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Cucumbers
Types of Cucumber
Cucumbers are crisp, flavorful and nutritional making them a popular addition to salads and other healthy dishes.
Cucumber Varieties from A - Z
Armenian Cucumber
Beit Alpha Cucumber
Dosakai Cucumber
English Cucumber
Japanese Cucumber
Kekiri Cucumber
Kirby Cucumber
Lemon Cucumber
Persian Cucumber
Pickling Cucumber
Slicing or Garden Cucumber
Cucumber Tips & Trivia
The cucumber is originally from India where it has been cultivated for over 3,000 years.
There is a reference to people eating cucumbers in the ancient story of Gilgamesh.
From India, the cucumber spread to Greece, then Italy where became favored by the Romans, and it eventially appeared in China.