Quality . . . Purity . . . and . . . Selection 
Hales Best 
Since we introduced it in 1924, the Hale’s Best has been 
the leading commercial cantaloupe. The Seed Breeders is the 
newest and finest of the Hale’s Best strains. There are very 
few important cantaloupe sections that do not rely upon the 
Hale’s Best for the major portion of their crop. In the Seed 
Breeders and the Nine Thirty-Six are found the two leading 
strains of the Hale’s Best, and more seed of these two strains 
are sold than all other strains of the Hale’s Best combined. 
The Seed Breeders has become the leading commercial 
melon principally because of its earliness and its uniformity. 
We have supplied experimental stations in all sections of the 
country with Seed Breeders seed and in tests they have conducted they report it 
to be the earliest, most uniform, and the highest in quality of the Hale’s Best 
cantaloupes. 
The Seed Breeders is a heavily netted melon that is a splendid shipper. The seed 
cavity is small and compact, filled solidly with seed. The flesh is thick, firm and deep 
pink in color. The Seed Breeders runs to even jumbo sizes. One of its principal 
characteristics is its uniformity. This uniformity and lack of cull melons serves to 
increase materially the percentage of salable melons. This is important in increasing 
your profits from your cantaloupe crop. The Seed Breeders is slightly earlier and 
is more prolific than other Hale’s Best strains. 
Because of the widespread use of the Hale’s Best, everyone knows this variety, 
and it is unnecessary for us to urge you to plant it. We wish to remind you, how¬ 
ever, that if you use Hale’s Best that the Seed Breeders is the finest strain of this 
variety. 
Prices postpaid: Ounce, 1,5c; V 4 pound 45c; Yz' pound, 80c; 1 pound, $1.50; 
2 pounds, $2.50; 5 pounds, $5.75; 10 pounds, $11.00. 
SEED BREEDERS 
Chief Use: General 
Matures : 85-90 days 
Skin Color: Dark 
Flesh Color: Salmon 
Shape : Ova.1 
Netting: Heavy 
Size: 6x5^/^ inches 
The Hale’s Best is the most widely planted variety of cantaloupes, and the Seed 
Breeders is the most universally used strain of this vainety. Earlier and more 
uniform than other HB strains, the Seed Breeders was introduced by us in 1936, 
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