60 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 143 



137704 to 137773— Continued. 



137764. No. 5703. Gandum. From Surmag, Fars, March 9, 1940, at 4,000 feet 

 altitude. Said to be winter-sown and irrigated. 



137765. No. 5705. Gandum. From Persepolis, Shiraz, March 11, 1940. Probably 

 fall-sown and irrigated. 



137766. No. 5731. Gandum. Jahrum, Fars, March 21, 1940. Winter-sown and 

 irrigated. 



137767. No. 5758. Gandum. From Niriz, Fars, March 29, 1940. Winter-sown and 

 irrigated. Flour makes good bread. A citrus region. 



137768. No. 5829. Gandum,. From Dast Syin, Fars, April 9, 1940. Probably 

 winter-sown and irrigated. 



137769. No. 5831. Gandum rezakhani. From Kazerun, Fars, April 11, 1940. 

 Grown where season is mild. 



137770. No. 5835. Gandumi Sya Khosh. From Kazerun, Fars, April 11, 1940. 

 Husk said to be black. Climate mild. 



137771. No. 5841. Gandumioroji. From Kazerun, Fars, April 11, 1940. Climate 

 mild with rainy growing season. 



137772 and 137773. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



137772. No. 5708. Zaurat. From Persepolis, Fars, March 12, 1940. Probably 

 quick maturing. 



137773. No. 5217. Zorat. From Banda Abbas, December 21, 1939. Plants in 

 field 4 feet high, often with two ears 6 inches long. Stands heat and alkaline soil. 



137774. Gossypium raimondii Ulbrich. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From the British West Indies. Seeds presented by R. A. Silow, Cotton Research 

 Station, Trinidad. Received June 26, 1940. 



W 4-6 Uns. 



For previous introduction see 136908. 



137775 to 137902. 



From Iran. Seeds collected by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States 

 Department of Agriculture. Received June 27, 1940. 



137775 to 137802. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



Hinduana is the vernacular name for watermelon in Iran. 



137775. No. 5174. From Bandar Abbas, December 16, 1939. The seeds are 

 roasted and sold. 



137776. No. 5189. From Isin, December 17, 1939. Tolerates heat and alkaline 

 soil. 



137777. No. 5257. From Saidabad, Kirman, December 31, 1939. A market mix- 

 ture ; flesh yellow to pink and good texture. Seeds are sold roasted, along with 

 Cucurbita seeds; appear to be of different stock from those of Afghanistan. 



137778. No. 5337. From Kirman, Kirman, January 4, 1940. Fruit globose, 12 

 inches in diameter; rind has alternate stripes of pea and black green, Yi inch 

 thick ; flesh apparently rose. 



137779. No. 5392. From Chaharfarsakh, Kirman, January 14, 1940. Fruit glo- 

 bose, 12 inches in diameter; rind pale green with stripes of darker color, Y 2 

 inch thick ; flesh firm, yellow-tinted apricot, of good quality. Adapted to hot 

 date-growing country. 



137780. No. 5338. From Kirman, Kirman, January 4, 1940. Fruit elongate 18 

 by 10 inches; rind grass green, % inch thick; flesh rose. 



137781. No. 5353. From Kirman, Kirman, January 5, 1940. Fruit globose, 12 

 inches in diameter; rind black green, 3^ inch thick; flesh yellow near rind, 

 then rose, of good texture, and not very sweet. Apparently a good keeper. 



137782. No. 5365. From Khabis, Kirman, January 10, 1940. Grown in very hot 

 date region. 



137783. No. 5390. From Khabis, Kirman, January 12, 1940. Said to be from the 

 Khorassan District; probably adapted to great heat. 





