
ROCKY FORD CANTALOUPE SEED 
Purdue 44 
The Purdue 44, a new cantaloupe introduced in our catalog last year, promises 
to be one of the leading Hale’s Best types. It is a selection made by the Purdue 
University Agricultural Experiment Station from our Seed Breeders strain. The 
Purdue 44 has all the fine Hale's Best characteristics plus a resistance to alter- 
naria leaf spot. 
In appearance the Purdue 44 resembles the Seed Breeders in the vigorous 
vines and in the fruit produced. The melons are uniform in size, averaging a 
little larger than the Seed Breeders. There are no pronounced ribs and the net 
is heavy and uniform. The size of the fruit cavity is about average for varieties 
of this type. In southern Indiana, where the melon was developed, the Purdue 
44 is considerably more productive than other varieties and shows a high sugar 
content. In season of maturity it ranks with the earlier strains of the Hale’s 
Best variety. 
Alternaria leaf spot is a disease of cantaloupes that seriously affects the crop 
by making the melon plants “fire at the hill” and finally lose most of their leaves 
at the time when the fruit is maturing. The Purdue 44 is resistant to this disease 
although not resistant to bacterial wilt. | 
We secured stock seed of the Purdue 44 from the Purdue University Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station and can offer a pure strain of this new variety. We 
have been much impressed with the fine qualities of this new melon and feel 
that it is an important contribution to new cantaloupe varieties. If you did not 
try the Purdue 44 last season we urge you to do so this year. If you tried it last 
year we will have seed for your field plantings this season. 
Prices postpaid: Ounce, 30c; % pound, $1.00; y, pound, $1.80; 1 pound, $3.00; 
5 pounds, $13.20; 10 pounds, $24.00. 


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