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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2007
Jacob Peter Mazereeuw, Enkhuizen, NL;
Luis Mullor Torres, Almeria, ES;
Jacob Peter Mazereeuw, Enkhuizen, NL;
Luis Mullor Torres, Almeria, ES;
Enza Zaden Beheer, B.V., Enkhuizen, NL;
Abstract
Hybrid cucumber cultivars designated 'Excelsior', '15620', ‘15660’, and ‘15597’, 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 ‘Excelsior’, ‘15620’, ‘15660’ and ‘15597’, to the plants of hybrid cucumber cultivars ‘Excelsior’, ‘15620’, ‘15660’ and ‘15597’. The invention also relates to methods for producing a cucumber plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the hybrid cultivar ‘Excelsior’ with itself or another cucumber cultivar, by crossing the hybrid cultivar ‘15620’ with itself or another cucumber cultivar, by crossing the hybrid cultivar ‘15660’ with itself or another cucumber cultivar, and by crossing the hybrid cultivar ‘15597’ with itself or another cucumber cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing other cucumber cultivars derived from the hybrids ‘Excelsior’, ‘15620’, ‘15660’, and ‘15597’. The invention also relates to pickling cucumbers suitable for vertical growing systems under covered cultivation.