172. PLANT INVENTORY NO. 168 
266928 to 266950—Continued 
266928 to 266938—Continued 
266932. ‘New Melon’. Plant andromonoecious; fruit to 400 grams, 
rounded not ribbed; sutures absent; skin creamy white; flesh white; 
sugar content high. Selfed seed. 
266933. ‘Ogon No. 9’. Grown in Kanto (Tokyo) area. Plant andro- 
monoecious; fruit to 800 grams, oblong; skin smooth, yellow; flesh 
white, rather mealy. Selfed seed. 
266934. ‘Seikan’. May be var. microsperma from Kosa. Fruit oblong, 
not netted or ribbed; skin greyish green with blotches of dark green; 
flesh salmon pink, juicy. Late. Selfed seed. 
266935. ‘Hyogo Shiro-uri’. Grown in Hyogro Prefecture (Kobe). Mois- 
ture and summer heat resistant. Selfed seed. 
266936. ‘Katura’. Originated in Kyoto Prefecture. Fruit oblong to 30 
em. long; skin green, turning white when ripe. Late. Selfed seed. 
266937. ‘Osaka Kuromon Aoshiro-uri’. Originated in Osaka 
Prefecture. Grown in Kansai area, western Japan. Flesh thick, 
crisp. Immature fruit sliced and used in salad. Selfed seed. 
266938. ‘Tokyo Oshiro-uri’. Fruit to 2 kg., oblong cylindrical, to 60 
em. long; skin smooth white; flesh white; cucumber flavor, unpalata- 
ble when ripe. Selfed seed. 
266939. CUCUMIS MELO var. FLEXUOSUS (L.) Naud. Cucurbitaceae. 
Snake melon. 
No. 111. From Afghanistan. Greenhouse grown in Japan. Plant 
monoecious, this gene is dominant to andromonoecious; flowers large; leav- 
es pale; flesh slightly acid, salmon pink, with cucumberlike odor. Selfed 
seed. 
266940. CUCUMIS MELO var. INODORUS Naud. Winter melon. 
No.242. From Shahrud, fran. Plant andromonoecious; fruit large, flat, 
not netted; skin yellow when ripe, blotchy green when immature; flesh 
white, thick, fine textured; sugar content high. Selfed seed, third genera- 
tion. 
266941 to 266950. CUCUMIS MELO var. RETICULATUS Naud. Netted melon. 
266941. ‘Ananus d’Amerique a Chair Rouge’. From Vilmorin, France. 
266942. ‘Blenheim Orange’. 
266943. ‘Cavaillon Espagnol’. From Vilmorin, France. Selfed. 
266944. ‘Earl’s Favourite’. From England. Plant andromonoecious, 
susceptible to midsummer heat; fruit lacks flavor and keeping quali- 
ties. Selfed seed, sixth generation. 
266945. ‘Hero of Lorkinge’. 
266946. ‘Melon de Poche’. From Vilmorin, France. 
266947. ‘Pearl’. Originated at Okitu Horticultural Experiment Station 
(‘British Queen’ x ‘Earl’s Favourite’) x 4n-‘Hero of Lorkinge’. Sui- 
table for home gardens. Selfed seed, second generation. 
266948. ‘Superative’. “ 
266949. ‘Vert Grimpant’. From Vilmorin, France. Selfed. 
266950. No. 701. From Haibak, Afghanistan. Fruit flat, netted, with 
a slight ribbing; skin greyish green; flesh white. Poor keeping 
quality. Third generation selfed. 
266951 to 266970. 
From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Seeds presented by the All- 
Union Institute of Plant Industry, Leningrad. Received June 23, 1960. 
266951 to 266962. SORGHUM BICOLOR var. ARDUINI (Koern.) Snowden 
Poaceae. 
