32 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 142 



135268 to 135403- Continued 



135355. No. 5016. From Pulikomri, November 4, 1939. Fruit 24 by 10 

 inches; rind smooth, unribbed, handsome salmon pink with green belly; 

 flesh 23/2 inches thick, of good texture, and sweet. 



135356 to 135359. Collected in Kabul, November 1939. 



135356. No. 5037. Fruit flattened, 11 by 7 inches; rind orange red with 

 obscure rib lines of cream, smooth; flesh orange, not very sweet, but of 

 good texture. 



135357. No. 5048. Fruit 20 by 10 inches; rind creamy white, smooth; 

 flesh yellow, 3 inches thick, insipid. 



135358. No. 5049. Fruit globose, 11 inches in diameter; rind creamy white, 

 with indented ribs; flesh yellow, 2 inches thick, insipid. 



135359. No. 5054. Fruit elongate, 24 by 10 inches, rind orange red with 

 narrow-ribbed stripes and splashes of cream; flesh orange yellow; 1% 

 inches thick, insipid. 



135360 to 135376. Cucurbita MOSCHATA Duchesne. Cucurbitaceae. Cushaw. 



135360. No. 4618. Kadu. From Kala Sarkari, November 7, 1939. Fruit 

 slightly flattened, 1 foot across; rind orange red, blotched with green, irregu- 

 lar indented ribs, almost white; flesh yellow, 2 34 inches thick. 



135361. No. 4636. Pilau Kadu. From Kala Sarkari, November 8, 1939. Fruit 

 elongated, 16 inches in length; rind orange red, blotched with layers of small, 

 paler, orange-red blotches, deep ribs ; flesh yellow, 1 Yi inches thick, sweet, 

 fiberless; neck half solid. 



135362 to 135364. Collected in Tukzar, September 14 and 15, 1939. 



135362. No. 4699. Fruit pear-shaped, 10 inches in length; rind orange, 

 spotted with yellow; flesh yellow, 1 inch thick, insipid. 



135363. No. 4718. Mekaekidu. Fruit rounded elongate, 12 inches in length; 

 rind ash gray, marbled with pink; flesh yellowish orange, 2 inches thick, 

 insipid. 



135364. No. 4722. Fruit elongate, 10 inches in length; rind irregular with in- 

 dented ribs, pink buff, mottled more or less with green; flesh of bowl yellow, 

 1 inch thick, insipid. 



135365 to 135368. Collected in Khwajaebrchajalak, October 17, 1939, at 7,000 

 feet altitude. 



135365. No. 4902. Fruit somewhat flattened, 8 inches in length; rind orange 

 red; flesh bright orange, iy 2 inches thick, of fair quality. 



135366. No. 4903. Haluakadu. Fruit pear-shaped, 10 inches in length; rind 

 ribbed, pink buff, spotted with a paler pink buff; orange, 1}4 inches thick, 

 sweet, and of good texture. 



135367. No. 4905. Fruit flattened, 6 by 10 inches; rind deeply ribbed, hand- 

 somely splashed and dotted with grass green and yellow buff; flesh orange, 

 3 inches thick, of fair quality. 



135368. No. 4909. Fruit somewhat flattened, 8 inches in length; rind black 

 green; flesh orange, 1}4 inches thick, rather insipid. 



135369. No. 4926. From Maimana, October 21, 1939. Altitude 3,000 feet. Fruit 

 pear-shaped, 14 inches in length; rind conspicuously ribbed, gold brown, 

 speckled with paler gold brown; flesh gold, 1 3^ to 23^ inches thick, sweet, and 

 tender. 



135370. No. 4929. From Karakul, October 22, 1939. Fruit 24 by 10 inches; rind 

 battleship gray, shiny, faintly ribbed; flesh bright orange, of good quality, 

 but not very sweet. 



135371. No. 4947. From Akcha, October 26, 1939, at 1,500 feet altitude. Fruit 

 globose with an exceptionally long neck (13 inches), 22 inches in length; rind 

 gold buff with splashes of paler gold, faintly ribbed; flesh orange, sweet, and 

 tender; seed cavity heart-shaped, 5 by 8 inches; an excellent variety. 



