Boothby’s Blonde Cucumber Organic Seeds – Rare heirloom with creamy skin and crisp, sweet flavor; ideal for salads, pickling, and home gardens.

Minimum: 10+ Seeds

Bring heritage charm and exceptional taste to your garden with Boothby’s Blonde Cucumber Organic Seeds, a rare heirloom that has delighted gardeners and chefs for generations. With its pale, creamy-yellow skin, crisp white flesh, and refreshingly sweet flavor, this unique cucumber variety delivers both nostalgia and gourmet quality straight from the vine. Unlike modern hybrids bred for uniformity, Boothby’s Blonde celebrates imperfection with its quirky shape, charming freckles, and exceptional flavor that speaks of tradition and soil.

This treasured heirloom originates from Maine’s Boothby family, who preserved it for over a century. Its pale-golden fruits glow softly in the garden, offering a visual contrast to typical dark-green varieties. The thin, tender skin is easy to bite into — no peeling needed — and the flavor is bright, juicy, and never bitter, even in summer heat. Whether sliced into crisp salads, layered into sandwiches, or brined for small-batch pickles, Boothby’s Blonde brings a touch of the past to every plate.

Ideal for home gardeners, market growers, and heirloom collectors, this variety is open-pollinated and certified organic, ensuring strong, true-to-type plants that produce abundantly. Each vine sprawls vigorously yet remains manageable, making it suitable for traditional beds, raised gardens, or trellised vertical systems. Its high resistance to heat stress and disease makes it one of the most forgiving cucumbers for beginners and experts alike.

🍃 Key Features & Benefits:

• 🥒 Rare Heirloom Variety: Handed down through generations, valued for flavor and resilience.

• 🌼 Creamy-Gold Skin: Pale yellow fruits with soft freckles and delicate texture, beautiful in garden and kitchen.

• 💧 Crisp, Sweet Flesh: Mild and juicy without bitterness, even in hot weather.

• 🐝 Pollinator-Friendly Blooms: Bright yellow flowers attract bees and beneficial insects.

• 🌞 Heat and Disease Resistant: Reliable performer in varied climates and long summer seasons.

• 🧺 Culinary Versatility: Excellent fresh, pickled, or lightly salted for garden-to-table dishes.

• 🌿 Certified Organic & Non-GMO: Grown sustainably for purity, vigor, and soil health.

🌱 Growing Information:

• Scientific Name: Cucumis sativus

• Plant Type: Annual vine

• Days to Maturity: 55–65 days

• Fruit Size: 4–6 inches long

• Light Requirements: Full sun (6–8 hours daily)

• Soil Type: Rich, well-drained loam with added compost

• Soil pH: 6.0–7.0

• Watering: Keep soil consistently moist; mulch to retain moisture and deter weeds

• Temperature: Prefers 70–90°F (21–32°C)

• Spacing: 12–18 inches apart with 3–4 feet between rows or trellis supports

🌾 How to Grow Boothby’s Blonde Cucumber:

1. Start Indoors (Optional): Sow seeds 3–4 weeks before the last frost date in biodegradable pots.

2. Transplant or Direct Sow: Once frost danger passes and soil warms, plant seeds ½ inch deep in prepared soil.

3. Provide Support: Grow on a trellis or fence to promote airflow and cleaner fruits.

4. Water Consistently: Cucumbers love steady moisture, uneven watering can cause bitterness or deformity.

5. Feed Lightly: Apply a balanced organic fertilizer once vines start running.

6. Harvest: Pick fruits regularly at 4–6 inches for tender texture and continuous production.

🥗 Culinary Uses:
Boothby’s Blonde cucumbers are crisp, sweet, and delicate, making them ideal for:

• Fresh salads – Add thin slices to mixed greens, yogurt dressings, or cucumber-tomato plates.

• Pickling – Perfect size and texture for classic dill or bread-and-butter pickles.

• Snacking – Eat fresh off the vine for a hydrating summer treat.

• Cucumber water or cocktails – Their subtle sweetness pairs beautifully with herbs and citrus.

Their tender skin eliminates the need for peeling, and their ivory-gold hue makes a striking presentation in jars or dishes.

🌸 Companion Planting:
Pair with dill, nasturtiums, and radishes to deter cucumber beetles and improve pollination. Avoid planting near potatoes or aromatic herbs like sage.

🌿 For Gardeners Who Love Authentic Flavor:
Boothby’s Blonde is more than just a cucumber, it’s a piece of gardening history. Its seeds carry the legacy of family stewardship and old-world resilience, thriving in zone 4–9 gardens and offering reliable harvests season after season. For homesteaders and seed savers, it’s an heirloom worth preserving for future generations.

🌎 Ecological & Sustainability Notes:
Grown organically and open-pollinated, Boothby’s Blonde supports seed sovereignty, biodiversity, and pollinator health. It’s the perfect variety for regenerative gardeners who value both beauty and purpose in their crops.

✨ Why Choose Boothby’s Blonde Cucumber Organic Seeds:

• Sweet, mild, and never bitter, perfect for fresh or pickled use

• Historic Maine heirloom with creamy yellow fruits

• Easy to grow, resilient, and pollinator-friendly

• Certified organic, open-pollinated, and non-GMO

• Adds visual interest, productivity, and nostalgia to any garden