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148616 to 148683— Continued 

 148626 to 148635— Continued 



148627. No. 8322. From Karaj, November 7, 1943. Fruits scarlet, 6 by 

 1% inches, irregular surface, tapering and curving to the blunt tip; 

 flesh and seed sweet. 



148628. No. 8323. From Karaj, November 7, 1943. Fruit 3% by l 1 ^ 

 inches, scarlet, tapering smoothly to a point; sweet. 



148629. No. 8330. From Karaj, November 30, 1943. Fruit scarlet, 3 

 inches by 1 inch; flesh and seeds sweet. 



148630. No. 8331. From Karaj, November 30, 1943. Fruit 3 inches by 

 1 inch, scarlet, hot. 



148631. No. 8332. From Karaj, November 30, 1943. Fruit button-shaped, 

 1 inch in diameter, scarlet, hot. 



148632. No. 8333. From Karaj, November 30, 1943. Fruit blunt, 1 by 

 % inch, scarlet, hot. 



148633. No. 8334. From Karaj, November 30, 1943. Fruit elongate tri- 

 angular, 2 1 ,4 inches by 1 inch, scarlet, sweet. 



148634. No. 8335. From Karaj, November 30, 1943. Fruit blunt, 1V 2 

 inches by 1 inch, scarlet; mildly hot. 



148635. No. 8336. From Karaj, November 30, 1943. Fruit 2M inches 

 by % inch, scarlet; mildly hot. 



148636 to 148645. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. 



Watermelon. 



148636. No. 8280. From Karaj, August 20, 1943. Fruit elongate, 9 by 



6 inches, pale green, lightly reticulate; flesh pink, good flavor; rind 

 % inch thick. 



148637. No. 8284. From Karaj, August 23, 1943. Fruit globose, 7 inches 

 in diameter, pea green, with broken darker reticulations; rind V2 inch 

 thick; flesh pink, good flavor. 



148638. No. 8296. From Karaj, September 8, 1943. Fruit globose, 8 

 inches in diameter, grass green, mottled darker; rind W2 inches thick; 

 flesh pink, good flavor. 



148639. No. 8299. From Karaj, September 17, 1943. Fruit subglobose, 



7 inches in diameter, pale green, striped darker; rind V2 inch thick; 

 flesh pink, good flavor. 



148640. No. 8300. From Karaj, September 17, 1943. Fruit globose, 8 

 inches in diameter, pale green, striped darker; rind V2 inch thick; 

 flesh pink, good flavor. 



148641. No. 8301. From Karaj, September 24, 1943. Fruit globose, 9 

 inches in diameter, grass green, mottled darker; rind % inch thick; 

 flesh pink, good flavor. 



148642. No. 8304. From Sharifabad, near Gazvin, October 15, 1943. 

 Fruit globose, 9 inches long, pea green, reticulated darker; rind V2 

 inch thick; flesh rose, good flavor. Said to be grown without irrigation. 



148643. No. 8305. From Sharifabad, near Gazvin, October 25, 1943. 

 Fruit, globose, 9 inches long, green with irregular broken stripes ; flesh 

 red; unirrigated. 



148644. No. 8306. From Sharifabad, near Gazvin, October 25, 1943. 

 Fruit globose, 9 inches in diameter, like No. 8305 (P. I. 148643) on 

 the surface. 



148645. No. 8329. From Sharifabad, November 25, 1943. 



