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MELONS—CANTALOUPES (Continued) 
Hales Best (80 days)—One of the first on the market. Salmon flesh of excellent flavor 
and quality. A good shipper and the best seller on the local market. Fruits oval, 6% 
by 5% inches, covered with heavy netting, indistinct ribbing. 
Hales Best No. 36 (80 days)—Quality and flavor much the same as Hales Best. Shape 
is nearly round and ribbing almost eliminated. Fruits are smaller and more uniform 
than Hales Best with small seed cavity. 
Hales Best, Jumbo Strain (83 days)—A large fruited strain of this leading variety 
for local markets. Fruits oval, 5-6 lbs., ribbing somewhat prominent, heavily netted. 
Seed pocket rather large. Orange flesh is sweet and of good quality. 
Rocky Ford (92 days)—A small green fleshed melon. Spicy, juicy and of excellent 
flavor. Still used widely for home gardens. A few years ago, this was a standard 
on the market, now supplanted by larger, orange fleshed melons. 
Banana (98 days)—Resembles a huge banana in shape, 14-20 inches long. Flesh is 
pronounced salmon with somewhat of a banana-like flavor. 
Honey Dew, Green Fleshed (112 days)—A winter n.elon, 7-8 inches long, and 6 inches 
in diameter, nearly white, becoming creamy yellow, almost smooth. Flesh is thick, 
pale emerald green with honey-like flavor. Keeps well in storage. 
WATERMELONS 
Plant after danger of frost in hills 8 by 8 feet. About 2 lbs. of seed to each acre. 
The earliest melons can be produced by planting under HOTKAPS. 
Kleckley Sweet, sometimes called Monte Cristo (85 days)—The best seller of the 
cylindrical shape. Good for local market. Flesh bright red, crisp and extremely 
sweet. Dark green with thin tender rind. 
Improved Kleckley Sweet or Wondermelon (88 days)—An improved strain of Kleckley 
Sweet, being more full at either end. It is large, heavy, oblong, has a dark green 
skin and a thin rind. Scarlet meat and solid heart. 
Stone Mountain, sometimes called Dixie Belle (90 days)—One of the most popular 
for main crop in the Pecos Valley. Oval, almost round with blocky ends. Large, dark 
green with indistinct veining. Flesh bright red, crisp and sweet. Good shipper and 
seller. 
Halbert’s Honey (85 days)—Similar to Kleckley Sweet but somewhat larger. Fruits 
are cylindrical with blunt ends, slightly ridged, dark green, lightly veined; rind very 
tender. Flesh bright red and exceptionally sweet. 
Irish Grey (95 days)—Tough rind makes it a good shipper. Productive, oblong, light 
grey tinged with green. Flesh bright red and firm. 
Dixie Queen (85 days)—An oval-round melon that will average 30 lbs. Light green 
with dark green stripes. Very prolific and a good shipper of excellent quality. A 
rather recent introduction that rapidly gained popularity. 
Texas Black Diamond (95 days)—A nearly round dark green melon with firm red flesh. 
Ships well, will weigh about 40 lbs. Has become most popular in the Pecos Valley 
during the past four years. 
Golden Honey (85 days)—Flesh is an amber-yellow, seed are brown. Medium size, 
nearly round, light green with dark green stripes. Flesh chunky. 
