What kinds of cucumbers are there?

Cucumber cultivation has a long history and is widely distributed, which is suitable for various ecological and environmental conditions and has formed a variety of varieties in the long-term evolution process. The following are common types:

(1) North China type, commonly known as "water cucumber", is mainly distributed in the north of the Yellow River basin in China, Korea and Japan. This kind of cucumber has moderate growth potential, long stems and petioles, large and thin leaves, lax requirements on the length of sunshine, and poor moisture resistance, heat resistance and low light resistance. The fruit is slender with dense thorns and prickles. Representative varieties include Beijing spine, Changchun spine and Ningyang spine.

(2) South China type, commonly known as "dried cucumber", is mainly distributed in the south of the Yangtze River in China and all parts of Japan. This type has lush foliage, thick stems, short internodes, large leaves, heat resistance and weak light, and short sunshine. The fruit is short and thick, with hard skin, sparse thorns and many black thorns. The representative varieties are September green, dry leaf powder, Hangzhou green husk, Shanghai foreign firm and so on.

(3) European and American type This type is mainly distributed in Europe and North America, and there are also varieties in Eastern Europe and North America. This type has lush foliage, short and thick fruits, sparse tumors, black thorns or red thorns. Now it is used as the first generation hybrid in production and suitable for open field cultivation.

(4) Nordic type This type is mainly distributed in the United States and the Netherlands. This type of leaves are big and strong, fruits are smooth and spineless, adapt to low temperature and weak light, have few seeds or parthenocarpy, have no strict requirements on the length of sunshine, and are mostly used for protected cultivation. Almost all hybrids are used for production.

(5) Most varieties of South Asia type are local varieties that have not been sorted out and improved, and are suitable for open cultivation under humid and hot conditions in South Asia. Stems and leaves are stout and easy to branch. The fruit is thick and long, cylindrical, with few or no thorns, thick skin and light taste, and likes damp heat. Strict requirements for short sunshine time. There are many local varieties, such as Sikkim cucumber, China Banna cucumber and Zhaotong cucumber.

(6) Cucumbers are mainly distributed in Asia, Europe and America. This plant is short and branched. There are many flowers and small fruits, which are suitable for pickling, such as lacquer cucumber in Yangzhou, China.

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There are many varieties of cucumbers. At present, there are mainly three kinds of varieties planted in large areas in China: North China, South China and Northern Europe. Among them, North China varieties are widely used in protected cucumber cultivation, while South China varieties have a large area of open cultivation. In recent years, Nordic cucumber, as a fresh fruit cucumber, was put on the market in winter and spring, and achieved good economic benefits.