Or, if you are in love, then you will marry the object of your affection.
Cucumbers are relatives of the Persian muskmelon.
Once established, cucumbers remained popular. The emperor Tiberias demanded that they be forced and grown out of season for his table. Columbus thought to bring cucumber seeds to Haiti in 1494 to plant them in the New World. They must have spread fast. The French found them growing in what is now Montreal in 1535.