44 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 133 



125857-125859. Solanum spp. Solanaceae. 



From Peru. Tubers presented by Nicolas E. Esposto, Lima. Received December 

 31, 1937. 



125857. Solanum medians Bitter. 



From the Botanical Section, College of Agriculture, Lima. A very produc- 

 tive plant whose tubers are smaller than potatoes, being commonly 1 or 2 

 inches long. They have white crisp flesh of very firm texture, but are not con- 

 sidered good to eat. Native to Peru. 



For previous introduction see 62691. 



125858. Solanum neowebeebaueki Wittm. 



A rare wild potato with very small tubers about % inch in diameter, several 

 to each plant. The plant belongs to a series of species of which Solanum maglia 

 is the most common, occurring in arid sandy situations in Peru. 



For previous introduction see 99075. 



125859. Solanum wittmackii Bitter. 



A native tuberous species growing in peat and rocky soils in the hills near 

 Lima. 



For previous introduction see 99109. 



125860-126202. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



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

 United States Department of Agriculture. Received December 8, 1937. 



Collected in the summer and autumn of 1937. 



125860. No. 2911. Kharluz. From the market at Jalalabad, May 24. 



125861. No. 2921. Kharbuza. From Laghman, May 25. A local mixture. 



Nos. 125862 to 125864. From Khanabad, July 1 to 3, at 1,200 feet altitude. 

 Melons from Khanabad are famous for sweetness and flavor. 



125862. No. 3045. Kharbuza. From the bazar ; probably a mixture. 



125863. No. 3051. Zamburcha Oannak. Fruit subglobose, 6 inches long, yel- 

 lowish brown with rib stripes of lighter brown, often with a trace of netting, 

 scented; flesh iy 2 inches thick, melting, sweet, not fragrant; much like the 

 South Indian Sharbatanar. 



125864. No. 3062. Ourgaf. Fruit subglobose, 10 inches long, yellow with island 

 blotches of dark green, obscurely netted ; flesh 3 inches thick, greenish white, 

 sweet. 



125865. No. 3096. Zermitin. From Khundus, July 4, at 1,200 feet altitude. 

 Fruit subglobose, 8 inches long, yellow, obscurely netted with islands of 

 green ; flesh 2% inches thick, salmon-colored, sweet. 



125866. No. 3246. Gannalc. From Jurm, August 6, at 7,000 feet altitude. 

 Fruit ovoid, 1 foot long, yellow, blotched green, smooth, indistinctly ribbed 

 green ; flesh salmon to green, iy 2 to 2 inches thick, sweet. 



Nos. 125867 to 125869. From Takia, August 14, at 4,500 feet altitude. 



125867. No. 3322. Fruit ovoid, 1 foot long, greenish yellow, mottled with deep 

 green ; flesh firm, white, sweet. 



125868. No. 3324. Fruit ovoid, 1 foot long, obscurely netted or smooth, yellow 

 blotched with golden brown ; flesh 2% inches thick, white, sweet, fragrant ; 

 very good. 



125869. No. 3332. Fruit ovoid, 15 inches long, obscurely netted to smooth, pale 

 yellow ; flesh white to green, 3 inches thick, sweet, fragrant, fine. 



Nos. 125870 to 125882. From Rustak, August 17 and 18, at 4,000 feet altitude. 



125870. No. 3342. Fruit flattened, 8 by 6 inches, orange-colored blotched with 

 green, more or less strongly netted; flesh 2% inches thick, white, fragrant, 

 sweet. 



