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This is a first for me. Unmistakably Cucumber Cap, named after its distinctive cucumber scent. Found in Merrick Park, Bournemouth but unfortunately I only had the iPhone to take this image. The stipe is a dark purple/red in contrast with the creamy gills.
This cucumber plant is in our garden. Only flowers at this time, but it should be loaded with cucumbers in a few weeks!
Indian Cucumber Root (Medeola virginiana) is a somehwat common, though certainly not abundant, perennial member of the Lily family (Liliaceae). Its tuber is edible, and when eaten raw, has a taste reminiscent of cucumber.
The flower of Averrhoa bilimbi. The fruit of cucumber tree can be eaten raw or dipped on rock salt or can be added for cooking as a souring agent.
Nikon D600 | AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED
One of quite a few varieties, bearing a "netted" outer appearance. These remain sweet, crisp and juicy for a long period of time. Looks like a russet potato! A heirloom from Poona, India. Can be harvested when white or later when the russet skin has appeared.
Here's my cucumber that I trained against a lilac tree. Note the flowers near the top - I hope they don't bear fruit because I'll have to use a ladder to harvest. This plant is about 14' tall at this point, with little signs of stopping....
Down below is the trail that will lead you directly underneath Cucumber Falls. There is a stairway that takes you to the bottom, but I've been there before and without spikes or cleats...Good Luck! (sheet of ice)
Bur-cucumber is a wild native vine with large maple-shaped leaves, a small greenish-white flower, and very prickly fruit. It easily climbs over other understory vegetation in moist, shady areas. The flower and fruit are shown in the two adjoining photos.
These are surprisingly large and hefty, in a commercial kind of way, and nicely textured. Also they're the regular kind with the seeds, and I like the seeds, oddly enough.
Yes, shrimp! Not something I normally get or cook with, but this recipe came with the batch of fruit and veg yesterday so I thought I would give it a whirl tonight. A LOT of interesting new recipes came along, so be prepared for a lot of experimentation on my end for this holiday weekend, actually!
Some of the many fruits and vegetables that you can buy at the farmer's market in Albany. The farmers market is held on Saturday mornings (until noon) from April through October (I believe).
As part of the optional tour to Stillwater, about 30 attendees of the Garden Writers Association 2007 conference visited the studio gardens of Oklahoma Gardening, a TV program that airs on Oklahoma public broadcast stations.
For more information about this and other gardening topics, visit the UF/IFAS website Gardening Solutions.
by Shunsen Ooka (1719-1773), included in Ehon Fukujuso (Adonis Picture Book) – Japanese picture book published in 1755
It is known as pepino dulce (";sweet cucumber"; in English, in order to differentiate it from cucumber which is also called "pepino"; in Spanish) or simply pepino; the latter is also used for similar species such as "S. mucronatum" (which actually seems to belong in the related genus Lycianthes). The pepino dulce fruit resembles a melon (Cucumis melo) in color, and its flavor recalls a succulent mixture of honeydew and cucumber, and thus it is also sometimes called pepino melon or melon pear. Another common name, "tree melon", is more often used for the papaya (Carica papaya) though the pepino dulce plant generally does not look much like a tree; it looks more like a ground cover, trailing plant. The present species is, however, a close relative of other nightshades cultivated for their fruit, including the tomato (S. lycopersicum) and the eggplant (S. melongena), which its own fruit closely resembles.
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