Tasty cukes but what are they?

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David_Paul Clinton, CT(Zone 6b) Jul 27, 2008

This was supposed to be Tokiwa. Is there a yellow Tokiwa cuke?

Grew Burpee's Lemon Cuke last year. That had spines and was round/oval. This one doesn't and isn't.

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jenhillphoto Danbury, CT(Zone 6a) Jul 27, 2008

Whatever they are, they are pretty. I don't have any ideas as to what they are. Of course when I saw the yellow color I thought of lemon, but the shape does look different.

Jen

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DrDoolotz Oxford, NS(Zone 5b) Jul 28, 2008

Could it be this variety?

http://rareseeds.com/seeds/Cucumber/Chinese-Yellow

Chinese Yellow - available from Baker Creek. Here is their write-up. "Beautiful, yellow-orange cucumber from mainland China, the young fruit is green. 10" fruit are as crisp as an apple. Very mild and delicious, great for slicing or for pickles. This was our largest yielding variety ever - just a few plants produced hundreds of cucumbers! Our favorite cucumber for 2003. A very rare Chinese heirloom."

Looks more like Chinese Yellow than Lemon Cucumber, to my eye at least.

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Horseshoe Efland, NC(Zone 7a) Jul 28, 2008

Looks like a mighty nice cuke to me! Hope you find out what it is...does the plant produce well? (I don't believe it's the Chinese Yellow as it doesn't meet the description of being ten inches long. Cmoxen, think they just didn't get to full size yet?)


Shoe

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fiddle Dallas, TX(Zone 8a) Jul 29, 2008

maybe Poona Kheera

See photo by Suze_ in Plant Files

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/72557/

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/153743/

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Sequee Carmel, NY(Zone 6b) Jul 29, 2008

I thought Poona Kheera at first glance, but they wouldn't be that good in the yellow stage. When brown they are the BEST! Very mild and don't have a big seed cavity. I think these are also chunkier.

My second guess would have been Lemon, but you've ruled that out!

They do have me salivating, whatever they are!

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