MUSKMELON CHANGES 
Types of Rocky Ford cantaloupe change so 
often that customers are confused and disgusted. 
However, there has been full justification and 
this season we have even more new strains to 
offer than ever before, so I put them on the list 
fully expecting they will displace the older, less 
perfect stocks. The strain of the Rocky Ford 
cantaloupe now in most general use is Hales 
Best. 
I am now advising your listing either No. 
3G or 936 Hales Bests as earlier, more uniform, 
better netted melons than the old stock of 
Hales. No. 112 Hales Best is an improved 
stock as regards uniformity of size but not 
earlier. In place of the old stock of the Ten 
Twenty-five, one time the most widely used of 
the Rocky Fords, with a new improved which 
I call the No. 101 Ten Twenty-five. This is a 
very beautiful melon and the equal of any as a 
shipper though not quite as early as Hales 
Best. I am also adding the new No. 50 Mildew 
Resistant, adapted to the Imperial Valley, and 
the new Weaver’s Special which made a hit 
last season. Also a new small stock of Green 
Fleshed Honey Dew, bred to meet the demand 
of the markets for a good quality Honey Dew 
of small size. 
I am dropping Paul Rose from the list as 
being outclassed by Burrell’s Gem, Heart of 
Gold and Hales Best in many ways. I am also 
dropping from the list Early Green Nutmeg and 
Jenny Lind. They are not near as early as the 
Extra Early Hanover, nor as marketable or 
delicious as Knights . I have a poor opinion of 
the Golden Champlain as here its crown set is 
very poor quality. The balance of the crop com¬ 
ing into ripeness with Knights and Hale’s No. 
36 does not sell as well as they do. 
