(c) is a small spherical and late var. noi much grown. 



(d) is larger than the preceding, round in shape chiefly grown about 

 Alexandria not of great value comes late in season. 



An early form of melon (Cucumis melo var. chate) known locallv as 

 Abdillawi or Agour is also largely grown. II is the earliest of all - 

 fragrant the flesh soft and juicy Oval with somewhat tapering- 

 ends I'uggy outside and poor in saccharine substances sometimes 

 being entirely destitute of sugar. It is eaten alone or with sugar. 



II : By seed sown in holes, same as water melon except that it 

 is planted less deep and at a distance between the rows of about 1 1)2 

 m. ; about 2 2 1)2 kadahs <>! seed per fdn. 



III : In March. 



V : Harvesting takes place some, days earlier (about a fortnight) 

 than in the case of W. melon '-j to 1 months according to the var. 

 In the case of agonr only about 2 1 )2 months. 



VII: Cultivated for its fruit which is delicious and nutritive 

 Cooling and diuretic. The amount of sugar in it varies according to 

 many circumstances, chiefly depending on the var. grown. It is either 

 eaten by itself or with sugar and sometimes with pepper. 



The oily seeds are used as a cooling medicine, they are nutritive and 

 diuretic. 



VIII : Very extensively cultivated on the sandy banks of the Nile. 

 As soon as the alluvium-banks are exposed by the falling of the river, 

 operations commence by making maize or millet stalk fences in order 

 to protect the plants from north winds and the inroad of drifting sand. 



Soil, manure and other particulars see under W. melon. 



Cucumis sativus : Khiar; Cucumber; Cucurbitaceae. 



I : The var. grown in Egypt (Baladi) is a trailing one with compa- 

 ratively small, cylindrical, smooth, green fruits, very prolific and excel- 

 lent in quality when properly grown. Occasionally a small, green, 

 tuberculated form (Cornichon of the French) is also grown, chiefly 

 used for pickling by Europeans. 



II : By seed. On the river banks it is grown on flat in rows. On 

 land under perennial irrigation holes are dug along shallow trenches, 

 the latter being used for watering the crop. Distance between rows 

 or trenches 3 1)? 4 feet : distance between holes 1 1)2 Joot. 



