'La Fontié' Cucumber

Cucumis sativus subsp. sativus Origin: Syria Improvement status: Cultivar Seeds per packet: ~25 Germination tested 11/2022: 96% Life cycle: Annual EFN INTRODUCTION. NEW. We actually have no idea if 'La Fontié' is actually the appropriate name for this believed-to-be Syrian cucumber, but it's all we have. That was the name on the envelope given to us filled with seeds. The internet has not been helpful in further shedding light on it (the same name was attached to a Syrian lettuce from the same source). This variety passed through many hands on its way to us, including those of Syrian refugees farming in a camp in Lebanon. It was said that this variety came to those refugees from a source in Europe, but that its origins are actually in Syria.The first time we grew it, in sandy soil with no irrigation at the Alliance Community Reboot farm in South Jersey — a Jewish farming project we've been involved with since 2016 — we had critter problems and ended up with hardly any fruit. But we