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'Long Green Improved' Cucumber

Sub-Category:	Slicing Vine

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Description:	Heirloom slicing variety. Vines produce 10- to 12-inch, dark-green fruit.
Days To Maturity:	65
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Overall: (3.0 Stars) Taste: (3.0 Stars) Yield: (3.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (3.0 Stars)

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Reviewed on 05/13/2006 by farmerdill - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Richmond, Georgia, United States Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days Soil Texture: Sand Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
This cultivar was popular among the older generation of both Virginia and Georgia for making the long yellow 7 day pickles. It is a big pretty dark green cucumber. A black spine type usually seen only in the smaller pickling cucumbers. It is not difficult to grow, but yields are poor to moderate.

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