44 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 134 



127519 to 127621— Continued 



127579 to 127584. Cucumis sativtjs L. Cucumber. 



127579. No. 4384. From Londa, Bombay Presidency, January 1, 1938, at 

 5,000 feet altitude. An "everlasting" wild cucumber, annual. Of pos- 

 sible interest to breeders. 



127580. No. 3948. Badrang. From Gbazni, October 8, at 8,000 feet al- 

 titude. Fruit 10 by 4 inches, russet brown when ripe. 



127581. No. 4004. Badrang. From Khalat, October 14, at 8,000 feet al- 

 titude. Fruit not seen. 



127582. No. 4097. From Ghazni, October 8. Fruit 6 by 3% inches, russet 

 and coarsely netted when ripe ; a common Afghan type. 



127583. No. 4167. Badrang. From Herat, November 12, at 3,000 feet 

 altitude. Fruit not seen. 



127584. No. 4262. Badrang. From Andkhin, November 22, at 1,500 feet 

 altitude. Fruit 10 by 4y 2 inches, deep russet. 



127585 to 127590. Cucurbita maxima Duchesne. Squash. 



127585. No. 4037. From Sardeh, October 18, at 5,000 feet altitude. Fruit 

 flattened, 14 by 9 inches, orange red, spotted with paler red, ribs widely 

 spaced and deep with irregular narrow lines of green ; flesh 2% inches 

 thick, orange. 



127586. No. 3947. From Ghazni, October 8, at 8,000 feet altitude. Fruit 

 flattened, 12 by 8 inches, coral red, more or less splashed with green, rib 

 lines often bordered with greenish white; flesh 1% inches thick, pale 

 yellow. 



127587. No. 3955. From Mukkur, October 10, at 8,500 feet altitude. Fruit 10 

 inches long, brown green with obsolescent dull-gray rib lines, ribs faintly 

 indented, some splashing of coral red ; flesh 2 inches thick, orange 

 yellow. 



Nos. 127588 and 127589. Shir Kadu. From Khalat, October 13, at 8,000 

 feet altitude. 



127588. No. 4991. Fruit top-shaped, 12 inches high, brownish green with over- 

 laced netting of darker green and clear broken streaks of dull gray green 

 and splashes of orange red ; flesh 2 inches thick, cream orange. 



127589. No. 3992. Fruit subglobose, 12 inches in diameter, creamy white; 

 flesh iy 2 to 2 inches thick, creamy orange. 



127590. No. 4319. From Kabul, November 12. Fruit 21 by 10 inches, orange 

 red, faintly and broadly ribbed ; flesh yellow, 2 inches thick, of good 

 texture. 



127591 to 127603. Cucurbita moschata Duchesne. Cushaw. 



127591. No. 3990. Pilau Khuri. From Khalat, October 13, at 8,000 feet 

 altitude. Fruit 18 inches in diameter, orange brown spotted with paler 

 brown ; flesh yellow and orange. 



Nos. 127592 to 127594. From Kandahar, October 16, at 5,000 feet al- 

 titude. 



127592. No. 4022. Kadu, Fruit 18 by 12 inches, yellow buff, spotted with 

 yellow and deeply ribbed ; flesh 1% inches thick, orange, texture good. 



127593. No. 4023. Kadu. Fruit with a neck, buff brown, 1 foot long, ribbed ; 

 flesh orange, l 1 /^ inches thick, of good texture. 



127594. No. 4024. Kadu. Fruit subglobose, 10 inches in diameter, buff brown 

 spotted with paler brown, deeply ribbed; flesh 1% inches thick, orange; 

 a good keeper. 



127595. No. 4038. From Sardeh, October 18, at 5,000 feet altitude. Fruit 

 12 by 4 inches with a hard cream-buff shell ; flesh cream, 1 inch thick. 



127596. No. 4061. From Kandahar October 26, at 5,000 feet altitude. Fruit 

 flattened, 12 by 10 inches, pink buff, spotted and mottled with cream, ribs 

 deeply indented, about. 1% inches apart ; flesh % to 2 inches thick, orange 

 yellow. 



