32 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 133 



125570-125660. 



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

 United States Department of Agriculture. Received December 10, 1937. 



Seeds collected in the summer and autumn of 1937. 



125570-125577. Amygdalus peesica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach. 



125570. (No Koelz number.) From Kabul. A yellow freestone with a pink 

 cheek, 2% inches in diameter. 



125571. No. 3104. From Gumbaz, at 3,000 feet altitude, July 6. A large 

 almond-shaped peach 3 inches in diameter, probably white-fleshed. 



125572. No. 3250. Shaftaln. From Jurm, at 7,000 feet altitude, August 7. 

 A globose peach, iy 2 inches in diameter ; flesh cream, not stained red at 

 pit, a freestone of excellent flavor. 



125573. No. 3498. Shaftaln. From Khanabad, at 1,500 feet altitude, Sep- 

 tember 1. Fruit globose, 2 inches in diameter, yellow with pink cheek; 

 flesh white, stained red at pit, a freestone with a flavor rather different 

 from our peaches. 



125574. No. 3613. Shaftaln. From Mazarisharif, at 1,200 feet altitude, 

 September 7. Fruit 2 inches in diameter, yellow green with pink cheek ; 

 flesh cream, stained red at pit ; flesh sweet and well-flavored. 



125575. No. 3677. Shaftaln. From Akcha, September 9, at 1,200 feet alti- 

 tude. Fruit 2 inches in diameter, pale yellow, heavily clouded pink; 

 flesh cream, stained red at pit, good flavor. 



125576. No. 3827. From Balkh, September 19, at 1,200 feet altitude. Tree 15 

 feet high, 6 inches in diameter. Fruit 2 inches in diameter, pale yellow ; 

 flesh creamy yellow, stained red at the pit. A freestone of excellent flavor. 



125577. No. 3866. Shaftaln. From Saripul, September 11. Fruit 2^ 

 inches in diameter, light yellow with cream-yellow flesh stained more or 

 less at the pit ; freestone. 



125578. Amygdalus sp. Amygdalaceae. 



No. 3271. From Daraim, at 8,000 feet altitude, August 10. A tree 12 feet high, 

 18 inches in diameter, on a dry slope ; attractive form ; fruit bitter. 



125579. Juglans regia L. Juglandaceae. Persian walnut. 



No. 2905. Charmagz. From above Marnakhel, about 6,000 feet altitude, 

 May 20. Nuts thin shelled, said to be of good quality; tree said to be cold 

 resistant. 



125580-125587. Morus spp. Moraceae. 



125580-125584. Morus alba L. White mulberry. 



125580. No. 3055. Ibrahim Kharie. From Khanabad, at 1,200 feet alti- 

 tude, July 2. Fruit 1 by % inch, white, rose tinged or purple black, 

 sweet. Mixed fruit from a grafted tree. 



Nos. 125581 to 125583. From Chakaran, at 6,000 feet altitude, 

 September 17. 



125581. No. 3150. 125583. No. 3152. Bedana. 



125582. No. 3151. 



125584. No. 3183. Bedana. From Takia, at 5,000 feet altitude, July 6. 

 Fruit sweet, white, small, nearly seedless. 



125585. Morus sp. 



No. 3054. Shahtut. From Khanabad, at 1,200 feet altitude, July 2. 

 Fruit reddish black, 1 inch by % inch, acid, of delicious flavor, firm ; flavor 

 resembles that of a good dewberry. 



125586. Morus sp. 



No. 3155. Shahtut. From Chakaran, at 6,000 feet altitude, September 17. 

 Fruit iy 2 to % inch, red black ; flavor pleasantly acid, delicious. 



