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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



124179 to 124242— Continued. 



124182. Brassica oleracea botrttis L. 



Brassicaceae. Cauliflower. 



No. 2689. PhulgoU. From Bhopal, 

 Bhopal State, April 16, 1937. Said to be 

 a locally grown variety. 

 124183 to 124203. ClTRULLUS VULGARIS 



Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



Nos. 124183 to 124193. Collected in 

 Bihar State from April 8 to 11, 1937. 



124183. No. 2611. From Patna. Tar- 

 buza. Fruit subglobose, 7 inches in 

 diameter, medium green, blotch-lined 

 with darker green ; flesh red, flat. 



124184. No. 2620. Tarbuza. From Gaya. 

 Fruit subglobose, 10 inches in diameter, 

 dark green, unmarked ; rind extremely 

 thin, less than % of an inch thick ; 

 flesh purple pink, fair, with the heart 

 constituting one-half of the melon. 



124185. No. 2621. Tarbuza. From Gaya. 

 Fruit subglobose, 10 inches in diame- 

 ter, sea green with darker green net- 

 lines ; flesh bright rose, fair quality ; 

 rind very thin, % inch thick. 



124186. No. 2622. Tarbuza. From Gaya. 

 Fruit subglobose, 10 inches in diame- 

 ter, sea green obscurely netted with 

 darker green ; flesh rose ; rind % inch 

 thick. 



124187. No. 2632. Tarbuza. From Gaya. 

 Fruit subglobose, 12 inches in diame- 

 ter, deep green, reticulated with darker 

 green ; rind % inch thick ; flesh rose, 

 fair quality. 



124188. No. 2633. Tarbuza. From Gaya. 

 Fruit subglobose, 14 inches in diame- 

 ter, pale green with broad black 

 stripes of darker green ; rind y 2 inch 

 thick ; flesh rose, good quality. 



124189. No. 2637. Tarbuza. From Gaya. 

 Fruit somewhat elongate, deep green, 

 1 foot long ; flesh red ; rind % inch 

 thick. 



124190. No. 2638. Tarbuza. From Gaya. 

 Fruit globose, 10 inches in diameter, 

 pale green with blotched stripes of 

 darker green ; flesh red ; rind % inch 

 thick. 



124191. No. 2639. Tarbuza. From Gaya. 

 Fruit light green, unmarked, obscurely 

 but distinctly ribbed, flattened, 1 foot 

 by 10 inches ; flesh pink, slightly acid ; 

 rind % of an inch thick. 



124192. No. 2640. Tarbuza. From Bhag- 

 alpur. Fruit globose, 18 inches in 

 diameter, weight about 30 pounds ; 

 deep green, unmarked ; rind 1 inch 

 thick ; flesh crisp and fairly sweet. 

 This is a well-known locality for 

 watermelons. 



124193. No. 2641. Tarbuza. From Bhag- 

 alpur. Fruit subglobose, 14 inches in 



124179 to 124242— Continued. 



diameter, light green, obscurely reticu- 

 lated with darker green, the lines re- 

 maining most conspicuously as rib 

 lines ; flesh dark pink, quality good ; 

 rind % of an inch thick. 

 Nos. 124194 to 124199. Collected at 



Allahabad, United Provinces, April 15, 



1937. Tarluza. 



124194. No. 2671. Said to have come 

 from Farukhabad. Fruit subglobose, 

 1 foot in diameter, pale green with 

 irregular thin rib lines of darker green ; 

 rind % inch thick ; flesh rose, of good 

 quality. 



124195. No. 2672. Said to have come 

 from Farukhabad. Fruit subglobose, 

 1 foot in diameter, light green with 

 blotched stripes of darker green ; rind 

 % of an inch thick ; flesh rose, good 

 quality. 



124196. No. 2673. Fruit subglobose, 1 

 foot in diameter, greenish white, un- 

 marked ; rind % of an inch thick ; 

 flesh rose, fair quality. 



124197. No. 2674. Said to have come 

 from Farukhabad. Fruit subglobose, 

 16 inches in diameter, deep green with 

 traces of darker reticulations ; flesh 

 deep rose, of good texture and flavor. 

 One of the best. 



124198. No. 2675. Fruit subglobose, 16 

 inches in diameter, pale green with rib 

 lines of darker green ; rind %-inch 

 thick ; flesh of good flavor and texture 

 and with very few seeds. 



124199. No. 2676. Fruit subglobose, 14 

 inches in diameter, deep green ; rind 

 %-inch thick ; flesh deep rose, of poor 

 quality and fair flavor. 



124200. No. 2677. From Itarsi, Central 

 Provinces. Fruit subglobose, 10 inches 

 in diameter, pale green with straight 

 broad rib lines of darker green, rind 

 %-inch thick ; flesh deep rose, sweet, 

 very good. 



124201. No. 2681. From Bhopal, Bhopal 

 State, April 16. 



124202. No. 2703. Tarluza. From Uj- 

 jain, Gwalior State, April 18. 



124203. No. 2704. Kaligara. From Uj- 

 jain, Gwalior State, April 18. 



124204 to 124216. Cucumis melo L. Cu- 

 curbitaceae. Muskmelon. 

 Nos. 124204 to 124207, Kharbuza. From 



Gaya, Bihar State, April 9, 1937. 



124204. No. 2623. Fruit subglobose, 10 

 inches in diameter, unribbed, green, 

 heavily netted ; flesh iy 2 inches thick, 

 salmon color, insipid. 



124205. No. 2624. Fruit elongate, 12 by 

 7 inches, obscurely ribbed, smooth, yel- 



