Are you busily poring over those seed catalogs searching for the perfect vegetable seed varieties to plant this year? For several years the “perfect” cucumber in my garden has been Orient Express. I don’t like those cucumbers that get bitter and seedy when they grow large. These ones taste more like the English-type cucumbers and keep their mild flavor even when quite a size. I have used them for all kinds of pickles too - sweet pickles, bread and butter pickles, dill pickles and relish. The best thing about them though is the fact that the plants themselves are very compact and are well suited to container gardening. They adapt well to climbing on a support, too. Just the thing for those of us gardening in small spaces!
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