Macocquer
| Title |
Macocquer |
| Origtitle |
"Indian woman and a young girl" |
| Variants |
Plate 32 |
| Caption |
Detail highlighting the gourd |
| Source |
1964 UNC John White Drawings |
| Date |
1585-1586 |
| Creator |
John White |
| Type |
Watercolor |
| Origin |
Scan of 1864 UNC John White Drawings |
| Notes |
Hariot; p.14 Macocquer, according to their severall forms by us, Pompions, Mellions, and Gourdes . . . like those kinds in England.” Several forms from one [type of?] seed, one ripens in one month, the other two months.; NB VJB As used here this would seem to be a general term for melons, gourds, and squash, or members of the plant family Cucurbitaceae.; Jaques; p.95 Field and other pumpkins (Cucurbita pepo L.) “raised by the Indians before the coming of Columbus.” Acorn squash; p.95 Cushaws and other pumpkins (Cucurbita moschata Duch.) this species includes the Cushaws and Winter Crooknecks Pie pumpkin; p.96 Squashes (Cucurbita maxima Duch.) hubbard, Turban, Mammoth Squash; p.97 watermelon- (Citrullus vulgaris Schrad), native of Africa, possibly introduced by Spanish or may not have yet been in early ‘Virginia’?; p.97 Muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) ‘Cantalope’ and others; p.95 ‘Gourds’ “yellow flowered gourds” are Cucurbita pepo var. ovifera; |
Occurrences
Macocquer / Macocquer
