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Old October 18, 2008   #2
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this is the only bacterial wilt resistant cuke that i know of. it is 1 hard mother to find! i googled it and found a few seed companies that appear to sell it.

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Tom, check out Diva at Johnny's as well as Marketmore 76 I forget where in terms of bacterial wilt tolerance ( not resistance). For a small cuke I prefer Cool Breeze to County Fair and I've not had wilt problems so far.

But Cucurbit wilts are not just confined to bacteia since Fusarium and some viruses can also cause wilts as transmitted by the spotted or striped cuke beetles.

I moved to growing Japanese and Armenian cuke varieties many years ago b'c I never saw them come down with any wilts at all. Somthing to consider.

Can give you some variety names if you want them.
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