104 CUOURBITACEOUS PLANTS. 



This valuable Watermelon originated with Col. A. Gr. 

 Sumner of South Carolina. 



Souter. Size large, sometimes weighing twenty or 



W. D. Brinckie. tllirt y poun( js ; form oblong, occasionally 

 roundish ; skin peculiarly marked with finely reticulated, 

 isolated gray spots, surrounded by paler green, and having 

 irregular, dark-green, longitudinal stripes extending from 

 the base to the apex ; rind thin, about half an inch thick ; 

 seed pure cream-white, with a faint russet stripe around the 

 edge ; flesh deep red to the centre ; flavor sugary and deli- 

 cious ; quality " best." Productiveness said to be unusually 

 great. 



This excellent variety originated in Sumter District, 



s.c. 



PRICKLY-FRUITED GHERKIN. 



Gherkin. West-Indian Cucumber. Jamaica Cucumber. 

 Cucumis anguria. 



This species is said to be a native of Jamaica. The 

 habit of the plant is similar to that of the Globe Cucum- 

 ber, and its season of maturity is nearly the same. The 

 surface of the fruit is thickly set with spiny nipples, and has 

 an appearance very unlike that of the Common Cucumber. 

 It is comparatively of small size, and of a regular, oval 

 form, generally measuring about two inches in length by 

 an inch and a third in its largest diameter ; color pale green ; 

 flesh greenish- white, very seedy and pulpy. The seeds are 

 quite small, oval, flattened, yellowish-white, and retain their 

 vitality five years. 



It is somewhat later than the Common Cucumber, and 

 requires nearly the whole season for its full development. 

 Plant in hills about five feet apart ; cover the seeds scarcely 

 half an inch deep, and leave three plants to a hill. 



