{"title":"Cucumbers","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"bellevue-burpless-cucumber","title":"Bellevue Burpless Cucumber","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is a burpless cucumber?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBurpless varieties contain very low or no cucurbitacin, the compound that causes bitterness and can cause some people to \"burp\" from eating cucumbers. Burpless cucumbers also have a mild flavor, thinner skin, and fewer seeds than other cucumber types.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis standard variety has been saved for many years by Tommy Simmons of Bellevue Gardens in Archer. This batch of seeds came from Siembra Farm who appreciated their overall productivity and flavor. This is high praise, as most growers resort to using hybrid varieties for many reasons. But this open-pollinated and locally saved variety is excellent and suited for Florida gardens. Like most cucumbers they are still prone to disease and pests, so manage as you would with any cucumber variety. Trellising is nice but not required.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Working Food Seed \u0026 Merch Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304241385661,"sku":null,"price":4.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/1734\/5725\/files\/bellevueburpless.jpg?v=1777568108"},{"product_id":"south-wind-slicing-cucumber","title":"South Wind Slicing Cucumber","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a new release from Edmund Frost of \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCommon Wealth Seed Growers in Virginia, and we love everything he develops as a farmer-plant breeder. He's been selecting for resistance to downy mildew, a dreadful and all too common disease in the Southeast on our cucurbit crops. This slicing cucumber was bred especially for late summer when downy mildew pressure is high. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFruits are 7-8\" long when fully ripe for eating. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/commonwealthseeds.com\/product\/south-wind-slicing-cucumber-certified-organic\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRead more about this variety here\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Working Food Seed \u0026 Merch Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304251314365,"sku":null,"price":4.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/1734\/5725\/files\/CWSGCucumberLarge.png?v=1784055201"},{"product_id":"west-indian-burr-gherkin","title":"West Indian Burr Gherkin","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a really unique plant, and one that will give you cucumbers when regular cucumbers are done for the season. This vigorous, vining, crawling plant will challenge small garden spaces with it's tenacity. Vines bear loads of seedy and spiny fruits, but the spines don't hurt. It's like when you pet a hedgehog in the right direction, it's soft. Seed-filled fruits are yummy, and the seeds are totally edible. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe tried to suggest to the plants that they climb a fence, but they preferred to sprawl all over the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe were given seeds many years ago as part of a collaborative grow out for the Seeds of Preservation Initiative (SOPI), and then shared our new surplus of seed with a local grower, Cherie who grew them and saved some really great seeds for us!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThomas Jefferson recommended it to his brother, Randolph, in 1813 saying \"\u003cem\u003ethe season being over for planting everything but the Gherkin. It is that by which we distinguish the very small pickling cucumber\u003c\/em\u003e\". This was likely the West Indian Gherkin (\u003cem\u003eCucumis anguria\u003c\/em\u003e), a native of Africa brought to the Caribbean through the slave trade, then possibly introduced from Jamaica in 1792 by seed merchant Minton Collins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you're looking for an easy to grow cucumber with some pizzaz, that thrives in really warm weather when regular cucumbers are long gone, try this gherkin! \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Working Food Seed \u0026 Merch Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304252133565,"sku":null,"price":4.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/1734\/5725\/files\/burrgherkin5.jpg?v=1777421825"}],"url":"https:\/\/workingfoodseeds.org\/collections\/cucumbers.oembed","provider":"Working Food ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}