
BUCHANAN’S CANTALOUPES 
CULTURE 
Melons thrive best in light, rich soil. Plant just as soon as 

the ground is warm, in hills 4 to 6 feet apart, according to the variety; 

Cranshaw 
213—CRANSHAW (90 days)—The most unusual and delicious 
cantaloupe introduced to date. Egg-shaped and for exquisite 
sweetness and flavor it is distinctive and its quality has never 
been approached by any other melon. Medium large about 
5 pounds, color green before mature, and distinctly mottled 
orange and green when ripe. Thus you never pick an imma- 
ture melon. 
Price—Pkt., 10c; 0z., 20c; 2 ozs., 35ce; 14 Ib., 65¢; 14 Ib., $1.20; 
1 Ib., $2.25; 5 Ibs., $10.75. 
markets. 
a leader in its class. 
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Imperial No. 4 

Queen of Colorado 
devoted to our assortment of insecticides. 
hills: 1 ounce to 60 hills; 2 to 3 pounds to the acre. 
protect your early planting from cold or injury. 
in each hill apply a shovelful of well-rotted manure, or a handful of 
commercial] fertilizer, well mixed with the soil. 
each hill, covering with about 1 inch of fine soil firmly pressed down. 
As plants develop cultivate well. 
the hill. 
after a heavy rain. i 
insects and fungus foes as are cucumber and squash vines. 
Plant about 8 seeds to 
Gradually thin out to two plants to 
When the vines begin to run freely, stop cultivation, except 
Melon vines are subject to the same destructive 
See pages 
Use a packet to about 15 
HOTKAPS will 
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210—QUEEN OF COLORADO OR PRIDE OF WISCONSIN 
(85 days)—Oval in shape with tough, heavily netted rind with 
faint ribs. ; 
being a deep, sparkling, golden orange. The seed cavity is small 
and closely packed. The flesh is thick, juicy and sweet, edible 
almost to the rind, and has no superior in eating qualities. Size 
6 by 6% inches, weight 5 pounds. } 1 
loupes for both shipping and for home gardening yet introduced 
and won Honorable Mention in the All-America Selections in 
1939. 
Pkt., 5c; 0z., 20c; 2 ozs., 35c; 4 Ib., 55c; 14 Ib., 95c; 1 Ib., $1.75; 
5 Ibs., $8.25. 
The flesh color is totally unlike other cantaloupes, 
It is one of the finest canta- 
220—IMPERIAL No. 45 (80 days)—FORMERLY LISTED 
HALES BEST No. 45—This medium size, slightly oblong, mil- 
dew resistant melon approaches perfection in its class. Its 
outstanding advantages are its very heavy cropping even in 
the hottest driest season and it almost never shows spoilage 
in the field even when quite ripe. It also may be vine- 
ripened and still shipped long distances because it remains 
firm and in good edible condition longer than almost any 
other cantaloupe. The seed cavity is small and tightly packed 
with seed. The salmon-orange flesh is firm but not tough or 
stringy, and has a sweet, luscious, melting and superb flavor. 
Pkt., 5c; 0z., 20c; 2 ozs., 35c; 14 Ib., 55ce; 1% Ib., 95c; 1 Ib., $1.75; 
5 Ibs., $8.25 
21I—HALES BEST, JUMBO STRAIN (87 days)—Large 
fruited strain of the leading Hale variety, unexcelled for 
home use and local market. Melons oval, heavily netted, very uniform; flesh thick, 
salmon-orange, sweet and of excellent quality—The perfect melon for roadside 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; 2 ozs., 35e; 14 Ib., 55¢; % Ib., 95e; 1 Ib., $1.75; 5 Ibs., $8.25 
219—ROCKY FORD (92 days)—The Improved Rust Resistant Strain continues to be 
It has enjoyed wide use for many years and is well known 
everywhere that melons are produced. 
nary flavor. The spicy flavor of the green-fleshed Rocky Ford is difficult to improve 
It is popular chiefly because of its extraordi- 
Pkt., 5c; 0z., 20c; 2.0zs., 35ce; 14 Ib., 60c; 1% Ib., $1.10; 1 Ib., $2.00; 5 Ibs., $9.45 
214—BANANA (100 days)—Shaped somewhat as 
name indicates; grows about 2 feet long; flesh deep 
salmon colored and of a delicious banana-like flavor. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; 2 ozs., 35c; 14 Ib., 55c; 14 Ib., 95c; 
1 Ib.,. $1.75; 5 Ibs., $8.25 
. 212—HONEY DEW MELON (100 days)—This melon 
is unlike the ordinary muskmelon or cantaloupe. 
both in appearance and flavor, the outer skin being 
smooth, hard and nearly white. The melons are 
large, round to oval in shape, extremely thick- 
neated and have a very small seed cavity; flesh is 
light green, very solid and of a rich honey-like 
flavor, luscious and juicy, much more so than any 
variety of muskmelons. 
Pkt., 5c; 0z., 20c; 2 ozs., 35e; 14 Ib., 55¢e; % Ib., 95e; 
1 Ib., $1.75; 5 Ibs., $8.25 - 
TREAT CANTALOUPE SEED WITH SEMESAN 
You will get better and quicker germination and 
healthier plants, thus enabling growers to take ad-. 
vantage of higher pre-season prices. Easy to apply. 
1/3 oz. (treats 5 Ibs. seed), 12c; 2 ozs., 45¢ 
DUTOX WILL CONTROL STRIPED AND SPOTTED CUCUMBER BEETLE AND PICKLE 
WORM ON CANTALOUPES 
Use from 2 to 6 pounds of Dutox per acre for dusting Cantaloupes. 

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