{"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\/products\/west-indian-burr-gherkin","provider":"Working Food ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}