ABOUT OUR SEED... . 
(1) and (2) All seed is hand-selected. Our men pick and 
pile the cantaloupes in the field and trained men sort these 
piles of melons, discarding all those that show any indications 
of being off-type or off-size. This step of our harvesting makes 
a selection on external appearance. 
(3) All our seed is hand-cut. Each individual melon is cut 
separately and is judged upon a basis of appearance, color, 
texture of flesh, cavity size and quality. Only those melons 
that meet rigid tests are saved and all others discarded. We do 
not save a second grade of seed from off type or poor quality 
melons. This step of our harvesting rounds out a careful selec- 
tion of each melon saved for seed. 
(4) After the seed is removed from the cantaloupes it is 
trucked to our central washhouse and here placed in vats to 
sour. This souring process prepares the seed for washing. In 9 
the picture is seen the seed after souring and after part of it 4 ww ~ # 
has been taken to the wash-boxes. Note that the seed and pulp ss . 
is now dry enough to spade. Usually the seed remains in these 
vats for about 24 hours. 
(5) All our cantaloupe seed is washed in boxes such as 
those shown in the fifth picture. After being placed in these 
boxes the seed is carefully washed with an abundance of clear 
running water. This step of our harvesting removes all pulp, 
pieces of rind and all light and immature seed. In the box on 
the left the seed is being stirred in the clear water. In the box 
on the right will be seen a clean lot of seed that is now ready 
to be placed on the trays for drying. 
(6) Our cantaloupe seed is sun-dried. After being cleaned 
in the wash-boxes, the seed is placed on screen trays in the 
drying yard, spread thinly on these trays and stirred continu- 
ally until dry. When the seed has dried in the yards, the trays 
are placed in the warehouse and the seed permitted to cure 
out for a few days before being sacked. After sacking, the seed 
is then milled and is ready for shipment to you. 
(7) In this picture is shown a general view of our wash- 
ing plant. Inside the building are the vats for souring the seed 
after it comes in from the fields. A few reserve vats may be 
noticed in the left foreground. Under the canopy in the center 
of the picture are wash-boxes and on the left is the drying 
yard. This plant is on our own farm and work here is under 
our constant personal supervision. This plant is the largest of 
its ye and from it comes the world’s finest quality cantaloupe 
seed. 








































