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  • Can I use Marketmore cucumbers as Gherkins

    I usually grow Marketmore outside.
    Can they be used as Gherkins or do you need a Gherkin variety.
    Thanks
    Jimmy
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  • #2
    Sorry, don't understand what you mean as "used as Gherkins", if you mean can you pickle them etc then yes, no problems at all. I often do this.

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    • #3
      But will Marketmore work if picked small
      Anyone used Marketmore as Gherkins ?
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      • #4
        Still not sure I really understand what you're asking but can't see any reason why you can't pick any type of cucumber or gherkin when small, they're basically the same thing just a different type cultivar and we usually eat them unripe anyway. What do you want to do with the Marketmore that you would usually do with a gherkin?

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        • #5
          Hi..i have read many times that there is no such vegetable as a gherkin...a gherkin is just a pickled cucumber..i have bought cucumbers again this year after last years excellent results.im not sure what variety i got though...just pick when they are at the size you like¿ i like the german big ones

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          • #6
            Originally posted by bretty666 View Post
            Hi..i have read many times that there is no such vegetable as a gherkin...a gherkin is just a pickled cucumber..i have bought cucumbers again this year after last years excellent results.im not sure what variety i got though...just pick when they are at the size you like¿ i like the german big ones
            From the internet "Gherkins and commercial cucumbers belong to the same species (Cucumis sativus), but are from different cultivar groups."

            Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

            Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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            • #7
              If I remember rightly from my Marketmores last year, when small they were very spiny with the prickles quite prominent. Only when they grew quite a bit larger did the flesh fill out and they become smooth. I think that might be one difference between them and a traditional gherkin variety, which appear to be smooth when small. So I don't think I'd fancy Marketmores picked and pickled when small to be honest.

              P.S. There was a free pack of Gherkin seeds (Cornichon de Paris) in the April issue of GYO - the issue that came with six free seed packets.
              Last edited by WilliamD; 22-04-2014, 04:44 PM.
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              • #8
                The french gherkins are nobbly bobbly?

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                • #9
                  Au contraire :-) I think the French ones, being touted as proper gherkins, will be nice and smooth when petite. It's our English ones (Marketmore) that are like eating a hedgehog when they're small.
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                  • #10
                    Iv been living in france for ten years now and the only big ones i buy come from lidl...the french ones are the little nobbly ones...maybe google cornichon and see what it comes up with?? They are tiddly aswell!!!!

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by WilliamD View Post
                      Au contraire :-) I think the French ones, being touted as proper gherkins, will be nice and smooth when petite. It's our English ones (Marketmore) that are like eating a hedgehog when they're small.
                      I'd call Marketmore a ridge cucumber to be honest anyway (oh and I think that most gherkins are nobbly too)

                      Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                      Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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                      • #12
                        I'll stand corrected - I thought gherkins were smooth-ish.
                        Isn't 'ridge' a reference to growing them in ridged rows rather than their shape? (just curious)
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                        • #13
                          I think its safe to say we dont know too much about gherkins lol!!! I dont know about your ridge question????

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by WilliamD View Post
                            I'll stand corrected - I thought gherkins were smooth-ish.
                            Isn't 'ridge' a reference to growing them in ridged rows rather than their shape? (just curious)
                            Kind of but it does tend to be a generic term for the more traditional rougher skinned outdoor type cucumbers that you can still use raw in a salad.


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                            Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                            Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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                            • #15
                              Thanks for the replies.
                              I was buying seeds on eBay and spotted
                              CUCUMBER - GHERKIN - PICCOLO DI PARIGI - 50 SEEDS
                              Which seemed to fit the bill !

                              I will see what happens.

                              Jimmy
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