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Hale's Best (Stokes) (Hand-Cut Seed) 



The Most Profitable Rocky Ford Cantaloupe 



Outstanding feature: Very early maturity. 



SPECIFICATIONS: 

 Color purity 99% Date of Test: October. 1927 

 Type purity 91% Disinfectant: Dipdust (Bayer) 

 Germination: 98% Days to Maturity: 70-85 

 Size: 5% to 7 inches 



Half's Best (Stokes) is the earliest melon and usually the most profitable. 



HALE'S BEST, sometimes spoken of as Early 

 Imperial, because it will give you a ten-day 

 leeway over your neighboring competition, will 

 no doubt be your most profitable cantaloupe. It is ten 

 days earlier than other Rocky Ford types, and brings 

 the high prices. We deserve success only in proportion 

 as our customers interests are served. If you are a 

 grower and shipper of cantaloupes, we can give you no 

 better advice than to plant Hale's Best (Stokes) on a 

 rge acreage this year. The Imperial Valley cantaloupe 

 growers, the keenest group of men in the industry 

 have been growing an increasingly large acreage of it 

 for the past three years. This season saw approxi- 

 mately 20,000 acres planted to Hale's Best in California, 

 with a very decided falling off in its favor of the well- 

 known 10-25, the Cantaloupe that made the Imperial 

 Valley famous. Our stock of Hale's Best has been 

 grown privately for us in Colorado, has been in- 

 spected by an officer of the firm, and has been found 

 to be of first quality in every respect. Our type 

 purity figure of 91% must not be misleading. Hale's 

 Best is not a perfectly uniform melon. The trade 

 recognizes this fact, and even with this slight varia- 

 tion in size, it so far outsells other varieties that one 

 hears no complaining. In planting your acreage for 

 1928, remember the experience of this past season. 

 The first 10,000 carloads, or as long as Hale's Best 

 had the market practically to itself by reason of its 

 earliness, it brought good prices. There was profit 

 and satisfaction for the grower, shipper, and retailer. 

 After that the market at once broke down to barely 

 cost of harvesting. 



Price delivered: No packets; oz. 15c, Va lb. 40c, lb. $1.25, 

 10 lbs. @ $1.20 per lb., 50 lbs. @ $1.15 per lb. 



Edwards Perfecto (Stokes) 



(Hand-Cut Seed) 



Outstanding features: Productiveness 

 and thickness of wall. 



10-25 vs. Hale's Best. 



Abbott's Peerless Pearl (Stokes) 

 White-Seeded 



Outstanding feature: Resistance to Rust. 



SPECIFICATIONS: 

 Color purity 99% Disinfectant: Dipdust (Baver) 



Type purity 95% Days to Maturity: 80-95 



Germination: in test Length: 6 inches. 





SPECIFICATIONS: 



Color purity 99% 



Date of Test: October, 1927 



Type purity 98% 



Disinfectant: Dipdust (Bayer) 



Germination: 90% 



Days to Maturity: 80-95 



Length of Fruit: 6 inches 



We predict a great future for this melon which is a distinctly new intro- 

 duction, quite unlike anything else on the market. Abbott's Peerless Pearl 

 is far more resistant to' Rust than any variety we know of, including 

 10-25, Hale's Best. Edward's Perfecto, etc. The vines of this variety have 

 stood up perfectly green when the others beside it were completely dead. 

 The melon is particularly recommended in districts which are badly 

 affected by Rust and Wilt. It has already made many 

 friends in Southern New Jersey, and on the Del-Mar-Va 

 Peninsula — this in addition to its splendid qualities as a 

 long-distant shipping melon from Colorado and California. 



Abbott's Peerless Pearl, grown for us by the originator 

 of the variety, has a tough, pearl-gray rind, completely 

 covered with a heavy white netting. The heaviness of 

 this netting is one of the outstanding features of the 

 variety. The flesh is a deep pink with a small pea-green 

 streak next to the rind. It has a very small seed cavity 

 which is filled with paper-white seed. The seed is 

 distinctly smaller than that of most cantaloupes. There 

 are at least 40% more seed per pound than any variety 

 we know of. The flesh is firm, and the flavor is most 

 delicious. The shipping qualities of the melon are un- 

 surpassed, and the selling qualities equally good. In 

 season it will mature about ten days after Hale's Best, 

 or about the same time as .Edward's Perfecto. The 

 germination of our seed is excellent. Growers are 

 warned, however, that the seed of this variety is more 

 delicate than others, and must be handled with greater 

 care See photo on opposite page. 



Price delivered: Packet 10c, oz. 25c, Vi 

 lb. 85c, lb. $3.00, 10 lbs. @ $2.75 per lb., 50 

 lbs. @ $2.50 per lb. 



Pure Anglo-Saxon speech is apparently put under a heavy strain 

 by the good qualities of this melon as will be noted from the fact that 

 in addition to the name of Edward's Perfecto, it is also sold as 

 Perfected Perfecto, Superfecto and Improved Perfecto. There is 

 no denying the fact that this is one of the very best developments 

 of the Rocky Ford Cantaloupe. The strain we offer is the pure 

 Edward's Perfecto, in shape, size, and in complete netting. As is the 

 case with all of our melon seed, this stock is hand-cut, which assures 

 interior color purity. It will be of interest to know that a very large 

 acreage, both in California and Colorado, are now planted to 

 Edward's Perfecto under one or the other of the above names. 



Price delivered: No packets; oz. 15c, Vi lb. 40c, lb. $1.25, 

 10 lbs. @ $1.20 per lb. , 50 lbs. @ $1.15 per lb. 



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