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NEON 
SEED BREEDERS 
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 sec- 
tions 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 
salmon in color. The Seed Breeders runs to even jumbo sizes, with uniformity being 
one of its principal characteristics. 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 vigorous vine of the Seed Breeders pro- 
duces a slightly earlier melon 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, however, 
that if you use Hale’s Best the Seed Breeders is the finest strain of this variety. 
Prices postpaid: Ounce, 15c; 44 pound, 45c;: '2 pound, 80c:; 1 pound, $1.50; 
5 pounds, $5.75; 10 pounds, $11.00. 


SEED BREEDERS 
Chief Use: General 
‘Matures: 85-90 days 
Skin Color: Dark 
Flesh Color: Salmon 
Shape: Oval 
Netting: Heavy 
Size: 6 x 5% inches 












Here are shown typical Seed 
Breeders cantaloupes. Noted 
for its earliness and uniform- 
ity, the Seed Breeders has be- 
come one of the most widely 
used of all cantaloupes. Note 
in this photograph the vigor of 
the vines surrounding these 
melons. 





