cue 



[ 293 ] 



cue 



CO'CUMIS. Cucumber. (From cu- 

 cuniis, the Latin for cucumber. Nat. 

 orcl., Cucurbits [Cucurbitacetej. Linn., 

 21-Moncecia \0-Monad-elphia.) 



Half-hardy trailing annuals. The C. colo- 

 cynthus produces the Colocynth of medicine ; 

 the whole of the species require to be sown in 

 hot-beds, and when of sufficient strength to be 

 planted out either in frames or under hand- 

 glasses. 



C, Angu'ria (round prickly). 2. Yellow. July. 

 Jamaica. 1692. 



Citru'llus (Citrul). 6. Yellow. June. South 



America. 1597. 

 -- Ja't-e (Water Melon). 6. Yellow. 



July. 1597. 

 -- Paste 'ca (Pasteque cucumber). 6. 



Yellow. July. 1597. 



Colocy'nthis (bitter- Colocynth). 6. Yellow. 



June. Cape of Good Hope. 1551. 



delicio'sus (delicious). 4. Yellow. July. 



East Indies. 1818. 



Jamaice'nsin (Jamaica). 4. Yellow. July. 



Jamaica. 1824. 



Maderaspata'nus (Madras). 3. Yellow. 



July. East Indies. 1805. 



Me'lo (Melon). 4. Yellow. July. 1570. 

 -- Cantalu'pa (Cantalupe). 4. Yellow. 



July. 1570. 

 -- Melite'nsis (Maltese). 4. Yellow. July. 



1570. 

 -- reticulu'tus (netted). 4. Yellow. July. 



1570. 



Momo'rdica (Elaterium-like). 4. Yellow. 



July. East Indies. 1820. 



murica'tus (point-covered). 4. Yellow. 



July. East Indies. 1817. 



satl'vus (common, cultivated). 4. Yellow. 



August. East Indies. 1597. 

 -- u'lbus (white). 4. Yellow. July. 

 -- fastigia't us (peaked). 4. Yellow. 



July. 



fla'vus (yellow). 4. Yellow. July. 

 -- variega'tus (variegated). 4. Yellow. 



July. 

 -- vi'ridis (green). 4. Yellow. July. 



East Indies. 1597. 

 utili'ssimus (most useful). 4. Yellow. July. 



East Indies. 1820. 



CUCUMBEE. Cu'ctmiis satl'vus. 

 Varieties. 



1. Early short green prickly. Fruit 

 4 inches long. 



2. Early long green prickly. 7 in. 



3. Most long green prickly. 9 in. 



4. Early green cluster. 6 in. 



5. White Dutch prickly. G in. 



0. Long smooth green Turkey. 10 in. 



7. Large smooth green Roman. 10 in. 



8. Flanegaus. 15 in. 



9. Russian. 12 in. 



10. White Turkey. 15 in. 



11. Nepaul. 17 in. 



\'i. Fluted (from China). 9 in. 

 13. The Snake. 12 feet, 



14. Brownston hybrid. 15 in. 



15. Victory of England. 21 in. 



16. Ringleader. 15. in. 



17. Pratt's hybrid. 18 in. 

 .18. Sion House. 9 in. 



19. Duncan's Victoria. 28 in. 



20. Allen's Victory of Suffolk. 24 in. 



21. Victory of Bath. 17 in. 



22. Prizefighter. 10 in. 



The Early short prickly is often pre- 

 ferred for the first crop, as being a very 

 plentiful bearer, quick in coming into 

 production, and the hardiest of all the 

 varieties. The Early long prickly is a 

 hardy, abundantly-bearing variety, but 

 not quick in coming into production. 

 It is generally grown for main crops. 

 The Most long prickly is a hardy good 

 bearer. There is a white sub-variety. 

 The Early green cluster is a very early 

 bearer. It is chiefly characterized by 

 its fruit growing in clusters. The whole 

 plant grows compact, and is well suited 

 for hand-glass crops. The White Dutch 

 prickly has an agreeable flavour, though 

 differing from most of the others. It 

 comes quickly into bearing. The other 

 varieties are slow in coming into pro- 

 duction, and are chiefly remarkable for 

 their great size. The Nepaul often 

 weighs twelve pounds, being occasion- 

 ally eight inches in diameter. It is a 

 native of Calcutta. The Snake cucum- 

 ber is very small in diameter. Victory 

 of England is a favourite variety at 

 Ipswich for early forcing. It is pro- 

 lific, and the best black spined kind of 

 that town. Nos. 14, 10, 17, and 18, 

 have been awarded many prizes. They 

 are not abundant bearers, but their 

 fruit is very handsome averaging a 

 length of sixteen inches, and a dia- 

 meter of one inch and three quarters. 



Standard of Merit. Length, not less 

 than twelve inches. Diameter, one- 

 ninth of the length. Colour, dark 

 green. Spines, black and numerous. 

 Bloom, unremoved. Circumference, cir- 

 cular and equal throughout. Neck and 

 Nose, each not more than a diameter 

 long. Flesh, crisp and juicy. Flower, 

 remaining on the fruit. 



Soil. A fresh loam, as the top spit 

 of a pasture, is perhaps as fine a soil 

 as can be employed for the cucumber. 



Culture In Dung Beds. The time 



