Pickling cucumbers tend to be shorter with bumpy skin. There smaller size allows for easier canning and bumpy skin helps absorb pickling juice better. Pickling cucumbers tend to have higher yields over a shorter period of time.
Just like its name, the Boston Pickling cucumber is great for making pickles and its plant is high yielding with a continuous harvest!
The Calypso cucumber plant produces very early, high yielding and uniform cucumbers that are very dependable and heavy yielding.
The Carolina cucumber is a very early, white-spined cucumber variety that is best used for pickling is also a good fresh eater!
Homemade Pickles Cucumber, or Southern Homemade Pickles Cucumber, is a very vigorous bush type plants and is very resistant to common cucumber diseases.
Don't be fooled by this heirloom's unusual shape, the Lemon cucumber's bright yellow balls are excellent for salads and pickling!
The Muncher cucumber plant variety produces a smooth nearly spineless, medium green cucumber that is crisp and delicious!
The Pioneer cucumber is an excellent, uniform pickling cucumber that has a dark green skin with a delicious crunchy flesh.
The Arkansas Little Leaf Cucumber is a medium bush type that produces delicious white spined fruits that are perfect for pickling!
The SMR 58 cucumber is a vigorous standard pickling cucumber that is an improvement over older varieties for it to be top producing and disease resistant!
The Sumter Cucumber is a favorite amongst many home gardeners and market growers for being a great slicer and pickling cucumber.