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A fine field of Hale’s Best, Burrell’s Jumbo. The melons are piled 
as shown in the picture and then graded and hand cut. 
od 9 8& days. The original 
Hale’s Best, Burrell’s Jambo Sroka ata eee 
duced some very large fine melons that were exceptionally well 
adapted to roadside market selling and for bulk hauling in trucks. 
They were so extremely large, however, that they were hardly as 
well suited to packing in crates as some of the smaller types. By 
critical selection we have produced a uniform type of this having a 
distinct stripe or suture running from stem to blossom end. It is a 
big melon; the average weight from our seed fields being about 4% 
pounds each, which would mean that the melons pack nine or even 
less to the Jumbo flat crate. Well netted between the distinct suture, 
practically no ribs. Flesh is thick, deep salmon, flavor sweet and of 
fine eating quality. Because of its firm flesh it holds up and keeps 
longer than any other H. B. 
STOCK SEED, saved from the best of the first melons to ripen. 
(Pkt., 10c) (0z., 20c) (%4 Ib., 55e) (ib., $1.65) (5 Ibs., $7.25) prepaid 
No. 1 SEED, saved only from melons that would be good shippers. 
(Pkt., 5c) (oz., 15e) (14 Ib., 40c) Qb., $1.25) (5 Ibs., $5.50) prepaid 
H B 936 82 days. Developed from the No. 36, but more uni- 
he A form in size as it holds up uniformly late in the 
season in this respect; color and texture of the flesh the same, but 
hardly as thick meated. Netting heaviest of the H. B.’s and not 
inclined to run to slick melons in the later pickings. 
S'TOCK SEED, saved from the best of the tirst melons to ripen. 
(Pkt., 10c) (0oz., 20c) (%4 Ib., 55c¢) Cb., $1.65) (5 Ibs., $7.25) prepaid 
No. 1 SEED, saved only from melons that would be good shippers. 
86 (PKt., 5c) (oz. 15¢) (4 Ib., 40e) (hb., $1.25) (5 Ibs., $5.50) prepaid 

