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Re: lemon cucumbers

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They make great bread and butter pickles, but I've never tried them for
anything else, except fresh eating.  We LOVE them fresh.
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>From: Melissa@a2zwebdesigns.com (Melissa McCarthy)
>To: sqft@listbot.com
>Subject: Re: lemon cucumbers
>Date: Thu, Jul 29, 1999, 12:08 PM
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>Have you used them for pickles, or simply for eating? I am 
>interested in how they are for pickles, as we are impressed with what 
>we have so far. I am trellising them but they are already heading for 
>the tomatoes in the next plot.... oh well! Anything for wonderful 
>cukes!
>
>Missi
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>
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>> Date:          Thu, 29 Jul 1999 14:42:12 -0700
>> Subject:       Re: lemon cucumbers
>> From:          "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
>> To:            Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
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>> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
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>> Having grown lemon cukes for about 45 (cumulative) years (I'm the second
>> generation), I've found them to be about 10 to 15 days later than the
>> average slicing cucumber, even later than pickling cucumbers.  They are
>> worth it and produce very well once they get going.  Picking goes like this
>> - two cukes the first picking. One or two days later, ten cukes.  Next
>> picking, half a five gallon bucket.  Etc., until you haul buckets out by the
>> cartload.  But use them when they are YOUNG - once there is any orange on
>> the skin, they are going to be TOUGH.  They are also the best out-of-hand
>> cucumber ever (wipe them off, crunch into them).
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>> >From: zacwinic@mail.netnitco.net
>> >To: sqft@listbot.com
>> >Subject: Re: lemon cucumbers
>> >Date: Thu, Jul 29, 1999, 10:21 AM
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>> >Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
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>> >Mine haven't started fruiting yet.  I can't wait to see them. This is 
>> >my first year growing them.  My green cukes have been producing 
>> >for about a week now.  
>> >
>> >Has anyone else noticed that the lemon cukes are later, or am I 
>> >doing something wrong?
>> >
>> >Thanks!
>> >
>> >
>> >holly zone 5
>> >zacwinic@mail.netnitco.net
>> >
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