
ARTHUR G. LEE, 


[ Hale’s Best Cantaloupe 
CANTALOUPES 
One ounce to 100 hills; 2 pounds per acre. 
ROCKY FORD Green Fieshed (90 days). 
A small green fleshed melon of the oval 
type weighing about 2 pounds. The most 
widely known and extensively grown in its 
class. Noted for its extraordinary flavor. 
POLLOCK 10-25. ..Salmon tint. Similar to 
Rocky Ford other than color of the meat. 
HALE’S BEST NO. 36. Salmon flesh. This 
is the smallest of the Hale’s Best strains, 
absolutely uniform, solid net and with a 
remarkably thick flesh. They are earlier 
than any of the other Hale’s Bests, more 
prolific, that is more melons produced per 
acre 
HALE’S BEST NO. 936. Salmon flesh. This 
is the next size larger Hale’s Best than the 
No. 36. It runs just a bit irregular, shows 
a little ribbing, and is reasonably well 
netted. For production within trucking dis- 
tance or moderate distance car-lot shipping 
it works out quite satisfactorily. 
HALE’S IMPERIAL No. 45 (86 days). 
Flesh deep salmon. Mildew resistant. An 
early variety for shipping trade. A true 
Hale’s Best. Seed cannot be jarred loose, re- 
mains edible and really is better 10 days 
after. packing. Must be picked full slip or 
dead ripe. Being full ripe it has a delicious 
flavor and is the best long-distance shipper, 
holding up after reaching market much iong- 
er than other sorts. 
BANANA (94 days). A long melon. Grow- 
ing about 20 inches. Lemon colored skin 
when matured. Salmon colored flesa. Strict- 
ly a home melon. 

For Prices Refer to Green List Enclosed. 
SHE De MANY AND FLORIST, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS 
QUEEN OF COLORADO (90 days). Bright 
salmon. Size 6x6% inches. Rind very 
hard, pearly gray color. Heavily covered 
with distinctive netting. Ripens to a yei- 
lowish shade. Flesh thick and excellent 
flavor. 
LARGE HACKENSACK. Green _fieshed. 
Large, round, but flattened on the ends. 
SWEET CORN 
1% |b. to 100 feet, 15 Ibs. per acre. 
STOWELL’S EVERGREEN (95 days). A 
standard late variety, very valuable for 
canning and much grown for market. Ker- 
nels very deep; ears & inches long. Ui detes 
sweet and tender. 
COUNTRY GENTLEMEN (Shoe Peg) (95 
days). Regarded by many as the sweetest 
of all sweet corn. Ears 7 to 8 inches long; 
cob small, covered with slender white grains 
without row formation. 
GOLDEN BANTAM (80 days). Early 
golden in color, and of highest quality. Ears 
6 to 7 inches long; 8 rowed. An ideal sort 
for the home garden. 
GOLDEN CROSS BANTAM HYBRID (88 
days). This hybred is one of the best and 
most prolific of the yellow sweet corns, bred 
for wilt resistance, high yield and quality. 
Ears 8 to 10 inches jong and yielding about 
40 per cent more marketable ears than 
Golden Bantan. . 
EARLIGOLD (Hybrid) (72 to 73 days). The 
earliest yellow hybrid developed for market 
gardners and shippers who have been look- 
ing for a hybrid both early and large eared. 
Ears average 6% to 7 inches well filled 
with 12 to 16 rows of kernels. 
EVERGREEN HYBRID - a - (Hybrid Stow- 
ell’s Evergreen). White kernels (90 days). 
Ears 7% to 8% inches long, with 14 to 18 
rows of deep narrow white kernels, ,which 
are of the very highest quality. Differs 
from open pollinated Stowell’s Evergreen 
in having smaller ears. Popular with all 
growers and used extensively for canning. 
EARLY ADAMS (60 days). Not a sugar 
corn, but grown extensively for table use. 
Can be planted earlier than sugar corn, 
which makes it a valuable first crop sort. 
Produces ears 7 to 8 inches long. Fairly 
sweet and tender. 
TRUCKER’S FAVORITE (65 to 70 days). 
Although not a sugar corn it makes the 
finest roasting ears. No early garden corn 
is so extensively grown. Attractive ears 9 
to 11 inches long, with tender, sweet grains. 
Ready for table or market in about 65 days. 
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