24 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 134 



127119 to 127310— Continued 



127127. No. 3910. Fruit globose, 8 inches in diameter, pale green, striped and 

 vermiculated with lighter green ; rind % inch thick ; flesh rose, good texture, 

 medium sugar content. 



127128. No. 3911. Fruit 14 by 10 inches, pea green, handsomely striped with 

 very dark green ; rind hard, y 2 inch thick ; flesh rose, of good texture, but 

 low in sugar. 



127129. No. 3912. From Haibak, October 5. Fruit globose, 10 inches in diam- 

 eter, very dark green, of good quality. 



Nos. 127130 and 127131. From Kabul, October 6, at 7,000 feet altitude. 



127130. No. 3917. Fruit globose, 9 inches in diameter, pea green, vermiculated ; 

 rind y 2 inch in diameter ; flesh pink, good. 



127131. No. 3918. Fruit 12 by 9 inches, vermiculated and with narrow stripes 

 of very dark green, rind y 2 inch thick ; flesh rose, of good texture, but low 

 in sugar. 



127132. No. 3919. From Shaikhabad, October 6, at 8,000 feet altitude. Fruit 

 globose, 6 inches in diameter, tasteless. 



Nos. 127133 to 127139. From Ghazni, October 7 and 8, at 8,000 feet altitude. 



127133. No. 3921. Fruit globose, 10 inches in diameter, pale green, flecked with 

 darker green and with narrow irregular stripes of grass green ; rind y 2 inch 

 thick, flesh pink, of good texture, firm, sweet; probably a good keeper. 



127134. No. 3922. Fruit globose, 10 inches in diameter, grass green with nar- 

 row stripes of very dark green; rind y 2 inch thick; flesh rose, sweet but 

 slightly stringy. 



127135. No. 3924. Fruit globose, 8 inches in diameter, grass green with narrow 

 stripes of very dark green; rind y 2 inch thick; flesh yellow, good texture, 

 sweet. 



127136. No. 3926. A mixture of end-of-the-season small fruits. 



127137. No. 3933. Fruit globose, 10 inches in diameter, pale green with narrow 

 stripes of grass green ; rind y 2 to % inch thick ; flesh pink, firm, good texture, 

 sweet, probably keeps well. 



127138. No. 3934. Fruit globose, 8 inches in diameter, pale green with net- 

 ribbing of darker green ; rind y 2 inch thick ; flesh yellow, of good texture, and 

 sweet. 



127139. No. 3935. Fruit 12 by 8 inches, pea green, vermiculated ; rind y 2 inch 

 thick ; flesh yellow, good texture, fairly sweet. 



127140. No. 3936. From Kabul, October 7, at 7,000 feet altitude. Fruit 15 

 by 12 inches, whitish green ; rind % inch thick ; flesh pink, firm, sweet, with 

 air spaces in the heart, unusual in Afghan melons. 



Nos. 127141 to 127144. From Mukkur, October 10, at 8,500 feet altitude. 



127141. No. 3952. Fruit globose, 10 inches in diameter, equal stripes of light 

 and grass green, the light green more or less flecked with darker green; 

 rind y 2 inch thick ; flesh pink, firm, of good texture, sweet, even so late in 

 the season. 



127142. No. 3950. A mixture of yellow-fleshed varieties. 



127143. No. 3951. A mixed sample of pink-fleshed varieties. 



127144. No. 3953. Fruit globose, 10 inches in diameter, with equal stripes of 

 light and grass green, the light green flecked with darker green ; rind y 2 inch 

 thick ; flesh yellow, melting, sweet, even so late in the season. 



127145. No. 3957. From Chahjui, October 12, at 8,000 feet altitude. A mixed 

 sample of both pink-fleshed and yellow-fleshed varieties. 



Nos. 127146 to 127177. From Khalat, October 12 to 15, at 8,000 feet altitude. 



127146. No. 3961. Fruit 12y 2 by 9y 2 inches, pale green, with medium stripes 

 of grass green ; rind y 2 inch thick ; flesh pink, of good texture, very sweet. 



