Cucumbers add a mild, pleasing, just-from-the-garden freshness appreciated throughout the world. That may be why they enjoy the number four spot in the ranks of garden produce. Cucumbers require a bit of garden space, since they grow on trailing vines. Pickling and slicing cucumbers are the two main varieties of this long, cylindrical, green fruit, with dozens of varieties for eating at the table or sending through a fermentation process to produce bottled offerings such as dill pickles, bread and butter pickles and sweet gherkins.

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The health benefits of cucumber include vitamins C, A, K and B5, as well as manganese, potassium, and magnesium, endowing health benefits that fight inflammation and infection while helping to produce energy and support bone and heart strength.