Part 20

Hunter: cultivated. Honey yield good; abundant during dewy mornings.

Also pollen. Early summer to fall. Important in melon growing

sections, South Texas. July and September.*

CUCUMBER. Cucumis sativa.

Gourd family. Cucurbitaceae.

Cultivated; honey yield very good; short duration; pollen; but

plants not abundant. April, July.*

WATERMELON. Citrullus Citrullus (L) Small.

Gourd family. Cucurbitaceae.

Cultivated; honey yield good; abundant during dewy mornings, also

pollen; from early summer to frosts in late autumn. May to October.*

"Successful in honey plant plot at College in 1905." (E. Scholl).

WILD GOURD. Cucurbita foetidissima HBK.

Gourd family. Cucurbitaceae.

"Abundant in the valleys of Southern and Western Texas." (Coulter).

Hunter: in a variety of places. Honey yield not important; plants

scattered and few, good for pollen. April, July.*

COMMON PUMPKIN. Cucurbita pepo L.

Gourd family. Cucurbitaceae.

Cultivated: not important for honey, but much pollen. May, June.*

COMMON CACTUS OR PRICKLY PEAR. Opuntia englemannii Salm. & Dyk.

Cactus family. Cactaceae.

"Common throughout Southern and Western Texas. This seems to be

common "prickly pear" of Texas, though all the flat-jointed opuntias

bear that name. The joints are commonly spoken of as "leaves" and form

an important food for grazing of animals, under the name of "nopal."

The "nopal leaf" is also much used for poultices, etc."

(Coulter). Hunter: over entire Southwestern Texas; Honey yield