This was supposed to be Tokiwa. Is there a yellow Tokiwa cuke?
Grew Burpee's Lemon Cuke last year. That had spines and was round/oval. This one doesn't and isn't.
Tasty cukes but what are they?
Whatever they are, they are pretty. I don't have any ideas as to what they are. Of course when I saw the yellow color I thought of lemon, but the shape does look different.
Jen
Could it be this variety?
http://rareseeds.com/seeds/Cucumber/Chinese-Yellow
Chinese Yellow - available from Baker Creek. Here is their write-up. "Beautiful, yellow-orange cucumber from mainland China, the young fruit is green. 10" fruit are as crisp as an apple. Very mild and delicious, great for slicing or for pickles. This was our largest yielding variety ever - just a few plants produced hundreds of cucumbers! Our favorite cucumber for 2003. A very rare Chinese heirloom."
Looks more like Chinese Yellow than Lemon Cucumber, to my eye at least.
Looks like a mighty nice cuke to me! Hope you find out what it is...does the plant produce well? (I don't believe it's the Chinese Yellow as it doesn't meet the description of being ten inches long. Cmoxen, think they just didn't get to full size yet?)
Shoe
maybe Poona Kheera
See photo by Suze_ in Plant Files
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/72557/
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/153743/
This message was edited Jul 28, 2008 8:03 PM
I thought Poona Kheera at first glance, but they wouldn't be that good in the yellow stage. When brown they are the BEST! Very mild and don't have a big seed cavity. I think these are also chunkier.
My second guess would have been Lemon, but you've ruled that out!
They do have me salivating, whatever they are!