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'Transamerica' Cucumber

Sub-Category:	Pickling Vine

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Hybrid pickling type. Predominantly gynoecious vines bear dark green, blocky, medium-long, white-spined fruit. Resistant to anthracnose, angular leaf spot, cucumber mosaic virus, scab, powdery mildew and downy mildew.
Days To Maturity:	50-52
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Rating Summary

Overall: (3.0 Stars) Taste: (2.0 Stars) Yield: (4.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (2.0 Stars)

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Number of Reviews: 1

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

Reviewed on 03/21/2006 by NWL - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Oxford, Maine, United States Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
2-3 ft. vines. Slightly bitter flavor. Good yield per plant. Even with its disease resistances, this variety had poor viability with only about 25% of the plants surviving to maturity. The remaining ones were fairly healthy and strong, though. Cucumber beetles did not seem to bother it very much.

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