By the Rev. Robert Walsh. 



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Cucurbita Aurantia. 



Pyriformis. 



These exactly resemble the fruit after which they are named; 

 the one an Orange, the other a Pear. The first is called by 

 the Turks Portakal Cavac, and the second Arnirot Cavac. 



Cucurbita Potiro. 

 These are the Gourds most in use in Constantinople ; they 

 are heaped up in large piles, and kept under tents in the 

 markets for six months in the year. There are two kinds or 

 varieties : one long, with orange-coloured fruit ; the other 

 round, with white-coloured fruit. They are called by the 

 Turks Bdl Cabaghi, and used in all their soups. 



Cucurbita Evadghi Cavac. 

 This is by far the largest Gourd in these countries ; it is 

 quite white, and in the markets resembles heaps of huge 

 snow-balls, particularly so, as it is in season in winter. I do 

 not know the species, but have called it by the Turkish name. 



Seeds of several other Gourds are in the packet, exclusive 

 of the above-described sorts. 



Cucurbita Citrullus. 

 This is the famous Water Melon, so highly prized and 

 universally used all over the East ; it is the great luxury of 

 the common people in Constantinople, and refreshes the 

 Hammals, or porters, like ale in England, and tea in China. 

 Strangers are warned by writers against the intense cold of 

 this fruit ; but the people of Constantinople devour it alone, 

 without pepper or any other aromatic, in the hottest weather, 

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