90 CUCUEBITACEOUS PLANTS. 



Victory of Bath. Length seventeen inches. Well 

 adapted for forcing, or for the general crop. 



This is a large-sized variety, and some- 

 Prickly, what later than the White-spined. The 

 L EARL^ E L<?N L J' plant is a strong grower, and the foliage of 



GEEKN PRICKLY. 



a deep-green color ; the fruit is seven inches 

 in length, straight, and generally angular ; skin dark green, 

 changing to yellow as the fruit approaches maturity, 

 when fully ripe, it is reddish-brown, and is often reticulated 

 about the insertion of the stem ; prickles black ; flesh white, 

 somewhat seedy, but crisp, tender, and well flavored. 



The Long Green Prickly is hardy and productive ; makes 

 a good pickle if plucked while young ; and is well deserv- 

 ing of cultivation. It differs from the London Long Green 

 and the Long Green Turkey in its form, which is much 

 thicker in proportion to its length ; and also in the charac- 

 ter of its flesh, which is more pulpy and seedy. 



Long Green A distinct and well-defined variety ; when 



EXT^A LWTO ^ u ^ g rown ? sometimes measuring nearly eigh- 



GREEN TUKKET. teen j^gg j n i en g t h. Form long and slen- 



der, contracted towards the stem in the form of a neck, 

 and swollen towards the opposite extremity ; seeds few, and 

 usually produced nearest the blossom-end. The neck is 

 generally solid. While the fruit is young, the skin is 

 deep green ; afterwards it changes to clear yellow, and 

 finally assumes a rusty yellow or yellowish-brown. Flesh 

 remarkably firm and crisp, exceeding, in these respects, 

 that of any other cucumber. Very productive and excel- 

 lent. 



Its firm and crispy flesh, and the absence of seeds, render 

 it serviceable for the table after it has reached a very con- 

 siderable size. For the same reasons, it may be pickled at 

 a stage of its growth when other more seedy and pulpy 

 sorts would be almost worthless. 



