Cucumber is grown for its mature fruits and is widely used as salad. It has attained a status of high value crop in India in the recent years and occupies a pride place among vegetables in Indian cuis...

Cucumber is grown for its mature fruits and is widely used as salad. It has attained a status of high value crop in India in the recent years and occupies a pride place among vegetables in Indian cuisine, because of its delicate taste and rich content of ascorbic acid and other vitamins and minerals. The mature fruits of Cucumber are eaten raw..