Enza Zaden Beheer B.v.

Jacob Peter Mazereeuw

Luis Mullor Torres

Hybrid cucumber cultivars designated 'Excelsior', '15620', &#x2018;15660&#x2019;, and &#x2018;15597&#x2019;, which are the first pickling cucumbers suitable for a vertical growing system under covered cultivation, are disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of hybrid cucumber cultivars &#x2018;Excelsior&#x2019;, &#x2018;15620&#x2019;, &#x2018;15660&#x2019; and &#x2018;15597&#x2019;, to the plants of hybrid cucumber cultivars &#x2018;Excelsior&#x2019;, &#x2018;15620&#x2019;, &#x2018;15660&#x2019; and &#x2018;15597&#x2019;. The invention also relates to methods for producing a cucumber plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the hybrid cultivar &#x2018;Excelsior&#x2019; with itself or another cucumber cultivar, by crossing the hybrid cultivar &#x2018;15620&#x2019; with itself or another cucumber cultivar, by crossing the hybrid cultivar &#x2018;15660&#x2019; with itself or another cucumber cultivar, and by crossing the hybrid cultivar &#x2018;15597&#x2019; with itself or another cucumber cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing other cucumber cultivars derived from the hybrids &#x2018;Excelsior&#x2019;, &#x2018;15620&#x2019;, &#x2018;15660&#x2019;, and &#x2018;15597&#x2019;. The invention also relates to pickling cucumbers suitable for vertical growing systems under covered cultivation.

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Enkhuizen, Netherlands

Jacob Peter Mazereeuw