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ROBSON SEED FARMS * HALL, N. Y. 
Up-to-date seedsmen must maintain expensive trial grounds. By carefully studying the growth and habits of 
new vegetables, in comparison to the old standard varieties, it is possible to judge their commercial worth. Each 
year we grow hundreds of new varieties and new strains of old varieties in our trial gardens. 
NEW VARIETIES 
Each year many new vegetable varieties are introduced by seedsmen and Experiment Sta¬ 
tions. A large percentage seem to be limited as to the territory in which they do well. It is 
our policy to thoroughly test a variety before recommending it to our trade. The following new 
varieties have not been thoroughly tested but in our trial grounds seem to have promise. We 
suggest that you try them. 
BLACK BOUNTIFUL EGG PLANT: A small, early 
hybrid from Japan. In our trial grounds last season 
Black Bountiful was ready to use before standard 
varieties had set their fruit. Although we have only 
tested this variety one year we believe it has a place 
for the home and market garden trade. Plant is me¬ 
dium size, bushy, and vigorous, bearing dark purple 
fruits 5 inches long by 3 inches in diameter. Pkt. 
10 cts.; E oz. 25 cts.; oz. 75 cts. 
* HONEY CREAM WATERMELON: When it first 
came to us from Japan, Honey Cream was rather 
badly mixed. We have been for three years breed¬ 
ing toward the elimination of these off type melons. 
Our seed still produces a very few solid green fruits 
and a few with pinkish flesh, however, we feel that it 
is now ready for introduction to our trade. 
Honey Cream is a very prolific early watermelon 
of excellent quality. The melons are large, nearly 
round, light green with darker green stripes. The 
flesh is a creamy yellow, firm, and of excellent qual¬ 
ity. The earliest high quality watermelon we have 
ever grown. We recommend Honey Cream for the 
home garden and roadside stand. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 
25 cts.; lb. 75 cts.; lb. $2.25. 
A & C CUCUMBER: 60 days. In our 1936 trials of 
the long slicing types of cucumbers A & C was rather 
outstanding. The vines were vigorous and seemed to 
be quite resistant to disease. The long slender white 
spined fruits grew to about 10 inches, were a good 
dark green color and of fine quality. Pkt. 5 cts.; 
oz. 25 cts.; X lb. 75 cts.; lb. $2.50. 
* WINDSOR “A” PEPPER: Originated at the Con¬ 
necticut Experiment Station, Windsor “A” gives 
promise of being one of the best of our large early 
sweet peppers. We have never seen so many sweet 
peppers grow on one plant. The peppers are thick 
walled, sweet and tender. The only criticisms that 
we have is their long shape and the fact that the 
peppers are a little lighter green than the public has 
been used to. Seed is very limited this year. Pkt. 
10 cts.; yi oz. 30 cts.; oz. $1.00. 
* SENECA “60” HYBRID SWEET CORN: 60 
days. A new Extra Early Yellow Hybrid that 
we have been developing for several years and 
have in production this year for the first time. In 
1934 it matured in just 60 days after planting. This 
past summer dry weather held it back so that it took 
64 days to make a crop. 
This new hybrid is very prolific usually producing 
two and many times three ears per stalk. The stalk 
is 4 to A}4 ft. tall. Ears six inches long, slender 8 
to 10 rowed. Kernels yellow, medium wide and fair 
quality. The earliest of all hybrids. Pkt. 15 cts.; 
yi lb. 35 cts.; lb. 60 cts.; 6 lbs. $3.40; 12 lbs. $6.50. 
A star (^k) in front of a variety indicates that the seed was grown from our own selected stock. 
Many customers who call at our store ask us to recommend varieties for home planting. Here is 
a list of the varieties of the more common vegetables we plant for our own use: Tendergreen and Scotia 
snap beans; Crosby Beet; Nantes Carrot; Robson Extra Early Bantam, Seneca Golden and Golden 
Cross Corn; Early White Spine Cucumber; Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce; Delicious and Bender 
Muskmelon; Ebenezer Onion Sets; Little Marvel, Midseason Giant and Alderman Peas; Harris Earli¬ 
est and Waltham Beauty Pepper; John Baer Tomato; Long Standing Bloomsdale Spinach; Lu- 
cullus Swiss Chard; mixed Early Scarlet Globe and Icicle Radish; Giant Summer Straightneck, Table 
Queen and Buttercup Squash. 
