__CANTALOUPE _ 
Rocky Ford—Home of cantaloupes 

GROWING CANTALOUPES 
CONTROLLING INSECTS 
The controlling of insects on your cantaloupe crops will in- 
crease your profits. If pests are allowed to multiply un- 
hampered, entire fields are often ruined. The striped cucumber 
beetle and aphis are the cantaloupe’s worst enemies. 
D. D. T. CAUTION. Do not dust or spray using D. D. T. on 
beans, cucumbers, cantaloupes, or watermelons. Use the new 
Marlate Insecticide, listed page 87. 
CONTROLLING CANTALOUPE WORMS—Write us 
for Suggestions 
OUR SUGGESTIONS REGARDING VARIETIES 
CANTALOUPES FOR SHIPPING 
Our business has been closely associated with the cantaloupe 
industry. Since the first green fleshed Rocky Fords were 
shipped from our home town, our catalog has carried the con- 
tinued story of the improvement in varieties of shipping 
cantaloupes. As your selection of the proper sort is of vital 
importance, we offer the following suggestions. 
The Powdery Mildew Resistant No. 45 is without doubt 
capable of carrying to distant markets and arriving in better 
condition than any other cantaloupe. The 45 however is more 
subject to rust than the H. B.’s. In districts not subject to 
Powdery Mildew, the Improved H. B. No. 36 and No. 936 will 
be found most satisfactory crating sorts. For roadside mar- 
ket and bulk hauling in trucks or if an extremely large melon 
is required, use Burrell’s Jumbo H. B. Burrell’s Superfecto is 
excellent for late market and well grown, leaves little to be 
desired in the way of quality. Mildew Resistant No. 5 is sug- 
gested for Imperial and Salt River Valleys. 
MELONS FOR LOCAL AND ROADSIDE MARKET 
The large round type or Morrill strain Hearts of Gold is 
popular in Michigan. Those wishing large melons prefer Bur- 
rell’s: Jumbo H. B. and Schoon’s Hard-Shell and the new Triquois 
because of its fine eating and keeping qualities will be in 
demand. Cantaloupe and muskmelon are special items with 
us and we firmly believe that better seed than we have of 
these is not obtainable. 
; MARKET ONLY GOOD MELONS 
With all cantaloupes the customer develops an appetite and 
buys regularly if the melons are always good, but poor melons 
destroy the desire for melons and those who would be good 
buyers, turn to peaches and other fruits instead. 
Don’t pick cantaloupes green. 
Don’t pick cantaloupes from rusted vines. 
Don’t pick cantaloupes from aphis covered vines. 
Don’t pick cantaloupes from vines diseased with mildew. If 
cantaloupes are subject to mildew in your district, we suggest 
that you use the Powdery Mildew Resistant No. 5. 
Don’t pack melons you would not buy to eat yourself if you 
were the customer. ’ 
Don’t buy cheap seed. You cannot afford to risk your season’s 
work and, the use of your land and run the chance of a poor 
return which may be the result of using poor seed. 
“Plant seeds of known origin.” 
We grow the cantaloupe seed we sell. 

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