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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



121825 to 121998— Continued. 



121877 to 121909. Cucumis spp. Cucurbi- 

 taceae. 



121877 to 121905. Cucumis melo L. 



Muskmelon. 



121877. No. 1323. Ghon. From the 

 Raja's garden in Kapalu at 6,000 

 feet altitude. Flesh white, coarse, 

 and sweet ; said to be from Yar- 

 kandi seed. 



Nos. 121878 to 121888 were from 

 Skardo at 6,500 feet altitude. 



121878. No. 1137. Ber Ghon. Fruits 

 oval, 16 to 18 inches long, smooth 

 with orange stripes and broken 

 markings of dark green ; flesh 

 orange, but sometimes pale yellow ; 

 ripens early. 



121879. No. 1138. Ghon. Fruit glo- 

 bose. 8 to 10 inches in diameter, 

 smooth, unribbed, orange, marked 

 with broken stripes and blotches of 

 green ; flesh thick, orange, sweet 

 and pleasant. 



121880. No. 1139. Bwar. Fruit glo- 

 bose to 10 inches in diameter, 

 smooth, orange with more or less 

 raised blotchrs of green ; flesh thick, 

 firm, and fragrant ; no air space in 

 cavity. 



121881. No. 1145. Fruit oval up to 1 

 foot long, smooth, unribbed, pale 

 yellow with lines of green ; flesh 

 thick, pale yellow, very sweet and 

 agreeable ; said to keep well ; a 

 casaba type. 



121882. No. 1149. St on Ghon. Fruit 

 oval, elongate, pale yellow, usually 

 unmarked ; flesh orange, a bit 

 fibrous, but fragrant and well flav- 

 ored. 



121883. No. 1150. Naktrak. Fruit 

 subglobose, dark ereen, 1 foot long, 

 heavily netted; flesh thick, orange 

 with ve'-y good flavor ; Persian 

 melon type. 



121884. No. 1151. Fruit oval, 1 foot 

 long, blotched dark-green and 

 orange, with traces of heavy vem- 

 ing ; flesh orange, very good. 



121885. No. 1157. Fruit oval, 1 foot 

 lon<?. furrowed, yellow ; flesh green ; 

 casaba type, said to keep well. 



121886. No. 1159. Sarda. Fruit very 

 large, 18 inches long, heavily ribbed. 

 smooth, green, mottled with orange. 



121887. No. 1160. Ston Ghon. Fruit 

 oval, 1 foot long, smooth but 

 slightly furrowed, yellow ; flesh 

 green, not highly scented but sweet. 



121888. No. 1161. Shesgnun. Fruit 

 elongate, 1 foot long, faintly netted, 

 green mottled with orange ; flesh 

 half green, half orange, very good. 



121889. No. 1240. Ghon. From Sa- 

 faransa. Fruit 6 inches in diame- 

 ter, slightly flattened, netted green 

 and orange ; flesh salmon or green, 

 sweet. 



121890. No. 1292. Ghon. From Shi 

 gar. Fruit elongate, 1 foot long, 

 smooth, yellow ; flesh white and 

 sweet. 



121891. No. 1293. Ghon. From Shi- 

 gar. Fruit 8 inches in diameter, 

 glabrous, faintly veined, mottled 



121825 to 121998— Continued. 



orange and green ; 

 sweet, no cavity. 



flesh orange,. 



Nos. 121892 to 121898 were from 

 Kapalu, Aueust 26 and 27 at 6,000 feet 

 altitude. Ghon. 



121892. No. 1307. Fruit globose, 3 

 inches in diameter, yellow, smooth, 

 solid ; flesh yellow to orange, sweet,, 

 not musky like the melons of south- 

 ern India. 



121893. No. 1309. Fruit elongate, 1 

 foot long, smooth, netted, orange 

 yellow, faintly ribbed ; flesh white, 

 sweet, not musky. 



121894. No. 1321. Fruit round, 4 

 inches in diameter, mottled orange 

 and green, faintly netted ; flesh thin, 

 yellow, sweet. 



121895. No. 1322. Fruit elliptical. 10 

 inches long, netted and ribbed, 

 orange ; flesh orange, sweet, good. 



121896. No. 1324. Flesh orange, 

 sweet ; entire fruit not seen. 



121897. No. 1325. Fruit oval, 14 

 inches long, green blotched with 

 orange, faintly netted ; flesh green, 

 thick, sweet, very poor. 



121898. No. 1330. Fruit smooth, un- 

 ribbed, oval, 1 foot long, green 

 flecked with orange ; flesh orange or 

 green, sweet, very good. 



121899. No. 1335. Ghon. From 

 Sm-mo at 6.000 feet altitude. Fruit 

 globular, 10 inches in diameter, 

 smooth, netted, green and orange ; 

 flesh thin, sweet, green. 



121900. No. 1340. Ghon. From 

 Surmo at 6.C00 feet altitude. Fruit 

 elongate, 1 foot long, green blotched 

 orange, with trace of netting ; flesh 

 thick, salmon color, sweet and very 

 fragrant. 



121901. No. 1344. Ghon. Purchased 

 at Kanalu August 28 at 6,000 feet 

 altitude. 



121902. No. 1345. Ghon. Purchased 

 at Kaoalu August 28 at 6,000 feet 

 altitude. Said to be good. 



Nos. 121903 to 121905 were pre- 

 sented by the Director of Agriculture, 

 Kashmir. 



121903. No. 1682. Punjabi Sarda. A 

 sweet native melon of medium size. 



121904. No. 1705. Shalabagh. A 



melon of fine flavor which is a good 

 keeper. 



121905. No. 1719. A native Kashmir 

 melon of good quality ; weight from 

 4 to 6 pounds. 



121906 to 121909. Cucumis SATIVUS L. 



Cucumber. 



121906. No. 1016. From Sofor at 

 5,000 feet altitude ; found as a weed 

 in fields ; fruits green with blotch 

 stripes of darker green. 



121907. No. 1289. Laru. From Shi- 

 gar. August 20. Fruit 10 by 3 

 inches. 



121908. No. 1346. Bought at Kapalu, 

 at 6,000 feet altitude. 



