20 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 142 



135119 to 135124- Continued 

 135120. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



Ice Cream. 

 135121 to 135123. Cucumis sativus L. Cucurbitaceae. Cucumber. 



135121. African Horn. 



135122. Appe Shape. 



135123. Yates Crystal Apple. 



135124. Tetragonia expansa Murray. Aizoaceae. New Zealand spinach. 



For previous introduction see 118351. 



135125 to 135130. Panicum spp. Poaceae. Grass. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds presented by the Prinshof Grass-Breeding 

 Station, Pretoria. Received January 25, 1940. 



135125 to 135129. PANICUM spp. 



135125. Makarikori Strain C. 79. 135128. Makarikari Strain 11-4. 



135126. Makarikari Strain C. 80. 135129. Makarikari Strain 11-12. 



135127. Makarikari Strain 10-5. 

 135130. Panicum coloratum L. 



135131. Lotus uliginosus Schkur. Fabaceae. 



From New Zealand. Seeds presented by A. Bruce Levy, Grassland Division, Plant 

 Research Bureau, Palmerston North. Received January 29, 1940. 



(Al, 41.) A herbaceous perennial pasture plant that grows in wet swampy ground. 



For previous introduction see 91983. 



135132 to 135281. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. 



Watermelon. 



From Afghanistan and India. Seeds collected by Walter Kcelz, Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry, United States Department of Agriculture. Received February 10, 1940. 



Unless otherwise stated, this material was collected in Afghanistan. 



135132. Received without notes. 



135133. No. 4461. From Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, India, August 

 6, 1939. Fruit 15 by 6 inches; rind pea green, X A inch thick; flesh rose, good tex- 

 ture, fair flavor. 



135134 to 135136. Received without notes. 



135137. No. 4495. From Kabul, August 16, 1939. Fruit subglobose, 8 inches in 

 diameter; rind green white, obscurely reticulated with darker green, Y% to 1 

 inch thick; flesh clear pink, of good quality. 



135138. No. 4503. From Charikar, August 22, 1939, at 5,000 feet altitude. Fruit 

 globose, 10 inches in diameter; rind 1 inch thick, pea green, mottled and clouded 

 darker; flesh bright rose, of good quality. 



135139. No. 4587. From Terak, September 2, 1939. A mixed sample of melons 

 grown without irrigation. Probably as near an unselected, nearly wild strain as 

 can be found. Fruits globose, 6 to 8 inches across, very seedy; flesh faintly 

 colored pink, lacks sv/eetness, but has excellent texture. 



135140. No. 4606. From Kala Sarkari, September 6, 1939. Fruit subglobose, 10 

 inches in diameter; rind % inch thick; flesh rose, of gocd quality. 



135141. No. 4626. Tarbuza. From Kala Sarkari, September 8, 1939. A mixed 

 sample. The fruits here are of a different quality, but may have been picked 

 green. 



135142 to 135146. From Tukzar, September 13 and 14, 1939. 



135142. No. 4665. Fruits about 9 by 5 inches, pale green with broken reticula- 

 tions of darker green ; rind 

 high quality. 



