cucumber

Armenian cucumber is a cucumber-like heirloom vegetable which is closely related to the watermelon. It is slender and elongated in shape, tastes and looks like a regular cucumber when harvested at a certain size. Armenian cucumber is also known by several other names which include snake cucumber, snake melon and yard-long cucumber. Furthermore, it also has local names such as uri in Japan, chanbar in Persian, tirozî in Kurdish, feggous in Morocco, and tortarello in Italian. If left to grow on the ground, the Armenian cucumber plant produces typically bent and twisted fruit from whence the name snake comes from.

Persian cucumber is an heirloom or hybrid bitterless cucumber cultivar well known for its sweet mild taste, thin spineless skin and crunch. The Persian cucumber has many varieties and is also known as the Beit Alpha, Beit Alfa, Middle Eastern cucumber, Lebanese cucumber and sometimes called mini-cucumber. This cucumber is considered among burpless cucumbers owing to its low level of the compound cucurbitacin. It has thin edible skin and very few tiny seeds which mainly remain underdeveloped.

Lemon cucumber is a round cucumber fruit of similar size to a lemon which turns yellow when ripe. It is a bitterless cucumber, sweet with thick skin and has seeds.…

English cucumber is a slicing cucumber cultivar which is generally eaten raw and frequently used in salads. It has a thin skin and is often consumed without need to peel the skin. Also known for its non-bitterness and having very little to no seeds at all, the English cucumber is also considered a burpless cucumber. This is to say, it does not cause digestive issues that trigger burping in some individuals as occurs with regular cucumber. The cucumber is also known by its other names of seedless cucumber, European cucumber, burpless cucumber and hothouse cucumber.

Burpless Cucumber is a cucumber that causes little to no burping after consumption. Lack of burping has been associated with cucumber varieties which contain low cucurbitacin, a biochemical compound responsible for bitterness in cucumbers. This same compound has been linked to gastronomical distress in some people which triggers burping. Burpless cucumbers are generally milder in taste, seedless and easier on the human digestive system. There are different varieties of burpless cucumbers, most of which are hybrid cultivars especially developed to be as burpless as possible.