JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1943 23 



145996 to 146113— -Continued 



146036 to 146056. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad Cucurbitaceae. 



Watermelon. 



146036. No. 8162, August 5, 1942. Fruit globose, 10 inches long, pea 

 green with narrow grass-green stripes; rind % inch thick; flesh rose; 

 flavor sweet; season early, ripening with the late apricots. 



146037. No. 8163. August 6, 1942. Fruit globose, 7 inches long, sea 

 green with leopard-spot grass-green nettings; rind M2 inch thick; flesh 

 rose ; very seedy ; quality good ; season early. 



146038. No. 8167. August 6, 1942. Fruit globose, 9 inches long, sea 

 green lined irregularly darker ; rind Y2 inch thick ; flesh rose, sweet 

 flavor, good; season early. 



146039. No. 8170. August 7, 1942. Fruit globose, 9 inches long, sea 

 green; rind V2 inch thick; flesh yellow, flavor fair; season early. 



146040. No. 8172. August 12, 1942. Fruit globose, 10 inches long, sea 

 green with narrow, darker stripes; rind Y2 inch thick; flesh rose, sweet; 

 flavor good. 



146041. No. 8180, August 20, 1942. Fruit globose, 9 inches long, grass 

 green; rind V2 inch thick; flesh rose, sweet. 



146042. No. 8187. August 28, 1942. Fruit globose, 9 inches long, sea 

 green; rind % inch thick; flesh pink at center and apricot to yellow 

 at rind, sweet; quality good; seedy. 



146043. No. 8196. September 4, 1942. Fruit globose, 9 inches long, pea 

 green with narrow, darker stripes; rind 3 A inch thick; flesh apricot 

 pink; flavor good. 



146044. No. 8202. September 7, 1942. Fruit globose, 8 inches long, pea 

 green, with broad, darker, irregular patch-stripes; rind V2 inch thick; 

 flesh pink; flavor good. 



146045. No. 8206. September 9, 1942. Fruit globose, 11 inches long, 

 black green, with broad, paler stripes; rind % inch thick; flesh pale 

 rose; flavor good. 



146046. No. 8212. September 15, 1942. Fruit 8V2 by 5 3 /i inches thick, 

 pea green marked darker; rind x k inch thick; flesh apricot pink, sweet; 

 flavor good. 



146047. No. 8217. September 15, 1942. Fruit globose, 9 inches long, 

 grass green with paler leopard spots; rind % inch thick; flesh pink; 

 flavor fair. 



146048. No. 8226. September 22, 1942. Fruit elongate, 9 by 7 inches, 

 pea green, marked heavily darker; rind V2 inch thick; flesh pink; 

 flavor good. 



146049. No. 8227. September 27, 1942. Fruit 17 by 6% inches, grass 

 green with narrow, paler stripes; rind V 2 inch thick; flesh yellow, low 

 in sugar; flavor good. 



146050. No. 8228. September 30, 1942. Fruit globose, 9 inches long, 

 equal stripes of pea and grass green; rind V2 inch thick; flesh pink; 

 flavor good. 



146051. No. 8229. September 30, 1942. Fruit 11 by 6 inches, pea green; 

 rind V2 inch thick; flesh yellow; flavor good. 



146052. No. 8232. September 30, 1942. Fruit 12 by 8 inches, equal 

 stripes of pea and grass green; rind V2 inch thick; flesh pink; flavor 

 good. 



146053. No. 8233. October 1, 1942. Fruit globose, 7 inches long, grass 

 green with paler leopard spots; rind V 2 inch thick; flesh pink; flavor 

 good. 



146054. No. 8238. October 10, 1942. Fruit globose, 8 inches long, sea 

 green with narrow darker stripes ; rind Y2 inch thick ; flesh rose ; flavor 

 good. 



