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Read the article "Growing Cantaloupes" 
beginning Page 36. 
Market Growers' Prices, Page 90. 
H D K| rt I | 9 87 days. This melon differs from the No. 36 mainly in shape, 
. D. INO. I I £ being round instead of slightly oblong; this type being preferred 
by some shippers. Diameter slightly larger than No. 36 but shorter in length. Flesh 
extremely thick. 
STOCK SEED, saved from the best of the first melons to ripen. 
(Pkt., 10c) (oz., 15c) (*4 lb., 40c) (lb., $1.50) (5 lbs., $6.60) prepaid. 
No. 1 SEED, saved only from melons that would be good shippers. 
(Pkt., 5c) (oz., 10c) (>4 lb., 30c) (lb., $1.00) (5 lbs., $4.40) prepaid. 
A fine field of Hale’s Best Original or Jumbo Strain. The Melons are piled as 
shown in the picture and then graded and hand cut. 
The girls are Barbara and Bernita Burrell. 
Hale’s Best Original or Jumbo Strain f ro & d <Ze vafiar/e'fiS 
melons that were exceptionally well adapted to roadside market selling and for bulk 
hauling in trucks. They were so extremely large, however, that they were hardly as 
well suited to packing in crates as some of the smaller types. By critical selection we 
have produced a uniform type of this having a distinct stripe or suture running from 
stem to blossom end. It is a big melon; the average weight from our seed fields being 
about 4*4 lbs. each, which would mean that the melons pack nine or even less to the 
Jumbo flat crate. Well netted between the distinct suture, practically no ribs. Flesh 
is thick, deep salmon, flavor sweet and of fine eating quality. Because of its firm flesh 
it holds up and keeps longer than any other cantaloupe. 
STOCK SEED, saved from the best of the first melons to ripen. 
(Pkt., 10c) (oz., 15c) (H lb., 40c) (lb., $1.50) (5 lbs., $6.60) prepaid. 
No. 1 SEED, saved only from melons that would be good shippers. 
(Pkt., 5c) (oz., 10c) (% lb., 30c) (lb., $1.00) (5 lbs., $4.40) prepaid. 
Cutting a fine field of cantaloupes for seed. One reason why our cantaloupe seed is 
better being that the seeding is done by our own crew of men. We have better 
control of the operation and experienced employees wash and dry the seed. Selec* 
tions and rejections can be made if necessary and danger of mixture is less. Chance 
of receiving seed from market fields is eliminated. This method is better than 
contracting with the farmer as practiced by some sources of supply. 
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D. V. Burrell Seed Growers Co., Rocky Ford, Colo 
