136 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



more than ten years germinable. Some of the Bokhara-varieties 

 are remarkably luscious and large. Apparently remunerative 

 results have been gained in Belgium from experiments, to cultivate 

 melons for sugar and treacle. The seeds thus obtained in quantity 

 become available for oil-pressing. The root contains melonemetin. 

 The Japanese C. Conomon (Thunberg) belongs to this species. 

 Prof. Naudin investigated extensively the variability of this and 

 allied plants. Some varieties of melons and pumpkins ripen in 

 Scandinavia during the long summers there in the. open air far 

 north : all are annual. 



Cucumis Momordica, Eoxburgh. 



Cultivated in India. It produces cucumbers 2 feet long, bursting 

 slowly when ripe into several divisions. Young, the fruit is used 

 like cucumbers, older like melons. Referred by Cogniaux to the 

 varieties of C. Melo. 



Cucumis sativus, Linm'.* 



The Cucumber. North- Western India. Cultivated in Hungary 

 already before historic ages [De Candolle]. Indicated here merely 

 for completeness sake, also because gherkin-pickling ought to 

 become a more extended local industry. Dr. G. King brought 

 under notice and Indian culture the Chinese Cucumber " Solly - 

 Qua," which attains a length of 7 feet. It must be trained on 

 walls or trellises, to afford to the fruit sufficient scope for suspension. 

 For definitions of numerous varieties of Melons, Cucumbers and 

 Gourds, as well as for full notes on their cultivation, see, irrespective 

 of other references, G. Don's Dichlamydeous Plants III, 1-42. 

 Seeds will retain their vitality for ten years or more [Vilmorin] . 

 Cucumbers and gherkins are most richly produced under 

 irrigation. 



Cucurbita maxima, Duchesne. 



Large Gourd or Pompion. Indigenous in South-Western 

 America. Yields some sorts of pumpkins. Instances are on record 

 of fruits having weighed over 2 cwt. This species also is eligible 

 amongst other purposes for naturalization in hot desert-regions. 

 The fruit serves for calabashes like that of Lagenaria vulgaris. 

 The seeds will keep about six years. Professor Wittmack obtained 

 seeds from ancient graves at Ancon. 



Cucurbita Blelopepo, Linne* 



The Squash. May be regarded as a variety of C. Pepo. It wil 

 endure storage for months. Wonderfully productive under 

 irrigation. 



