48 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 133 



125931. No. 3515. Fruit ovoid, 12 inches long, dull gray, faintly dotted green, 

 smooth ; flesh 1% inches thick, green, crisp, little sugar ; a rare quality in 

 any muskmelon here. 



Nos. 125932 and 125933. From Tashkurgan, September 4, at 1,200 feet 

 altitude. 



125932. No. 3532. Fruit elongate, 12 inches long, yellow, heavily netted ; flesh 

 creamy, 2% inches thick, sweet. 



125933. No. 3537. Fruit globose, 8 inches long, yellow green, dotted green, 

 smooth ; flesh 2% inches thick, creamy green, sweet. 



125934. No. 3548. From Khanabad, September 3. Fruit globose, 10 inches 

 long with a hard shell, yellow, blotched and spotted with very dark green, 

 coarsely netted ; flesh 2*4 inches thick, white, melting sweet. 



125935. No. 3549. From Mazarisharif, September 4. Fruit egg-shaped, 10 

 inches long, yellow, finely dotted with green, netted around the stem end ; 

 flesh 1% inches thick, creamy, crisp, sweet. 



Nos. 125936 to 125942. From Balkh, September 5, at 1,200 feet altitude. 



125936. No. 3551. Fruit 18 by 7 inches, pointed at ends, yellow, blotched with 

 orange, more or less netted ; flesh white, 2 inches thick, sweet. 



125937. No. 3552. Fruit ovoid, 12 inches long, yellow, blotched with ochre; 

 coarsely netted ; flesh 1% inches thick, white, sweet. 



125938. No. 3554. Fruit 10 by 6 inches, dark green, some yellow, heavy net- 

 ting ; flesh iy 2 inches thick, green, crisp, sweet. 



125939. No. 3555. Fruit ovoid, 14 inches long, orange, more or less heavily 

 dotted with dark green, closely furrowed ; shell cracks with ripping sound 

 when cut ; flesh 3 inches thick, white, melting, delicious. 



125940. No. 3556. Fruit ovoid, 12 inches long, orange yellow, with darker dots, 

 heavy netting ; flesh 2 inches thick, creamy, sweet. 



125941. No. 3557. Fruit ovoid, slightly irregular, 10 inches long, smooth, yel- 

 low, clouded with orange and green ; flesh 1% inches thick, white, tinged with 

 salmon, very sweet. 



125942. No. 3561. Fruit elongate, 14 by 7 inches, yellow dotted green with 

 irregular narrow stripes of darker green, heavy netting ; flesh 2y 2 inches 

 thick, creamy green, crisp, very sweet. 



Nos. 125943 to 125960. From Mazarisharif, September 6 and 7, at 1,200 feet 

 altitude. 



125943. No. 3567. Fruit 14 by 8 inches, cream yellow, heavily netted ; flesh 2% 

 inches thick, white, sweet. 



125944. No. 3571. Fruit subglobose, 4 inches long, smooth, yellow, blotches 

 orange and green ; flesh l 1 /^ inches thick, tinted salmon, sweet but firm ; 

 with four placentas, the rest of melons with three. 



125945. No. 3573. Fruit 12 by 5 inches, yellow with spots of orange and green, 

 heavy loose netting ; flesh 2 inches thick, white, sweet. 



125946. No. 3576. Fruit globose, 12 inches long, orange and yellow with cloud- 

 ings of green, heavily netted, shallow-indented ribs ; flesh 2y 2 inches thick, 

 creamy, fine. 



125947. No. 3577. Fruit ovoid, 10 inches long, yellow, dotted with green and 

 blotched with very dark green, coarse heavy netting; flesh 2 inches thick, 

 white, crisp, sweet. 



125948. No. 3579. Fruit irregularly ovoid, 14 by 8 inches, orange, heavily 

 sprinkled with green, coarsely and heavily netted; flesh 2% inches thick, 

 white, crisp, sweet. 



125949. No. 3581. Fruit ovoid, 16 by 8 inches, smooth except for netting at the 

 stem end, yellow and green marbled, spotted with orange red ; flesh 2% inches 

 thick, creamy white, fine. 



