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141085 to 141198— Continued 

 141121 to 141147. Ficus spp. Moraceae. 

 141121 to 141133. Ficus carica L. Common fig. 



141121. No. 6414. Anjir. From Khaur, Khorassan, September 6, 1940. An 

 early sort. 



141122. No. 6572. Anjir. From Meshed, Khorassan, August 11, 1940. Fruit 

 1^ inches in diameter, yellow, sweet and honey-flavored. 



141123. No. 6659. Anjir. From Meshed, Khorassan, August 13, 1940. Fruit 

 2% inches across, rose purple; quality good. 



141124. No. 6834. Anjir. From Firdus, Khorassan, August 30, 1940. Fruit 

 yellow, 1% inches high; honey-flavored. 



141125. No. 6835. Anjir. From Firdus, Khorassan, August 30, 1940. A bushy 

 variety, 1% inches in diameter, green yellow ; sweet. 



141126. No. 6861. Anjir. From Khaur, Khorassan, September 4, 1940. A wild 

 bush 7 feet high, growing on walls of canyons in hot dry places; fruit green 

 yellow outside, red purple inside, % inch across. 



141127. No. 6875. Anjir-i-zard. From Khaur, Khorassan, September 6, 1940. 

 A cultivated tree 10 feet high; fruit 1% inches across, yellow tinged with rose 

 purple inside. 



141128. No. 7023. Anjir. From Turbati Haidari, Khorassan, September 12, 

 1940. Fruit 1% inches across, rose purple; quality good. 



141129. No. 7024. Anjir-i-suja. From Turbati Haidari, Khorassan, September 

 12, 1940. Fruit black, 2 inches across; quality good. 



141130. No. 7078. Anjir. From Khaur, Khorassan, September 6, 1940. A wild 

 variety. 



141131. No. 7079. Anjir. From Khaur, Khorassan, September 6, 1940. An 

 early variety. 



141132. No. 7161. Anjir. From Sabzawar, Khorassan, September 23, 1940. A 

 bush type about 10 feet high. 



141133. No. 7226. Anjir. From Gurgan, Khorassan, September 29, 1940. Fruit 

 2 inches across, red purple with strong bloom ; flesh pale yellow with red-purple 

 seeds; flavor good. 



141134. Ficus sp. 



No. 6396. Anjir. From Gurgan, July 29, 1940. An early sort with flattened 

 fruit \Vi by 1 inches, green to lemon color, interior reddish ; low in sugar, good 

 flavor. 



141135. Ficus sp. 



No. 6249. Anjir. From Tehran, July 7, 1940. Fruit 2 inches high, lemon with 

 wine-red seeds ; quality and flavor good. 



141136. Ficus sp. 



No. 6404. From Nizamabad, Mazenderan, July 30, 1940. A wild tree 8 inches 

 in diameter, with red-purple fruits 2 inches across, copious milky sap. 



141137. Ficus sp. 



No. 6490. From Kataliyekchinar, Khorassan, August 6, 1940. A bush, suckering 

 from the root, 6 to 8 feet high, growing on limestone cliffs ; fruit dry. 



141138. Ficus sp. 



No. 6868. Maibut. From Khaur, Khorassan, September 5, 1940. A cultivated 

 bush 10 inches in diameter, with green-yellow fruit, rose purple inside, 2 inches 

 across; sweet, flavor excellent. 



