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135268 to 135403— Continued 



football-shaped, 10 inches in length; rind lemon, finely dotted green, coarsely 

 netted; flesh green, 1% inches thick, crisp, and good quality. 



135339. No. 4904. From Khwajaebrchajalak, October 17, 1939, at 7,000 

 feet altitude. Grown without irrigation. Fruit 10 by 6 inches; rind gold, 

 smooth to slightly netted; flesh white, 2 inches thick, sweet, and rich. Good 

 keeper. 



135340. No. 4919. From Almar, October 19, 1939, at 3,000 feet altitude. 

 Fruit subglobose, pointed at both ends, 10 inches in length; rind blotched 

 green and gold brown, heavily netted; flesh green, 2 inches thick, firm, crisp, 

 and sweet. 



135341. No. 4927. From Maimana, October 21, 1939, at 3,000 feet altitude. 

 Fruit football-shaped, 10 inches in length; rind green, heavily netted; 

 flesh whitish, 2 inches thick, crisp, and sweet. 



135342. No. 4932. From Andkhin, October 22, 1939, at 2,000 feet altitude. 

 Fruit 12 by 73^2 inches; rind smooth, gold splashed with dark green; flesh 

 cream, 23^ inches thick, very sweet. Good keeper. 



135343. No. 5033. From the foot of Shiba Pass, November 10, 1939. Fruit 

 probably obtained from valley below. Fruit elongate, rounded, 12 by 7 inches; 

 rind gold, coarsely netted; flesh white, 2 34 inches thick, very sweet. Ap- 

 parently has good keeping qualities. 



135344 to 135346. Cucumis SATIVUS L. Cucurbitaceae. Cucumber. 



135344. No. 4623. Badrang. From Kala Sarkari, September 8, 1939. Fruit 

 7 by 4 inches; rind russet; reticulated. 



135345. No. 4723. Badrang. From Tukzar, September 15, 1939. Fruit 

 1 foot by 5 inches; rind russet; reticulated by cracking. 



135346. No. 4980. Badrang. From Akcha, September 29, 1939. Fruit 1 

 foot by 4 inches; rind pale russet; not conspicuously netted. 



135347 to 135349. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



135347. No. 4935. From Andkhin, September 24, 1939. Apparently natura- 

 lized in a field, plant usually 3 to 4 feet across; prolific. Fruit egg-shaped, 

 2Y2 inches in diameter; rind striped in 2 shades of green; tomentose; good 

 keeper. 



135348. No. 4976. From Balkh, October 29, 1939, at 1,500 feet altitude. 

 Naturalized in field. Fruit ovoid, 4 inches long; rind pale green with broken 

 stripes of dark green, hispid. 



135349. No. 4994. From Balkh, October 31, 1939, naturalized. Fruit sub- 

 globose, 2 inches in length; rind yellow green with traces of narrow striping 

 of grass green. 



135350 to 135359. Cucurbita maxima Duchesne. Cucurbitaceae. Squash. 



135350. No. 4710. From Tukzar, September 15, 1939. Fruit pear-shaped, 

 18 inches long; rind handsome salmon pink with narrow rib lines of green; 

 flesh yellow, 33^ inches thick, insipid. 



135351. No. 4900. From Khwajaebrchajalak, September 17, 1939, at 7,000 

 feet altitude. Fruit slightly flattened, 14 inches in length; rind salmon pink; 

 flesh yellow, 2 inches thick, fair quality. 



135352. No. 4911. From Khwajaebrchajalak, October 17, 1939, at 7,000 feet 

 altitude. Fruit slightly flattened, 15 inches in length; rind obscurely ribbed, 

 gray green; flesh yellow, 23^ inches thick, fair quality. 



135353. No. 4921. From Alma. October 19, 1939, at 3,000 feet altitude- 

 Fruit subglobose, slightly flattened, 18 inches in length; weight about 5 

 pounds; rind grayish green; flesh yellow, 3 inches thick, not very sweet. 



135354. No. 5010. From Haibak, November 3, 1939. Fruit flattened, 10 by 

 5 inches, with large navel 3 inches across; rind grayish green with nar- 

 row stripes and blotches of paler green; flesh orange, 13^ to 2 inches thick, 

 fairly sweet. 



