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40472 to 140627— Continued 



140487. No. 6264. From Kratisabad, Gurgan, July 10, 1940. 



140488. No. 6372. From Gurgan, Mazendaran, July 28, 1940. Fruit globose, 8 

 inches long, pea green ; flesh rose, streaked with yellow, poor quality. 



140489. No. 6393. From Gurgan, July 29, 1940. Fruit globose, 10 inches, sea green, 

 with irregular ribs and splashes of black green; fair quality. 



140490. No. 6440. From Bujmerd, Khorassan, August 2, 1940. Globose, grass green 

 with lighter stripes ; rind Vz inch thick ; flesh pink, good and very heavy. 



140491. No. 6441. From Bujmerd, Khorassan, August 2, 1940. Globose, 10 inches 

 in diameter, grass green with broad, irregular lighter stripes ; flesh bright rose, good. 



140492. No. 6457. From Bujmerd, Khorassan, August 3, 1940. Fruit globose, 7 

 inches in diameter; rind % inch thick; flesh rose, solid. 



140493. No. 6508. From Bujmerd, Khorassan, August 8, 1940. A good small melon. 



140494. No. 6509. From Bujmerd, Khorassan, August 8, 1940. A market mixture 

 of seeds collected for roasting. 



140495. No. 6511. From Bujmerd, Khorassan, August 8, 1940. Fruit globose, pale 

 green with darker stripes; flesh yellow. 



140496. No. 6512. From Bujmerd, Khorassan, August 8, 1940. Fruit 12 by 7 inches, 

 grass green with faint stripes of a paler color; flesh rose, good. 



140497. No. 6533. From Meshed, Khorassan, August 10, 1940. Fruit 10 by 6ty 

 inches, sea green with darker streaks; rind % inch thick; flesh rose. 



140498. No. 6537. From Meshed, Khorassan, August 10, 1940. Fruit 10 by 6 

 inches, equal-width stripes of sea green and grass green ; rind % inch thick ; flesh 

 good, rose. 



140499. No. 6542. From Meshed, Khorassan, August 10, 1940. Fruit subglobose, 9 

 inches in diameter, grass green with darker stripes; flesh rose, good texture, fair taste. 



140500. No. 6543. From Meshed, Khorassan, August 10, 1940. Fruit globose, 10 

 inches in diameter, pea green with darker green lines and scattered black spots; 

 flesh deep pink, good. 



140501. No. 6544. From Meshed, Khorassan, August 10, 1940. Fruit globose, 8 

 inches in diameter, grass green; rind ^4 inch thick; flesh rose, good quality. 



140502. No. 6545. From Meshed, Khorassan, August 10, 1940. Fruit globose, 8 

 inches in diameter, pale green ; flesh white, tinged pink, good. 



140503. No. 6553. From Meshed, Khorassan, August 10, 1940. Fruit 12 by 8 

 inches, grass green with rib lines a little darker; rind % inch thick; flesh deep pink, 

 good. 



140504. No. 6554. From Meshed, Khorassan, August 10, 1940. Fruit globose, 8 

 inches in diameter; rind ^ inch thick; flesh whitish, stained rose, good. 



140505. No. 6555. From Meshed, Khorassan, August 10, 1940. Fruit globose, 8^ 

 inches in diameter, sea green with splashes of black to brown broken narrow rib 

 lines; rind % inch thick; flesh white, stained rose. 



140506. No. 6556. From Meshed, Khorassan, August 10, 1940. Fruit small, 8 by 6 

 inches, curiously spotted whitish and grass green; flesh deep rose, fine. 



140507. No 6587. From Meshed, Khorassan, August 11, 1940. Fruit subglobose, 6^ 

 inches in diameter, stripe mottling of grass and pea green ; flesh rose, good. 



140508. No. 6588. From Meshed, Khorassan, August 11, 1940. Fruit 10 by 5 inches, 

 grass green; rind % inch thick; flesh rose, good. 



140509. No. 6604. From Meshed, Khorassan, August 11, 1940. Fruit globose, 8 

 inches in diameter, grass green with black spots and stripes ; flesh rose, good. 



140510. No. 6611. From Meshed, Khorassan, August 12, 1940. Fruit 14 by 6^ 

 inches, grass green with paler stripes ; flesh apricot, good texture, low in sugar. 



