LAWRENCE R. ROBINSON, JR. 
WARD F. ROBINSON 
LAWRENCE R. ROBINSON 
SPECIALTIES 
Cucumber 
Musicmelon 
Watermelon 
Squash 
Pumpkin, etc. 
GROWERS OF 
CALIFORNIA & COLORADO SEEDS 
BALTIMORE, MO. OMAHA, NEBR. 
108 Custom House Ave. 12th and Jones Sts. 
Modesto, California May 15 
Cable Address 
"Robandsons” 
All Codes 
Rocky Ford, Colo. 
JOHN A. ROBINSON 
Manager 
1938 
-.-MY FIFTEENTH NINETEEN THIRTY EIGHT— 
Lawrence Rotinson & Sons, Inc. give no warranty, express or implied, as to description, puality, preductiveneM 
Or any other matter of any seeds sold by them and they will not bo in any way responsible for the Crop. 
Our stocks of the loading varieties of vino seed in both Qniaha and 
Baltimore are carried there for only one roason-.-quickor delivery on 
rush orders. These stocks arc in the hands of trained seedsmen v/ith 
twenty or more years experience and with about all kinds of transpor¬ 
tation instantly available'wo ask you, when you need cucumber^ canta¬ 
loupe, watermelon, pumpkin, or squash to wire collect and v/o will 
make instant shipment. 
It has been indeed gratifying the response we have had to carrying 
our stocks at Omaha and Baltimore--more and more seedsmen find it 
very much to their advantage to simply v/irc collect for what is need¬ 
ed, If you arc not using this service, try it. Necessarily v;c must 
charge a little more for such service, the 3|^ lb, covers but little 
more ths.n the freight we have to pay, 
Remomber, we are one firm who confines their mailing list to just 
the larger buyers of sccd--and we feel our strict policy in this re¬ 
spect deserves your support. 
The increase in popularity of Striped watermelons to the writer 
has seemed somewhat queer. The primary reason has been that the striped 
varieties do not show sunburn to the extent that do the solid colored 
melons, 
However, the California College of Agriculture has proven that it* 
is possible to'breed into watermelons a distinct bloom that prevents, 
to some extent, sunburn, and to also increase the vigor of the foliage 
so that more melons are thus protected at least partially. The v;ilt 
resistant Klondike #7 has both of these characteristics. 
We hear various claims as to the origin of the popular variety of 
v/atermelon that is generally called Early Kansas, The v/riter well re¬ 
members the first years it showed up in the mid-west, being trucked 
in from Kansas, where it was variously called Wichita Striped, Hutch¬ 
inson Striped, Red Seeded Russian, etc. At any rate it has real qual¬ 
ity, is an efficient shape and size,'has, we think, a minimum amount 
of seed and really excellent quality, Vife still have surpluses in Omaha 
and Baltimore, 
We have repeatedly stated that, in our'opinion, there is not a seed 
grower in the country who wouldn^t triple, or even more, the amount 
of money allotcd to varietal improvement. 
One of the sorriest features of inadequate margins in seed grooving 
is the inevitable lessened quality of seeds. Regardless of the seed 
grov/er’s v/ishos he can retrench or reduce his overhead in hardly any 
other way, than to cut - down on field selection work, and pretty much 
regardless of the firm, that slowing dov/n cannot but occur. Again we 
state, pay your seed grower what ho asks, it will always bo reasonable. 
Keep us in mind as the best and safest source of the Cucurbits in 
America, Wo v;ant your contract and additional contract orders, 
• Respectfully, 
LAV/RENCE ROBINSON & SONS 
