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Marrows, cucumbers & pumpkins / Stork Margarine Cookery Service.

Grenadine (Punica granatum) flowers and tree and a mixture of fruit and vegetables, in separate plates. Line engraving by M. Pool after C. de Bruins, 1704.

Cucumber, (Cucumis prophetarum): flowering and fruiting stems with sectioned fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Gundelsheimer Gurken : etwas ganz feines / Schwäbische Conservenfabrik Gundelsheim-Neckar K.G.

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.): flowering stem with separate fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Gherkin (Cucumis anguria L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Still life of fruits, including gourds, cucumbers, figs and grapes. Engraving by J-B Haussard after Boisseau.

A treatise on the culture of the cucumber: shewing a new and advantageous method of cultivating that plant, with full directions for the management thereof, and the Degree of Heat it Requires on Every Day of the Year; and a Meteorological Journal of the Weather and Temperature of the Climate in Lat. 51° 20' North, Long. 0° 1' East of London. To which are Added, Hints and Observations on the Improvement of Agriculture. By James Mcphail, Gardener to the Right Hon. Lord Hawkesbury.

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.): fruiting stem with separate cross-section of fruit and floral segments, also a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.

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Cucumber, (Cucumis prophetarum): flowering and fruiting stems with sectioned fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Grenadine (Punica granatum) flowers and tree and a mixture of fruit and vegetables, in separate plates. Line engraving by M. Pool after C. de Bruins, 1704.

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.): fruiting stem with separate cross-section of fruit and floral segments, also a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.

Gherkin (Cucumis anguria L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.