SEED GROWERS 
CANTALOUPE AND MUSKMELON (Cont.) 

Harvesting Commercial Crop of Resistant No. 45 
Green Fleshed Varieties 
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Exclusively grown in California for local trade and long distance shipping. 
Fruits large, globular; 6-8 inches in diameter; skin golden yellow, tough, 
wrinkled. Flesh very thick, white, juicy and sweet. Keeps well in storage. 
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Good shipper, and keeps well in storage. Fruits globular; 5 inches in dia- 
meter; yellowish-white; smooth, sparsely netted. Flesh silvery-green, juicy, 
with honey-like flavor, 
Particularly adapted for use on the Pacific Coast. 
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Grown extensively in the warmer melon growing sections for local markets 
and distant shipping. Keeps well in storage. Fruits broad-oval, 7-8 inches 
long and 6 inches in diameter; nearly white, becoming creamy-yellow; 
smooth with occasional net. Flesh thick, pale emerald-green, sweet and juicy. 
Particularly adapted for use on the Pacific Coast. 
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Well known and widely used variety. Fruits small, oval, about 5 inches long, 
414 inches in diameter; show no ribbing, entirely covered with uniform 
netting. Flesh thick, green, sweet and juicy. 
CARDOON 
Cynara cardunculus 
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A perennial belonging to the same family as Globe Artichoke and grown for 
the fleshy leaf stalks or midribs. They are cut in fall and winter and grow 
again the following spring. The plant is about three feet high and grayish- 
green. Frequently the leaves are tied to hasten blanching. 
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