Cantaloupes 
A Superior Type of 
HALE’S BEST 
The New Ideal 
An Improved Hale’s Best Crossed with Perfected Perfecto 
NEW IDEAL 83 days. We originated this very select strain, several years ago, by 
crossing our Perfected Perfecto with a very uniform stock of Hale’s Best. The result 
was most gratifying to us, for we had succeeded in combining the earliness of the Hale’s 
Best with the superior qualities of our Perfected Perfecto. Since that time we have con¬ 
tinued to improve this strain by very careful selections. We believe that there is no 
better cantaloupe of the Hale’s Best type, today, than our New Ideal. While we class 
this cantaloupe with the Hale’s Best in time of maturity, we have found ripe melons 
in our fields 80 days from planting. Many large cantaloupe planters tell us that our 
New Ideal is the earliest, the most uniform, and has the best quality of any melon of 
the Hale’s Best type. Carlot shippers tell us that they always get the top prices for this 
cantaloupe on account of its quality, uniformity and ability to be shipped long distances. 
The vines of the New Ideal are of medium size but very vigorous and healthy. A 
most prolific producer with the first set unusually heavy. In size the melons run mostly 
jumbo 12’s to the flat crate. Very uniform in size they are oval in shape, covered with 
a solid, well developed net. The flesh shows the Perfected Perfecto crossing; small 
cavity with seeds tightly packed, color a very deep salmon, thick, very firm and fine 
grained. 
We strongly recommend that you give this melon a trial. We feel sure that you 
will be pleased with its superior eating quality. 
Prices Postpaid: Ounce 15c; */4 pound 40c; x /i pound 70c; 1 pound $1.25; 
2 pounds $2.40; 5 pounds $5.50; 10 pounds $10.00. 
Wi'ite for prices on larger quantities. 
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H. D. GARWOOD SEED CO. 
