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137775 to 137902— Continued. 



137843. No. 5516. Khiyar-i-ghaitan. From Tomogaon, February 6, 1940. A 

 wild desert plant ; fruit 1 3^ inches long ; rind greenish yellow splashed with green. 



137844. No. 5529. Khiyar. From Tomogaon, February 8, 1940. 



137845. No. 5549. Khiyar. From Guragan, February 10, 1940, at 8,000 feet 

 altitude. 



137846. No. 5587. Khiyar-i-balang. From Yezd, February 21, 1940. Said to be a 

 short form, 6 inches long, and adapted to much heat. 



137847. No. 5609. Khixjar. From Dehibala, Shirkuh, February 22, 1940, at 

 9,000 feet altitude. Fruits said to be long. Summers probably mild. 



137848. No. 5620. Khiyar-i-balang. From Taft, February 23, 1940. Said to be a 

 long variety. 



137849. No. 5623. Khiyar-i-shang. From Taft, February 23, 1940. A long variety 

 grown in a hot climate. 



137850. No. 5663. Khiyar-i-balang. From Isfahan, March 4, 1940. Said to be a 

 long variety. 



137851. No. 5664. From Isfahan, March 4, 1940. Said to be a short variety. 



137852. No. 5723. Balang. From Jahrum, March 20, 1940. From a date-growing 

 region. 



137853. No. 5757. Balang. From Niriz, Fars, March 29, 1940. Said to be a long 

 variety, grown in a warm region. 



137854. No. 5780. Khiyari-i-sabz. From Niriz, Fars, March 30, 1940. A long 

 cucumber, 12 inches long. 



137855. No. 5793. Khiyarze. From Shiraz, Fars, March 31, 1940. Said to be a 

 long and thin variety. 



137856. No. 5801. Khiyar-i-balang. From Shiraz, Fars, April 2, 1940. Said to be 

 12 inches long. Grown in the citrus-limit zone. 



137857. No. 5815. Khiyar-i-sabz. From Shiraz, Fars, April 3, 1940. Said to be a 

 short variety. Grown in the citrus-limit belt. 



137858. No. 5880. Balang. From Bushire, Fars, April 15, 1940. Fruit yellow- 

 green, 6 inches long. Good quality. 



137859 to 137864. Cucurbita maxima Duchesne. Cucurbitaceae. Squash 



137859. No. 5293. Kadu. From Balvard, Kirman, January 1, 1940. Fruit 

 elongate, 9 by 15 inches, rind gray green and unribbed; flesh yellow, 2 inches 

 thick, and insipid. 



137860. No. 5288. Kadu. From Saidabad, Kirman, January 1, 1940. Adapted 

 to cotton country. 



137861. No. 5613. From Taft, February 23, 1940. Said to be globose. Grown 

 where summers are hot. 



Nos. 137862 to 137864 from Eglit, Fars, March 8, 1940, at 6,000 feet altitude. 



137862. No. 5681. Kaduerussi, "Russian Kadu." Fruit 15 by 8 inches; rind 

 orange red to paler, splotched with green, pinkish-white incomplete rib lines 

 and heavily indented ribs; flesh orange, 2 inches thick, tender and insipid. 



137863. No. 5693. Kaduerussi. Probably like No. 5681. 



137864. No. 5699. 



137865 to 137883. Cucurbita moschata Duchesne. Cucurbitaceae. Cushaw. 



Nos. 137865 to 137869 from Saidabad, Kirman, December 28 and 29, 1940. 



137865. No. 5240. Fruit elongate, 14 by 7 inches; rind salmon pink and unribbed; 

 flesh greenish yellow, 13^ inches thick, and insipid. 



137866. No. 5241. Fruit flattened, 12 by 7 inches; rind occasional deep ribs, 

 attractive pale salmon pink; flesh yellow, 2 inches thick, fairly sweet. 



137867. No. 5243. Fruit subglobose, 12 inches long; rind creamy white, deeplj 

 irregularly ribbed; flesh l^ inches thick, orange, and insipid. 



