History links and bibliographic references• Cultivation history Cultivated for at least 3,000 years, the cucumber originated from , where a great many varieties have been observed, along with its closest living relative, | Roman Empire According to , the Emperor had the cucumber on his table daily during summer and winter |
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The cucumber originates from , but now grows on most , as many different types of cucumber are traded on the | They were reportedly introduced into England in the early 14th century, lost, then reintroduced approximately 250 years later |
The Complete Cucumber by Caroline Francis• Amsterdam, Netherlands: Gordon and Breach.
Retrieved on 4 June 2020 | Flowering and pollination Cucumis sativus flower Genomic information genome ID diploid 323 |
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12, Sport and Leusure: Roman Gardening Technology" | at the Plants Database - shows classification and distribution by US state |
The tribes of the and the learned from the Spanish how to grow European crops.
The vine has large leaves that form a over the fruits | — Pliny the Elder, XIX |
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However, some scholars [ ] believe that he was instead referring to , known in pre- times as Cucumis silvestris or Cucumis asininus 'wild cucumber' or 'donkey cucumber' , a species different from the common cucumber | Varieties See also: In general , cucumbers are classified into three main groups: slicing, , and |
University of California-Davis: Western Institute for Food Safety and Security, US Department of Agriculture.
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