Cucumber variety Break (F1)
Break is a hybrid of an early ripening cucumber supplied to the Russian market by the Moscow agricultural firm Gavrish. In 2002, it was entered into the state register of the Russian Federation. Approved for use in all regions of Russia. Authors of the variety: S.F. Gavrish, A.E. Portyankin, A.V. Shamshin and V.V. Shevelev. Designed for growing in film and glazed greenhouses.
The variety is parthenocarpic, female flowering type, with bundle ovaries. The period from full germination to fruiting is 40 - 43 days.
Plants are medium-sized, with a medium degree of branching, medium-leafy, indeterminate. Leaves are green, smooth, medium in size; the edge of the sheet is irregularly serrate. In the leaf axils of the central lash, from 2 to 4 or more ovaries are formed, on the lateral shoots - up to 8 ovaries. To make full-fledged fruits from these ovaries, the Break variety requires enhanced nutrition, including foliar feeding.
Cucumbers are cylindrical, medium lumpy. The mass of the greenery is 80 - 100 grams, the length is 9 - 11 cm, the diameter is 3 - 3.5 cm. The skin is dark green (lighter at the top), with blurred light stripes reaching up to a third of the fruit. Frequent pubescence. The thorns are white. Pulp without bitterness. Marketable yield - 15 - 17 kg / sq. Meter. One plant gives up to 8 - 8.5 kg.
A variety of universal use. Suitable for picking gherkins. Good and excellent palatability of fresh and canned fruits
This hybrid is characterized by a harmonious yield. Resistant to root rot, powdery mildew and downy mildew.
Advantages of Break cucumber: early maturity, excellent taste of fruits, high yield.
