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Unconditional Satisfaction GuaranteeNo Shipping Fees Above 302 Months to Decide. Returns Simplified.Cucumis sativus var. alba ‘White Wonder Cucumber’ seeds grow into the White Wonder cucumber a rare white-skinned American heirloom cucumber producing ivory to cream-coloured, cylindrical fruits of 1520 cm, with crisp, sweet, mild white flesh and thin edible skin. Cucumis sativus L. is the cucumber, domesticated in India ~3,000 years ago. The variety name alba means ‘white’. White Wonder dates to approximately 1893 in American seed catalogues one of the earliest white cucumber selections to achieve widespread cultivation. The white skin results from reduced chloroplast development in the fruit skin cells (leucoplast-type plastids rather than chloroplasts). Excellent flavour often considered sweeter and less bitter than green types. Named cultivar may NOT breed true from seed. Family Cucurbitaceae.
Full sun; fertile, moist, well-drained soils; warm conditions. Harvest at 1518 cm for best quality yellowing indicates over-maturity. White-skinned fruits may be more heat-tolerant and less prone to bitterness than green types. Named cultivar may NOT breed true from seed.
Cucumis sativus var. alba ‘White Wonder Cucumber’ is an American heirloom of Victorian-era origins the ivory-skinned cucumber that challenged the assumption that cucumbers must be green, its cream-coloured fruits and notably sweet, mild flesh making it as much a novelty as a genuinely superior eating cucumber, prized by those who discover it for both its appearance and its flavour.
IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.
