Size: x 5J inches 
Weight: 3 pounds 
Edible in 85 days 
Principle use: All-purpose 
The Number 36 is now regard¬ 
ed as the improved Hales Best 
and is so used unless a definite 
choice is requested. It is desir¬ 
able for any purpose; home 
garden, roadside stands and for 
shipment by truck, or packing 
for distant markets. The size 
is ideal, the net is heavy with 
just a faint stripe, the shape 
slightly oval and the flesh is 
very thick. It is about the most 
uniform stock of Hales Best. 
same. 
HALES BEST NO. 112 
(Pink Flesh) 
Size: 5j x 5-J inches 
Weight: 3 pounds 
Edible in 87 days 
Principle use: Shipping 
This stock is almost identical 
to the Number 36 except in 
shape, being almost round in¬ 
stead of oval. The ends appear 
as slightly flattened. It is more 
desirable in some sections be¬ 
cause of the shape. The net¬ 
ting does not seem quite as 
fine as that of the 36 type. 
Further, any melon of this 
shape is : nclined to produce a 
larger seed cavity, although 
thickness in flesh is about the 
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