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125418. No. 3402. Fruit indistinguishable from No. 3399 except by seed color. 



125419. No. 3403. Like No. 3398 [P. 1. 125415], except for the seed color. 



Nos. 125420 to 125422. From Hazarbagh, August 27 and 28, at 2,000 feet 

 altitude. 



125420. No. 3451. A mixture from several globose melons about 1 foot in 

 diameter. These melons were irrigated. 



125421. No. 3453. Fruit subglobose, 1 foot in diameter, pale green ; flesh bright 

 pink, sweet, good quality. 



125422. No. 3454. Fruit pale green, grown under irrigation, somewhat pear- 

 shaped, 18 inches long and weighs 30 pounds ; flesh bright pink sweet, good 

 texture, but the remarkable feature is that the stem half of the melon is 

 absolutely seedless. 



Nos. 125423 to 125429. Tardus. From Khanabad at 1,500 feet altitude, 

 August 29 and September 1. 



125423. No. 3459. Fruit elongate 10 by 14 inches, pale green ; flesh bright pink, 

 sweet, but slightly stringy. 



125424. No. 3472. Fruit pear-shaped, 12 inches in diameter, pale green with 

 blotched stripes of darker green; rind 1% inches thick; flesh pink, sweet 

 with few seeds. 



125425. No. 3500. Fruit globose, 12 inches in diameter, green, vermiculated 

 darker; in appearance exactly like No. 3499 [P. I. 125512], but flesh is clear 

 pink and of fair quality, but slightly stringy. 



125426. No. 3503. Fruit 17 by 7 inches, dark green, line-blotched lighter ; rind 

 1 inch thick, flesh rose, becoming yellow next the rind, exceedingly sweet, 

 texture good. 



125427. No. 3506. Fruit 15 by 7 inches, pale green with traces of reticulations ; 

 rind 1 inch thick ; flesh pink, sweet and slightly stringy. 



125428. No. 3509. Fruit dark green, 12 by 8 inches ; rind 1 inch ; flesh pink, 

 becoming yellow near the rind, sweet and of good texture. 



125429. No. 3510. Fruit 11 by 7 inches, dark green with still darker blotched 

 stripes ; rind % inch thick ; flesh pink, sweet with some fiber. 



Nos. 125430 to 125434. Tarbuz. From Tashkurgan, September 4, at 1,200 

 feet altitude. 



125430. No. 3519. Fruit 14 by 10 inches, grass green ; rind % inch thick ; flesh 

 rose, good quality. 



125431. No. 3520. Fruit 16 by 12 inches, greenish white with blotched stripes of 

 green ; rind % inch thick ; flesh rose, good texture, but little sugar. 



125432. No. 3524. Fruit globose, 10 inches in diameter, pale green with broad 

 stripes of darker green; rind % inch thick; flesh rose, sweet, and of good 

 texture. 



125433. No. 3525. Fruit 14 by 10 inches, grass green; rind % inch thick; 

 flesh rose, sweet, and of good texture. 



125434. No. 3530. Fruit globose, 10 inches in diameter, green vermiculated 

 with darker green ; rind % inch thick ; flesh pink of good texture, sweet. 



Nos. 125435 to 125437. Tarbuza. From Mazarisharif, September 4, at 1,200 

 feet altitude. 



125435. No. 3544. Fruit 16 by 8 inches, light green with darker green blotched 

 stripes ; rind % inch thick ; flesh pink, sweet, of good texture, and with few 

 seeds. 



125436. No. 3546. Fruit 16 by 6 inches, dark green with broken, blotched stripes 

 of pale green ; rind % inch thick ; flesh rose, sweet, of good quality. 



125437. No. 3550. Fruit 14 by 7 inches, dark green with paler green stripes; 

 rind % inch thick ; flesh rose, sweet, rather firm, but no fiber. 



Nos. 125438 and 125439. From Balkh, September 5, at 1,200 feet altitude. 



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