24 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 133 



125399-125401. Malus sylvestbis Mill. Malaceae. Apple. 



From New Zealand. Plants presented by H. R. Wright, Avondale, Auckland. 

 Received in August 1936. Numbered in December 1937. 



125399. Eleyi crab. Originally from Holland. 



125400. No. 2. Delicious X (Rib stone Pip X Northern Spy) . 



125401. Lemonii, a flowering crab. 



125402. Malus sylvestris Mill. Malaceae. Apple. 



From South Dakota. Scions presented by Prof. N. E. Hansen, South Dakota State 

 College, Brookings. Received March 1, 1935. Numbered in December 1937. 



Red Soviet. Originally from the Soviet Union. 



125403-125404. Pyrus communis L. Malaceae. Common pear. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Scions presented by the Michurin 

 Research Institute of Fruit Production, Michurinsk. Received February 8, 

 1935. Numbered in December 1937. 



125403. Beurre" Tolstobienshka pear. 



125404. [Received without notes.] 



125405-125557. Citkullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



From Afghanistan. Seeds collected by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 United States Department of Agriculture. Received December 9, 1937. 



Collected in the summer and fall of 1937. 



Nos. 125405 and 125406. Henduwana. From Laghman, May 26. 



125405. No. 2935. 125406. No. 2937. 



Nos. 125407 to 125409. From Khanabad, July 4, at 1,200 feet altitude. 



125407. No. 3078. Fruit globose, 6 inches in diameter, green with blotched 

 darker stripes ; flesh white, tinted pink around the seeds ; no flavor or sugary 

 but probably not full grown. 



125408. No. 3079. Fruit 1 foot by 8 inches, deep black green ; rind 2% inches 

 thick ; flesh red, sweet, of good quality and said to be a good keeper. 



125409. No. 3092. Fruit globose, 6 inches in diameter, green with dark 

 blotched stripes ; flesh yellow, stained pinkish around the seeds ; quality 

 poor, but probably poorly grown. 



Nos. 125410 to 125413. From Takia, August 12 to 14, at 4,500 feet altitude. 



125410. No. 3315. Tarouza. Fruit elongate, 14 inches long, blotch-striped ; rind 

 1 inch thick ; flesh yellow, stained pink in places, fairly sweet, melting, seedy. 



125411. No. 3320. Fruit globose, 16 inches in diameter, plain light green ; flesh 

 pink, very sweet, of fine texture, rind 1 inch thick. 



125412. No. 3328. Fruit globose, 14 inches in diameter, pale green; rind 1 

 inch thick ; flesh pink, sweet, very good. 



125413. No. 3330. A mixed collection of seeds from 10 different fruits; all 

 had sweet melting flesh, often seedy. 



Nos. 125414 to 125419. Tarouza. From Chahiab, August 22, at 2,000 feet 

 altitude. All melons grown in this locality are watered only by winter snow, 

 and all are said to be good winter keepers. 



125414. No. 3397. Fruit 18 by 10 inches, pale green, unmarked ; flesh clear pink, 

 sweet, and of good texture ; nearly seedless. 



125415. No. 3398. Fruit subglobose, about 1 foot in diameter, deep green with 

 darker blotched ribs ; flesh rose, fairly sweet, good texture, seedy. 



125416. No. 3400. Fruit subglobose, 1 foot in diameter, sea green with darker 

 blotched stripes ; rind Y 2 inch thick ; flesh pink, fair. 



125417. No. 3401. Superficially like No. 3400 [P. I. 125416], but flesh is rose 

 purplish and sweet. 



