A gardener's favorite since 1894 but hard to find in grocery stores, this unusual, eye-catching, lemon-sized cucumber has excellent flavor and is a great slicer or pickler. It is scrumptious eaten with the skin and all just like you would an apple; non-bitter and burpless. Plants are more drought tolerant than other varieties. Botanical Name: Cucumis sativusDays to Maturity: 65 daysFamily: CucurbitaceaeNative: Southern AsiaHardiness: Frost-sensitive annualPlant Dimensions: 3'–6' vinesVariety Information: 3 ½" x 2 ½" non-bitter cucumbers with yellow skin and white flesh. 'Lemon' cucumber, originally a popular Australian variety, was introduced in the U.S. in 1894. It is great for both slicing and pickling. It has very little cucurbitacin, so it's non-bitter, burpless, and easy to digestType: Slicing and pickling cucumber
