. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CUCUMIS CUCURBITA 409 water-melon like: fls. small, the pistillate long-stalked: fr. 1-3 in. long, cucumber-like but more spiny. Supposed to be native to the Amer. tropics. 5817. âCult, both for the oddity of its frts. and for the making of pickles. The Gherkins of mixed pickles, however, are young Cucumbe
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CUCUMIS CUCURBITA 409 water-melon like: fls. small, the pistillate long-stalked: fr. 1-3 in. long, cucumber-like but more spiny. Supposed to be native to the Amer. tropics. 5817. âCult, both for the oddity of its frts. and for the making of pickles. The Gherkins of mixed pickles, however, are young Cucumbers. peduncle very hard and deeply furrowed when mature, not enlarging next the fr.: the fr. very various in form, color, season, size. âProbably native to trop. Amer., but unknown wild. Cult, by the Indians when Amer. was O. acutdngiihis, curbita. â Janies=Cu- L H B CTJCUKBIT. A plant of the genus Curcur bita. Sometimes shortened to Cucurb. CTlCtRBITA (classical name). Cucttr- bitAcece. Gourd. Pumpkin. Squash. Vine- like herbs, tendril-bearing, inhabitants of warm countries. Fls. mouoseious,large, yellow, solitary in the axils, the stam- inate long stalked, the pistillate short- stalked : corolla 5-lobed : stamens 3, arising from the bottom of the fl., and united in a column : stigmas 3, but 2-lobed : ovary inferior, en- closing a hollow receptacle: tendrils 2-3 forked. About 10 species. The morphology of the Pepo or Gourd-fruit may be illustrated by the Turban Squash. (Figs. 592, 593, 59i.) In this fruit, there is a " squash inside a ; The inner part bears the corolla and the styles. It is the ovary. The corolla is attached about the edge of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954 ed; Miller, Wilhelm, b. 1869,
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