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127. Oucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Old Bokhara, Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, February, 

 1898. (102 packages.) 



Seed bought in native bazaar; it may be mixed. Variety said to be early. 



128. Oucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Old Amu Daria, Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, Feb- 

 ruary, 1898. (135 packages.) "Gulabi." 



" Common in the bazaars ; stands rough shipping. This variety, like many others, 

 is gathered unripe late in the fall and is hung up in slings, made of a kind of reed 

 grass close to the ceiling in the native houses, where it ripens during the winter and 

 into the spring." 



129. Cucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Old Bokhara, Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, February, 

 1898. (172 packages.) 



A late fall variety. 



130. Cucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Old Amu Daria, Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, Feb- 

 ruary, 1898. (95 packages.) " Emir" or " Ameer." 

 Keeps till spring. 



131. Oucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Amu Daria, Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, February, 

 1898. (71 packages.) " Hodjamurat." 



132. Cucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Old Bokhara, Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, February, 

 1898. (90 packages.) 



133. Oucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Old Amu Daria, Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, Febru- 

 ary, 1898. (33 packages.) "Shirazi." 



Keeps till spring. 



134. Oucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Old Amu Daria, Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, Febru- 

 ary, 1898. (32 packages.) "Durbei." 



" Ripens in June." 



135. Cucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, February, 1898. (35 

 packages.) "Coctcha." 



"Seed obtained at Old Amu Daria, but said to have come direct from Cherabad by 

 way of Kerki. The interpreter said that when seed from Cherabad is planted at 

 Kerki (a town on the Anm Daria River), the fruit is modified in form and color, and 

 that this variety is very rare and difficult to obtain pure." 



136. Cucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Old Amu Daria, Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, Febru- 

 ary, 1898. (35 packages.) " Zagara." 



137. Oucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Old Amu Daria, Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, Febru- 

 ary, 1898. (47 packages.) "Bek-zati," said to mean "descendant of a prince." 



