PUBLISHED PERIODICALLY BY RESEARCH DEPARTMENT, LAWRENCE ROBINSON & SONS, MODESTO. CALIFORNIA, U. S. A. 

THE HALES BEST CANTALOUPE TYPES 
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It was way back when ——-— 
Mire ccd D. Hale, a large cantaloupe shipper near Brey: California, saved the 
seed from a “rogue”, or sport, he discovered in a field of POLLOCK 10-25. 
That was the birth of HALES BEST, from en dete weny of our more separ cont types of ship— 
ping cantaloupes have been developed. Mr. Hale P anted the seed from his “rogue",be- | 
came more favorably impressed, and sent the seed to Rocky Ford, Colorado where intensive 
reproduction and selection work was commenced, with the eventual development of a"“fixed"—~ 
HALES BEST CANTALOUPE: The ancestor of so many present day types, by its own 
Tights, it was a splendid melon. Slightly oblong, medium ribs, and well netted, 
it has an unusually strong rind enabling it to be successfully shipped thousands . 
of miles, With unusual plant vigor, it produced a melon of fine. flavored, soft 
textured, deep salmon colored flesh, which quickly became a favorite. 
HALES BEST NO. 36: An obvious. development filling the need of the home gardener 
and local shipper, its brilliant orange flesh is fine: flavored. Prolific, it is 
almost Ttound, heavily netted and ribbing almost completely removed. Also adaptable 
to medium distance shipping. 
HALES BEST NO. 936: Next on the scene, it is very similar to NO. 36, but satisfies 
the need for a slightly larger strain, 
TRIUMPH JUMBO HALES BEST: A hit oe ee development to satisfy the needs of the 
restaraunt and hotel trade, its fruits are semi—oblong, ribbing is medium pro- 
minent and it is heavily.netted. Salmon-—orange flesh is thick, fine- textured 
and extremely tasty. (Wot a shipping type.) 
‘And then, MILDEW, a deadly killer, struck in the Imperial Valley, California where: 
thousands of acres were annuqlly planted to HALES BEST. Dr. Ivan Jaegger, of the United 
States Department of Agriculture, went to work on the problem and eventually, he very 
successfully crossed HALES BEST with an inedible (but mildew resistant) variety im-— 
ported from India, Thus ~-~-— 
IMPERTAL NO. 45 entered the picture and, in our opinion, is the most remarkable 
type ever developed by a-seed breeder. Still the largest selling variety for 
long distance shipping, it can ripen to "full slip" in the field, be shipped 
thousands of miles and arrive on the market stands in excellent, firm, an 
tasty condition. 
However, new types of mildew became a problem and in certain areas it has been 
necessary to switch to these three new developments —-~- 
IMPERIAL NO. 5, IMPERIAL NO. 6, and IMPERIAL NO. 7, which are all based on and 
similar to NO. 45, with the important difference that. they are resistant to new 
mildew -types to which their parent is susceptible. 
IMPERIAL NO. 4-50 another splendid type based on NO. 45, is very similar but 
has been developed to supply certain categories of trade which demand a slightly 
larger type melon. 
While Dr. peek epee pee the MILDEW problem from the angle of breeding resistance 
into HALES BEST, others had different ideas, Commonly known was the fact that Salsnur 

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