Cucumis, Cucumber 'Lemon'

We were browsing the veggie starts in a nursery last year and an enthusiastic gentleman edged over to suggest we try the Lemon Cucc. We d...Read Moreid, they flourished, and we now have a new favorite cucc. So prolific that we eat them like apples during their growing season. This year we're starting from seed and have found the seedlings to be as healthy and exuberant as last year's store-bought baby plants. A keeper!

I love the lemon cucumbers! Nice, mild flavor, prolific, and they're cute. Get lots of attention when extras are taken to work.

My first time to plant and harvest this Cucumber and I don't think I will plant it again. I guess I waited to long to harvest as the cuke...Read Mores were bitter. I did get some that were smaller and they were somewhat bitter so I am gonna pass next season and stick with the ole tried and true Burpless.

It grew successfully I just don't like it. Wonderful vine and lots of cukes on the vine.

A great cucmber to grow. To me the taste puts the green grocery store cukes to shame. I too like to pick them, wash them, and then just ...Read Morebite right into them, LOL!

From your friends at Botanical Interests: These unique lemon yellow fruits are sweet and crisp with mild flavor that’s easy to digest. ...Read MoreThey look like lemons, but have white flesh and great cucumber taste. The 3.5” x 2.5” fruits are great for slicing and eating fresh or pickling. Lemon Cucumbers are hard to find in the grocery store, so this is a great one to try in your garden. The plants are somewhat drought tolerant, and the fruit stores well in the refrigerator.

Amen to all the positive comments. We just harvested our last good ones a week ago. Also makes a good cucumber soup and you can make ne...Read Moreat little faces from the older ones if you let them dry. Lilybob in Colorado

Lemon cukes started off slower than all my squash but once they grabbed they were prolific. Nice tasting. They love to climb so you can g...Read Morerow a lot in a small space. Photo I posted is of two plants in a 15 gallon grow bag--footprint was less about 2 feet square. Note the powdery mildew forming on the lower leaves. Because I did not take care of it, those plants were gone within two weeks of taking this picture (but I did have a harvest which lasted 6 weeks).

This cultivar grows best of all the cucumbers that we have ever trialed. Rampant vines bears loads of white > yellow cucumbers. This cu...Read Moreltivar requires a lot of water. Makes great relish.

One of my favorite cucumbers! We love the taste and prefer to eat them just like an apple. Great heirloom cucumber!

Dittos to all the above comments. These are my favorite cukes, I don't even eat others. I grow mine vertically in a long narrow raised ...Read Moreplanter up against the fence which makes it easier to see and pick them. I have attached a sturdy wire mesh (heavy wire with a grid large enough to reach your hands through) to the posts, top and bottom headers of the fence...super simple, easy to clean off dead vines at the end of the season, just yank!. They happily move right up the trellis without any help from me except for a little guiding when first planted. This also leaves more gardening space for other things.

Nothing but good things to say about these Lemon cucumbers. As others have already mentioned, good producer, sweeter, crunchier and would...Read More make great pickles!
I'll definately be growing them again.

I first grew lemon cukes in a large garden in Oregon in the 1970's, and they remain one of my favorite cukes to this day. I've had great...Read More success with them in large black plastic decorative pots, in a sunny spot with an Eastern morning exposure. They are very prolific and need lots of water, especially in a pot.

I agree that the flavor is best if they are picked when small and just turning yellow. They are really delicious in salads, or sliced and served with yougut, sour cream, or extra vigrin olive oil and sprinkled with Spike seasoning. Their round slices are also pretty on a platter with sliced tomatoes and sliced green peppers. They can be very crisp, but the flavor is mild for a cuke, especially if picked when they are small, and I like them because they are rather "burp less." If you don't have a large family, be prepared to give lots of them away.

Very productive, interesting cuke!!! Lots of cukes, produced over long period. Nice taste, sweeter and crisper than typical cukes. Wou...Read Moreld make great pickles.

Very productive and tasty. This very old variety makes lovely pickles and it tastes great eaten fresh also.

An heirloom variety dating back to the late 1800s, it produces tennis-ball size (and shape) green to yellow fruit. Can be harvested befo...Read Morere fully ripening (and for the crispest flesh, it's recommended to pick them when they're still fairly small and just starting to turn yellow.) Pretty in salads, especially when matched with darker green-skinned varieties.