Highest Quality, Purity, and Selection 
PURDUE 44 
A NEW HALE'S BEST STRAIN 
PURDUE 44 is a new Hale's Best cantaloupe, selected 
from our Seed Breeders strain. It has all the fine Hale's 
Best characteristics plus a resistance to alternaria leaf spot. 
In appearance the Purdue 44 melons resemble the Seed 
Breeders. The fruit are uniform in size running to jumbo 
36's. There are no pronounced ribs, and the net is heavy 
and uniform. The flesh is salmon colored, thick, and has a 
high sugar content. The cavity is small and well filled with 
seeds. The Purdue 44 will mature in about 85 days. 
The particular characteristic of the Purdue 44 is its re- 
sistance to alternaria leaf spot. This is a disease of canta- 
loupes that results in the plant ‘‘firing at the hill’’ and 
losing most of the leaves at the time the fruit is maturing. While the Purdue 44 is resistant to alternaria 
leaf spot, it is not resistant to bacterial wilt. 
The Purdue 44 has made a good record since its introduction three years ago, and will become 
increasingly popular as it becomes better known. We can recommend this melon to the grower who 
wants an early melon of high quality. 
MILDEW RESISTANT D-2 
A LARGE EARLY RESISTANT TYPE 
The D-2 produces a cantaloupe that is earlier and larger 
than the Mildew Resistant No. 45. Having developed the 
D-2 ourselves, we can recommend it to the grower who 
needs a vigorous resistant melon. 
The D-2 is one of the earliest of the resistant strains, and 
will mature in about 90 days. The melons are heavily netted, 
very solid, and will hold up under shipment for long dis- 
tances. The D-2 makes a beautiful melon in the crates. The 
flesh is salmon colored, of fine quality, and the triangular 
seed cavity is well filled. The vines are very vigorous and 
produce a heavy crop of melons. 
The D-2 will particularly recommend itself to the grower 
who wants a large, solid, heavily netted melon which will 
stand abuse in handling. The D-2 is one of the best melons 
for shipment in bulk. 
