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143178. Jersey Sweet, 143190. Sweet Bough. 



143179. Keetosh, 143191. Tetofsky. 



143194. Prunus armeniaca L. Amygdalaceae. Apricot 

 Laithwaite. 



143195. Prunus sp. 

 Victor cherry. 



143196 to 143265. 



From Iran. Seeds collected by Dr. Walter Koelz, Tehran. Received December 6, 

 1941. 



143196 to 143249. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



Kharbuza is the vernacular name for the muskmelon in Iran. 



Nos. 143196 and 143197 were collected in Qazvin, October 24, 1940. 



143196. No. 7306. Fruit obovoid, 8 inches long, golden yellow, smooth; flesh 

 cream white, 13^ inches thick, good quality. 



143197. No. 7307. Fruit football-shaped, 8 inches long, yellow, coarsely netted; 

 flesh 1 14 inches thick, cream white, good quality. Good keeper. 



Nos. 143198 to 143203 were collected in Zenjan, Khamseh, October 24, 1940. 



143198. No. 7309. Fruit 12 inches long and 7 inches in diameter, heavily netted, 

 yellow, firm; flesh 2}4 inches thick, cream white, good quality. 



143199. No. 7310. Fruit 14 inches long and 6 inches in diameter, heavily netted, 

 yellow; flesh 2 inches thick, cream white, sweet, watery. Good keeper. 



143200. No. 7312. Fruit obovoid, 9 inches long, yellow, coarsely netted; flesh 

 \ z /i inches thick, pale salmon, good quality. Good keeper. 



143201. No. 7313. Fruit ovoid, 11 inches long, yellow, with elongate blotches of 

 dark green, coarsely netted; flesh 1% inches thick, greenish white, good quality. 

 Good keeper. 



143202. No. 7314. Fruit globose, 8 inches long, yellow, netted; flesh 1%£ inches 

 thick, white, rather soft, sweet, good quality. Good keeper. 



143203. No. 7317. Fruit ovoid, 7 inches long, gold, furrowed, not netted; flesh 

 134 inches thick, white, sweet. Good keeper. 



Nos. 143204 to 143215 were collected in Tabriz, Azerbaijan, October 1940. 



143204. No. 7327. Fruit subglobose, 7 inches long, pale yellow, netted; flesh 

 white, good quality, 1% inches thick. Good keeper. 



143205. No. 7328. Fruit subglobose, 7 inches long, deep yellow, netted; flesh 

 white, 1 Y% inches thick, good quality. Good keeper. 



143206. No. 7329. Fruit ovoid, 8 inches long, deep yellow, netted; flesh \y 2 

 inches thick, white, good quality. Good keeper. 



143207. No. 7335. Fruit ovoid, 7 inches long, heavily netted, green yellow, 

 blotched darker, with broad, pale rib stripes; flesh 1J4 inches thick, green, 

 good quality. Good keeper. 



143208. No. 7336. Fruit ovoid, 7 inches long, heavily netted, yellow, with green 

 dots and dark-green blotches; flesh \ x /i inches thick, cream, good quality. 

 Good keeper. 



143209. No. 7337. Fruit ovoid, 7 inches long, smooth, golden yellow; flesh \% 

 inches thick, white, good quality. Good keeper. 



143210. No. 7338. Fruit ovoid, 7 inches long, smooth, yellow, spotted green; 

 flesh l}/2 inches thick, white. Good keeper. 



143211. No. 7339. Fruit subglobose, 6 inches long, golden brown, heavity netted, 

 with broad indented ribs; flesh 1^ inches thick, white, good quality. Good 

 keeper. 



