@article{Palada:256150,
      recid = {256150},
      author = {Palada, Manuel C. and Mitchell, Jean M.},
      title = {On Farm Evaluation of Cucumber Cultivars for Summer  Production in the U.S. Virgin Islands},
      address = {2004},
      number = {1869-2017-085},
      pages = {7},
      year = {2004},
      abstract = {An on-farm cultivar evaluation trial for cucumber (Cucumis  sativus L.) was conducted to compare differences in plant  growth parameters related to fruit characteristics and  marketable yield during the summer season. Eight cultivars  (Calypso, Cobra, Eureka, Dasher Ii, SMR 58, Marketmore 76,  Olympian Fl and Poinsett 76) were transplanted on June 12,  2003 into rows 1.52 m apart and spaced 0.41 m within rows.  The trial was established using a randomized complete block  design with three replications. Cultivars were harvested on  five dates from July 23 to August 10, 2003. Data collected  at each harvest included total number of fruits, fresh  weight, number of marketable fruits, fruit length, vine  length to first flower and fruit. Except for fruit length,  differences among cultivars in all measured parameters were  significant. New cultivars Cobra and Olympian Fi produced  yields that were not significantly (P>0.05) different with  common cultivars Calypso and Dasher 2. Cultivar Eureka  produced the smallest (202 g) fruit while largest fruits  (414 g) were produced by cultivar Olympian F|. Vine length  to formation of first fruit was shortest (8.7 cm) with  cultivar Olympian Fi and longest (20.9 cm) with cultivar  Calypso. In all cultivars, formation of first flower in the  vine did not develop into fruit. The study indicates that  new and improved cultivars are available to farmers who  want to replace old and common cultivars. Best cultivars  are Cobra and Olympian F.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/256150},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.256150},
}