26 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 133 



125438. No. 3559. Fruit globose, 12 inches in diameter, very dark green ; rind 

 1 inch thick, flesh pink, firm, sweet, no fiber. 



125439. No. 3560. Fruit globose about 12 inches in diameter, dark green with 

 darker blotched stripes ; rind 1 inch thick ; flesh rose, firm, sweet. 



Nos. 125440 to 125448. From Mazarisharif, September 5 to 7, at 1,200 feet 

 altitude. 



125440. No. 3565. Fruit subglobose, 16 inches in diameter, light green, heavily 

 covered with dark-green, blotched stripes ; rind 1 inch thick ; flesh rose mixed 

 white, sweet, of good texture. 



125441. No. 3568. Fruit 18 by 10 inches, light green with traces of vermicula- 

 tion ; rind V 2 inch thick ; flesh bright pink, sweet, of good texture. 



125442. No. 3569. Fruit elongate, 16 by 10 inches, pale green with traces of 

 vermiculation ; rind y 2 inch thick ; flesh rose, tinged purple, of good texture. 



125443. No. 3580. Fruit 14 by 12 inches, pale green with narrow blotched stripes 

 of darker green ; rind about 1 inch thick ; flesh pink, sweet, of good texture 

 for so large a melon. 



125444. No. 3583. Fruit globose, 14 inches in diameter, dark green with blotched 

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

 texture. 



125445. No. 3585. Fruit globose, 10 inches in diameter, leopard spotted light 

 green ; rind 34 inch thick ; flesh rose, sweet, good texture. 



125446. No. 3605. Fruit 13 by 6 inches, blotched, striped in two shades of green ; 

 rind % inch thick ; unripe. 



125447. No. 3606. Fruit 15 by 7 inches; pale green with irregular narrow 

 stripes of white green ; rind % inch thick ; flesh rose, sweet, of good texture. 



125448. No. 3607. Fruit 12 inches long, white green ; rind % inch thick ; flesh 

 yellow stained pink abundantly around the seeds; flesh sweet and of good 

 texture, few seeds. 



Nos. 125449 to 125452. From Akcha, September 8, at 1,200 feet altitude. 



125449. No. 3632. Fruit globose, 10 inches in diameter, grass green ; rind 1*4 

 inches thick ; flesh pink, sweet, of good texture but for a little fiber. 



125450. No. 3638. Fruit globose, 12 inches in diameter, with distinctly indented 

 ribs, grass green dotted and blotched, striped with darker green ; rind 1 inch 

 thick ; flesh pink, sweet, but a little stringy. 



125451. No. 3639. Fruit 10 by 14 inches, grass green with blotched stripes of 

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

 class. 



125452. No. 3640. Fruit 14 by 10 inches, grass green with blotched stripes of 

 darker green ; rind % inch thick ; flesh pink, fairly sweet, some fiber. Very 

 much like No. 3639 [P. I. 125451]. 



125453. No. 3643. From Mazarisharif, September 7, at 1,200 feet altitude. 

 Fruit globose, 11 inches in diameter, dark green with blotched stripes of 

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



Nos. 125454 to 125468. From Akcha, September 9, at 1,200 feet altitude. 



125454. No. 3645. Fruit 19 by 10 inches, grass green with irregular blotches of 

 paler green ; rind 1 inch thick ; flesh sweet, bright pink, of good texture. 



125455. No. 3652. Fruit 19 by 10 inches, light green ; rind % inch thick ; flesh 

 pink, sweet, of good texture. 



125456. No. 3653. Fruit globose, 10 inches in diameter, yellow with broad 

 blotched stripes of orange; rind % inch thick; flesh pink, of good texture, 

 and fairly sweet. A local type. 



125457. No. 3660. Fruit 16 by 9 inches ; rind 1% inches thick ; flesh rose, sweet, 

 good texture. 



125458. No. 3667. Fruit irregularly elongate, 20 by 8 inches, deep green ; rind 

 1 inch thick ; flesh pink, sweet, with some fiber. 



