‘Wautoma’ Cucumber

‘Wautoma’ (Fig. 1), a multiple-disease resistance, monoecious-processing cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) inbred, was released 19 Feb. 1984 by the USDA. Currently available monoecious varieties are not suitable for blending with some of the new hybrids that have multiple-disease resistance and bitter-free fruits. ‘Wautoma’ is recommended for use as a pollinator to blend with seed of multiple-disease resistant hybrids, and as a pollen parent in hybrid development. In 1983 and 1984, it was tested in observational and processing trials under breeding line number WI 1902M.