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Vitalis Seed Catalogue USA and Canada 2024

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Cucumber How’s your

Cucumber How’s your Vitalis cu-cabulary? PICKLING Excelsior F1 Excelsior is a high quality pickling cucumber for both open field and unheated greenhouse production in spring and fall. It has an open and vigorous plant habit, with fruits that are medium to dark green and 4-5 in. (10-13 cm) in length. Resistances: HR: Cca/Ccu. | IR: CMV/CVYV/Px. LONG EUROPEAN TYPE (LET) Variety Plant Habit Open Field High Tunnel/ Unheated Greenhouse Heated Greenhouse Length (in) Length (cm) Slotting Kalunga Balanced ✓ 12-13 31-34 Flexible Poniente Vigorous ✓ ✓ 12-13 31-34 Flexible Tyria Vigorous ✓ ✓ 13-14 33-36 Flexible MINI Variety Plant Habit Open Field High Tunnel/ Unheated Greenhouse Heated Greenhouse Length (in) Length (cm) Slotting Katrina Compact ✓ ✓ 6 16 High Heat/High Light Picolino Vigorous ✓ 4-5 10-13 Flexible Socrates Vigorous ✓ ✓ ✓ 6-7 16-17 Flexible PICKLING Excelsior Vigorous ✓ ✓ 4-5 10-13 Flexible All Vitalis cucumbers have all female flowers and are parthenocarpic (fruits can set without pollination). The robust cucumber program offered by Vitalis is entirely “gynoecious” and “parthenocarpic”, meaning that the varieties produce only female flowers and do not require pollination by insects. Ideal for high tunnel, open field and greenhouse environments, the broad assortment of long- European, slicer and mini types all feature high yield, great taste, strong disease resistance and are labor friendly. HR: High resistance | IR: Intermediate resistance 21 vitalisorganic.com | 2024 Catalogue US & Canada For explanation of codes of resistances, see pages 41-45 vitalisorganic.com | 2024 Catalogue US & Canada 22

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