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125459. No. 3669. Fruit green, globose, 12 inches in diameter, broadly striped 

 with black green and dotted with green, distinctly indented ribs; rind 1 

 inch thick ; flesh pink, sweet, a little fiber. 



125460. No. 3684. Fruit globose, 9 inches in diameter, pale green with traces of 

 vermiculation ; rind 1 inch thick ; flesh rose. 



125461. No. 3688. Fruit irregularly elongate, 18 by 8 inches ; light green, more 

 or less reticulated ; flesh pink, very sweet, some fiber ; rind iy 2 inches thick. 



125462. No. 3689. Fruit 13 by 10 inches, pale green with reticulated ribs ; rind 

 1 inch thick ; flesh sweet, of good texture, the heart cream, and pink around 

 the seeds. 



125463. No. 3692. Fruit 20 by 9 inches, black green ; rind 1% inches ; flesh yellow 

 near the rind and at the heart ; around the seeds it is pink, sweet, with some 

 fiber. 



125464. No. 3694. Fruit 14 by 9 inches, dark green, clouded with lighter green ; 

 rind 1% inches across ; flesh pink, sweet, some fiber. 



125465. No. 3698. Fruit 16 by 6% inches ; very dark green with lighter green 

 stripes ; rind 1% inches thick ; flesh yellow, strongly tinted pink around the 

 seeds. 



125466. No. 3702. Fruit 13 by 11 inches, green, blotched and reticulated with 

 darker green; rind 1% inches thick; flesh stringy, pink; hollow-hearted, a 

 rare fault in Afghan melons. 



125467. No. 3708. Fruit 12 by 5 inches, irregularly elongate, light green, 

 reticulated; rind y 2 inch thick; flesh pale yellow, stained pink around the 

 seeds, sweet, and of good texture. 



125468. No. 3714. Fruit 18 by 8 inches, -dark green with narrow stripes of 

 lighter green ; rind 1 inch thick ; fruit was unripe. 



Nos. 125469 to 125472. From Saripul, September 13, at 1,500 feet altitude. 



125469. No. 3719. Fruit 11 by 9 inches, pale green with more or less apparent 

 stripes of dark green ; rind 1 inch thick ; flesh pink, of good texture, very 

 sweet. 



125470. No. 3721. Fruit 11 by 9 inches, deep green; rind 1 inch thick; flesh 

 bright pink, sweet, of good texture. 



125471. No. .3722. Fruit globose, 9 inches in diameter, grass green with dis- 

 tinctly indented ribs ; rind 1 inch thick ; flesh pink, sweet, more or less 

 stringy. 



125472. No. 3727. Fruit globose, 10 inches in diameter, striped with grass green 

 and paler green in equal stripes ; rind % inch thick ; flesh deep pink, sweet, 

 some fiber. 



125473. No. 3786. From Shiburghan, September 14, at 1,200 feet altitude. 

 Fruit 12 by 10 inches, pale green with blotched stripes of darker green ; rind 

 1 inch thick ; flesh pink, of good texture, fairly sweet. 



Nos. 125474 to 125488. From Akcha, September 16, at 1,200 feet altitude. 



125474. No. 3790. Fruit 17 by 6 inches, plain pale green; rind 1 inch thick; 

 flesh pink, sweet, of good texture. 



125475. No. 3792. Fruit 14 by 9 inches, sea green with traces of vermiculation ; 

 rind 1% inches thick ; flesh pink, sweet, some fiber. 



125476. No. 3794. Fruit 17 by 10% inches, equal blotched stripes of sea green 

 and grass green ; rind 1% inches thick ; flesh rose, sweet, some fiber. 



125477. No. 3795. Fruit 15 by 10 inches, sea green, heavily obscured by blotched 

 stripes of grass green ; rind % inch thick ; flesh pink, sweet, of good texture. 



125478. No. 3797. Fruit subglobose, 9 inches in diameter, white green; rind y 2 

 inch thick ; flesh pink, little sugar, but of good texture. 



125479. No. 3801. Fruit subglobose, 11 inches in diameter, grass green with 

 broad stripes of very dark green ; rind 1}4 inches thick ; flesh pink, streaked 

 white, sweet, of fair texture. 



