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Ripe fruit oval, or cylindrical, often much swollen at the center, and 
sometimes very irregular, obscurely three-sided, smooth; white; well 
developed samples 10 in. long, 4 in. in longest diameter; — at table 
size the fruit has numerous very short obscure spines that easily rub 
off; — at pickle size whitish green, with very numerous small warts, 
completely covered in the greater part of its length with white or 
transparent prickles; flesh very thick, often seedless in the half 
towards the stem, tender and crisp; — plant very vigorous, productive ; 
leaves large, the older ones nearly entire ; — season medium. 
Correctly figured in Les pi. pot., p. 161; Veg. Gar., p. 222. 
The cucumber most generally grown about Paris for the use of 
perfumers. 
No. 23. WHITE GERMAN, Greg., '83, '85, '86, '87. 
Rrpe fruit long, rather slender cylindrical or club-shaped, nearly or 
quite round in section; very smooth; creamy or ivory white; well 
developed samples 12 to 15 in. long, 3 in. in diameter; — at table size 
greenish white, somewhat warty and spiny, obscurely furrowed; flesh 
white, very thick and tender; — at pickle size a shade more greenish; — 
plant vigorous and productive, with large, deep green leaves; — season 
medium. 
No. 24. WHITE JAPAN, Greg., '85; Till., '85. 
Syn. Early White Japan, Thor., '85, '87. 
Ripe fruit oblong oval, rather regular, usually rounding rather 
abruptly to both ends, obscurely three-sided, somewhat furrowed; with- 
out spines; white, or faintly tinged yellow; well developed samples 8 in. 
long, 2J to 3 in. in diameter; — at table size somewhat furrowed and 
warty; greenish white; flesh white, rather thin, tender; — at pickle 
size very pale green, tapering, with numerous white spines; — plant 
moderately vigorous; productive; leaves distinctly lobed; — season 
rather early. 
No. 25. SNAKE CUCUMBER, Veg. Gar.; ViL, '84.— Cucumis flexuosus 
L. Cucumis Melo L. var. 
Syn. Fr., Concombre de Turquie, Vil. : C. serpent, VIL., '84: Ger., 
Schlangen-Gurke, Vil. : Schlangen Melone, Vil. : Holl., Vlangen melone, 
Vil. : Ital., Anguria, Vil. : Cocomero torto, Vil. : Popone serpentino, Vil. 
Ripe fruit very long and slender, usually with distinct longitudinal 
furrows, but not regularly ribbed, usually very crooked, thicker 
toward the blossom end than near the stem; sometimes slightly netted 
toward the blossom end; yellowish green; well developed samples 2 
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