o2 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 146 



140316 to 140468— Continued 

 140461 to 140468. Spinacia oleracea L. Chenopodiaceae. Common spinach. 



140461. No. 5923. From Ahwaz, Khuzistan, April 20, 1940. 



140462. No. 6179. From Tehran, June 17, 1940. 



140463. No. 6388. From Gurgan, July 29, 1940. 



140464. No. 6626. From Meshed, Khorassan, August 12, 1940. 



140465. No. 7045. From Turbat Haidari, Khorassan, September 13, 1940. 



140466. No. 7117. From Nishabur, Khorassan, September 20, 1940. 



140467. No. 6426. From Bujmerd, Khorassan, August 2, 1940. 



140468. No. 7237. From Shahrud, Khorassan, September 27, 1940. 



140469 and 140470. 



From Guatemala. Tubers presented by F. W. McBryde, New Orleans. Received March 

 31, 1941. 



140469. Solanum. Solanaceae. Potato. 

 Chiantla. 



140470. Solanum. 

 To das Dantos. 



140471. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



From Texas. Seeds presented by G. H. Godfrey, Agricultural Experimental Station, 

 Weslaco. Received March 21, 1941. 



Smell melon. Fruit small, orange yellow, somewhat striped while still green. 



140472 to 140627. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. 



Watermelon. 



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

 Department of Agriculture. Received March 27, 1941. 



140472. No. 5837. From Kazerun, Fars, April 11, 1940. 



140473. No. 5954. From Bushire, Fars, April 14, 1940. 



140474. No. 5901. From Bushire, Fars, April 16, 1940. Globose, 1 foot long, 

 grass green; flesh pale pink, of good feature but without sugar; rind is from ^ to 1 

 inch wide. 



140475. No. 5928. From Ahwaz, Khuzistan, April 21, 1940. 



140476. No. 6056. From Dizful, Khuzistan, May 18, 1940. 



140477. No. 6159. From Tehran, June 15, 1940. Globose, black green, no sugar. 



140478. No. 6178. From Tehran, June 17, 1940. 



140479. No. 6215. From Tehran, June 24, 1940. A mixture of round sorts. 



140480. No. 6221. From Tehran, June 24, 1940. An early variety, dark green with 

 narrow darker rib stripe; tender; rind ^ inch. 



140481. No. 6227. From Tehran, June 26, 1940. 



140482. No. 6228. From Tehran, June 26, 1940. Fruit 8 by 5 inches, pale green; 

 flesh red, good quality. 



140483. No. 6231. From Tehran, June 27, 1940. An early and smaller variety. 



140484. No. 6232. From Tehran, June 27, 1940. Fruit 9 by 6 inches, elongate; rind 

 % inch thick; fair quality, seedy. 



140485. No. 6248. From Tehran, July 7, 1940. Fruit subglobose, 10 inches long. 



140486. No. 6261. From Khatisabad, Gurgan, July 10, 1940. Fruit gray 

 with narrow irregular blotch lines, 10 by 6 inches; flesh old rose, seedy. 



