This section is from the book "Cooking Vegetables. Practical American Cookery", by Jules Arthur Harder. Also available from Amazon: The Physiology Of Taste.
Concombre des Propfettes. Kugelgurke.
No. 735. - The Globe Cucumber is a tender annual plant and is said to have originated in Arabia. The fruit is round and small, being thickly set with rigid bristles. In its green state it is generally pickled and can be prepared the same as ordinary cucumbers. Globe Cucumbers are not generally preferred to the ordinary kind.
 
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