Product specifications
Type | Short cucumber (Parthenocarpic beith alpha) |
Main growing areas | South-Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Middle East and Turkey. |
Maturity | Early maturity |
Crop cylce and ecology | Short cucumber for passive greenhouse for Spring and Autumn cultivation. For the Middle East: March planting for April – July harvests. For the Middle East: July planting for August – November harvests. |
Plant habit | Medium vigorous growing plant for the production of well shaped short cucumber. 2- 4 fruits per node, compact, open well balanced plant type. Healthy plant for its resistance against Powdery mildew, Cucumber vein yellowing virus and Cucumber mosaic virus. |
Fruit or Head information | Fruit length of around 16 - 17 cm with dark green colour and cylindrical fruit shape. |
Use/Destination | Fresh market |
Disease resistances | High Resistance: Ccu / Px / CVYV Intermediate Resistance: Gc / CMV |
Remarks |
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For an explanation of the disease/pathogen abbreviations please refer to the general page: Vegetable Seeds Pathogen list |