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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.
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