OKANAGAN HOTHOUSE™ LONG ENGLISH CUCUMBER Availability: Okanagan Hothouse™ Long English Cucumbers are available from March through November Selection: Choose long, slender, firm cucumbers that are heavy for their size with uniform deep green skin Care & Storage: Plastic shrink-wrap covers each Okanagan Hothouse™ Long English Cucumber to protect the tender, thin, non-waxed edible skin and prevent loss of moisture and crispness Keep cucumbers in their wrap by slicing desire amount off and re-sealing. Do not store cucumbers with tomatoes Cuke Trivia: Okanagan Hothouse™ Long English Cucumbers are seedless and burpless Originally, Romans experimented with greenhouse horticulture but it was not until the Victorian period that greenhouses began to appear in greater numbers as ventilation, heating and irrigation became increasingly possible. It takes only 21 days for planted seeds to bear ripe greenhouse Long English Cucumbers. Today's Okanagan Hothouse™ Long English Cucumbers are specifically bred for greenhouse culture. NUTRITION INFORMATION Long English Cucumber per 100 g. serving (1/3 medium) Energy 13 cal Protein 0.8 g Fat 0.1 g Carbohydrates 2.3 g Dietary Fibre 0.4 g Sodium 3 mg Potassium 176 mg

Nutritional Information provided by: Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Nutrition Encyclopedia Fresh for Flavour Foundation, 1991.