‘Liso Calcuta’ Antilles Cucumber

This is a new one – a domesticated version of the wild-type West Indian Gherkin we had years ago, bred for a smoother skin and bigger fruit. It is a climbing plant with lots of little tendrils and leaves a bit smaller than a normal cucumber would have.

Use the 2” fruit as cucumbers, & they also make good pickles. Pick them young for best flavour, it will make lots more. Do provide a bit a netting for it to scramble up; this definitely will do well in a polytunnel or greenhouse, and may do well outdoors in a sunny summer.

Join in with our research! Guest varieties are interesting new ones we haven’t tested fully yet. As a crowd-sourced trial, this is your chance to help find out what does well all across the UK, so let us know what you think of them – they’ll only be in the catalogue in future years if lots of people email in to say it was really good!