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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



124068 to 124160— Continued. 

 124092 to 124115. Cucumis melo L. Cu- 



curbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



Nos. 124092 to 124104 were collected in 

 Madras Presidency in March 1937. 



124092. No. 2506. Kharbuza. Madras, 

 March 17, but fruit said to have come 

 from the Cuddapah District. Fruit 

 flattened, 6 by 4 inches, lemon yellow, 

 nearly smooth ; flesh thick, white, 

 sweet. 



124093. No. 2507. Kharbuza. Madras, 

 March 17, but said to have come from 

 the Cuddapah District. Fruit oval, 

 1 foot long, yellow, netted coarsely 

 and strongly, very firm, and appar- 

 ently a good keeper ; flesh thick, white, 

 sweet, unlike any American melon 

 known. 



124094. No. 2510. Kharbuza. Madras, 

 March 17, but said to have come from 

 the Cuddapah District. Fruit sub- 

 globose, 16 inches in diameter, ta- 

 pered toward the stem, golden brown, 

 heavily ribbed and netted ; flesh salm- 

 on-colored, firm, watery, not of good 

 flavor. 



124095. No. 2521. Tela Babasa. Sidh- 

 out, March 20. Fruit like No. 2520, 

 but the flesh is bright salmon. 



124096. No. 2524. Hingan. From Sid- 

 hout, March 20. Fruit oval, up to 1 

 foot long, deep gold, netted ; flesh 

 salmon-colored, 2 to 2y 2 inches thick, 

 crisp. Said to keep 2 weeks at tem- 

 peratures of 80° to 100° F. 



124097. No. 2525. Adamshahi. From 

 Sidhout, March 20. Fruit flattened, 

 8 by 5 inches, smooth, pink brown, 

 deep ribs colored paler ; flesh soft, 

 juicy, white, fairly sweet. 



124098. No. 2530. Burka Khirne. From 

 the Cuddapah District, Sidhout, March 

 20. Fruit elongate, 12 by 6 inches, 

 traces of heavy netting, mottled or- 

 ange green with green ribbing ; flesh 

 wbite, fairly sweet. 



124099. No. 2531. Shiranjir. From 

 Chennur, March 20. Fruit fig-shaped, 

 about 6 inches long, pink, green and 

 brown, the colors in short lines ; flesh 

 green, often very sweet. One of the 

 handsomest and best melons of India. 



124100. No. 2532. Shabat Anar. From 

 Chennur, March 20. Fruit subglobose, 

 about 6 inches in diameter, pale yel- 

 low with traces of green rib lines, some 

 netting ; flesh white, sweet. One of 

 the best. 



124101. No. 2533. Probably Tela Babassa 

 X Shanbatanar. From Sidhout, March 



124068 to 124160— Continued. 



20. Fruit subglobose, white, traces of 

 netting and of green ribbing ; flesh 

 wbite, juicy, sweet. 



124102. No. 2535. Nana Pila. From 

 Chennur, March 20. Fruit much flat- 

 tened, 8 by 4 inches, smooth yellow, 

 more or less blotched with green ; 

 flesh white, quality unknown as speci- 

 mens were unripe, but said to be es- 

 pecially soft. 



124103. No. 2536. An Adamshahi vari- 

 ant from Cuddapah, March 23. Fruit 

 flattened to subglobose, heavily ribbed, 

 smooth, pink brown ; flesh soft, juicy, 

 white, fairly sweet. Like No. 2525 

 (P. I. 124097), but not so flat. 



124104. No. 2537. White Burdami. Cud- 

 dapah, March 23. Fruits like Jal 

 Burdami, but pale yellow instead of 

 gold. 



124105. No. 2553. From Bhanapur, Hy- 

 derabad State, March 26. Fruit some- 

 what flattened, 8 by 7 inches, heavily 

 ribbad, pink brown, smooth ; flesh pale 

 yellow-green, good. Much like the 

 Adamshahi from Cuddapah, No. 2536 

 (P. I. 124103). 



124106. No. 2554. From Bhanapur, Hy- 

 derabad State, March 26. Fruit oval, 

 1 foot long, golden yellow, obscurely 

 netted, no ribs ; flesh 2% inches thick, 

 juicy, pale salmon ; like Burdami of 

 Cuddapah District in quality, but 

 more elongate. 



124107. No. 2555. From Hospet, Madras 

 Presidency, March 26. Fruit subglo- 

 bose, 6 inches in diameter, blotched 

 gold, brown and green with greenish 

 rib lines obscurely netted to smooth ; 

 flesh thin, juicy, pale orange, insipid. 



124108. No. 2558. From Bombay, March 

 21. Fruit flattened 6 by 4 inches, 

 ribbed, obscurely netted, orange, 

 strongly scented ; flesh orange, no fla- 

 vor. 



124109. No. 2560. From Allahabad, 

 United Provinces, April 1. Fruit 

 slightly flattened, 6 by 5 inches, yel- 

 low, ribbed green, smooth ; flesh 

 salmon, sour, juicy. 



124110. No. 2561. From Allahabad, 

 United Provinces, April 1. Fruit glo- 

 bose, 4 inches in diameter, yellow, 

 smooth, unribbed ; flesh salmon, flavor- 

 less. 



Nos. 124111 to 124113. From Calcutta, 

 April 2. 



124111. No. 2563. Fruit flattened, 5 by 

 3 inches, ribbed, rib lines orange, 

 smooth to obscurely netted. 



