White Cucumber?

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Hi,
Has anyone tried growing white cucumbers before, if so which variety did you enjoy? I'm going to try some this year just not sure which variety to try.

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Mike
 

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I was just looking at them in the Seeds of Change catalog. They look fun! Let us know how they do for you...
 

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I grew Boothby's Blonde (I think that's how it was spelled). They were HUGE producers. The cucumbers were short and fat and seemed to have more of the pricklies than the green ones. I couldn't tell the difference in tast between them and the Straight 8 - but they DID make interesting pickles! Biggest plus - easy to spot on the vines!!! No cloked cukes getting baseball bat sized on those vines. LOL
 

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Often grow a white cucumber from seed I purchased from Evergreen Seed quite a few years ago, Mike.

It is called White Star Hybrid. It makes a nice slicing cucumber and, I'd imagine, pickles.

I grew Johnny's Miniature Whites a couple of years ago and didn't care for them. Keep in mind that I do not make pickles, however.

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Thanks guys for the replies! :)
Canesisters, Good to hear you enjoyed them, are the boothby's blonde cucumber a true white color or are they beige?
Steve,
I'll have to take a look at White Star Hybrid, although I prefer heirlooms. I hear you, I prefer fresh cucumbers to pickles, too.

Mike
 

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I haven't grown them yet, but another heirloom/OP variety is White Wonder. While not a white variety, I'm trying Uzbekski cukes this year, read that they deal well with heat. The Uzbesksi cukes look almost like russet potatoes (brown skin with cantaloup-like netting.
 

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The B.Blondes were actually more of a yellow skin. They started off very pale and got pretty yellow if I left them too long.

Here's a few from last year.
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Looks great canesisters !
Thanks for sharing the photo
 

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