
Rocky Ford 
Home of cantaloupes Ca nta lou be 
MARKET ONLY GOOD MELONS 
With all cantaloupes the customer develops an appetite and 
buys regularly if the melons are always good, but poor melons 
destroy the desire for melons and those who would be good buy- 
ers, turn to peaches and other fruits instead. 
Don’t pick cantaloupes green. 
Don’t pick cantaloupes from rusted vines. 
Don’t pick cantaloupes from aphis covered vines. 
Don’t pick cantaloupes from vines diseased with mildew. If 
cantaloupes are subject to mildew in your district, we suggest 
that you use the Powdery Mildew Resistant No. 45 or D-2. 
Don’t pack melons you would not buy to eat yourself if you 
were the customer. 
% Don’t buy cheap seed. Your crop costs about fifty dollars per 
acre, and often more, considering rental of land, before you begin 
to pick, and poor seed may cut the value of the crop in two and 
even more. Two to four dollars per acre for the best seeds is 
small compared with other costs. Buy the best seed.. 
“Plant seeds of known origin.” 
We grow the cantaloupe seed we sell. 


Abbott’s Pearl or Pearl Pink Meat 0°35 oar 
pearl colored rind; flesh, salmon colored, and of good flavor. It isa 
good shipper, packs 12 to the standard flat crate. 
(Pkt., 5c) (02, 10c) (%4 Ib., 30c) (Ib., 90c) (5 Ibs., $4.00) prepaid 
4 . 98 days. Our own introduction. One of the best 
Burrell Gem shippers for some sections where there is little 
rainfall and irrigation is depended upon. Fruits, oval, 6 inches long, 
'4% inches in diameter, well developed, closely laced netting, un- 
‘netted suture between the ribs. Flesh deep orange salmon, thick, 
_ very fine grained, spicy and sweet. Packs 12 to the Jumbo flat crate. 
STOCK SEED, saved from the best of the first melons to ripen. 
(PKt., 10c) (0z., 20c) (% Ib., 55c) (lb. $1.65) (5 lbs., $7.25) prepaid 
No. 1 SEED, saved only from melons that would be good shippers. 
(PKt., 5c) (oz. 15c) (%4 Ib., 40c) (lb., $1.25) (5 Ibs., $5.50) prepaid 
100 days. A large selection sometimes 
Barrell Gem Jumbo called Ordway Pink Meat. Weight 5 
pounds; rind well netted and tough; flesh, deep salmon, very thick 
and of good quality. Good shipper and desirable for roadside market 
because of its large size and attractive appearance. Inclined to crack 
if season is too wet. Packs 7 to 9 to the Jumbo flat crate. 
(Pkt., 5c) (0z., 15¢) (%4 Ib., 40c) (ib., $1.25) (5 Ibs., $5.50) prepaid 
3 92 days. This variety of our own in- 
Burrell’s Superfecto troduction is especially recommended 
for planting where melons are inclined to rust. Pack 12 to 15 to 
the Jumbo flat crate. The netting is well developed and closely 
laced, covering the entire melon “Solid Net.” Flesh, rich orange 
salmon, thick, and seed cavity very small; quality is unexcelled, flesh 
is fine grained, very sweet and spicy. The best cantaloupe for late 
market. 
Seed crop hailed out and none to offer. 
. 88 days. Developed in the Imperial Valley from 
D-2 Resistant the No. 45. Saved from vines that showed free- 
dom from mildew in badly infested fields. Hardly as uniform in 
shape and size as the 45 but carries heavier, rougher netting. Ours 
is the true stock grown by the originator. 
(Pkt., 10c) (oz., 20c) (%4 Ib., 60c) (Ib,, $2.00) (5 lbs., $8.80) prepaid 
Eden Gem (Rocky Ford Green Flesh) 2, oon fesned 
Rocky Ford type, slightly oblong, solidly netted, very firm and highly 
resistant to rust. A good shipper. Packs 15 to the standard flat 
crate. Flesh, green, deep, fine grained and sweet. 
Crop failed. No seed of this to offer. 
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