New Purdue 44 Cantaloupe 
An Excellent Disease Resistant Melon 
Purdue 44 was developed by the Purdue Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station of Indiana. It has great 
resistance to Alternia leaf spot, the disease that 
makes plants “fire at the hill’ and lose their leaves 
when the melons start to ripen. Purdue 44 is high- 
ly resistant to this disease. 
The melons are uniform in size, nearly round in 
shape, but not as large as Hales Best 936, being 
about the size of Hales Best 36. The heavy netting 
gives the melons a good appearance. A huckester 
to whom I sold some of these melons said, ‘The peo- 
ple just swarmed around me when I went back with 
a second load.” 
In tests at the Purdue Experiment Station this va- 
riety produced as many as 32 per cent more market- 
able melons in some years when it was on trial. 
Our crop held up better and picked longer than 
most other Hales Best fields in our vicinity. We 
found Purdue 44 to have excellent quality and good appearance. It is a thick, salmon fleshed melon. 
PRICES STOCK SEED—Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c: 14 lb. 75; 14 Ib. $1.35; lb. $2.50: 5 lbs. $11.75. Postpaid. 
Culver’s Hales 
For over twenty years a melon 
grower in my county has selected 
a special strain of Hales Best Jum- 
bo for extra large size, heavy 
yields, and outstanding vigor. 
He has always carefully guard- 
ed this strain, but let us have some 
seed to grow in 1954. 
We think you may want to try 
this special stock. The extra large 
melons surely make a _ fancy 
showing. A very thin green lin- 
ing next to the rind makes a beau- 
tiful interior when cut. It had de- 
licious flavor as grown by us. 
Best Jumbo 
PRICES—Pkt. 15c; oz. 35c: 1/4 lb. $1.00; 14 lb. $1.75; lb. $3.25: 5 Ibs. $15.00. Postpaid. 
Delicious (Early Bender) 
A new fusarium wilt resistant strain of Delicious, 
or Early Bender developed by Cornell University. 
The thicker flesh has better color than the standard 
Delicious. 
83 days. An excellent early variety of delicious 
flavor. The earliest large sweet melon, somewhat 
similar to Bender's Surprise but a week earlier. 
Fruits about 6 inches in diamete, coarse netting, 
prominent ribs, with salmon flesh, and always sweet 
and delicious. Recommended for home garden and 
local markets. 357—Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c: 14 lb. 75e: 14 
Ib. $1.35; lb. $2.50. 
Bender’s Surprise 
90 days. A very fine flavored melon, deep sal- 
mon color, extra thick flesh. Large melons with 
light netting and prominent ribs. The flesh is so 
thick and firm that the quality actually improves for 
several days after picking. A favorite in the East 
and North for home garden and select roadside 
trade. 358—Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c: 14 lb. 75c: 14 Ib. $1.35; 
lb. $2.50. 
10 
Hearts of Gold 
LARGE TYPE STRAIN 
90 days. One of the most popular and widely 
planted home and market varieties. Noted for its 
deep golden flesh which is sweet, of the finest qual- 
ity and distinctly flavored. 
We offer the Large Round Type of Morrill Strain 
which is popular in most sections. Fruits are 6 to 7 
inches in size, almost round, and well netted except 
for a narrow stripe between the ribs. 
Growers who are looking for a strain of real merit 
for commercial planting will like our hand cut Hearts 
of Gold. The vines are vigorous and productive; 
the type runs uniform and true to variety. 
Year after year Hearts of Gold continues to be one 
of our best sellers. The taste and good appearance 
brings back the desire for the same melon. 359— 
Pki. 10c; oz. 30c: 14 Ib. 75c: 1/4 lb. $1.35: Ib. $2.50; 
5 Ibs. $11.25. 
