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135132 to 135261— Continued 



135230. No. 4960. Fruit 18 by 8 inches, very dark green with deep stripes of 

 pale green; rind 1 inch thick; flesh pink, of fine quality. 



135231. No. 4961. Fruit 17 by 8 inches, very dark green, clouded with paler 

 green; rind % inch thick; flesh pink with yellow streaks, of fine quality. 



135232. No. 4962. Fruit 18 by 8 inches, very dark green with deep stripes of 

 paler green; rind 1 inch thick; flesh bright pink with streaks of yellow, of fine 

 quality. 



135233. No. 4963. Fruit 18 by 9 inches, very dark green, clouded with paler 

 green; rind YL inch thick; flesh rose, of good quality. 



135234. No. 4964. Fruit 15 by 10 inches, grass green; rind Y% inch thick; flesh 

 rose, of good quality. 



135235. No. 4966. Fruit 16 by 9 inches, grass green reticulated with darker 

 green; rind % inch thick; flesh pink, of fine quality. 



135236. No. 4967. Fruit subglobose, 12 inches in diameter, grass green, 

 clouded and reticulated with darker green; rind % inch thick; flesh rose, of 

 good quality. 



135237. No. 4968. Fruit 14 by 10 inches, grass green; rind Y2 inch thick; 

 flesh pink, of good quality. 



135238. No. 4969. Fruit subglobose, 12 inches in diameter, pea green, marbled 

 darker green; rind % inch thick; flesh rose, of good quality. 



135239. No. 4973. Fruit 23 by 17 inches, grass green with irregular deep 

 stripes of paler green; rind Yi inch thick; flesh rose, of good quality. 



135240. No. 4975. Fruit globose, 18 inches in diameter, alternate stripes of 

 pea green and very dark green; rind % inch thick; flesh first yellow, then 

 pink, of good quality, not coarse. 



135241 to 135246. From Balkh, October 29 to 31, 1939, between 1,200 and 1,500 

 feet altitude. 



135241. No. 4978. Fruit subglobose, 10 inches in diameter, alternately striped 

 with pale green and grass green; rind % inch thick; flesh apricot, of good 

 quality. 



135242. No. 4983. Fruit 20 by 9 inches, pale green with broken vermicula- 

 tions of darker green; rind % inch thick; flesh orange pink, of good quality. 



135243. No. 4984. Fruit 16 by 8 inches, pale green with darker vermicula- 

 tions; rind % inch thick; flesh pink, of good quality. 



135244. No. 4989. Fruit subglobose, Sj4 inches in diameter, pale green with 

 broken stripes of darker green; flesh greenish, sour, bitter. A wild variety 

 used as medicine. 



135245. No. 4991. Fruit 14 by 7 inches, pea green, reticulated with darker 

 green and with irregular narrow stripes of paler green; rind % inch thick; 

 flesh pink, of good quality. 



135246. No. 4992. Fruit globose, 10 inches in diameter, pea green, reticu- 

 lated with darker green; rind ii inch thick; flesh pink, of good quality; 

 hollow heart, a rare condition in Afghan melons. 



135247. No. 4997. From Mazarisharif, November 1, 1939. Fruit globose, 10 

 inches in diameter, green white with traces of darker green vermiculations ; 

 rind % inch thick; flesh rose, of fine quality. 



135248. No. 5014. From Tashkurchaa, at 1,500 feet altitude, November 3, 1939. 

 Fruit 14 by 7 inches, dark green with paler green, blotched stripes; rind Y2 inch 

 thick; flesh rose, of good quality. 



135249 and 135250. From Puli Komri, November 5 and 7, 1939. 



135249. No. 5019. Fruit 13 by 9 inches, very dark green with narrow stripes 

 of grass green; rind Y inch thick; flesh bright pink, of good quality. 



