JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1941 37 



140472 to 140627— Continued 



140573. No. 6981. From Turbat Haidari, Khorassan, September 12, 1940. Fruit 12 

 by 7 inches, black green ; rind % inch thick ; flesh pink, good. 



140574. No. 7002. From Turbat Haidari, Khorassan, September^ 12, 1940. Fruit 

 globose, 7 inches in diameter, sea green with irregular deep ribs; rind % inch thick; 

 flesh pink, good. 



140575. No. 7003. From Turbat Haidari, Khorassan, September 12, 1940. Fruit 

 globose, 7 inches in diameter, sea green, reticulated darker; rind % inch thick; flesh 

 pink, good. 



140576. No. 7042. From Turbat Haidari, Khorassan, September 13, 1940. Bazar 

 seed-roaster's mixture; melons of good quality. 



140577. No. 7100. From Nishabur, Khorassan, September 19, 1940. Fruit 10 by 8 

 inches, grass green with darker stripes; rind % inch thick; flesh deep pink, good. 



140578. No. 7101. From Nishabur, Khorassan, September 19, 1940. Fruit globose, 



8 inches in diameter, pea green, reticulated darker; rind % inch thick; flesh rose, 

 good. 



140579. No. 7102. From Nishabur, Khorassan, September 19, 1940. Fruit 10 by 6 

 inches, grass green with paler green spots; rind ^ inch thick; flesh pink, good. 



140580. No. 7103. From Nishabur, Khorassan, September 19, 1940. Fruit 10 by 6 

 inches, pea green with broken darker reticulations; rind M inch thick; flesh pink, 

 good. 



140581. No. 7104. From Nishabur, Khorassan, September 19, 1940. Fruit subglo- 

 bose, 8 inches in diameter, grass green with cloudy darker ribs, heavily indented ribs ; 

 rind ^ inch thick ; flesh deep pink, good. 



140582. No. 7105. From Nishabur, Khorassan, September 19, 1940. Fruit UVz by 

 7% inches, green white, clouded darker ; rind % inch thick ; flesh deep pink, good. 



140583. No. 7106. From Nishabur, Khorassan, September 19, 1940. Fruit subglo- 

 bose, 8 inches in diameter, sea green with darker green dots; rind ^4 inch thick; 

 flesh pink, good. 



140584. No. 7107. From Nishabur, Khorassan, September 19, 1940. Fruit 11 by 

 7"^ inches, grass green, lined and vermiculated darker ; rind V\ inch thick ; flesh pink, 

 good. 



140585. No. 7108. From Nishabur, Khorassan, September 19, 1940. Fruit 12 by 5 

 inches, sea green ; rind % inch thick ; flesh pale rose, good. 



140586. No. 7109. From Nishabur, Khorassan, September 19, 1940. A small, round 

 or elongate melon, 8 inches in diameter, grass green with lighter spots; rind % inch 

 thick; flesh deep pink, good. 



140587. No. 7111. From Nishabur, Khorassan, September 19, 1940. Fruit subglo- 

 bose, 11 inches in diameter, sea green with coarse reticulations arranged principally 

 to form loose stripes; rind V2 inch thick; flesh pink, good. 



140588. No. 7115. From Nishabur, Khorassan, September 20, 1940. Fruit globose, 

 7 inches in diameter, sea green with dotted and clouded darker markings; rind % 

 inch thick; flesh pink, good. 



140589. No. 7116. From Nishabur, Khorassan, September 20, 1940. Fruit globose, 

 7 inches in diameter, sea green, vermiculated darker ; rind ^ inch thick ; flesh pink, 

 good. 



140590. No. 7125. From Nishabur, Khorassan, September 20, 1940. Dry and irri- 

 gated cultivations of watermelons; melons of best quality here. 



140591. No. 7143. From Nishabur, Khorassan, September 21, 1940. Fruit globose, 



9 inches in diameter, handsomely and curiously marked in jagged stripes about 1 

 inch wide of alternate sea green and grass green, the grass green with rows of lighter 

 spots of green ; rind % inch thick ; flesh rose, good. 



140592. No. 7149. From Sultanabad, Khorassan, September 22, 1940. Fruit 17 by 

 9 inches, sea green; rind ^ inch thick; flesh pink, good. Said to be unirrigated. 



