64 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 143 



137775 to 137902— Continued. 



137868. No. 5245. Kadu. Fruit elongate, 12 by 7 inches; rind salmon pink with 

 broken stripes of pink; flesh 2 inches thick, yellow, and insipid. 



137869. No. 5246. Kadu. Fruit 12 by 10 inches; rind salmon with faintly in- 

 dented ribs; flesh 1% inches thick, yellow, and insipid. 



137870. No. 5247. Kadu. From Balvard, Kirman, December 30, 1939. Fruit 



subglobose, 14 inches long; rind salmon red with irregular stripes of white and 

 large blotches of gray green, ribs faintly indented; flesh orange yellow, 2 inches 

 thick; flavor fair. 



137871. No. 5292. Kadu. From Balvard, Kirman, January 1, 1940. Fruit 

 flattened, 15 by 10 inches; rind red orange splashed with paler color, ribs deeply 

 indented; flesh orange yellow, 2 inches thick, and insipid. 



137872. No. 5373. From Khabis, Kirman, January 11, 1940. Fruit pear-shaped, 

 15 inches long; rind buff brown, spotted and blotched with paler brown, irregu- 

 larly and deeply ribbed; flesh deep orange, 134 inches thick, and sweet. Said 

 to keep 1 year. Adapted to much heat and alkaline soil. 



137873. No. 5322. Kadu Khorasani. From Kirman, Kirman, January 3, 1940. 

 Fruit subglobose, 12 inches long; rind salmon buff, deeply ribbed; flesh 2 inches 

 thick, orange, and sweet. 



137874. No. 5323. Kadui Khorasani. From Kirman, Kirman, January 3, 1940. 

 Fruit gourd-shaped, 18 inches long; rind buff orange, ribbed; flesh orange, 

 sweet. 



137875. No. 5408. Kadue Tukhmimurghi. From Kirman, Kirman, January 22, 

 1940. Fruits ornamental, egg-shaped, 2 to 3 inches long; rind yellow. 



137876. No. 5488. From Tomogaon, February 4, 1940. 



137877. No. 5572. From Yezd, Kirman, February 20, 1940. Fruit ornamental, 

 flattened, 33^ by 5 inches; rind bright orange clouded with paler orange, smooth 

 and unribbed. 



137878. No. 5592. From Yezd, February 21, 1940. Fruit round and white. 

 Adapted to great heat. 



137879. No. 5631. From Yezd, February 24, 1940. Fruit ornamental, ovoid, 4 

 inches long; shell hard, lemon yellow, well preserved. 



137880. No. 5642. From Isfahan, February 27, 1940. Fruit round, white. 



137881. No. 5722. Kadue Murabba. From Shiraz, Fars, March 16, 1940. Fruit 



elongated, 12 by 9 inches; rind golden brown, heavily ribbed; flesh 13^ inches 

 thick, yellow orange, tender, and rather sweet. 



137882. No. 5795. Halua Kadu. From Shiraz, Fars, April 2, 1940. Fruit round 

 and yellow. Grown in the citrus-limit area. 



137883. No. 5844. From Kazerun, Fars, April 11, 1940. From date-growing 

 region. 



137884 to 137902. Cucuebita pepo L. Cucurbitaceae. Pumpkin. 



137884. No. 5244. Kadu. From Saidabad, Kirman, December 29, 1939. Fruit 

 globose, 8 inches in diameter; rind orange red, with rib stripes of salmon; 

 ribs faintly indented; flesh 134 inches thick, greenish yellow and insipid. 



137885. No. 5175. Kadu. From Bandar Abbas, December 16, 1939. Seeds 

 roasted and sold. 



137886. No. 5253. Kadu. From Balvard, Kirman, December 31, 1939. Fruit 

 egg-shaped, size of goose egg; rind canary yellow, smooth; said to be edible when 

 tender. 



137887. No. 5294. Kadu. From Balvard, Kirman, January 1, 1940. Fruit glo- 

 bose, 12 inches in diameter; rind red orange and deeply ribbed; flesh 2 inches 

 thick, orange yellow; good flavor but not very sweet. 



137888. No. 5403. Kadu. From Kirman, Kirman, January 21, 1940. Fruit 

 elongate, 12 by 5 inches; rind pale yellow and smooth; flesh pale yellow, 134 

 inches thick. Eaten when young. 



137889. No. 5465, Kadu. From Dehidisk, February 2, 1940. 



