10 varieties of cucumbers that you haven't even heard of
There is hardly a person who in his life would not have heard the comparison "like a cucumber" at least once. That's just the imagination usually draws a picture of a beautiful green and crispy cucumber right from the garden, and not at all the examples that we offer in the review. You haven't tried such cucumbers, you haven't even heard of them.
10. Kiwano, an African cucumber in its mature state, it has a bright yellow skin and juicy green flesh.
It tastes like a cross between cucumber, pomegranate and zucchini.
9. Hedgehog cucumbers Such decorative cucumbers are easy to grow, besides it's nice to watch funny "hedgehogs" grow among the lush greenery.
8. Dragon eggs by name, you can expect anything from such a vegetable.
Nevertheless, it is a creamy-white cucumber with pale green flesh, the taste of which is slightly sweeter than that of ordinary cucumbers.
7. Cucumber "red hmong"
The fruits of a cucumber of the "red hmong" type can be from white to pale green in color, which becomes golden-orange-red as it matures. The Hmong tribe lives on the borders of Thailand, China, Burma, Laos and Vietnam.
6. Cucumber "crystal lemon"
Its fruits are sweet, soft and very juicy, but it looks like a bitter lemon. They say that it is extremely useful.
5. Cucumber "Kaiser Alexander"
An extremely rare variety of cucumber, named after the Russian tsar Alexander, who loved to eat overripe cucumbers.
4. Cucumber "gak"
It is also called spring bitter cucumber, it is considered one of the healthiest vegetables in the world. It helps to cure fever, abscess and back pain.
3. Kigelia cucumbers kigelia grow on a tree that the local population calls a sausage tree.
Sometimes the length of the fetus can reach three meters.
2. The snake-shaped melon is also called the Armenian cucumber.
This is a melon crop that produces fruits weighing up to 1 kg. They have a very thin skin and tiny seeds.
1. The fruits of long-pointed magnolia are the rarest kind of cucumbers, which from a scientific point of view is not at all.
It grows on a long-pointed magnolia, the length of the fruit is 6-8 cm.
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