JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1938 41 



127519 to 127621. 



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

 Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. Received February 18, 

 1938. 



Unless otherwise mentioned,, the material was collected in Afghanistan in 1937. 



127519 to 127584. Cucumis spp. Cucurbitaceae. 



127519 to 127578. Cucumis melo L. Muskmelon. 



127519. No. 3005. From Gardez, June 16, at 8,000 feet altitude. 



127520. No. 3001. From Madagha, June 15. 



Nos. 127521 to 127541. From Haibak, September 24, at 2,000 feet 

 altitude. 



127521. No. 3869. Fruit 10 by 7 inches, hard shell, pale yellow, mottled 

 green with traces of coarse net; flesh 1% inches thick, green, good. 



127522. No. 3870. Like No. 3869 [P. I. 127521], but with creamy white 

 flesh. 



127523. No. 3871. Fruit obovoid, 6 inches in diameter, with faintly in- 

 dented ribs of pale green r feather-edged black, and with pale-green 

 islands ; nearly smooth ; flesh 2 inches thick, creamy green, good. 



127524. No. 3872. Fruit obovoid, 9 inches in diameter, pale green with 

 narrow irregular stripes and spots of very dark green ; flesh 1% inches 

 thick, creamy white, good. 



127525. No. 3873. Fruit elongate-ovoid, 7 inches in diameter, pale green 

 with leaf -green ribs, feather-edged with black ; flesh 1% inches thick, 

 salmon, insipid. 



127526. No. 3874. Fruit subglobose, 6 inches in diameter, white, blotched 

 green and a little orange ; flesh creamy-colored, good. 



127527. No. 3875. Fruit elongate, tapered, 8 by 5 inches, smooth, yellow 

 with broken and split ribs of green or orange ; flesh 1% inches thick, 

 creamy white, good. 



127528. No. 3876. Fruit flattened, 5 by 4 inches, heavily netted, ribs % 

 inch wide, light lead, the Test pale green dotted and spotted with darker 

 green; flesh 1% inches thick. 



127529. No. 3877. Fruit ovoid, 6 inches in diameter, pale green, heavily 

 dotted and with split ribs of dark green, no netting ; flesh 2 inches thick, 

 green, good. 



127530. No. 3878. Fruit tapered, 8 by 5 inches, yellow,, heavily dotted with 

 green and splashed green or orange, smooth ; flesh 2 inches thick, white, 

 good. 



127531. No. 3879. Fruit globose, 6 inches in diameter, pale green, clouded 

 with darker green, smooth; flesh 1% inches thick, white, unripe. 



127532. No. 3880. Fruit globose, 6 inches in diameter, coarse netting, green 

 rib lines, body pale green, dotted with darker green; flesh iy 2 inches 

 thick, creamy green, not good. 



127533. No. 3881. Fruit ovoid, 8 inches in diameter, orange fretted with 

 paler orange, smooth rib lines broad, lead green ; flesh 1% inches thick, 

 creamy green, good. 



127534. No. 3882. Fruit 6 by 4 inches, smooth, pale yellow, dotted with 

 grass green ; flesh 1% inches thick, immature. 



127535. No. 3883. Fruit obovoid, 6 inches in diameter, pale green with pea- 

 green islands, faintly indented ribs, feather edged with very dark green, 

 little netting ; flesh 2 inches thick, creamy green, good. 



127536. No. 3884. Fruit 8 by 6 inches, smooth, pale yellow with green 

 rib lines; flesh creamy green, 1% inches thick, good. 



