58 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 133 



126137. No. 3543. Fruit globose, 10 inches long, dark green with irregular dots 

 of white, more or less broken netting ; flesh 3 inches thick, creamy, melting, 

 sweet, but with cucumber flavor near the rind. 



126138. No. 3545. Fruit 15 by 6 inches, pale green, heavily netted; flesh 2% 

 inches thick, green, crisp, sweet. 



126139. No. 3547. Fruit 12 inches long, pointed at both ends, yellow with 

 broken stripes of dark green, netted ; flesh 2 inches thick, creamy, crisp, 

 sweet. 



126140. No. 3553. From Balkh, September 5, at 1,200 feet altitude. Fruit 

 globose, 10 inches long, yellow, faintly dotted with greenish yellow and 

 blotched with green, coarse netting. 



Nos. 126141 to 126145. From Mazarisharif, September 6, at 1,200 feet altitude. 



126141. No. 3570. Fruit somewhat flattened, 12 by 11 inches, lime yellow with 

 darker yellow dots, heavily indented ribs of dull gray green; flesh 3% inches 

 thick, creamy green, delicious. 



126142. No. 3572. Fruit ovoid, 12 inches long, cream clouded with light green, 

 heavily netted ; flesh 2% inches thick, white, crisp, sweet. 



126143. No. 3574. Fruit 10 by 5% inches, pointed at the ends, dark green, 

 heavily netted ; flesh iy 2 inches thick, very sweet, fine. 



126144. No. 3578. Fruit 12 by 9 inches, lemon yellow, warty and shallow fur- 

 rowed, clouded green, netted at stem end ; flesh 3 inches thick, white, 

 delicious. 



126145. No. 3586. A mixed sample, obtained from a farmer. 



Nos. 126146 to 126163. From Akeha, September 9, at 1.200 feet altitude. 



126146. No. 3623. Fruit hard-shelled, ovoid, 8 inches long, golden orange, 

 nearly free of netting, but surface more or less irregular ; flesh 2 inches 

 thick, creamy white, firm, sweet. 



126147. No. 3625. Fruit hard-shelled, 10 by 8 inches, lemon yellow, some 

 strong netting ; flesh 2 inches thick, white, sweet. 



126148. No. 3628. Fruit 16 by 7% inches, green blotched with darker green, 

 little netting but furrowed ; fruit 2 inches thick, creamy, sweet. 



126149. No. 3635. Fruit 16 by 6 inches, lime color, heavily dotted green and 

 with broad broken stripes of deep green, strongly netted; flesh iy 2 inches 

 thick, creamy to green near the rind, crisp, sweet. 



126150. No. 3637. Fruit 14 by 9 inches, deep ribs of pale green, segments green 

 dotted with darker green ; flesh 2% inches thick, white, fine. 



126151. No. 3641. Fruit 10 by 6 inches, smooth, pale-yellow, clouded with 

 green ; flesh l 1 /^ inches thick, firm, white, unripe. 



126152. No. 3647. Fruit hard-shelled, subglobose, 12 inches long, irregular 

 shape and furrowed, yellow with irregular broken narrow stripes of dark 

 green ; flesh 2y 2 inches thick, creamy green, sweet, seeds in 7 placentas. 



126153. No. 3651. Fruit 15 by 10 inches, hard-shelled, tapered, yellow green, 

 blotched and dotted with green, coarse long net lines around the stem end ; 

 flesh 3 inches thick, white, sweet. 



126154. No. 3663. Fruit 11 by 7 inches, with a soft shell, faintly indented ribs, 

 golden yellow, more or less heavily dotted and clouded with green, nearly 

 smooth ; flesh 2% inches thick, salmon color, fine. 



126155. No. 3665. Fruit 14 by 9 inches, netted at stem end, very dark green 

 with some orange-colored clouding ; flesh 2% inches thick, creamy white, 

 sweet. 



126156. No. 3671. Fruit subglobose, 9 inches long, smooth with indented ribs, 

 yellow with fine dots of green and blotches of orange ; flesh sweet, cream- 

 colored to green next the soft rind. 



126157. No. 3673. Fruit subglobose, 8 inches long, with a hard shell, yellow 

 dotted with orange, faintly indented ribs of two shades of green; flesh 2 

 inches thick, salmon-colored, good. 



