Why the Burrell Family are good seedsmen. They grow up in the business and learn 
pride of product that can best be developed in this way. Some of our founder's great 
grandsons watching Pat Head seeding selected cantaloupes (Burrell’s Jumbo). Pat has been 
working with us in cantaloupe improvement for more than 30 years 
’ 85 days. The original stock of Hale’s Best 
Burrell’s Jumbo produced some very large fine melons that 
were exceptionally well adapted to roadside market selling and for 
bulk hauling in trucks. They were so extremely large, however, 
that they were hardly as well suited to packing in crates as some 
of the smaller types. By critical selection we produced a uniform 
type of this having a distinct stripe or suture running from stem 
to blossom end. It is a big melon; the average weight from our 
seed fields being about 4% pounds each, which would mean that 
the melons pack nine or even less to the Jumbo flat crate. Well 
netted between the distinct suture, practically no ribs. Flesh is 
thick, deep salmon, flavor sweet and of fine eating quality. Because 
of its firm flesh it holds up and keeps longer than H. B. 
STOCK SEED. (Pkt. 10c) (0z. 25c) (4 Ib. 75c) (Ib, $2.20) postpaid. 
Saved from select melons for the most critical planters. 
Not postpaid (Ib. $1.90) (10 Ibs. @ $1.80) (100 Ibs. @ $1.70) 
No. 1 SEED. (Pkt. 10c) (0z. 20c) (4 Ib. 55c) (Ib. $1.60) postpaid. 
Saved from good melons grown from our Select Stock Seeds. 
Not postpaid (Ib. $1.30) (10 Ibs. @ $1.20) (100 Ibs. @ $1.10) 
Hale’s Best, Burrell’s Jumbo Use Burrell’s Jumbo, our — 
new name for this vari- 
ety because different stocks are being offered by some under the 
name Jumbo Hale’s Best. 
From Florida: ‘We were very pleased with the seed pur- 
chased from your company for our water- 
melon operation this season. The Congo plants, in particular, 
were far more vigorous and healthy than any other we have ever 
had. The Florida Giant seed were also very satisfactory. We 
have not hesitated to recommend your watermelon seed to other 
growers in this section as being of the highest quality and entirely 
satisfactory in every respect.” 
33 D. V. Burrell Seed Growers Co., Rocky Ford, Colo. 
