Article Nº 2822 Plant Vol. III · p. 111
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
Original title: Pepineiro (Cucumis sativus)
The cucumber, a cucurbit widely grown in Madeira, whose fruit is eaten as a cooling food and used for a healing ointment; the entry describes sowing times and staking.
A cucurbit widely grown in Madeira. Its fruit is a cooling food and is used to prepare an ointment useful in treating wounds. The cucumber is sown in March and April, and in some places from January to May. It is sown in beds or seed plots, and once the plants reach a certain size, cane frames or other supports are built so that the stems do not trail on the ground.
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