VARIETAL DESCRIPTIONS OF VEGETABLES Kd KEYSTONE SEEDS 
CANTALOUPE and MUSKMELON—Continued 
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HALES BEST No. 36 HMS MALEN 
Popular and leading cantaloupe with shippers, truckers and market growers. 
It is highly refined, extremely éarly and uniform. Flavor superior to some 
Imperial shipping strains. 
FRUIT—5% inches long, 5% inches in diameter, or slightly oval. Remarkably 
uniform and fine for crate packing, entirely heavily netted, indistinct 
or no sutures. Small seed cavity and deep salmon color flesh of ex- 
cellent quality and sweet spicy flavor. 
Fine flavor. 
HALES BEST No. 936 HM MAOER 
A selected strain of H. B. for those who want a little larger melon than No. 36. 
Widely used by truckers, market gardeners, and roadside markets. 
FRUIT—6%% inches long, 534 inches in diameter, heavily netted with indistinct 
sutures; deep salmon color, thick flesh of rich spicy flavor and fine 
quality. 
HEARTS OF GOLD or Hoodoo HM MANIS 
A mid-season cantaloupe to follow the early varieties. It is popular among 
gardeners and truckers. 
FRUIT—56 inches long, 5% inches in diameter, or almost round; well netted 
except in the grooves between ribs, greenish rind, very small seed 
cavity; flesh extremely thick, firm, of good quality, distinct sweet, 
spicy flavor, deep golden orange. 
HONEY DEW - MS MACRO 
This distinct melon is believed to have its origin in Africa. It requires a long 
season, but, once matured, it makes an excellent shipper or may be stored and 
kept in a fine edible condition for some time. This green-fleshed type is 
superior to the golden-fleshed one. 
FRUIT—8 inches long and 7 inches in diameter, or large globe shaped, smooth 
hard greenish white rind ripening to cream color; flesh light green 
and exceptionally juicy with a sweetness entirely different from other 
melons. 
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HALES BEST No. 36—The leading market cantaloupe and a good shipper. 
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