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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



124398 to 124501— Continued. 



traces of darker green, fine rib lines ; 

 flesh red, good, crisp ; seeds in large 

 air pockets. 



124414. No. 2759. Tarbuza. From Chi- 

 torgarh, Mewar State, April 23, 1937. 

 Fruit globose, 14 inches in diameter, 

 deep green, unmarked ; rind 1% inches 

 thick ; flesh red, good texture, sweet ; 

 seeds in large air pockets. 



124415. No. 2760. Tarbuza. From Chi- 

 torgarh, Mewar State, April 23, 1937. 

 Fruit globose, 1 foot in diameter, light 

 green with broad blotched stripes of 

 darker green ; rind 1% inches thick; 

 flesh deep rose, sweet but slightly 

 stringy. 



124416. No. 2761. Tarbuza. From Udai- 

 pur, Mewar State, April 23, 1937. 

 Fruit globose, 10 inches in diameter, 

 deep green with clouding of paler 

 green ; rind 1% inches thick ; flesh 

 pink, fair texture, somewhat sweet. 

 Nos. 124417 to 124420. From Ajmer, 



Rajputana State, April 24, 1937. Tar- 

 buza. 



124417. No. 2768. Fruit elongate, 15 

 inches long, deep green, unmarked. 



124418. No. 2769. Fruit globose, 14 

 inches in diameter, medium green with 

 narrow ribs and clouding of darker 

 green ; rind l 1 /^ inches thick ; flesh 

 deep rose, of good texture, rather 

 sweet. 



124419. No. 2774. A local mixture that 

 may have something different. 



124420. No. 2778. Fruit elongate, 18 by 

 12 inches, deep green with narrow rib 

 lines and clouding of darker green ; 

 rind 1 inch thick ; flesh solid, of good 

 texture, deep rose, fairly sweet ; many 

 seeds undeveloped. 



Nos. 124421 and 124422. From Mar- 

 war Junction, Jodhpur State, April 25, 

 1937. Tarbuza. 



124421. No. 2779. Fruit subglobose, 10 

 inches in diameter, greenish white with 

 traces of narrow rib lines of darker 

 green ; flesh sweet, deep rose, fibrous ; 

 rind % of an inch thick. 



124422. No. 2780. Fruit subglobose, 6 

 inches in diameter, greenish white with 

 traces of narrow rib lines of darker 

 green ; flesh of good quality and sweet. 



124423. No. 2818. From Hyderabad, Sind 

 State, April 28, 1937. A local mix- 

 ture. 



124424. No. 2721. From Udaipur, Mewar 

 State, April 20, 1937. The young 

 fruits make a highly esteemed stewed 

 vegetable. 



124398 to 124501— Continued. 

 124425. Cordia sp. Boraginaceae. 



No. 2786. Q-undi. From Jodhpur, Jodh- 

 pur State. A small tree or large shrub, 

 growing in hot dry places. The fruits, 

 about the size of cherries, are sweet, vis- 

 cous, and slightly astringent and are in 

 compound racemes. 



124426 to 124451. CUCUMIS melo L. Cu- 



curbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



Nos. 124426 and 124427, Kharbuza. 



From Ujjain, Gwalior State, April 18, 



1937. 



124426. No. 2692. Fruit fusiform, 

 strongly tapered to the stem and with 

 a huge navel at the blossom end, pale 

 lemon yellow with rib lines of brown- 

 ish yellow, 8 inches in diameter, and 

 smooth ; flesh white, very juicy with 

 low sugar content. 



124427. No. 2694. Fruit smooth, elon- 

 gate, 10 by 6 inches, pale lemon yellow 

 with traces of ribs, fragrant ; flesh 2 

 inches thick, pale salmon, very juicy, 

 no sugar. 



Nos. 124428 to 124430. From Rutlam, 

 Rajputana State, April 18, 1937. Khar- 

 buza. 



124428. No. 2712. Fruit bottle-shaped, 8 

 inches long, with a trace of netting, 

 lemon yellow with green rib lines; 

 flesh salmon, rather insipid. 



124429. No. 2713. Fruit flattened, 8 by 

 4 inches with a conspicuous navel, 

 golden brown, more or less blotched 

 with green, strongly netted, smooth 

 green rib lines ; flesh watery, slightly 

 musky, salmon-colored, but no sugar. 



124430. No. 2714. Fruit oval, 8 inches 

 long, lemon yellow, faintly ribbed and 

 rib lined green, obscurely netted ; flesh 

 salmon, 1% inches thick, watery, 

 rather insipid. 



Nos. 124431 and 124432, Kharbuza. 

 From Jaora, Rajputana State, April 19, 

 1937. 



124431. No. 2715. Fruit oval, 1 foot long, 

 smooth, yellow ; flesh salmon, rather 

 insipid, juicy. 



124432. No. 2716. Fruit subglobose, 8 

 inches in diameter, faintly ribbed and 

 obscurely netted, blotched brown, gold, 

 and green with green rib lines ; flesh 

 salmon, firm, rather insipid. 



Nos. 124433 to 124439, Kharbuza. 

 From Udaipur, Mewar State, April 20 

 to 22, 1937. 



124433. No. 2724. A miniature melon, 

 which may be a local variety. 



124434. No. 2726. Fruit elongite. 1 foot 

 long, faintly ribbed, obscurely netted, 



