82 VARIOUS FOOD-PLANTS 
Fig. 84.—Winter Crook-neck Squash. %. Fruit and leaves. (Vilmorin.) 
Fig. 85.—Cucumber (Cucumis sativus, Gourd Family, Cucurbitacee). 
Flowering branch. (Nicholson.)—Plant a rough hairy annual, climb- 
ing by tendrils; stem about 1-2 m. long; leaves bright green; flowers 
yellow; fruit variously colored, smooth or prickly. 
