OUR SUGGESTIONS REGARDING THE 
VARIETIES TO PLANT 
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CANTALOUPES FOR Our business has been closely associated with 
the cantaloupe industry since the first Green 
SHIPPIN© Fleshed Rocky Fords were shipped from our 
home town. Our catalog has carried the con¬ 
tinued story of the improvement in varieties of shipping cantaloupes. 
As your selection of the proper sort is of vital importance, we make 
the following suggestions. In districts not subject to powdery mildew, 
the Improved H. B. No. 36 and 1938 H. B. will be found the most 
satisfactory early sorts. For roadside market and bulk hauling in 
trucks, or if an extremely large melon is required, use Burrell’s Jumbo 
H. B. Burrell’s Superfecto is excellent for late market and continues 
to be wideiy used. The Powdery Mildew Resistant No. 45 was “good 
news’’ to Imperial Valley and other shippers where the industry was 
in danger of being ruined by mildew. Growers believe that this new 
variety marks an important milestone in the progress of the industry. 
More than 8,000 crosses were made under the direction of Dr.' Ivan C. 
dagger. From these, the 4 5 was selected as being the best for repro¬ 
duction. It combines 100% resistance to powdery mildew with better 
shipping quality than was heretofore thought possible. 
MELONS FOR LOCAL AND 
ROADSIDE MARKET 
The Honey Rock we offer is an im¬ 
proved stock having a heavier netting, 
thicker flesh; it is especially favored 
in Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana. 
The New Pride of Wisconsin combines the delicate flavor of Honey 
Rock with the better texture of flesh of Hearts of Gold, and gives 
promise of being an outstanding addition to the list of muskmelons. 
Those wishing larger melons prefer Osage, Jumbo Burrell Gem, Original 
or Jumbo H. B., Anne Arundel and melons of the Tip 'Top class 
which include Tip Top, Bender’s Surprise and Miiwaukee Market. Our 
Milwaukee Market is an exceptionally thick fleshed strain of this 
valuable variety. Do not forget the Golden Glow Honey Dew. This 
will add color to your roadside market display. It is a very fine melon, 
and being earlier than the regular Honey Dew, can be grown farther 
north. Cantaloupe and Muskmelon are special items with us and we 
firmly believe that better seed than we have of these, is not obtainable. 
Send us your orders and we will do our best to please you. 
MARKET ONLY With all cantaloupes the customer develops an 
appetite and buys regularly if the melons are al- 
GOOD MELONS ways good, but poor melons destroy the desire for 
melons and those who would be good buyers turn 
to peaches and other fruits instead. 
Don’t pick cantaloupes green. 
Don’t pick cantaloupes from rusted vines. 
Don’t pick cantaloupes from aphis covered vines. 
Don’t pick cantaloupes from vines diseased with mildew. If can¬ 
taloupes are subject to mildew in your district, we suggest that you 
use the Powdery Mildew Resistant No. 45. 
Don’t pack melons you would not buy to eat yourself if you were 
the customer. 
Don’t buy cheap seed. Your crop costs about fifty dollars per acre, 
and often more, considering rental of land, before you begin to pick, 
and poor seed may cut the value of the crop in two and even more. 
Two to four dollars per acre for the best seeds is small compared with 
other costs. Buy the best seed. 
“Plant seeds of known origin.” 
We grow the cantaloupe seed we sell. 
Cutting a fine field of cantaloupes for seed. One reason why our Ccmtzdoupe seed is 
better being that the seeding is done by our own crew of men. We have better 
control ol the operation and experienced employees wash and dry the seed. Selec¬ 
tions and rejections Ccin be made if necessary danger of mixture is less. Chance 
of recei'ving 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 
