ALL STOCK HAND-CUT 
FOR QUALITY 
We stress the fact that our seed is hand- 
cut. This is a very important factor in deter- 
mining the success of the crop that you grow 
from that seed. 
The method of harvesting cantaloupe seed 
has an important bearing on the quality and 
purity. No machine has ever been invented 
that can determine for itself when a canta- 
loupe is a Hale's Best or a No. 45. No machine 
can tell whether the melon is true to type or 
whether it is a ‘‘cull."’ When all the melons in 
a field are thrown into a harvesting machine, 
the seed that comes out will be no better than 
the melons that went in. 
By hand-cutting the cantaloupes, however, 
each individual melon is examined to be cer- 
tain that it meets all the high standards for 
quality seed. Melons lacking the proper size, 
or netting, or color of flesh, or any other fac- 
tor, are discarded. Off-types are eliminated. 

Under the hand-cutting method, only the finest cantaloupes are saved for seed. This 
gives greater assurance that the crop grown from that hand-cut seed will be of the 
highest standard. 
Every pound of cantaloupe seed that we offer in this catalog has been harvested 
by hand. You will appreciate the importance of this in the success of your own crop. 

A 27-pack crate of melons. Our descriptions 
refer to sizes of cantaloupes as ‘''36's,"’ ''45’s,"' 
etc. This refers to the number of melons of a 
particular size that can be packed in a standard 
or jumbo crate. Thus a cantaloupe that is a 
jumbo 27 in size will pack 27 melons in a jumbo 
crate. 
The most important work of all. Seed is saved 
from perfect individual cantaloupes that have 
exceptional fine qualities. The melons are cut 
and very critically selected, and the seed saved 
and placed in separate little bags. The seed is 
lanted in separate nursery plats where it can 
e observed and selections made for future 
improvement work. 
