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THE METHODS OF THE PRODUCER SHOULD BE 
UNDERSTOOD BY THE GROWER 
YOUR purchase of seed you are interested primarily in its quality and purity. Price 
is a small item compared with these, for an additional few cents a pound spent for 
pure, high quality seed will actually repay the grower extra dollars in profit for every 
cent spent for seed. 
It is necessary that you know something of the methods used by the producer and 
handler of the seed, in order to be confident that that seed is of the highest possible 
quality and purity. All too often the grower of the seed is not the one from whom you 
buy. Consequently the strict identity of the seed is often lost some place between the 
producer and the planter. 
It is of great importance for the farmer to know what he is paying for and of equal 
importance for the seed sold him to reproduce exactly as described. Believing in this 
principle, we adopted at the launching of our firm, the practice of selling only the seed 
that we grow and harvest ourselves. All our cantaloupe seed is hand-selected and hand 
cut. It is carefully washed in sluice boxes and sun dried. A member of the firm is in 
constant attendance during all these phases of the harvest to see that no mistake and no 
mixing takes place. 
Our methods are a two-fold protection. It protects the buyer, for our careful 
methods enable us to assure him that the seed is pure and of high quality. These methods 
also protect ourselves, because our customers are satisfied with the high quality seed he 
gets. There is an element of selfishness in the extreme care we take with our seed, because 
the satisfaction of our customers resulting from that care means increased business for us. 
Hand cut seed, grown and harvested by ourselves, is your assurance of quality, 
purity, and selection. 
Cantaloupes being cut by hand during the seed harvest. All our 
seed is grown and harvested by ourselves. 
