Lists 1-27 Combined
Edited by Todd C. Wehner
Department of Horticultural Science
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7609
Sabal – Breeder: Wis-USDA. Parentage: WI 2238G x WI 1983A. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid pickler, white spined, L/D 2.9. Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Similar: Endeavor. 1985.
Salad (White) – Breeder: Mrs. T.P. Mony, California. Characteristics: monoecious slicer, fruit straight, pale greenish yellow to lemon yellow to bright yellow, 6-7 x 2-2.25″ size. 1924.
Salad Bar (NVH 2100) – Breeder and vendor: Northrup King. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid slicer, commercial fresh market, 57 day maturity, white spined, uniform green color, 8″ x 2″ fruit, slight taper, medium sized vines. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus, scab, angular leaf spot, anthracnose, powdery mildew, downy mildew. Similar: Dasher, Slicemaster, Sprint. 1982.
Salad Bush – Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: dwarf determinate vine, monoecious slicer, 57 day maturity, cylindrical uniform dark green fruit, 8 x 2.25″ fruit, AAS winner. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus, scab, target leaf spot. Adaptation: home garden. 1988.
Saladeer – Breeder and vendor: Lawrence Robinson and Sons, Modesto, California. Parentage: closed. Characteristics: F1, good all way to blossom end. Fine shipper. Resistance: downy mildew, cucumber mosaic virus. Similar: Ashley. Adaptation: wide. S.R.S. Growers Guide, 1959. 1954.
Saladin – Breeder and vendor: Sluis and Groot. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid pickler, L/D 2.8, white spined. Resistance: powdery mildew, scab, moderate cucumber mosaic virus.
Salty (3659) – Breeder and vendor: Petoseed Co. Characteristics: hybrid, white spined, dark green fruit, L/D 2.8. Similar: SMR 58 (in shape), Pioneer (in color). Resistance: scab, tolerance to powdery mildew, cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: general. Petoseed Company Catalog, 1973. 1972.
Salvo – Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid pickler, black spined. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus.
Sampson (MH 28) – Breeder: R.L. Lower, North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Vendor: Petoseed. Parentage: M11 (Addis) x M41. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, monoecious pickler, white spined, uniform medium dark green fruit, L/D 3.0, excellent processing quality, suitable for multiple mechanical harvest. Resistance: powdery mildew, anthracnose, angular leaf spot. Adaptation: wide. 1975.
Santee – Breeder: Clemson College Truck Expt. Sta., Charleston, South Carolina. Parentage: Cubit and Puerto Rico 40. Characteristics: early, long, dark green fruit. Resistance: downy mildew. Adaptation: regionally southeastern United States for the spring crop. Southern Seedsman. 1951.
Sassy (HMX 9465) – Breeder: Gary Taurick. Vendor: Harris Moran. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: pickling type; dark green indeterminate vines; fruit with small seedcell; 3.3 L/D ratio. Adaptation: U.S. 2003.
Saticoy Hybrid (H-152) – Breeder and vendor: Petoseed Company, Saticoy, California. Parentage: Petoseed Company inbreds. Characteristics: F1, dark green, slicer. Resistance: downy mildew, cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: United States, southern Canada. The Petoseed Story, Petoseed Co. 1961.
Sauna (CB882) – Breeder and vendor: Daenhfeldt. Characteristics: new Beit Alpha type for the greenhouse; self-pruning with an open habit; delivers high yields of excellent fruit for spring and summer crops. Resistance: downy mildew, powdery mildew, angular leaf spot. Adaptation: U.S. 2005.
Sawan Slicer – Breeder and vendor: Rogers Brothers. Characteristics: maintains dark green color under heat stress, good length under cool conditions, 58-60 day maturity, vigorous vine. Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf spot, cucumber mosaic virus. 1994.
SC 19B – Breeder: W.C. Barnes, Clemson University. Characteristics: monoecious inbred pickler. Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew.
Score (XP 1082) – Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co. Parentage: Asgrow inbreds. Characteristics: hybrid, white spined, pickler. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus, angular leaf spot, anthracnose, downy mildew, powdery mildew. Similar: Premier but longer fruit. Adaptation: general. 1972.
Scotinos RZ – Vendor: Rijk Zwaan. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: 32–38 cm fruit length; dark green fruit color; strong vigor; successful as a winter crop; powdery mildew tolerant; long, slender fruits. Adaptation: U.S. 2003.
SCU 6601 – Vendor: Sakata Seed America, Inc. Parentage: hybrid. Characteristics: mid early maturity; 22-cm fruit; dark green fruit; smooth skin; tolerant to CMV, anthracnose 1,3, and powdery mildew; resistant to scab; good yield. Adaptation: U.S. 2002.
Seneca Longbow – Breeder and vendor: Robson Seed. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid slicer, high yield, early maturity, long dark green fruit, even under stress.
Seneca Trailblazer – Breeder: Robson Seed / Midwest Seed Growers. Characteristics: hybrid slicer, dark green fruit, high yield.
Seray – Breeder and vendor: Nunhems. Characteristics: gynoecious hybrid, parthenocarpic, early, 17-18 cm fruit length, strong vines. 1992.
Setter – Breeder and vendor: Abbott & Cobb. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid slicer, 8″ fruit length. Resistance: angular leaf spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus, moderate to anthracnose.
Shamrock – Breeder: Iowa State College, Ames. Parentage: Davis Slicer x Chinese Long. Similar: Long Green. Characteristics: white spined, sufficient chunkiness to have dual usage as a salter and slicer. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: all midwestern United States, northern cucumber areas. 1937.
Shelby (NC-45) – Breeder: S.A. Walters and T.C. Wehner. Vendor: North Carolina State University. Parentage: NCH1 population (including resistant parental accession LJ 90430) brought to recurrent selection cycle 9, then used to develop S7 inbred. Characteristics: indeterminate, monoecious inbred, medium green colored vines; fruit are short pickle type with LD 3.0, dark green, medium sized warts, white spines. Resistance: root knot nematode (Meloidogyne javanica, M. hapla, M. arenaria races 1 and 2), scab, powdery mildew. Similar: Sumter, but shorter fruit. Adaptation: widely adapted, but developed in the southeastern U.S. 1997.
Shenandoah (FMX 4937) – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid pickler, very dark green skin, blocky to slightly tapered on blossom end, white spined, L/D 2.7-2.9, small seedcell, excellent interior quality, machine and hand harvest, 50-52 day maturity, high yields, excellent for brining, resistant to bleaching in sunlight. Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus.
Shogoin – Breeder: H. Munger, Cornell University. Vendor: Nat. Seed Storage Lab. Characteristics: monoecious inbred.
Siberian (Early Siberian, Extra Early Siberian, New Siberian) – Breeder and vendor: Northrup King. Characteristics: monoecious open pollinated slicer, fruit straight, light green, 5-5.25 x 1.88-2″ fruit. 1889.
Sieger – Vendor: Nat. Seed Storage Lab. Characteristics: monoecious inbred.
Sire (XP 4561077) – Breeder and vendor: Seminis-Asgrow. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: monoecious hybrid, intended for pollenizer, medium dark green fruit that is blocky, early and sustainable flowering; L/D ratio 3.0. Similar: Benson. Adaptation: North America. 1999.
Slice (SC 4) – Breeder and vendor: Clemson Coastal Expt. Sta. Vendor: South Carolina Foundation Seed Association. Parentage: SC 817, SC 716, and disease-resistant gene pool. Characteristics: open pollinated, uniform green fruit color. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus, anthracnose, angular leaf spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab. Similar: Marketmore 76, Poinsett 76. Adaptation: wide. 1980.
Slice King NK (NVH 2160) – Breeder and vendor: Northrup King. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid slicer, uniform green, excellent shape that is ideal for slicing. Resistance: scab, powdery mildew, downy mildew, cucumber mosaic virus tolerance. Not the same as Slice King from Sakata. 1989.
Slice King Sk – Breeder and vendor: Sakata Seed. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid slicer, medium dark green fruit 8″ long, early season. Resistance: scab, powdery mildew, downy mildew, angular leaf spot. Not the same as Slice King from Northrup King.
Slice Max (Exp 7) – Breeder and vendor: Sakata Seed. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid slicer, white spined, 8″ fruit length, mid-season. Resistance: powdery mildew.
Slice More (SCU 6601) – Breeder and vendor: Sakata Seed America. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: mid-early maturity; 8.5-inch-long fruits; predominantly gynoecious slicing type, medium-size vine, uniform dark green fruit, high yielding. Resistance: scab, downy mildew, powdery mildew; tolerance to CMV, anthracnose races 1, 3. Similar: Dasher II. Adaptation: fresh-market; wide. 2001.
Slice Nice (DEXP 3) – Breeder: A. Gabert. Vendor: ARCO. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid slicer, white spined, uniform color, 8.5 x 2.5″ fruit, 70 day maturity, vines withstand multiple harvest handling, straight, blocky. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus, powdery mildew, downy mildew, angular leaf spot, scab, anthracnose. Similar: Dasher II. 1984.
Slice Top – Breeder and vendor: Sakata Seed. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid slicer, white spined, dark green fruit, 8″ fruit length, main season. Resistance: scab, downy mildew, powdery mildew, angular leaf spot. Similar: Marketmore, but higher yield.
Slicemaster (PSX 233-176-71) – Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid slicer, early, 62 day maturity, very dark green color, less than 8-9″ fruit length, high yield. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus, angular leaf spot, anthracnose. Similar: Victory. Adaptation: wide. 1975.
Slicemaster Select – Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid slicer, early maturity, 60 day maturity, uniform dark green, cylindrical, straight, slightly tapered fruit, 8.25 x 2.25″ fruit, vigorous vines. Resistance: anthracnose race 2, angular leaf spot, scab, cucumber mosaic virus.
Slice-Mor (NCV 5505) – Breeder and vendor: Moran Seeds. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, slicer, dark green color, lightly stippled fruit that tapers slightly at blossom end, market maturity will be 8″, 52 day maturity. Resistance: downy, powdery mildews, cucumber mosaic virus, anthracnose race 1, scab. Similar: Gemini. Adaptation: wide. 1982.
Slice More (SCU 6601) – Breeder and vendor: Sakata Seed America. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious slicing type, medium-size vine, uniform dark green fruit, high yielding. Resistance: scab, downy mildew, powdery mildew; tolerance to CMV, anthracnose races 1, 3. Similar: Dasher II. Adaptation: fresh-market; wide. 2001.
Slicerite (8C-X11) – Breeder and vendor: Ferry Morse Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, productive slicer, fairly straight dark green fruit, moderate stippling, very slight striping at blossom end, good length. Adaptation: Cherokee 7. 1975.
Smooth Set – Breeder and vendor: Sakata Seed (Park Seed in US). Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid greenhouse slicer, recommended in locations of high temps and excessive humidity, 8″ fruit length. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: greenhouse.
Smoothie – Breeder: North Carolina State College, Hort. Crops Research Sta., Castle Hayne. Parentage: Cubit x Puerto Rico 39. Characteristics: very smooth skinned fruit, glossy, dark green, no warts, few fine spines, vigorous plants, prominent tendrils. Adaptation: wide. 1957.
SMR 58 – Breeder and vendor: L. Robinson Co. Characteristics: probably a local version of Wisconsin SMR 18.
Snappy (Hybrid NK 834) – Breeder: Northrup King and Co. Parentage: MSU 713-5 female cross on to a N.K. line. Characteristics: F1, black spined, pickler, matures in season with Spartan Dawn, vine medium small, medium green color, fruit slightly longer than Spartan Dawn or NK 805, dark green. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus, scab, spot rot. 1966.
Snows Perfection – Breeder: Joseph Harris Co. Vendor: Nat. Seed Storage Lab. Characteristics: monoecious inbred.
Snows Pickling (Fancy Pickle, Snows Early, Snows Fancy Pickling, Snows Perfected Pickle) – Breeder: Mr. J. C. Snow. Characteristics: monoecious inbred pickler, fruit straight, moderate dark green, 5-6 x 1.5-1.75″ size. 1905.
Sonata (XPH 1356) – Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: hybrid slicer, fruit dark green, cylindrical, blocky, L/D 4.1. Resistance: scab tolerance to cucumber mosaic virus, powdery mildew. Similar: Marketmore 76. 1988.
Sonate RZ – Vendor: Rijk Zwaan. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: spined fruits; L/D ratio is 3:1; medium green fruit color; good tolerance to downy mildew. Adaptation: U.S. 2003.
Southern Belle (G 61) – Breeder: R.L. Lower, North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Parentage: Gy 2 x M 27. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid pickler, white spined, L/D 3.1. Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew, cucumber mosaic virus. Similar: Calypso. 1978.
Southern Cross (P310) – Breeder: W.C. Barnes, Clemson University Agric. Expt. Sta., Charleston, SC and Asgrow Seed Co. Parentage: Gy 3 x SC 10. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid pickler, white spined, early, productive. Resistance: downy mildew, powdery mildew, anthracnose, angular leaf spot, cucumber mosaic virus. Similar: Pixie. Adaptation: southern pickle areas. 1967.
Southern Pickler – Breeder: Arkansas Agric. Expt. Sta., Fayetteville. Parentage: Producer x Ohio MR 17. Characteristics: early, cluster setting, easy to pick, good quality fruit. Similar: MR 17. Resistance: tolerance to cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: southern United States. Ark. Farm. Res. 4:9. 1961.
Southernsett (GDR3) – Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris Co. Characteristics: open pollinated, early. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus, tolerance to downy mildew, powdery mildew. Similar: Marketmore 70. Adaptation: wide. 1980.
Spacemaster – Breeder: H. Munger, Cornell University. Vendor: Burpee Seed. Characteristics: monoecious slicer inbred, dwarf determinate version of Tablegreen 65, 56 days to harvest, white spined, dark green, 7.5-2.5″ fruit. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus, scab, moderate to downy mildew, moderate to powdery mildew. 1972.
Spacemaster 80 – Breeder: H. Munger, Cornell University. Characteristics: bitterfree Spacemaster. 1980.
Spartan Advance (MSU 6515-3) – Breeder: Michigan Agric. Expt. Sta., East Lansing. Vendor: Castle Seeds. Parentage: MSU 35G x MSU 305M. Characteristics: gynoecious hybrid, high fruit count for mechanical harvest. Similar: Picadilly, Spartan Progress. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: western, upper midwestern United States. 1970.
Spartan Champion – Breeder: Michigan Agric. Expt. Sta., East Lansing. Parentage: MSU 713-5 – x MSU 238. Characteristics: F1, early, high yielding, good brining quality. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus, scab. Similar: Spartan Dawn. Adaptation: northern pickle areas. 1964.
Spartan Dawn – Breeder: Michigan Agric. Expt. Sta., East Lansing. Parentage: MSU 713-5 x Spartan 27. Characteristics: early, productive, high percentage of small fruit, very few male flowers, necessary to mix pollen parent seed or interplant with pollinator. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Similar: Wisconsin SMR 15. Adaptation: northern United States. 1962.
Spartan Reserve – Breeder: Michigan Agric. Expt. Sta., East Lansing. Parentage: MSU 7 x Spartan 27. Characteristics: F1, early, high yielding. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus, scab. Similar: Spartan Dawn. Adaptation: northern pickle areas. 1964.
Spartan Salad (C7-63) – Breeder: C.E. Peterson, Michigan State University. Characteristics: monoecious inbred, slight taper, 7.5 x 2″ fruit, black spined, uniform shape and size, medium green, 60 day maturity, for pickling and slicing. Resistance: downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus.
Spartan Valor (MSU 844 x 915) – Breeder: Michigan State University, East Lansing. Vendor: Dessert Seed Co. Parentage: MSU 844 x MSU 915. Characteristics: F1, gynoecious, slicer. Similar: Tablegreen, Spartan Green. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: northern United Sates. 1968.
Spear-It (FX-4103) – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid pickle, good yield fruit type and color, L/D 2.8, has ability to hold shape under stress, some multiple set for mechanical harvest. Resistance: tolerance to scab, cucumber mosaic virus, angular leaf spot, powdery mildew, downy mildew, anthracnose. Adaptation: North Carolina, Michigan, California. 1979.
Spear-It III [E0209 (FX4309)] – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid pickle, white spined, good color and fruit length. Resistance: tolerance to scab, cucumber mosaic virus, angular leaf spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew, anthracnose. Similar: Spear-It. Adaptation: wide. 1981.
Speedway (PSX 104388) – Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid slicer, early maturity, 56 days, fruit cylindrical, blocky, uniform dark green skin, strong vigorous vine, high yield. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus, powdery mildew, scab, downy mildew, anthracnose, angular leaf spot. 1991.
Spiffy (Hybrid 2667) – Breeder and vendor: Keystone Seed Co. Parentage: MSU35G x Keystone inbred. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, black spined, pickler, gynoecious, intended for either once-over mechanical harvest or multi-pick, extra vigorous vines, produces well shaped, well warted, light green pickles. Resistance: scab, tolerance to powdery mildew. Similar: Pioneer. Adaptation: wide. 1979.
Sprint (XP 1048) – Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co. Parentage: Asgrow lines. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid slicer, white spined; Sprint S has Poinsett 76 pollenizer (southern production), Sprint N has Marketmore 76 pollenizer (northern production). Resistance: anthracnose, downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Similar: Poinsett but 4-6 days earlier. Adaptation: general. 1972.
Sprint 440 (XP1190) – Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, gynoecious, very high yield, potential beginning early in the pickling stage. Resistance: scab, tolerance to angular leaf spot. Similar: Sprint. Adaptation: wide. 1978.
Spunky (HMX 0469) – Breeder: Gary Taurick. Vendor: Harris Moran. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: pickling type; medium green color with very uniform, straight, blocky fruit; very small seedcell with slow seed development; 3.0 L/D ratio. Adaptation: U.S. 2003.
SR 551 – Breeder: H. Munger, Cornell University. Characteristics: monoecious inbred pickler, white spined, vigorous, late maturing. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Similar: Wis. SMR 18.
Stallion (PS 14692) – Breeder: B. Johnson. Vendor: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Asgrow Brand. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: short vines, strong plant, 2-3 pistillate flowers per node. Resistance: angular leafspot, anthracnose race 1, scab, powdery mildew, downy mildew. Adaptation: midwestern U.S. 1998.
Stokes Early Hybrid – Breeder and vendor: Stokes Seed. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid slicer, 8″ fruit length, 55 day maturity. Resistance: moderate to downy mildew and cucumber mosaic virus.
Stonewall (HMX-8416) – Breeder: G. Taurick. Vendor: Harris Moran. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: slicer type, uniform dark green fruit. Resistance: anthracnose, angular leafspot, powdery mildew, downy mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Similar: General Lee. Adaptaton: U.S. cucumber production areas. 2002.
Stono – Breeder: South Carolina Truck Expt. Sta. Charleston. Parentage: South Carolina breeding lines that include Puerto Rico 37 and 40, Cubit and Colorado. Characteristics: midseason, vigorous, productive, medium green fruit color. Resistance: downy mildew. Similar: Colorado cultivar. Adaptation: southern United States, possibly other regions. Seedsmans Digest February, 1955. 1956.
Straight Eight (Straight 8) – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse. Characteristics: monoecious inbred slicer, 58-65 day maturity, all purpose cultivar, vigorous vines, fruit dark green, straight, 8-9 x 2-2.25″ size, white spined, cylindrical, blunt ends, uniform shape and size. Resistance: none. 1935.
Straight Nine (Z609-83) – Breeder and vendor: Hollar. Characteristics: monoecious inbred slicer, fruit longer than Ashley, 8.5″ long, medium dark green, somewhat pointed blossom end. Resistance: downy mildew, powdery mildew. Similar: Ashley. 1984.
Streamliner – Breeder and vendor: W. Atlee Burpee Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, gynoecious, compact vines, 9.5-10″ fruit length, slender fruit, medium green color. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus, mildew. Adaptation: wide. 1981.
Streamliner Hybrid – Breeder and vendor: W. Atlee Burpee Co. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid trellis slicer, 60 day maturity, extra long, slender, thick flesh, small seedcell, 11″ fruit length. Resistance: powdery mildew, cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: trellis or garden.
Striker (XPH 1471) – Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid slicer, for use where Marketmore 76 is planted, fruit slightly longer than Marketmore 76, second early maturity, white spined, 8-9″ length, blocky ends. Resistance: downy mildew, powdery mildew, cucumber mosaic virus, anthracnose, angular leaf spot, scab. Similar: Marketmore 76.
Sumter (SC 38A) – Breeder: W.C. Barnes, Clemson Agric. Expt. Sta. and Asgrow Seed Co. Vendor: Asgrow Seed Co. Parentage: complicated: involves PIs 197087, 196289, Asgrow lines, and Wisconsin SMR 18. Characteristics: white spined, medium green fruit, small seed cavity. Resistance: downy mildew, powdery mildew, anthracnose, angular leaf spot, scab, cucumber mosaic virus, watermelon mosaic virus. Adaptation: general. 1973.
Sumter u – Breeder: H. Munger, Cornell University. Characteristics: Sumter with uniform green fruit gene.
Sunny South – Vendor: Nat. Seed Storage Lab. Characteristics: monoecious inbred.
Super Slice (870) – Breeder and vendor: Northrup King and Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, monoecious, main season, white spined, slicer. Resistance: tolerance to scab, cucumber mosaic virus. 1976.
Supergreen (NCX 5512) – Breeder and vendor: Moran Seeds. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, gynoecious, slicer, uniform color gene, 7 x 2″ fruit, small seed cavity, fruit holds well. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus. Similar: Dasher. Adaptation: Mediterranean climates. 1982.
Supersett – Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid slicer, fruit white spined, cylindrical, uniform dark green, 8.5 x 2.25″ size, vine vigorous, 60 day maturity, excellent packout, high quality fruit. Resistance: anthracnose race 2, angular leaf spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus.
Sweet & Juicy – Breeder and vendor: W. Atlee Burpee. Parentage: F1 hybrid. 1999.
Sweet Alphee – Breeder and vendor: Sakata Seed. Characteristics: monoecious middle eastern slicer, mid early maturity, bright green fruit. Resistance: downy mildew, powdery mildew, cucumber mosaic virus, squash mosaic virus, watermelon mosaic virus 2. Similar: Beit Alpha.
Sweet Crunch – Breeder and vendor: Sakata Seed. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious middle eastern slicer, mid-early maturity, medium green fruit. Resistance: downy mildew, powdery mildew, cucumber mosaic virus, squash mosaic virus, watermelon mosaic virus 2. Similar: Beit Alpha, higher yield than Sweet Alphee in some areas.
Sweet Delight (ARCO 8) – Breeder and vendor: ARCO Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, white spined, burpless, slicer, 10-12″ fruit length, thin skin, vines indeterminate. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus, powdery mildew. Similar: Sweet Slice, Sweet Success. Adaptation: home and truck gardens. 1983.
Sweet Salad – Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: monoecious hybrid slicer, moderate vigor, fruit sweet, slender, tapered, 12 x 2″ size, 63 day maturity, crispy, excellent taste for home garden and fresh market. Resistance: papaya ringspot virus, anthracnose, downy mildew, powdery mildew, cucumber mosaic virus. 1992.
Sweet Slice (408) – Breeder and vendor: Petoseed Co and Burpee Seed. Characteristics: hybrid slicer, strong vine, long, dark green fruit, few spines, sweet taste; synonym Sweet Slice Hybrid. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus, papaya ringspot virus, watermelon mosaic virus 2, zucchini ringspot virus, powdery mildew, downy mildew. Petoseed Company Catalog, 1973. 1973.
Sweet Success – Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: gynoecious hybrid slicer, white spined, fruit very long, straight, rounded at blossom end, medium green, smooth 12-14 x 2.25″ size, 54 day maturity, parthenocarpic, market and home garden, AAS winner. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: greenhouse.
Sweet Zena (SK3-402) – Breeder and vendor: Sakata Seed. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: excellent Beit Alpha type cucumber. Resistance: none listed. 1997.
Sweeter Yet (PS 62995) – Breeder and vendor: Seminis Vegetable Seeds. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: slicing type; dark green Japanese burpless type, 7-7.5″ x 2″ fruit size, gynoecious, white spine, early maturity, good yield, good taste. Resistance: watermelon mosaic virus, papaya ringspot virus; intermediate resistance to downy mildew, cucumber mosaic virus, zucchini yellow mosaic virus. Similar: Sweet Success. Adaptation: home garden; U.S. 2001.
Sweet’N Crunchy Hybrid – Breeder and vendor: Burpee Seed. Characteristics: middle eastern hybrid slicer, dark green fruit, white spined, 7″ fruit length. Resistance: downy mildew, powdery mildew, cucumber mosaic virus. Similar: Beit Alpha.
Sword (XPH 1699) – Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: middle eastern, predominantly gynoecious hybrid slicer, fruit attractive, medium-dark-green, slender, L/D 3.8. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus, anthracnose, powdery mildew, downy mildew, anthracnose. Similar: Beit Alpha. 1994.
Tablegreen – Breeder and vendor: Cornell University Ithaca, New York. Parentage: (Niagara x Marketer) x [(Chinese Long x A&C) x Cubit]. Characteristics: straight, extremely dark green color. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus, tolerance to powdery mildew. Adaptation: Eastern United States. 1960.
Tablegreen 65 – Breeder: H. Munger, Cornell University. Characteristics: monoecious inbred white spined, slicer, 8″ fruit length. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus, moderate to downy mildew, moderate to powdery mildew. 1965.
Tablegreen 68 – Breeder: H. Munger, Cornell University. Characteristics: gynoecious Tablegreen 65. 1968.
Tablegreen 72 – Breeder: H. Munger, Cornell University. Characteristics: bitterfree Tablegreen 65. 1972.
Tablegreen 72 Bw – Breeder: H. Munger, Cornell University. Characteristics: bacterial wilt resistance backcrossed into Tablegreen 72. Short fruit and late maturity. For use as parent of hybrid. 1972.
Tablegreen 72F – Breeder: H. Munger, Cornell University. Characteristics: gynoecious Tablegreen 72. 1972.
Tablegreen 76 – Breeder: H. Munger, Cornell University. Characteristics: high powdery mildew resistance backcrossed into Tablegreen 65. Has many traits of Marketmore 76 and Poinsett 76, but released later. 1996.
Tableslice – Breeder and vendor: Abbott & Cobb. Characteristics: monoecious inbred slicer, 9″ fruit length. Resistance: downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus.
Tailby’s Hybrid (Bismarck, Improved Bismarck, New Orleans Market, Giant Tailby Hybrid, Tailby) – Breeder: Joseph Tailby. Characteristics: monoecious open pollinated slicer, fruit straight, very dark green, 8-9 x 2.5-2.75″ size. 1872.
Talladega (PX 3502179) – Breeder and vendor: Seminis Vegetable Seeds-Petoseed. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: early, productive gynoecious American slicing type with uniform dark smooth fruit and very few spines; strong plant; fruit at market stage are 20 cm x 6 cm; adaptable; no blossom end star or ridging. Similar: General Lee, Stonewall. Adaptation: NAFTA, southeast U.S. 2004.
Tally (XP 1040) – Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, black spined, producing a high percentage of usable medium green fruit, L/D 3.0-3.2, blocky shape. Resistance: angular leaf spot, cucumber mosaic virus, scab, downy mildew. Similar: Bounty. Adaptation: northern areas.
Tamara (FMX0100) – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse. Characteristics: parthenocarpic, fruit shiny, 7-8″ long. Similar: Zaina. Adaptation: greenhouse.
Tamor (XPH 1225) – Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, pickler, very high ratio of female flowers. Resistance: scab. Similar: Carolina. 1979.
Target – Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid pickler, fruit white spined, L/D 3.1. Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf spot.
Tasty Green (Burpless 26 Hybrid) – Breeder: T. Sakata Co. Vendor: Geo. W. Park Seed Company and T. Sakata Co. Parentage: inbreds selected from domestic Japanese summer cucumber. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, monoecious, early season, long slender fruit, excellent quality, burpless, fruits throughout the summer; oriental trellis type. Resistance: powdery mildew. Similar: Sado Rishu. Adaptation: northern America, Europe. 1966.
Tasty Jade – Vendor: Johnny’s Selected Seeds. Parentage: F1 hybrid. 1999.
Tempo (C589) – Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, early. uniform. blunt ended. holds its firmness. Resistance: scab; field tolerance to cucumber mosaic virus, angular leaf spot, mildews. Similar: Calypso. Adaptation: southern, northeastern United Sates. 1980.
Tenderfresh M.R. – Breeder: Hazera Company, Haifa, Israel. Vendor: Hollar and Co. Characteristics: hybrid, 90% female flowering, white spined, slicer, burpless, not bitter, tender white flesh, emerald-green skin color, heavy yield. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: general to long season. 1974.
Teton (XPH 1664) – Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: monoecious hybrid pickler, developed as a pollenizer for gynoecious hybrids with short L/D, such as Vlasset or Fancipak. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus, scab, angular leaf spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew, anthracnose. Similar: Sumter. 1993.
Tex Long (Texlong) – Vendor: Nat. Seed Storage Lab. Characteristics: monoecious inbred slicer, 68 day maturity, fruit dark green, 8-9″ long. Resistance: downy mildew, powdery mildew.
Thunder (XPH 1700) – Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid slicer, vigorous vines, uniform fruit, early yield, white spined. Resistance: scab, powdery mildew, downy mildew, anthracnose, cucumber mosaic virus, zucchini yellow mosaic virus. 1993.
Thunderbird (PS 100395) – Breeder: Ken Owens. Vendor: Seminis Vegetable Seeds-Petoseed. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: American slicer, gynoecious, dark green fruit, strong vine with multiple virus and fungal disease resistance. Resistance: angular leafspot, anthracnose, powdery mildew, scab, CMV, WMV, PRSV, ZYMV. Adaptation: Mexico, Central America. 1999.
Tiffany – Breeder and vendor: Daehnfeldt/SeedWorks. Characteristics: high-yielding, European greenhouse slicer for planting in heated greenhouses; medium vigor, and dark-green fruit measure 30 to 35 cm long; suitable for fresh market. Resistance: tolerant to powdery mildew. 2001.
Tigris (ARCO 760) – Breeder and vendor: ARCO Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, white spined Beit Alpha type, indeterminate vines, good color and fruit length, mild flavor. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: Middle East, home gardens in United States. 1985.
Timor – Vendor: Hazera. Parentage: hybrid. Characteristics: 45 days to maturity; 6–7 inch long fruits; dark green; slightly ribbed and uniform fruit; high yield potential. Adaptation: U.S. 2002.
Tiny Dill (NH PM-1) – Breeder: New Hampshire Agric. Expt. Sta., Durham. Vendor: Farmer Seed and Nursery Co. Parentage: Hardin’s PG57 x Early Siberian) x Hardin’s PG57. Characteristics: true breeding cultivar that sets up to 15 finger sized, white spined pickles at one time on a 2-foot bush or dwarf plant in 55 days from direct seeding. Adaptation: northern United States.
Tirana (E2056) – Breeder and vendor: Enza. Characteristics: gynoecious hybrid slicer. Resistance: scab. Adaptation: greenhouse.
TMG-1 – Breeder: R. Provvidenti, Cornell University. Characteristics: monoecious inbred, selection from Taichung Mau Gua selection for use as a source of multiple virus resistance. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus, zucchini yellow mosaic virus, papaya ringspot virus, watermelon mosaic virus 2. 1985.
Tokyo Long Green – Parentage: given by a Japanese seed company in California to S.P. Doolittle (USDA), who gave it to O. Shifriss, Cornell University in 1936. Characteristics: vigorous vines, late maturity, L/D similar to American slicer, light green, tendency toward bitter fruit and internal fruit defects; used as parent of successful slicer hybrids. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus.
Tomara – Breeder and vendor: Nunhems Zaden. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid. Resistance: powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus, moderate to downy mildew. Adaptation: greenhouse.
Total Marketer Hybrid – Breeder: Petoseed Company, Saticoy, California. Characteristics: F1, top yielder, dark color. Resistance: downy mildew, cucumber mosaic virus. Similar: Marketer. Petoseed, 1957. 1956.
Transamerica (FMX 4639) – Breeder: L. Gautney. Vendor: Ferry-Morse. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid pickler, dark green, blocky, medium long, white spined, performs well at high plant density, excellent brining, 50-52 day maturity. Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf spot, cucumber mosaic virus, scab, powdery mildew, downy mildew. Adaptation: U.S., Mexico. 1988.
Triple Crown (FX 4153) – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, white spined, pickler; good sex expression, fruit color, length, and yield. Resistance: anthracnose. powdery mildew, cucumber mosaic virus, angular leaf spot, downy mildew. Similar: TAMU Triple Cross. Adaptation: Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, California. 1979.
Triple Purpose – Breeder: Guelph Ontario Agr. College, Guelph, Ontario, Canada and Petoseed Co. Parentage: OAC female inbred and Petoseed Company male inbred. Characteristics: F1, fruit up to 6″ long, black spined, very productive, strong vigorous vines; use for pickle slices, chunks, and fresh slicing. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus, downy mildew. Adaptation: wide. 1965.
Triple Threat (FMX 4446) – Breeder: L. Gautney. Vendor: Ferry-Morse. Characteristics: 3-way hybrid gynoecious pickler, good fruit length, medium fruit color, good yielding, large vined type, 51-53 day maturity, L/D 3.0-3.2, straight, blocky, white spined, dark green, brines well. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus, anthracnose, angular leaf spot. 1983.
Triplecross – Breeder: Texas A & M Univ. Characteristics: 3-way hybrid gynoecious pickler, white spined, L/D 3.1. Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus.
Triplemech (PSX 3674) – Breeder and vendor: Petoseed Co. Characteristics: 3-way hybrid gynoecious pickler, white spined, L/D 3.15, mechanical harvest. Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf spot, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Similar: Calypso. Adaptation: wide. 1977.
Trispear – Breeder and vendor: Northrup King and Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, Green Spear type but slightly shorter fruit. Resistance: scab. Similar: Green Spear 14. 1976.
Triumph (H-153) – Breeder and vendor: Petoseed Co. Parentage: Petoseed Company female inbred, male five generations from Cornell 48-208-1. Characteristics: F1, very straight, uniform, white spined, slicer, early, produces high yield of number one fruit, does not jumbo as rapidly as other hybrids, 1965 bronze medal winner (All America Selections). Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus, downy mildew; tolerance to powdery mildew. Adaptation: wide. 1965.
Tropicuke – Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: gynoecious hybrid slicer, vigorous dark green plant, early maturity, begins production 60 days after emergence, fruit cylindrical, uniform dark green smooth, firm, creamy white flesh, crisp, flavorful. Resistance: anthracnose race 2, angular leaf spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: wide, especially tropical and subtropical areas.
True Lemon – Vendor: Seed Savers Exchange. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: similar in appearance to a lemon; rust and drought resistant; 58–70 days to maturity. Adaptation: U.S. 1894.
Turbo (PSX 34885) – Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: gynoecious hybrid slicer, high yields, excellent quality fruit late in season, very vigorous plant, uniform very dark green skin, cylindrical, blocky, 9.25 x 2.25″ size, small seedcell, high percent of super select grade fruit, excellent length. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus, powdery mildew, scab, downy mildew, anthracnose race 2, angular leaf spot. 1991.
Ultra Pak – Vendor: Stokes Seeds. Characteristics: hybrid slicer, matures in 48 days, dark green fruit 8.5 x 2″. Resistance: angular leaf spot, anthracnose, downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus.
Universal – Breeder: Otis Twilley. Vendor: Abbott & Cobb. Characteristics: monoecious hybrid slicer, smooth, uniform dark green fruit free of stippling. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus, scab, downy mildew, powdery mildew, angular leaf spot, anthracnose. Similar: Poinsett. 1982.
Val-U-More (AC 110) – Breeder and vendor: Abbott & Cobb. Characteristics: all-hybrid blend, good yield, 60 day maturity, white spined, slicer. Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus.
Vaughan (Longfellow) – Breeder: Mr. Dilger, Chicago IL. Vendor: Nat. Seed Storage Lab. Characteristics: open pollinated monoecious slicer, fruit straight, dark green, 12-14 x 2.75-3″ fruit. 1920.
Vaughan’s Hybrid – Breeder: Vaughan’s Seed Co., Downers Grove, Ill. Characteristics: F1, very productive over long season, fruit long, thin, dark green. Similar: Marketer Long. 1954.
Vero (PS 13292) – Breeder and vendor: Seminis Vegetable Seeds-Petoseed. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: white spined, indeterminate vine for hand harvest, L/D approximately 3.25; very strong vined, dark green fruit, small seedcell. Resistance: anthracnose, downy mildew, scab, papaya ringspot, watermelon mosaic, zucchini yellow mosaic; intermediate to angular leafspot, powdery mildew, cucumber mosaic. Adaptation: California, Midwest and Northeast U.S., Mexico, Brazil. 2002.
Vert de Massy – Vendor: Willhite. Characteristics: 53 days to maturity; good texture; used for pickling; tolerant to scab; black spine. Adaptation: U.S. 2003.
Vertina – Vendor: Sunseeds. Characteristics: 54 days to maturity; blocky fruit shape; long vine; medium fruit color. Adaptation: U.S. 2005.
Very Important Pickle (VIP) – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse. Characteristics: 3-way hybrid gynoecious pickler, white spined, L/D 2.9. Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus.
Vestervange – Vendor: Nat. Seed Storage Lab. Characteristics: monoecious inbred.
Victoria (Sun-3547) – Breeder and vendor: Sunseeds. Characteristics: monoecious hybrid pickler, white spined, 48 day maturity, slightly tapered fruit, good length. Resistance: powdery mildew, downy mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus, papaya ringspot virus, watermelon mosaic virus, zucchini yellow mosaic virus.
Victory – Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid slicer, white spined. Resistance: anthracnose, scab, cucumber mosaic virus, moderate to angular leaf spot.
VIP [E0208 (FX 4283] – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, white spined, pickler, good gynoecious stability, medium green color, good fruit length. Resistance: tolerance to scab, cucumber mosaic virus, powdery mildew, downy mildew, anthracnose, angular leaf spot. Similar: Carolina. Adaptation: wide. 1981.
Virginian RZ – Vendor: Rijk Zwaan. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: 32–38 cm fruit length; medium green fruit; very strong vigor; early maturity; medium jointed and open plant habit. Adaptation: U.S. 2002.
Vlaspik (XVC 2643) – Breeder: G.E. Tolla. Vendor: Campbell (Vlasic), acquired by Asgrow. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid pickler, L/D 3.2, white spined. Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: hand harvest in southern U.S., machine harvest in northern U.S. Similar: Lafayette. 1994.
Vlasset (XVC 2649) – Breeder: G.E. Tolla. Vendor: Campbell (Vlasic), acquired by Asgrow. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid pickler, L/D 2.8, white spined. Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: hand harvest in Mexico or northern U.S. Similar: Fancipak. 1994.
Vlasspear – Vendor: Asgrow. Parentage: hybrid. Characteristics: Medium to large fruit; medium foliage; medium to dark green fruit. Adaptation: U.S. 2005.
Vlasstar (XVC 10489) – Breeder: G.E. Tolla. Vendor: Campbell (Vlasic), acquired by Asgrow. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid pickler, medium sized vine, L/D 3.0, white spined, fruit medium dark color. Resistance: powdery mildew, downy mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus, angular leaf spot. Adaptation: hand harvest in Mexico or southern U.S. Similar: Flurry. 1995.
Volley (PS 20680) – Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid pickler, maturity 53 days, fruit dark green, L/D 2.95, white spined. Resistance: scab, anthracnose, downy mildew, powdery mildew. 1985.
Wautoma (WI 1902) – Breeder: Wis-USDA. Parentage: Gy 14 x WI 409M. Characteristics: monoecious inbred pickler, L/D 3.0, white spined. Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus. 1985.
Wellington (PSX 10588) – Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid pickler, 49 day maturity, semi-determinate, white spined, fruit medium dark green. Resistance: angular leaf spot, powdery mildew, downy mildew, cucumber mosaic virus, anthracnose race 2, scab. 1995.
White German (Extra Long White, Giant White, Long Snow White, Long White, New Giant White, Panmure Long White, White Dutch). Characteristics: monoecious open pollinated slicer, fruit straight, greenish white, 10-12 x 2.25-2.5″ size. 1778.
White Lemon (Crystal Apple) – Vendor: Nat. Seed Storage Lab. Characteristics: hermaphroditic inbred, round white fruit with 5 carpels. Similar: Lemon.
White Wonder (Albino, Ivory King, Jack Frost, Landreths White Slicing, White Albino) – Breeder: Burpee. Parentage: sent to Burpee in 1890 by customer. Characteristics: monoecious inbred slicer, fruit oval, ivory white, 6-7 x 2.25-2.5″ size, white spined. 1893.
WI 2757 – Breeder: Wis-USDA. Parentage: WI 1589 x Expo S4. Characteristics: gynoecious inbred middle eastern slicer, parthenocarpic, delayed flowering, fruit non-warty, thin skinned, uniform dark green, L/D 3.0, white spined. Resistance: anthracnose, angular leaf spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Similar: Beit Alpha. 1982.
Windermoor Wonder – Breeder and vendor: Stokes Seed. Characteristics: monoecious inbred slicer, fruit dark green, 65 day maturity, white spined. 1916.
Wisconsin SMR 12 – Breeder: University of Wisconsin, Madison. Vendor: seed trade. Parentage: (Chicago Pickling x Maine 2) (China Long x National Pickling). Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus, scab. Similar: National Pickling. Adaptation: northern pickle areas. Phytopathology 45:458, 1958. 1955.
Wisconsin SMR 15 – Breeder and vendor: University of Wisconsin, Madison. Parentage: (Wisconsin SMR 12 x Ohio MR17) x Ohio MR25. Characteristics: black spined, pickler, color and shape of fruit similar to National Pickling. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: northern United States. Plant Dis. Rptr. 42:1337-1338, 1958.
Wisconsin SMR 18 – Breeder and vendor: University of Wisconsin, Madison. Parentage: Wisconsin SMR12 x Ohio MR17 (with at least one backcross to Ohio MR17). Characteristics: black-spine slender green fruit. Similar: Ohio MR17. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: northern United States. Plant Dis. Rptr. 42:1337-1338, 1958. 1959.
Wisconsin SR 6 – Breeder: University of Wisconsin, Madison. Parentage: National Pickling x Maine 2. Characteristics: very similar in type to National Pickling. Resistance: scab (Cladosporium cucumerinum). Similar: National Pickling cultivar. Adaptation: regionally the northern states. Phytopathology 43:215. 1953.
Woodruff Hybrid – Breeder: Massachusetts. Characteristics: monoecious slicer, fruit straight, dark green, 9-10 x 2.25-2.5″ size.
XP 4506116 – Vendor: Seminis. Parentage: hybrid. Characteristics: dark green fruit with white spines; L/D ration of 3.1; well suited for machine picking. Adaptation: U.S. 2005.
Yankee – Breeder and vendor: Dessert Seed Co. Parentage: MSU 713-5 x DWS 9-4. Characteristics: F1, intermediate vine, black spined, fruit. Similar: Wisconsin SMR 18. Resistance: scab, cucumber mosaic virus. Adaptation: northern United States.
Yellow Submarine (PS 23926) – Breeder and vendor: Seminis Vegetable Seeds. Parentage: open pollinated. Characteristics: pickling type; very light green to yellow color, small seed cell, mid- to late maturity, sturdy plant. Similar: Carnito. Adaptation: home garden; U.S. 2001.
Yorkstate Pickling – Breeder: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Parentage: (((Chinese Long x Early Russian) x National) x National) x National. Characteristics: about two days later but otherwise hard to distinguish from National. Resistance: cucumber mosaic virus. Similar: National Pickling. Farm. Res: 16(4):13. 1950.
Zaap (PS 14792) – Breeder: Al Burkett. Vendor: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Petoseed Brand. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: short vined, medium green fruit color, gynoecious, 2-3 pistillate flowers per node, for fresh market. Resistance: angular leafspot, anthracnose, powdery mildew, scab, CMV. Adaptation: South America and midwestern U.S. 1998.
Zaina (FMX5002) – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse. Characteristics: parthenocarpic, middle eastern slicer, shiny, 7-8″ fruit length. Adaptation: greenhouse. Similar: Tamara, Beit Alpha.
Zapata (SXQ 2426) – Breeder: Augie Gabert. Vendor: Sunseeds. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: monoecious, white spined, pickling cucumber; cylindrical, dark green fruit on an indeterminate vine. Resistance: anthracnose, angular leafspot, downy mildew, powdery mildew, scab, CMV, PRSV, WMV, ZYMV. Similar: Eureka. Adaptation: most pickle production areas, with emphasis on Mexico. 2000.
Zenith (FMX 4761) – Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious hybrid slicer, fruit very dark green, very straight, 7.5-8.5″ length. Resistance: scab, powdery mildew, downy mildew, tolerance to cucumber mosaic virus. Similar: Dasher II.
Zeppelin – Breeder and vendor: Van Der Ploeg. Characteristics: schalgurken type, monoecious, inbred, 14″ fruit length. Similar: Riesenschal.
Zesty (PSX 51083) – Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: predominantly gynoecious, long fruited, L/D 3.4, suited for relish, spears or dual purpose slicer and pickler for home garden. Resistance: scab. 1986.