The New Purdue 44 
An Exeellent Disease Resistant Melon 
ORIGIN Purdue 44 is a new 
variety. It was de- 
veloped by the Purdue Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station at 
Lafayette, Indiana which sup- 
plied us with seed. Purdue 
fruits have the same appear- 
season as Hale's Best, No. 936. 
DISEASE This variety has 
RESISTANCE great resistance 
to Alternia leof 
spot, one of the most destruct- 
ive diseases of melons. Al- 
ternia leaf spot makes the 
plants “fire at the hill’ and 
lose most of their leaves when 
the fruit is maturing. Purdue 
44 is resistant to this disease. 

Hand saved seed from Purdue 44. Note the uniform shape, and 
heavy net of this variety. 
HIGH YIELD In tests by the Purdue Agricultural Experiment Station, Purdue 44 pro- 
duced as many as 42 per cent more marketable melons in some years 
than the original variety from which it was selected. In other years the difference in yield in 
favor of Purdue 44 was not as great. Our plantings of this variety held up much better and 
picked longer than other fields of Hale's Best strains in the same vicinity. 
GOOD QUALITY The melons are uniform in size, nearly round in shape, and run about the 
same size as Hale's Best No. 936. All the melons we grew were of good 
size as the photo shows. The netting is heavy, and the melons make oan attractive appear- 
ance. We sold some of these melons to a huckster who has an established route. He said, 
“The people just swarmed over me when I went back with a second load of these melons” 
We found this variety excellent in thickness of flesh, firmness and good eating qualities. 
Prices: PURDUE 44—Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c: 44 Ib. 75c; 1% lb. $1.35; 1 lb. $2.50; 2 lbs. $2.35 per 
lb.; 5 Ibs. $2.25 per lb.; 10 lbs. $2.20 per lb. Postpaid. 
Wisconsin 50 Tomato 
A Great Tomato Developed For The Midwest 
This new variety, developed by the Wisconsin Experiment Station is of the best we have 
ever seen in our trials. We liked it the first time seed was supplied us by the Wisconsin 
Station. It has vigor, earliness, high yield, pretty globe fruits, and real color. 
Wisconsin 55 was produced from crosses made with John Baer, Del Monte, Early Baltimore 
and Redskin. This double cross has produced a new variety of real merit. The fruits av- 
erage much larger than John Baer, Bonny Best and Stokesdale. It has some wilt resistance. 
The mature fruits are so deep globe that they almost appear oblong. Fruits are firm, with small 
core, and quite free from growth cracks. 
Under Midwest conditions Wisconsin 55 begins to ripen in 70 to 80 days atter transplant- 
ing to the field. Vine growth is large, quite open, and bears profusely until frost. Hand 
Saved. Seed. 
Prices: WISCONSIN 55—Pkt. l5c: 14 Oz. 40c: Oz. 75c; 14 Ib. $2.25. Postpaid. 
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