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To serve cucumber favored with perilla. — Peel one medium-sized 
cucumber; cut in half lengthwise, remove the seeds, and then slice 
thinly; add salt and let stand for about five minutes. Then wash 
the cucumber, squeeze dry, and put in bowl. Shred the perilla. Cut 
the contents of one-half can of small fresh shrimps in half length- 
wise ; then mix with the cucumber and the perilla, with 3 tablespoons 
Japanese vinegar, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, and 1 teaspoon sugar. 
Serve. 
Figure is. — Perilla 
Potherb-Mustard Cabbage (Sinapis chincnsis). (Fig. 19) 
Chinese name: Sui-choi 
Japanese name: Midsuna 
Leaf: Oblong or oblong ovate, with deeply cut lobes on the sides of the 
midribs; margin <>r edge of leaf incised or irregular; 4 to 6 indies long; 1 to 
2% inches broad; green and smooth. 
Petiole: Six to eight inches long; slender; one-eighth to three-eighths inch 
broad; white and smooth; upper surface, hat; round at lower surface. 
The plant is a biennial but ordinarily is grown as an annual (.{, 
p. 28; i, p. 10). Its original home is Asia. Potherb-mustard cab- 
bage is one of the few Orient-grown vegetables which can be readily 
