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'Eureka' Cucumber

Sub-Category:	Pickling Bush

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Hybrid. Pickling, bush. Very dark green, white-spined fruit with small seed cavity. Strong indeterminate plants. Resistant to STM, anthracnose (1 or 2), downy mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus, papaya ringspot virus (WMV-1), watermelon mosaic virus (strain 2), and zucchini yellow mosaic virus.
Days To Maturity:	56
Seed Sources:	Gurneys Seed & Nursery Co. - updated in 2019 Totally Tomato - updated in 2011

Rating Summary

Overall: (3.5 Stars) Taste: (4.0 Stars) Yield: (2.5 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (3.5 Stars)

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Number of Reviews: 2

KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease

Reviewed on 01/23/2015 by Debbie L - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Orange, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
good disease resistance. Nice pickling cuke.

Reviewed on 09/05/2014 by sadie - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	All Counties, Ontario, Canada Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Good healthy plants but low yield. The fruit was nice though. I had better luck with Pioneer for yield.

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