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The Rocky Ford Cantaloupe Seed Breeders Ass’n 
THIS CATALOG SHOULD HELP YOU GROW 
BETTER MELONS 
We are presenting to you, for the 
thirty-first time, our annual catalog on 
cantaloupes. It is our hope that within 
these pages you will find melons listed 
that you will need for the coming season. 
We have described them in an accurate 
manner and have tried to present them 
in such a way that you can easily deter¬ 
mine what varieties will meet your par- 
ticlar needs. 
We specialize in the growing of canta¬ 
loupe seed, and the years of experience 
we have had enables us to be of service 
to you in this particular field. Many of 
the leading commercial varieties have 
been developed and introduced by this 
Association. We supply the seed for 
most of the large cantaloupe districts 
in the United States, Canada and Mex¬ 
ico. Because of our experience in grow¬ 
ing melons and because of our experi¬ 
ences in supplying the seed in commer¬ 
cial districts, we are well equipped to 
advise you on your problems in growing 
cantaloupes. Thousands of market gar¬ 
deners and home gardeners come to us 
for seed each season. Our experience 
enables us to successfully recommend va¬ 
rieties and to help them with problems of 
growing and harvesting and in combating 
diseases and insects. If, after looking 
over our catalog, you have questions re¬ 
garding the varieties for your particular 
section, please write to us and we will 
be pleased to help you. 
TO ASSIST YOU IN SELECTING VARIETIES 
TO PLANT 
As you will readily note in reading 
our catalog and in comparing it with 
others, there is a wide range of varieties 
and strains of cantaloupes. Sometimes 
the multiplicity of varieties and the hun¬ 
dreds of names of cantaloupes are con¬ 
fusing to the grower. Often you will find 
seed houses applying different names to 
the same melon. Many times, too, you 
will be unable to distinguish one variety 
from another by reading the descriptions. 
To prevent this confusion on your part 
and to help you in making your selection 
of varieties, we have grouped many of 
these melons under such headings as 
‘‘Hale’s Best Types,” “White Melons,” 
and “Winter Melons.” This method will 
help you in determining the general type 
of melon you want. 
To assist you further, we have adopted 
the practice of generally listing the 
melons in order of their importance and 
their success. Thus, following the new 
introductions, you will find the first 
melons listed are the “Seed Breeders” 
and the “Nine Thirty-Six.” These are 
both Hale’s Best types and are by far the 
most widely planted and most successful 
of all varieties of cantaloupes. Following 
these will be found the Mildew Resistant 
cantaloupes, of which the No. 45 is the 
most popular. Next to the Seed Breeders 
and the Nine Thirty-Six, the No. 45 is 
the most widely used melon. In a gen¬ 
eral way this method of listing applies 
throughout the catalog. We are sure 
that this will help you in making a choice 
of varieties. 
To be of further assistance to you we 
have added another feature to our cata¬ 
log this season. On the inside back page 
you will find a chart listing the major 
varieties and strains of cantaloupes. By 
use of this chart you can get a bird’s-eye 
view of all the varieties and can make a 
comparison of them. We believe you will 
find this chart useful and valuable to 
you. 
And, finally, to show our desire to help 
the grower, we have published a booklet 
describing the different phases of grow¬ 
ing and harvesting cantaloupes for the 
home and market gardener. This cultural 
booklet is entitled, “The Cantaloupe.” 
This booklet is free and we will be 
pleased to send you a copy if you re¬ 
quest it. 
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