French German

Concombre Serpentine. Schlangengurke.

No. 1417. - This resembles the musk-melon in its manner of growth and in the color and taste of the ripe fruit, which is slender and flexuous. It is about three feet long and is often gracefully coiled in a serpent-like form. The skin is green, and its flesh is white when young and yellow at maturity. It is grown principally on account of its peculiar shape for a garden vegetable, but is seldom used in cookery. The fruit may be pickled in the same manner as common cucumbers.

Culture

No. 1418. - Sow the seeds in May in hills six feet apart, and cover them with half an inch of soil. Give them the same attention that cucumbers or melons require.