Richmond Green Apple Cucumber: Growing Tips

Key facts

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United States

Overview

Richmond Green Apple is an Australian heirloom that looks nothing like a typical cucumber. The fruit is small and round, 2 to 3 inches across and shaped like a little apple, with a smooth skin of pale green to ivory-green. Inside, the white flesh is crisp, very mild, and noticeably sweet with a faint floral note, and seeds are minimal; bitterness is rare. Harvest when the skin has lightened toward pale ivory-green with a hint of yellow, since that is the peak of sweetness, but do not let it go fully yellow. The thin skin needs no peeling, so you can eat one whole like an apple or slice it for a pretty salad. The vines are vigorous and productive; put them on a trellis for air movement, and note that the small fruit makes it a good container subject on a compact support. Sow directly after frost into fertile, well-drained soil in full sun and keep moisture even.

Richmond Green Apple traits

• Australian heirloom with round, apple-shaped fruit 2 to 3 inches across
• Smooth skin, pale green to ivory-green, that lightens as it ripens
• Crisp, sweet, very mild white flesh with few seeds
• Thin skin that can be eaten unpeeled
• Vigorous, productive vines suited to a trellis
• Small enough for container growing

Good for

• Eating whole like an apple
• Salads
• Container growing

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Richmond Green Apple FAQ

Sowing, care and common problems

Sowing times, care and common problems are the same for every cucumber variety, so they are covered once in the growing guide.

• Cucumber growing guide
• How to Plant Cucumbers: Spacing, Soil and Putting Up Supports
• Pruning Cucumbers: Removing the Lowest Side Shoots and Topping the Vine
• How Often to Water Cucumbers and When to Feed Them
• Cucumber Growing Calendar: What to Do Through the Season
• Cucumber Diseases and Pests: Keeping Mildew Out of the Crop
• When to Pick Cucumbers and Why They Come Out Curved
• All 241 cucumber varieties

Source

Source: Cornell University (CALS Garden-Based Learning)

The text on this page is our own summary written from the published variety record, not a copy of it.

Written byYasuGrowing vegetables and fruit in Chiba, Japan, and building Gadenin. Corrections are welcome. 15 years of growing.