34 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 133 



125608. No. 3173. A fruit with sweet kernels. 



125609. No. 3174. Another type with sweet kernels. 



125610. No. 3175. Seeds collected from dried fruit which was very sweet 

 and candylike, probably pale-fleshed. 



125611. No. 3176. Fruit globose, 2% inches high, yellow; flesh sweet; 

 kernel sweet. 



Nos. 125612 to 125615. Zardalu. From Krunn, July 30, at 9,000 feet 

 altitude. Bitter kernels from wild fruits. 



125612. No. 3207. 125614. No. 3209. 



125613. No. 3208. 125615. No. 3210. 



Nos. 125616 to 125622. Zardalu. From Iskarzir, July 31, at 8,500 feet 

 altitude. 



125616. No. 3217. With yellow fruit V/ 2 inches high ; kernel sweet. 



125617. No. 3218. Fruit quince-shaped, l 1 /^ inches high, yellow ; wild ; 

 kernel sweet. 



125618. No. 3219. Wild form with fruit subglobose, slightly compressed, 

 yellow, red-cheeked, 1% inches high ; kernel sweet. 



125619. No. 3220. Wild form with yellow, subglobose fruit 1% inches 

 high, slightly compressed ; flesh sweet ; kernel bitter. 



125620. No. 3221. Wild form with fruit 1% inches high, golden yellow ; 

 kernel sweet. 



125621. No. 3222. Wild form with fruit subglobose, slightly compressed, 

 iy 2 inches high, golden yellow with trace of pink on cheek; kernel bitter. 



125622. No. 3223. Wild form with clingstone fruit, globose, l 1 ^ inches 

 high, golden yellow ; kernel bitter. 



125623. No. 3224. Zardalu. From Parwara, August 1, at 8,500 feet alti- 

 tude. Fruit subglobose, yellow, freestone, very large ; flesh sweet, kernel 

 sweet. Probably a wild form. 



125624. No. 3304. Zardalu. From Daraim, August 11, at 8,000 feet altitude. 

 Fruit subglobose, 1% inches high, yellow; flesh sweet, kernel sweet. 



125625-125627. Prttnus avium L. Sweet cherry. 



125625. No. 3036. Gelas. From Paghman, June 27, at 7,500 feet altitude. 

 Fruit crimson, washed orange, watery, not firm like our sweet cherries, 

 good flavor. May be more cold-tolerant than the seeds of others pre- 

 viously collected. Found growing in minus zero temperatures. 



125626. No. 3043. Alubalu. From Charadeh, June 30, at 7,500 feet alti- 

 tude. Fruit deep maroon, % inch in diameter, sour. Some forms toler- 

 ate heavy frost ; others grow where the winters are mild. 



125627. No. 3052. Alubalu. From Khanabad, July 2, at 1,200 feet alti- 

 tude. Fruit deep maroon, % inch in diameter, sweet with a sharp tang. 

 The best flavored of its kind so far seen. 



125628-125636. Petjntjs ceeasifeea Ehrh, Myrobalan plum. 



Nos. 125628 to 125630. From Kabul, June 11, at 7,000 feet altitude. 



125628. No. 2994. Alucha. Fruit 1 inch in diameter, very sweet, yellow, 

 probably also ornamental. 



125629. No. 3032. Tamsok. Fruit subglobose, iy 2 inches in diameter, red- 

 purple, washed yellow, good texture and taste; skin downy. 



125630. No. 3033. Fruit subglobose, iy 2 inches high, grass green with deep 

 suture ; flesh firm, sweet. 



Nos. 125631 to 125634. From Khanabad, July 2 to 4, at 1,200 feet altitude. 



125631. No. 3056. Koksuetani. Fruit round, iy± inches in diameter, dark 

 red and sweet. 



125632. No. 3057. Alucha. Fruit subglobose, 1 inch in diameter, plum red 

 with pale bloom, sweet. 



