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the French of 1554, 1578, 1590, etc. The word citrullus does 
not occur in the writers on Roman husbandry, nor in Macer 
Floridus, nor in the Hortulus of Walafridus Strabo, nor in An- 
drew’s Latin Lexicon. In the 13th century Albertus Magnus 
says the seeds of cttrulus are like those of the cucumis and pepo, 
and his Zefo is a melon. Crescentius, of the same century, says, 
in his edition of 1474, that citrul/i are better when small, tender, 
green and crisp, and are not as good when they yellow, while 
cucumeres are better as they ripen and become soft and smooth. 
He speaks of the melanguli, which are eaten unripe /the the citrul- 
Zus and as being of the same savor. In 1536 Ruellius speaks of 
cttrulé or turcice, the same names used later fora pumpkin. In 
1539 Stephanus speaks of citrulus as having dissected leaves, 
which implies a watermelon. In 1542 Fuchsius figures the 
watermelon as cucumer cttrulus, German cttrullen, and says the — 
pumpkin is also called cétrudus from its yellow color, and under 
the name cztru//us the watermelon is figured in Ruellius’ Diosco- 
rides, 1550, Pinaeus, 1561, Morison, 1681, etc. The ‘citreolus of 
Caesalpinus, 1583, appears to be a cucumber. 
In Pliny we find cerini named among cucumeres, and this is 
translated cétriné by Ruellius, 1529. Barbarus, who died in 1493, 
Says citrint cucumeres were commonly called citrioli, that they 
were larger than the common kind and not striate. In 1542 
Fuchsius says the cucumber is called cucumer citrinus because it 
yellows as it ripens. 
In the 3rd century Apicius Ccelius gives directions for pre- 
paring cétrint, cucumis, pepo and melo for eating, all to be eaten 
raw with spices. In the 12th century Ibn-al-Awam, a Moorish 
Spaniard, mentions the cucumber of a citrin color. In 1629 
Parkinson describes a long yellow cucumber, and in 1747 
_ Rumphius a Chinese cucumber in Amboina which he says is like 
those called in Italy cztruldi. 
It would hence appear that citrullus in early times wasaname | 
for a kind of cucumber or a class of cucumbers; in later times — 
an appellation of the watermelon and pumpkin. The large yel- 
low cucumber of Vilmorin, weighing 3 % lbs., at first pale yellow, 
then bright yellow when ripe, would seem to answer as the type 
of the cttrullus of early writers, as well as any. 
