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Re: lemon cucumbers

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Thank you so much for this info! I think I can start harvesting mine 
now.... and i should have plenty for pickles by Sept..... 

Missi



> Reply-to:      "Square Foot Gardening List" <sqft@listbot.com>
> Date:          Thu, 29 Jul 1999 10:56:56 -0400
> To:            "Square Foot Gardening List" <sqft@listbot.com>
> From:          Ted Patterson <patters@erols.com>
> Subject:       Re: lemon cucumbers

> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> 
> At 9:51 AM 7/29/99, Melissa McCarthy wrote to the SqFt list:
> >Has anyone else grown lemon cukes? I planted a whole plot of them
> >(well, I didn't realize I had until they were EVERYWHERE) and they
> >are supposed to be great for pickles. But I am not sure how to tell
> >when they are ripe. Any ideas?
> 
> Wm. Weaver says ''The fruit is round, or should be, and white skinned, with
> bright yellow streaks.  Fruit is harvested when 2 1/2 or 3 inches in
> diameter.  Paring is unnecessary because the skin is thin and lack all
> trace of bitterness.''
> The folks at FEDCO, a Maine USA seed cooperative, say ''Color evolves from
> pale greenish yellow <immature> to lemon yellow <best eating stage> to
> golden yellow <full maturity and seed production>.''
> I've gotta start harvesting mine earlier and smaller.  Like most cucumbers
> the seed cavity gets big, and while the skin doesn't get bitter, it gets
> thick.  I've got too many golden globes on the vines now.
> -Ted
> 
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