4032. 
4033. 
4034. 
4035. 
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Mexican black elderberry.—The fruit of Sambucus mexicana Presl. Native 
of the southwestern United States and Mexico. Collected by H. H. Rusby 
in the San Bernardino Mountains, California, August, 1909. 
THE GOURD FAMILY (Cucurbitaceae) 
Chayote blanco. White chow-chow. Pepinella.—The fruit of Sechium edule 
Sw. Native of the West Indies and cultivated. Acquired by Mrs. N. L. 
Britton in Mexico City, November, 1896. 
Another specimen of the preceding. Collected by P. Wilson, in Porto Rico, 
August, 1902. 
Prickly chayote.—A variety of the preceding with hispid fruit. Acquired 
by H. H. Rusby in Mexico, in 1909. 
4036-4040, inclusive, represent cucumbers, the fruits of cultivated varieties of 
4036. 
4037- 
4038. 
4039. 
4040. 
4041. 
4042. 
4043. 
4044. 
4045. 
4046. 
4047. 
4048. 
4049. 
4050. 
4051. 
Cucumis sativus L. Native of Asia and everywhere cultivated. Grown 
on the trial grounds of P. Henderson & Company at Jersey City, New Jersey. 
Early white-spine cucumber. 
Extra early green prolific cucumber. 
Early prolific cucumber. 
‘Tender and true cucumber. 
Long green cucumber. 
Pickled gherkins.—A name applied to very small pickled fruits of any variety 
of cucumber. Presented by F. H. Leggett & Company, of New York. 
West Indian gherkins. Burr cucumber.—The fruit of Cucumis Anguria L. 
Native of the West Indies and cultivated. Same donor. 
Winter melon. European melon.—The fruit of a cultivated variety of 
Cucumis Melo inodorus. Native of Asia. Acquired by H. H. Rusby in 
the New York market. 
Honey-dew melon.—A choice cultivated variety of the preceding. Grown 
in California and acquired in the New York market by H. H. Rusby- 
Casaba melon.—Another choice variety of the same. Same source and 
donor. 
Canteloupe. Canteloupe muskmelon.—The fruit of cultivated plants of 
C. Melo canteloupensis. Acquired by H. H. Rusby in the New York 
market. 
Rocky Ford nutmeg muskmelon.—The fruit of a choice cultivated form of 
C. Melo reticulata. Acquired by H. H. Rusby in the New York market. 
Another type of the preceding. Same source and donor. 
Watermelon.—The fruit of Citrullus Citrullus (L.) Karst. Native of Asia 
and everywhere cultivated. Grown by H. H. Rusby at Newark, New 
Jersey. 
Citron. Preserving citron.—A cultivated variety of the preceding species. 
Grown at Nutley, New Jersey, by H. H. Rusby. 
Pepo Pepo (L.).—This is an original wild pumpkin, perhaps the origin of all 
the cultivated varieties. It is a native of the Lake Okechobee region of 
Florida, where it was discovered by J. K. Small in May, 1917, on the southern 
end and eastern shores of the lake, the sample being a part of the original 
collection. 
