The experiment was carried out at the Gorutuba Experimental Station, in the Porteirinha county, Minas Gerais state, from August to October, 1988. The purpose of this study was to identify the highest yielding pickling cucumber cultivars. The experiment was laid out in a complete randomized block design, with ten cultivars (Colônia, Guaíra, Ginga AG-77, Indaial, Itapema, Levina, Pérola, Primepak, Score, and Tamor) as treatments, and four replications. Experimental plots consisted of four 6 m rows, with spaces of 1.00 x 0.30 m. Cultivars Indaial (29.72 t.ha-1), Score (26.46 t.ha-1), Colônia (26.43 t.ha-1), and Ginga AG-77 (26.12 t.ha-1) showed the significantly highest yields. Considering the number of fruits per plant, cultivars Indaial (7.72 fruits), Colônia (7.40), Ginga AG-77 (7.40), Score (6.94), and Tamor (6.68) showed statistically the best performance. Cultivars Ginga AG-77 (77.96%), Levina (75.71%), and Tamor (73.58%) had the significantly highest proportions of commercial fruits in class I, i.e., with lenght between 6 and 9 cm, and the highest commercial value. All cultivars, from sowing to last harvest, had a cycle between 76 and 82 days.
Cucumis sativus; yield; fruit average weight; grading
