‘ Jinmei 79’ is a new cucumber F₁ hybrid developed by crossing inbred line‘ A143-5’ as female
parent and inbred line‘ TBL-2’ as male parent．This variety has strong growth vigor and successive fruit bearing
ability．The fruit grows rapidly and has outstanding commercial character．The fruit is about 36 cm in length
with short carpopodium．The single fruit weight is about 300 g．The fruit is dark green in color．It is resistant to
Fusarium wilt，middle resistant to brown speck，downy mildew，powdery mildew and angular leaf spot．Its total
yield can be over 270 t·hm^-2．It is suitable for solar greenhouse cultivation in winter-spring and autumn-winter
in northern and northeast China．