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PLANT INVENTORY NO. 146 



140629 to 140901-^Continued 



140870. No. 7170. From Sabzawar, Khorassan, September 23, 1940. Fruit foot- 

 ball-shaped, 11 inches long, lemon clouded with black-green dots and elongate 

 irregular blotches of the same; rind firm, ty inch thick; flesh 2 to 3 inches thick, 

 salmon, sweet; keep into winter. 



140871. No. 7171. From Sabzawar, Khorassan, September 23, 1940. Fruit foot- 

 ball-shaped to ovoid, 9 inches long, pale yellow clouded with fine black dots and 

 elongate broken blotches of the same ; flesh 2 inches thick, salmon ; good keeper. 



140872. No. 7179. From Sabzawar, Khorassan, September 23, 1940. A farmer's 

 mixture. 



140873. No. 7205. From Shahrud, Khorassan, September 26, 1940. Fruit globose, 

 heavily netted, 6 inches in diameter, green turning yellow; flesh \% inches thick, 

 salmon. 



140874. No. 7206. From Shahrud, Khorassan, September 26, 1940. Fruit sub- 

 globose, 6 inches long, heavily netted, yellow with green dots and splashes; flesh 

 1^ inches thick, cream, unripe when seen. 



140875. No. 7207. From Shahrud, Khorassan, September 26, 1940. Fruit globose, 

 6 inches in diameter, yellow with irregular long splashes of grass green; heavy 

 net ; flesh P/2 inches thick, cream, unripe. 



140876. No. 7208. From Shahrud, Khorassan, September 26, 1940. Fruit football- 

 shaped, 10 inches long, lemon with fine dots and splashes of black green; flesh 

 l 1 /^ inches thick, green, tinged salmon. 



140877. No. 7209. From Shahrud, Khorassan, September 26, 1940. Fruit globose, 

 6 inches in diameter, lemon, coarsely netted; flesh l 1 /^ inches thick, white, unripe. 



140878. No. 7210. From Shahrud, Khorassan, September 26, 1940. Fruit 12 by S 

 inches, coarsely netted, green with yellow dots; flesh V/o inches thick, green, 

 unripe. 



140879. No. 7211. From Shahrud, Khorassan, September 26, 1940. Fruit obovoid, 

 8 inches long, coarsely netted; fine yellow and green dots; flesh 1% inches thick, 

 white. 



140880. No. 7212. From Shahrud, Khorassan, September 26, 1940. Fruit elongate 

 ovoid, 10 inches long, lemon; flesh 1^4 inches thick, green, unripe. 



140881. No. 7219. From Shahrud, Khorassan, September 27, 1940. Fruit football- 

 shaped, 12 inches long, netted, lemon with grass-green dots; irregular indented 

 ribs; flesh 2 inches thick, white, unripe. 



140882. No. 7224. From Gurgan, September 29, 1940. Fruit flattened, 7 by 6 

 inches, gold clouded with brown; flesh 1% inches thick, rather like a pear in 

 flavor. 



140883. No. 7231. From Shahrud, Khorassan, September 27, 1940. A melon mix- 

 ture for the colder parts of the melon zone where the usual Turkoman melon 

 does not mature. 



140884. No. 72 72. From Garmsar, Tehran, October 2, 1940. Fruit 15 by 7 

 inches, yellow, netted; flesh 2^4 inches thick, white, juicy, crisp, fairly sweet. 



140885. No. 7278. From Tehran, October 6, 1940. Fruit 5 by 3^ inches, striped 

 yellow and gold brown ; flesh 1^4 inches thick, white, fragrant, edible. 



140886. No. 7283. From Gurgan, October 1, 1940. Fruit flattened, 6 by 5 inches, 

 gold to gold brown; flesh white, good flavor, keeps for several months. 



140887. No. 7284. From Meshed, Khorassan, September 18, 1940. 



140888 to 140901. Cucumis sativus L. Cucurbitaceae. Cucumber. 



140888. No. 5919. Balang. From Ahwaz, Khuzistan, April 20, 1940. Fruit 

 short, about 6 inches long, yellow green; tender, flavor good. 



140889. No. 6199. Khiyarisalz. From Tehran, June 19, 1940. Fruit 6 by 2# 

 inches, elongate, round ends; tender, quality excellent. 



