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	Cucumber tree - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cucumber tree, Magnolia acuminata, often spelled as a single word "Cucumbertree", is one of the largest magnolias, and one of the cold-hardiest.
		The name Cucumber tree comes from the unripe fruit, which is green and often shaped like a small cucumber; they mature dark red, 6-8 cm long and 4 cm broad, with the individual carpels splitting open to release the bright red seeds, 10-60 per fruit.
		Cucumber trees make excellent shade trees for parks and gardens, though they are not recommended for use as street trees.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cucumber_tree (446 words)

	City of Colonial Heights, Virginia
		To the mystery lover, the "Cucumber Tree" of Violet Bank in Colonial Heights, Virginia, on the Appomattox River furnishes a genuine stickler to solve.
		The "Cucumber tree" shades Violet Bank, believed to be one of the guest houses of the original plantation built by Thomas Shore before the Revolution.
		A favorite account is that the tree was planted by a member of the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe, an exploring and conservation group of which George Washington was a member.
	www.colonial-heights.com /HistoryCucumber.htm (1192 words)

	Growing Magnolias
		Cucumber tree (M. acuminata) is a deciduous tree that grows 40 to 60 feet tall.
		Cucumber tree grows rapidly and is used as a shade tree.
		Yellow cucumber tree (M. cordata) is a deciduous tree that grows 20 to 30 feet tall.
	www.rnews.com /print.cfm?id=9601 (1414 words)

	botanical.com - A Modern Herbal \| Cucumber - Herb Profile and Information
		The Cucumber has been long known in England, where it was common in the time of Edward III (1327), then fell into disuse and was forgotten till the reign of Henry VIII, but not generally cultivated here till the middle of the seventeenth century.
		Cucumber soap is used by many women, and a Cucumber wash applied to the skin after exposure to keen winds is extremely beneficial.
		Concentrated Cucumber perfume is made by the repeated extraction of the freshly sliced fruit with strong alcohol and subsequent concentration by distillation in vacuo.
	www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/c/cucum123.html (1264 words)

	Cucumber Eye -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Cucumbers are usually green-skinned, roughly cylindrical, elongated, with tapered ends, and may be as large as 30 cm long and 5 cm in diameter.
		Surprising as it may seem, sea cucumbers have inspired musical composition: in the first of his ''Embryons desséchés'' Erik Satie presents the "(desiccated embryo) of a Holothuroidean" and inserts a description of the animal in the score: :The Holothuroidean crawls across bolders and rocky surfaces.
		A proper cucumber sandwich contains paper-thin slices of cucumber, with the peel either removed or scored lengthwise with a fork before slicing, quite recently placed on buttered white bread (the butter preventing the juice from dampening the bread), with another buttered slice of bread on top with the butter face down.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/37/cucumber-eye.html (1641 words)

	Cucumber Magnolia
		The tree’s owner and planter, Henry Backus, was deeply involved in politics, serving as an Essex County Official, a state Assemblyman, and serving on a committee to elect Woodrow Wilson as President.
		The tree’s fate was of deep concern to residents and officials of the Caldwells.
		It was the oldest known cucumber tree in the state of New Jersey, and not supposed to thrive north of Georgia!
	www.westcaldwell.com /40501CucumberMagnolia.htm (1011 words)

	NANPS - Shining Tree Woods (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		One tree has its top broken off, one was struck by lightning and two have interior decay at ground level, according to biologist Mark Bacro who lives within walking distance of the woods.
		Although Mark is in favour of minimal management of the woodland to accelerate the growth of cucumber trees and other native tree species (he is fearful that a great windstorm or other natural calamity could take out several prime trees) he believes that bringing a bulldozer into the field to dig pits would be counterproductive.
		Mathis believes it is necessary to plant a young stand of cucumber trees in the field since "the greater landscape around STW does not have a large enough matrix of young and old forest to be able to depend solely on natural regeneration of Magnolia acuminata", something the pre-settlement woods had in great abundance.
	www.nanps.org /feature/shiningtree.html (1626 words)

	Magnolia macrophylla ( Large-Leaf Cucumber Tree )
		The western side of a house may even be shady due to shadows cast by large trees or a structure from an adjacent property.
		Dig out an area for the tree that is about 3 or 4 times the diameter of the container or rootball and the same depth as the container or rootball.
		Tree: a woody perennial with a crown of branches that begin atop a single stem or trunk.
	www.backyardgardener.com /plantname/pda_111f-2.html (1808 words)

	WildWNC.org : Trees : Cucumbertree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Cucumbertree (Magnolia acuminata), also called cucumber magnolia, yellow cucumbertree, yellow-flower magnolia, and mountain magnolia, is the most widespread and hardiest of the eight native magnolia species in the United States, and the only magnolia native to Canada.
		The seeds are eaten by birds and rodents and this tree is suitable for planting in parks.
		Typically, this tree is 18 to 24 m (60 to 80 ft) tall and 60 cm (24 in) in d.b.h.
	wildwnc.org /trees/Magnolia_acuminata.html (2589 words)

	NCDFR - NC Nurseries Selling Native Trees
		Not only are native trees best adapted to soil and weather conditions in the area, therefore having a higher likelihood of survival, but wildlife populations in your area are better adapted to the fruit/nuts and niche habitats these trees provide.
		Trees and plants are sold primarily in three ways; container grown, bare root, or balled and burlapped (B and B).
		Trees that are sold B and B are field grown (in nursery beds) and are sold with the rootball intact and wrapped in burlap.
	www.dfr.state.nc.us /urban/native_trees/urban_native_select.asp (653 words)

	Magnolia acuminata
		Cucumber tree is native to eastern North America, reaching its largest size in the southern Appalachian Mountains.
		It is the only magnolia that is native to Missouri where it typically occurs in moist soils in wooded valleys, bluff bases and thickets along the Mississippi River in the far southern part of the state (Steyermark).
		Cucumber tree is a straight-trunked tree that typically grows 40-70’ (less frequently to 100’) tall with a pyramidal crown.
	www.mobot.org /gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=A881 (229 words)

	Canada Gardens! - The Cucumber Magnolia (Magnolia acuminata)
		A native of North America, and the Canadian native of the magnolia family, the tree is hardy to zone 5.
		The 8-10 cm flowers of the Cucumber Magnolia are of limited interest, being greenish-yellow or yellow in some cultivars and high in the tree, but fragrant with the perfume of cinnamon and oranges.
		The understated beauty of the tree is best enjoyed in late summer and fall, when the tips of the branches are topped with big, velvety red cucumber-like receptables with slits from which bright orange seeds "pop out," hanging from a fibrous string.
	canada-gardens.com /2magnoliaacuminata.html (362 words)

	Cucumber tree, recipe for cucumber sandwiches, cucumber kimchee (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Cucumber Magnolia CATALPA TREE SEED CO. Survey of the Status of Cucumber Tree (Magnolia acuminata).
		Cucumber tree I was told it's aka a Cucumber tree but that search only takes me to magnolia.
		Cucumber tree At the same time, the co-worker was felling a 90-foot cucumber tree.
	www.toastsite.com.cob-web.org:8888 /cucumber/cucumber_tree.html (866 words)

	Carambola, Jaboticaba, Banana Mangosteen & Kiwi
		The cucumber tree (Averrhoa bilimbi), a relative of the carambola with cauliflorous flowers and fruits that arise from the main trunk.
		Since nucellar embryos are chromosomally identical to the sporophyte parent, the seeds of mangosteen are used to propagate clones of this delicious fruit tree.
		The mangosteen is a small tree in the garcinia family (Guttiferae) native to tropical Malaysia.
	waynesword.palomar.edu /ecoph7.htm (1180 words)

	Tree Guide at arborday.org
		The fruit is pinkish red fruit resembling a cucumber from which the tree derives it's name.
		The Cucumber Magnolia Tree is found in forests from New York to Georgia and west to Illinois.
		In the early 1800s these trees were widely exported to Europe, where they were found in the very finest gardens and landscapes.
	www.arborday.org /trees/treeguide/print.cfm?ID=145 (318 words)

	botany/magnolia
		acuminata, the Cucumber Tree, is a native of North America.
		It forms a large bush or small tree, which produces, in the spring, a ton of large, white flowers that are stained with purple.
		Decide when the tree is small how you want it to look and begin shaping and training toward that.
	www.botany.com /magnolia.html (829 words)

	National Register of Big Trees:
		You could probably guess what tree is the biggest Big Tree: the General Sherman sequoia in California, its upper leaves, at 275 feet, tickling clouds, and its girth, at 998 inches, wide enough to accommodate a two-lane road.
		The champion osage orange tree, still standing at the Patrick Henry homestead, was grown from a seed sent by Lewis and Clark to Thomas Jefferson, then presented to Henry's daughter.
		Most obvious is that a Big Tree must be a tree; that is, a plant with a definite crown of foliage topping a trunk at least 3 inches in diameter.
	archive.recordonline.com /archive/2003/02/01/garden01.htm (798 words)

	Magnolia Flowering Plants and Nursery Tree Seedlings
		Some of the Magnolias are valuable for lumber, like the Cucumber Tree, Southern Magnolia, the Sweetbay, and the Fraser Magnolia, which are the taller tree-forms, with most of the others being the shrub to small tree types.
		Another Magnolia tree that is gainng attention is the Cucumber Tree (Magnolia acuimanta).
		This medium-sized tree has been used some as a lumber tree, but its usage in the landscape is best for a shade tree or specimen.
	www.cdr3.com /magnolia (861 words)

	TreeHelp.com: Trees: Species: Magnolia: Types: Cucumber Tree
		The leaves and fruit of a cucumber tree
		The flowers are produced in late spring and may not be produced until the tree is fairly old.
		The trees reach a height of 30 feet.
	www.treehelp.com /trees/magnolia/magnolia-types-cucumber-tree.asp (189 words)

	Cucumber Tree Cucumber Magnolia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The species name acuminata means ìwith a long pointî and refers to the shape of the large leaf of the species which curves abruptly inward at the outer edges to end in a prominent point.
		In North America, the Cucumber Magnolia is the northernmost species of the Magnolia family.
		The beautifully colored and grained wood of the Cucumber Tree is used as trim or paneling and the like.
	www.pfeiffernaturecenter.org /ovenbird/cucumber_tree_cucumber_mag.html (339 words)

	TopTropicals.com - rare plants for home and garden
		The blood-red tulip-shaped flowers of the sausage tree open one at a time at night on long, rope-like stalks that hang down from the limbs of this tropical tree.
		The Sausage Tree belongs to the bignonia (Bignoniaceae) family along with such plants as Jacaranda (Jacaranda mimosifolia), Cape Honeysuckle (Tecomeria capensis), Common Catalpa (Catalpa bignonioides), African tulip tree (Spathodea campanulata), Trumpet Tree (Tabebuia).
		Traditional African healers use the Sausage tree to treat a wide range of skin problems, from fungal infections, boils, psoriasis and eczema, to the more serious diseases, such as leprosy, syphilis and skin cancer.
	toptropicals.com /html/toptropicals/articles/trees/kigelia.htm (741 words)

	Garden design - the cucumber tree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		When trees are fully clothed in their mid-summer finery we either love them or loathe them.
		The tree that provides shade, gives height to our planting, or screens an unwanted view, is a bonus.
		This is especially so when faced with extraordinary oddities such as a vast cucumber tree in a tiny garden.
	www.ckings.co.uk /features/cucumber-tree.htm (354 words)

	Brockman Memorial Tree Tour
		About 480 different kinds of trees beautify the U.W. Only twenty-eight are species native on campus.
		Since before the turn of the century, forestry professors, botanists, gardeners and landscape architects have planted native and non-native trees for decoration and education.
		The campus community views trees as valuable resources, studies their ecological roles, and admires their fascinating variations and seasonal transformations.
	www.washington.edu /home/treetour/index.html (270 words)

	Luau Palm Tree Centerpiece
		Be sure to have two florist's frogs on hand so the cucumber trees will stand steady.
		Place the cucumbers in ice water for two or three days to allow the cuts to open.
		Push the cucumber tree trunks onto florist's frogs and place them on the platter.
	gskck.tripod.com /themepartiesnmoregalagarnishes/id1.html (341 words)

	WoodCentral's Splendid Splinters
		This happened the other day when I was looking at a pile of lumber in Bradford, Vt. I didn't recognize a few boards and asked what they were.
		I said that I had lived and worked in the woods for over 25 years and that I had never heard of a Cucumber tree.
		The Cucumber tree, or Cucumber Magnolia (Magnolia acuminata l.), likes moist soils on mountain slopes and valleys and it grows from extreme southern Ontario and western New York to northern Florida.
	www.woodcentral.com /splinters/cucumber.shtml (356 words)

	Bilimbi, Cucumber Tree, Pickle Fruit (Averrhoa bilimbi)
		It forms a medium- sized to large tree that may reach a height of 60 feet, but more commonly is 20 to 30 feet.
		The mature fruits resemble small cucumbers and usually range from 2 to 3 inches in length.
		They have a smooth thin, green rind sometimes faintly five-angled, and an acid pulp in which are imbedded several small seeds.
	www.desert-tropicals.com /Plants/Oxalidaceae/Averrhoa_bilimbi.html (331 words)

	Averrhoa bilimbi Often called a cucumber tree - Buy Today!
		And is often referred to as cucumber tree.
		Purple flowers are clustered along older branches and trunk, followed by fruit that resembles a cucumber 2-4” long.
		The name cucumber tree was given the plant by the British during colonial times
	www.driftwoodgardens.com /pickletreeaverrhoabilimbi.htm (188 words)

	Cucumber-Tree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The tree grows up to 25 metres high.
		Its cone-like fruit bears a strange resemblance to a cucumber.
		It turns reddish at maturity and splits along one side releasing one or two seeds.
	www.domtar.com /arbre/english/p_maacu.htm (134 words)

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