The National Garden Bureau has christened 2014 as “The Year of the Cucumber,” selecting this edible for recognition in its annual program.
There ’s a thick layer of snow encompass the vegetable bottom and the thermometer read a snappy 8 degrees . Still , I ca n’t get the phrase , “ Cool as a Cucumis sativus ” out of my capitulum .
It ’s depart to be a while before I can implant any cuke seeds in the garden , but I ’m already thinking ahead . The National Garden Bureau ’s ( NGB ) proclamation that 2014 isThe Year of the Cucumberhas me dreaming of warmer days and long vine loaded with one of my favorite garden vegetables .
Cucumbers have a long history and evidence indicate they ’ve been grow for almost 3000 years . The vegetable may be mostly body of water , but that ’s how it earned its reputation for keeping its sang-froid .
Withgardenas its middle name , the NGB ’s finish is to help gardener have more beautiful and successful gardens . The nonprofit organization works with the horticulture industry to promote eatable , but annuals and perennial , too .
If you ’re as crazy about cukes as I am , you might want to add these newfangled cuke varieties to your shopping leaning for next season :
‘ silver gray Slicer’is my top selection out of this group of new cucumber . This creamy whitened slicer will reckon beautiful growing in the garden and then topping my favorite summer salads . The fruits are a unvarying 7 - 8″ long , consistently straight and abundant .
‘ babe Hybrid’is a collation - size Cucumis sativus that seems ideal formy container garden . It ’s a gourmet Iranian - type cucumber vine with a thin cutis that wo n’t need peeling . The NGB reports that ‘ Baby Hybrid ’ is a fertile variety that starts give rise early and then keep on going .
‘ Iznik’produces modest , 3 ½-4″ cocktail - size fruit . The danger of growing these collation - size cucumbers is they ’ll be so easy to eat right off the vine , they ’ll never make it to the kitchen .
‘ pluck a Bushel’is a regional selection for gardeners in northerly areas . This cuke is a RegionalAll - America Selectionswinner , chosen for its ability to set fruit early and produce a lot of it on compact , shrub - type vine . This vocalise like a good choice for pocket-sized - space and container gardens .
What new cuke varieties will assist you make 2014 the class of the cucumber in your garden ?
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Plan to celebrate “The Year of the Cucumber” with ‘Silver Slicer’, a creamy white cucumber developed at Cornell University, with the help of a national network of organic growers.Photo/Illustration: National Garden Bureau
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