e We present to you in this, our 1951 catalog, the results of our years 
of work with cantaloupes. 
We believe that we are offering to you the very finest of canta- 
loupe variéties. We feel sure that we are offering you the best seed 
that it is possible to grow. We have been extremely careful in our 
work to be certain that the seed that you buy from us will be all that 
we say and all that you expect. 
Essentially a partnership exists between a seedsman and his cus- 
tomers. Each must appreciate the other’s position, each must under- 
stand the other’s problems, and each must know something of what 
the other is doing, if both are to be successful. 
from The Rocky Ford Cantaloupe 
Seed Breeders’ Association 
THIS CATALOG IS DESIGNED FOR YOUR BENEFIT 
Because it is impossible for us to write to each of our customers 
telling you of our work and our varieties, we are forced to use the 
medium of this catalog to tell you of our seed. Hence we have tried 
to address this catalog to you. In return we hope that you will write 
to us telling us of your work and your problems. 
We have described our varieties truthfully in order that you 
will understand exactly what to expect from each one. We will, in 
the following paragraphs, describe something of our policies and 
methods, in order that you may understand what we are attempting 
to do for you. 
OUR AIM OF QUALITY, PURITY AND SELECTION 
Keeping in mind that a house is no better built than its founda- 
tion, we know that the crop you produce will be no better than the 
