JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1954 5 



212074 to 212129. 



From Afghanistan. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, Agricultural Explorer, 

 Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, 

 Md. Received Jan. 6, 1954. 



212074 to 212076. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. Onion. 



212074. No. 12823. Market, Khanabad, Kataghan Province. Oct. 17, 

 1953. Reddish. 



212075 No. 13037. Nad-i-Ali, Kandahar Province. Altitude 2,000-3,000 

 feet. Nov. 7, 1953. Purple. 



212076. No. 13071. Market, Ghazni, Ghazni Province. Altitude 7,000 

 feet. Nov. 8, 1953. Purple. 



212077 and 212078. Allium porrum L. Leek. 



212077. No. 12892. Market, Mazar-i-Sharif. Oct. 20, 1953. 



212078. No. 13038. Nad-i-Ali, Kandahar Province. Altitude 2,000-3,000 

 feet. Nov. 7, 1953. Short stemmed. 



212079. Anethum graveolens L. Apiaceae. Dill. 

 No. 12833. Market, Khanabad, Kataghan Province. Oct. 17, 1953. 



212080. Brassica oleracea var. capitata L. Brassicaceae. Cabbage. 



No. 13036. Nad-i-Ali, Kandahar Province. Altitude 2,000-3,000 feet. 

 Nov. 7, 1953. 



212081. Brassica campestris L. 



No. 12841. Market, Khanabad, Kataghan Province. Oct. 17, 1953. 

 Roots eaten. 



212082. Brassica sp. 



No. 12843. Market, Khanabad, Kataghan Province. Oct 17, 1953. Seeds 

 used in pickling. 



212083. Brassica sp. 



No. 13056. Ghazni, Ghazni Province. Altitude 7,000 feet. Nov. 7, 1953. 

 Oilseed. 



212084. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



No. 12765. Market, Faisabad, Badakhshan Province. Altitude 3,000- 

 4,000 feet. Oct. 13, 1953. Elliptic, dark green; flesh of good flavor and 

 texture. 



212085. Cucumis melo var. inodorus Naud. 



No. 12849. Kunduz, Kataghan Province. Oct. 18, 1953. 

 212086 to 212090. Cucumis melo L. 



212086. No. 12851. Khanabad, Kataghan Province. October 1953. 



212087. No. 12852. Kunduz, Kataghan Province. Oct. 18, 1953. Early 

 spring variety. 



212088. No. 12949. Market, Herat, Herat Province. Nov. 1, 1953. 



212089. No. 13077. Market, Bala Narghab, Herat Province. October 

 1953. Large, casaba-like fruit, dark green, good keeper. 



212090. No. 12855. Kunduz, Kataghan Province. Oct. 18, 1953. 

 212091 and 212092. Cicer arietinum L. Fabaceae. Chickpea. 



212091. No. 13051. Nad-i-Ali, Kandahar Province. Altitude 2,000-3,000 

 feet. Nov. 7, 1953. 



212092. No. 13063. Market, Ghazni, Ghazni Province. Altitude 7,000 

 feet. Nov. 8, 1953. Small grained. 



