Marketmore Cucumber
Cucumis sativus
The story
Originating in South Asia, this member of the gourd family has traveled the world to become a global garden staple. It has diversified over time into numerous cultivars, though in North America, unrelated plants in the Echinocystis and Marah genera are sometimes confusingly called wild cucumbers.
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- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
How to use it
This plant is widely cultivated as an annual crop. It is grown specifically for its cylindrical to spherical fruits, which are harvested and used globally as culinary vegetables.
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In the kitchen
Cucumbers are widely used as culinary vegetables. Depending on your recipe, you can choose from the three main culinary varieties: slicing, pickling, or seedless.
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About
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) is a widely cultivated plant in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. It is a creeping vine that bears cucumiform fruits that are used as vegetables. There are three main varieties of cucumber: slicing, pickling, and seedless. Within these varieties, several cultivars have been created. In North America, the term "wild cucumber" refers to plants in the genera Echinocystis and Marah, but these are not closely related. The cucumber is originally from South Asia, but...
At a glance
What it needs
USDA hardiness
Zones 3–12
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Marketmore Cucumber
- Slug
- marketmore-cucumber
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Cucumis
- Species
- sativus
- Category
- Cucumber
- Hardiness zone (min)
- 3
- Hardiness zone (max)
- 12
- Average height (cm)
- 0
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 52
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