All Our Cantaloupe Seed Is Hand-Cut 

PURDUE 44 is a new Hale’s Best cantaloupe, selected from our Seed Breeders strain. 
It has all the fine Hale’s Best characteristics plus a resistance to alternaria leaf spot. 
In appearance the Purdue 44 melons resemble the Seed Breeders. The fruit are 
uniform in size, running to jumbo 36’s. There are no pronounced ribs, and the net 
is heavy and uniform. The flesh is salmon colored, thick, and has a high sugar con- 
tent. The cavity is small and well filled with seed. The Purdue 44 will mature in 
about 85 days. 
The particular characteristic of the Pwtdue 44 is its resistance to alternaria leaf 
spot. This is a disease of cantaloupes that results in the plant ‘firing at the hill” and 
losing most of the leaves at the time the fruit is maturing. While the Purdue 44 is 
resistant to alternaria leaf spot, it is not resistant to bacterial wilt. 
The Purdue 44 has made a good record since its introduction two years ago, and 
will become increasingly popular as it becomes better known. We can recommend 
this melon to the grower who wants an early melon of high quality. 
Prices postpaid: Ounce, 25¢; 1% pound, 80c; 12 pound, $1.50; 1 pound, $2.50; 
5 pounds, $11.00. 
HERE AT ROCKY FORD (a name 
famously associated with canta- 
loupes) we grow our melons un- 
der a system of irrigation. The 
photograph shows one of our 
fields of cantaloupes being irri- 
gated in the early summer. The 
Rocky Ford district produces the 
major portion of the cantaloupe 
seed grown in the United States. 
The quality of Rocky Ford grown 
seed is generally recognized as 
superior to that grown elsewhere. 
We are one of the largest pro- 
ducers of cantaloupe seed in the 

Rocky Ford district. PURDUE 44 

