OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 193 7 29 



125503. No. 293S. 



125504. No. 3037. Hinduwana. Sold at Kabul June 29, but grown near 

 Peshawar, India. Fruit 22 by 13 inches, pale green, with traces of bold 

 blotched lines of darker green; rind 1% inches thick; flesh pink, good 

 texture, fairly sweet, moderately seedy. 



125505. No. 3095.- From Khanabad, July 4, at 1,200 feet altitude. Fruit 

 subglobose, 12 inches in diameter, medium green, faintly reticulated; rind 

 iy 2 inches thick ; flesh rose. Unripe. 



Nos. 125506 and 125507. From Takia, August 12 to 14, at 4,500 feet altitude. 



125506. No. 3316. Tarbuza. Fruit elongate, 14 inches long, reticulated; rind 

 1 inch thick ; flesh fairly sweet, melting, seedy. 



125507. No. 3321. A large elongate melon of fine quality. 



Nos. 125508 and 125509. From Chahiab, August 22, at 2,000 feet altitude. 



125508. No. 3399. Tarbuza. Fruit subglobose, 12 inches in diameter, sea green, 

 finely netted with darker green. 



125509. No. 3404. Like No. 3398 [P. I. 125415], except for the seed color. 



Nos. 125510 to 125514. From Khanabad, August 29 and 30, at 1,500 feet 

 altitude. 



125510. No. 3460. Tarbuza. Fruit subglobose, 12 inches in diameter, pale green, 

 vermiculations darker green; flesh white in center, pink around the seeds, 

 sweet, tender, seedy. 



125511. No. 3477. Fruit globose, 12 inches in diameter, pale green with 

 blotched, darker green stripes; rind 1% inches thick; flesh white at the 

 heart, the rest rose, sweet, fine texture. 



125512. No. 3499. Fruit globose, 12 inches in diameter, green, vermiculated 

 darker green ; rind l 1 /^ inches thick ; flesh pink, mottled with white, sweet, 

 melting and seedy, of excellent quality. 



125513. No. 3502. Tarbuza. Fruit subglobose, 12 inches in diameter, pale 

 green with dots and broken reticulated ribs of darker green. 



125514. No. 3516. Fruit globose, 12 inches in diameter, dark green with cloud- 

 ings of darker green ; rind % inch thick ; flesh yellow, abundantly stained 

 with rose around the seeds, sweet, melting, first class except that it is rather 

 seedy. 



Nos. 125515 to 125521. Tarbuza. From Tashkurgan, September 4, at 1,200 

 feet altitude. 



125515. No. 3521. Fruit 16 by 12 inches, pale green, finely reticulated ; rind 1 

 inch thick ; flesh rose-colored, sweet, and of good texture. 



125516. No. 3522. Fruit globose, 8 inches in diameter, grass green, vermiculated ; 

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



125517. No. 3523. Fruit globose, about 12 inches in diameter, dark green with 

 showing of vermiculations and stripes of darker green ; rind 1 inch thick ; 

 flesh rose, sweet, of good texture. 



125518. No. 3526. Fruit globose, 15 inches in diameter, green white with 

 blotched stripes of darker green ; overripe, flesh stringy. 



125519. No. 3527. Fruit globose, 12 inches in diameter, greenish white with 

 reticulated ribs ; rind y 2 inch thick ; flesh rose, sweet, of good texture. 



125520. No. 3528. Fruit globose, 10 inches in diameter, white with vermicu- 

 lated ribs ; rind y 2 inch thick ; flesh rose, sweet, of good texture. 



125521. No. 3529. Fruit 14 by 16 inches, green with blotched stripes of darker 

 green ; rind y 2 inch thick ; flesh rose, of good quality. 



Nos. 125522 to 125524. From Mazarisharif, September 5 to 7, at 1,200 feet 

 altitude. 



125522. No. 3566. Fruits 18 by 12 inches, light green, vermiculated, with 

 darker green ; rind 1% inches thick ; flesh yellow, heavily stained rose around 

 the seeds, sweet, of good texture. 



