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'Cross Country' Cucumber
 
Sub-Category: Pickling
Bush
 
Sub-Category 2:
Description: Hybrid. Pickling, semi-bush. Extra long, blocky, white-spined, dark green fruit. Gynoecious plants. Resistant to STM, anthracnose (1 or 2), downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab and cucumber mosaic virus.
Days To Maturity: 51-52
Seed Sources:
 
Rating Summary
 
Overall: (4.3 Stars)Overall
Taste: (4.7 Stars)Taste
Yield: (4.0 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (4.3 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 10/31/2008 by bayfarmer - A novice gardener

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Alameda, California, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

Excellent, sweet, juicy cucumbers. Vines grew well, even in small 2-gallon containers. Produced all season long, even up to end of October and some still waiting to be harvested.
 

Reviewed on 09/13/2008 by johnmiraglia - An intermediate gardener

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Ulster, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: Less than 6 hours per day

I grew cross country as a slicer and it was outstanding. I picked them at 4-5 inches and the seeds were very small and with a sweet taste. The cukes grow very straight and are extremely firm with an interesting pimply skin. This is all I will grow next year.
 

Reviewed on 03/16/2006 by NWL - An experienced gardener

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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

Mild flavored, good viability with no spray. Short 1-2 ft. vines.
 




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