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www.bjsnq.comAnIndianyellowcucumberThecucumberoriginatedinIndia,whereagreatmanyvarietieshavebeenobserved,[4][5][6]fromCucumishystrix.[7][4]Ithasbeencultivatedforatleast3,000years,andwasprobablyintroducedtootherpartsofEuropebytheGreeksorRomans.RecordsofcucumbercultivationappearinFranceinthe9thcentury,Englandinthe14thcentury,andinNorthAmericabythemid-16thcentury.[edit]EarliestcultivationThecucumberislistedamongthefoodsofancientUr,andthelegendofGilgameshdescribespeopleeatingcucumbers.Somesources[who?]alsostateitwasproducedinancientThrace,anditiscertainlypartofmoderncuisineinBulgariaandTurkey,partsofwhichmakeupthatancientstate.FromIndia,itspreadtoGreece(whereitwascalled"σίκυον",síkyon)andItaly(wheretheRomanswereespeciallyfondofthecrop),andlaterintoChina.AccordingtoPlinytheElder(TheNaturalHistory,BookXIX,Chapter23),theAncientGreeksgrewcucumbers,andthereweredifferentvarietiesinItaly,Africa,andmodern-daySerbia.[edit]RomanEmpireAccordingtoPliny,theEmperorTiberiushadthecucumberonhistabledailyduringsummerandwinter.TheRomansreportedlyusedartificialmethods(similartothegreenhousesystem)ofgrowingtohaveitavailableforhistableeverydayoftheyear."Indeed,hewasneverwithoutit;forhehadraisedbedsmadeinframesuponwheels,bymeansofwhichthecucumbersweremovedandexposedtothefullheatofthesun;while,inwinter,theywerewithdrawn,andplacedundertheprotectionofframesglazedwithmirrorstone."[citationneeded]Reportedly,theywerealsocultivatedincucumberhousesglazedwithoiledclothknownas“specularia”.[citationneeded]PlinytheElderdescribestheItalianfruitasverysmall,probablylikeagherkin,describingitasawildcucumberconsiderablysmallerthanthecultivatedone.Plinyalsodescribesthepreparationofamedicationknownaselaterium,thoughsomescholarsbelievehewasreferringtoCucumissilvestrisasininus,aspeciesdifferentfromthecommoncucumber.[8]Plinyalsowritesaboutseveralothervarietiesofcucumber,includingthecultivatedcucumber,[9]andremediesfromthedifferenttypes(9fromthecultivated,5fromthe"anguine",and26fromthe"wild").TheRomansare
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