62 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 133 



126214. No. 2970. Peta Kadu. 126215. No. 2971. Halua Kadu. 



126216. No. 3334. Kadu. From Takia, August 15, at 4,500 feet altitude. 

 Fruit flattened, 1 foot across, orange pink; flesh moderately sweet, no 

 fiber ; used like squash. 



Nos. 126217 and 126218. From Khanabad, September 1 and 2, at 1,500 feet 

 altitude. 



126217. No. 3501. Pilau Kadu. Fruit 15 by 6 inches, usually slightly con- 

 stricted in the middle, closely ribbed, buff pink ; flesh without fiber ; used 

 like squash. 



126218. No. 3518. Ash Kadu. Fruit 12 inches long, heavily ribbed, dark 

 green, blotched with yellow; flesh 2 inches thick, golden yellow, no fiber. 



126219. No. 3558. Pilau Kadu. From Balkh, September 5, at 1,200 feet 

 altitude. Fruit 20 inches long, often crook-necked, buff: with islands of 

 paler and more or less green clouding ; flesh orange yellow, no fiber. 



Nos. 126220 and 126221. From Saripul, September 13, at 1,500 feet altitude. 



126220. No. 3776. Maka Kadu. Fruit pumpkinlike, gray, flattened, 18 inches 

 in diameter. 



126221. No. 3780. Vrganj. A long-necked variety. 



Nos. 126222 and 126223. From Balkh, September 19 and 20, at 1,200 feet 

 altitude. 



126222. No. 3828. Fruit 2 feet long, blotched buff-pink and green ; flesh 

 orange, 2% inches thick. 



126223. No. 3829. Fruit 9 by 6% inches, deeply ribbed, buff-orange with 

 islands of paler orange; flesh orange, 1% inches thick. 



126224. No. 3860. From Mazarisharif, September 22, at 1,200 feet altitude. 

 Fruit obovoid, 12 inches long, deeply and handsomely ribbed, mixed pink- 

 buff and buff ; flesh iy 2 inches thick, orange. 



126225-126229. Cucurbita pepo L. Pumpkin. 



126225.*No. 3035. Tarluzabujehl. From Kabul, June 26, at 7,000 feet alti- 

 tude. Fruit globose, 4 inches in diameter ; flesh orange ; grows as a weed. 



Nos. 126226 and 126227. From Khanabad, September 1, at 1,500 feet altitude. 



126226. No. 3514. Fruit 2% inches in diameter, smooth, round, orange; an 

 ornamental type. 



126227. No. 3517. Shir Kadu. Fruit flattened, 12 by 7 inches, usually 

 strongly ribbed and indented at both stem and blossom ends, salmon pink 

 and two shades of pale green ; flesh 2 inches thick, pale yellow, no fiber. 



Nos. 126228 and 126229. From Akcha, September 8 and 9, at 1,200 feet 

 altitude. 



126228. No. 3636. Fruit slightly flattened, 10 by 11 inches, blue green, 

 flecked more or less with orange, ribs indented ; flesh 2% inches thick, 

 yellow, fibrous, not sweet. 



126229. No. 3672. Fruit 12 by 8 inches, dark green, vermiculated darker, 

 spotted with orange and striped with orange mixed with yellow; flesh 

 l 1 /^ inches thick, pale yellow, no fiber. 



126230. Phaseolus mungo L. Fabaceae. Urd or black gram. 



No. 2973. My. From Laghman, May 27. The green pods and dried pods 

 are used as food ; the plant is used as fodder. 



For previous introduction see 115490. 



126231. Pistacia vera L. Anacardiaceae. Pistachio. 



No. 3861. Pista. Bears as a shrub 6 feet high, but becomes a tree 15 feet 

 high, with a trunk 12 inches in diameter. Does not need summer rain; tol- 

 erates a mild winter with an abundance of snow. 



