New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 239 
to 3 ft. long; flesh with a rather marked melon flavor; — plant not very 
vigorous; leaves rather pale grayish green, roundish cordate, not 
lobed, margin sharply toothed, surface not blistered; stem and petioles 
very hairy; flowers resembling those of the melon. 
" The snake cucumber is a true melon. Sometimes the same stem 
bears slender, snake-like fruits, and others that are oval and inflated; 
sometimes even the same fruit is slender and more or less snake-like 
near the stem, but swollen at the extremity, assuming the appearance 
of a melon." Yil. 
Correctly figured in Les pi. pot, p. 166; Veg. Gar., p. 226. 
No. 26. WEST INDIA GHERKIN, Greg., '87; Hen.; Vil. Gucumis 
Anguria L. 
Syn. Burr Cucumber, Greg., '87: Gherkin, WHITE: Prickly Gherkin, 
VEG. GAR. : Small Gh., Thor., '87: Small West India Gh., Vil., '84: West 
Indian Gh., Veg. Gar.: Er., Angurie, Vil., Concombre a epines, Vil. JO. 
d'Amerique, Vil. : C. cornichon des Antilles, Vil. : C. des Antilles, VIL., '84 : 
C. marron Vil. : sometimes improperly called C. Arada, Vil. : Ger., West 
indische Gurke, Vil. 
Ripe fruit regularly oval; covered with fleshy protuberances 
resembling spines; pale yellow; 1| to 2| in. long, to 1\ in. in 
diameter; before maturity the fruit is pale green, with whitish, longi- 
tudinal stripes; flesh very thin, white, with an agreeable cucumber 
taste; — plant very vigorous, spreading; stem slender, covered with 
rough hairs; leaves resembling those of the water melon, divided into 
5 to 7 roundish, toothed lobes; male flowers very small, borne on short, 
peduncles, female flowers on long slender peduncles. 
This plant is not strictly a cucumber, but is usually classed as such. 
It is used for pickles. 
Correctly figured in Les pi. pot., p. 167; Veg. Gar., p. 226. 
INDEX TO THE CUCUMBER. 
The figures refer to the number of the varieties in the described 
list. 
[ Synonyms are printed in Italics. ] 
Anguria 25 
Angurie 26 
Athenian 10 
Athens 10 
Bismarck 1 
Bonneuil Large White 22 
Borowskian 5 
Boston Pickling 3, 4 
