British cucumbers on brink of extinction, say growers

Production plummets to 100-year low as supermarket price war forces farmers to switch to more lucrative crops

The British cucumber is facing extinction, the latest victim of a supermarket price war that has knocked retail prices down from up to 90p to less than 30p in some stores.

According to the Cucumber Growers Association, production has plummeted to less than 100 hectares for the first time in nearly 100 years as farmers switch to more lucrative crops.