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%^z Citmll is of tempetamentjCotBe ant> mopft IpUe tl^e i^epon. 



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CfteCitmll Cucumber i;6?mttcl)elpUetotl^e S^rtoneiu tjertue auD opera* 31 

 tiou; tul^etber it be tafeeit in meate oimeDicme^ 



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l^eS^elontrapletl) alongfl: 

 t^e grounlie Ipbe tbe C 

 cumber , ani) ^atlj rentier 

 bzancbe;^ luitft imw^iti 



piioleisr , anti rounOe rougli 

 leauesf*'C^efioU3ers:t3e pel 

 lotoe, Irfee t]^eflot«er;sof tbe Cucurhber* 

 %\^t fruite i;af long,anl» almod lifee to tbe 

 acumber, but greater , anDcoueretiall 

 uer tPitb foft beare, eOjeciallp bepng pet 

 poung anU tcnI)er,anDpeUouiet»ttbin 



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CbefeeUe isfmucljeinclofetj intbc inner 

 parte of tbe fruite, anU i^ mucbelpfeeto 

 tbe Cucumber feebe* 



^elonjB^arefoiueninjarbeftsf , anti 

 i^v^ require afat ^ tuelboungeb grounb, 

 anb alfo abiie grounbe, daubing U)eUin 

 tbeS»onne,fo? otberU)ifc,pou fcarfefee 

 tbem proCJper \xi tbis^ Countrie* 



Cb e ^ elon i& rip e in ;3luguft (j ^ ep 



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©alennametbtbi^ fruite m <Breelie 



«-'Wtbati0 tofap in JLatine^Cucumis, ^ 

 l3nb3ubteblp it i0 tbe Cucumis of tbe :^unciente;e?, Voberof Cucumer Afi 

 tbat is to fap.tbi^leaping Cucumber i^ tbe UJilbe Kinbe.€)f tbe later tojtiter^ at 

 tberebape0,it v^ caUeb in d&reefeeMHXoTrCTrwH.-m ]iatine,Melopepo, of fome Me- 

 lo.anb infome placed of 3talp,iti0 alfo calleb Citrulusjanb Cucumis citrulus.- 

 in jfrencb e, ^J^cion in ijigi) iD ucb e,^ elaunen: in bafe Slmaigne, ^ elo enen: 

 mCnglia?e>® eloniaf,anb mume^eloiisf 



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CbeS^elott in temperament \^ almoft lifee to tbel^epone,but not fo mopi^ 



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^l^e#eloni8?inbertuelifeeto tbej^ompono^^epon^fauing tbatitbotb n 



not ingenber fo euiU bloob , neitber botb it beftenbefo quicWp into tbe bellp 

 tpberefo^eitfcs bpfo mucbbetter tbentbcf^epon 



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, e<I5ottrbei;G?oftb?eefoitte0,tbatijstto fap,tbegreat,Qefmal,f tbelona, 

 \Dbicb are mucbe Ipbe one anotber inleaue^sf ^ bzancbejef, ouer anb bpfibek 



tt?e U)ilbe kinb twljicb i^beftribeb befoje ftit^eti^irb booU* ^jht 



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