickler trials! This is Emily Pence’s favorite for eating out of hand until they reach about 6"—and as Fedco’s field trials coordinator she has eaten a lot of cukes. Vigorous vines are productive over a long season with very few misshapen or bitter-ended fruits. Your pickling crock shall overflow with the common wealth derived from seed such as this. Breeder Royalties. Independent Breeder .