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Re: Female cucumbers

In a message dated 98-03-19 00:13:23 EST, you write:

<< However if these have been pollinated
  by the male flowers the seeds form and spoil the fruit from a
  culinary point of view, so the male flowers have to be removed
  2. The modern F1 hybrid cucumber is bred fom two different parents
  and is sterile in that it bears only female fruits, thus the labour
  of removing the male flowers is avoided. Moreover the yield is extremely
  high and the quality excellent. >>


Hi,  Allan,

Are you saying the fruits produced on these 'female' only plants are seedless,
that is,  the seeds just dont develop and remain small and tender?  And the
fruits reach 'normal' size?

And to someone like me who has already cukes in the ground of a traditional
variety--straight 8-- that the fruit on these can be improved by removing all
the male flowers so pollination doesnt occur?  I'd hate to lose my small crop
by removing all the male flowers,  but the result sounds interesting.

Thanks, Janet.
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