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384% ANNUAL CATALOG 
AND 1947 PRICE LIST 
OF THE 
ROCKY FORD CANTALOUPE SEED 
BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION 

PERFECT TYPES OF CANTALOUPES are chosen as guides in the selection of seed stocks. 
Since the grower is interested in growing as large a yield as possible, the vigor 
and profuseness of vine growth, disease resistance, and “‘set _of melons are important 
to him. Since the melons must look attractive on the market in order to secure buyers, 
the cantaloupes must be judged by shipping qualities, size and shape of the fruit and 
by the netting and color. Since melons are grown solely for human consumption, the 
color and solidity of flesh, the size of the cavity and above all the flavor are of prime 
importance. All these factors are taken into consideration in the selection of the 
melons we save for seed. ; Mg, 
As a buyer of cantaloupe seed, you will be interested in how we handle ied 
seed crops to get the perfect types. On the following pages a series of photographs 
show our actual Operations and methods of handling cantaloupe seed. 
