In season: Forced - March to June; open air - July to September. Neither heat-giving nor flesh-forming.

A cool and pleasant vegetable, delightful in hot climates from the quantity of water it contains, but considered unwholesome. It is eaten with the richest fish - salmon - as a corrective, probably.

1lb. contains: -

Oz.

Grs.

Water ....

15

173

Albumen . . .

0

14

Glucose . . .

0

140

Gum ....

0

35

Oz.

Grs.

Chlorophyl . .

0

7

Woody fibre . .

0

35

Mineral matter .

0

35