A and C Best for Slicing 
CUCUMBERS 
Vitamins AB CG 
1 oz. will plant 100 hills 
Plant after danger of frost and up to middle of June, 
in rows 5 feet apart or in hills 5 feet each way. It is 
well to put 8 to 10 seeds in each hill as some of the 
plants may be destroyed by bugs. After true leaves 
appear, thin to 4 plants per hill. 
Dust with ROTENONE for striped bugs. 
MINCU: 43 days. A strain of extra early white spine 
introduced by the University of Minnesota. In our 
trial grounds Mincu yielded more fruits than any 
other variety. Produced close to the crown and al- 
most in clusters, the cucumbers are short and 
blocky. Suitable for small early pickles. They are 
very smooth but not as dark colored as we would like. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 30 cts.; % Ib. 65 cts.; lb. $2.20. 
NATIONAL PICKLING: 56 days. This black spine 
variety, might be called an improved Snow's Pickling 
because of its close resemblance Mature cucumbers 
are 5% to 6 inches long by 2% inches thick. Pickles 
are dark green, square ended and very symmetrical in 
shape. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; 4% lb. 40 cts.; 
Ib. $1.25. 
* DOUBLE YIELD: 54 days. A very heavy yielding 
pickle variety. The fruits are medium length, very 
straight, with blunt ends and good color. Pkt. 10 
cts.; oz. 20 cts.; % lb. 40 cts.; Ib. $1.30. 
EARLY FORTUNE: 64 days. A popular all purpose 
white spine variety when both pickles and slicers 
are wanted. In growth it is between Clark’s Special 
and White Spine, about 8 inches long by 2% inches 
in diameter. The fruit is slightly tapering. Under 
very dry conditions it tends to produce crooked 
fruits. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; % lb. 40 cts.; Ib. 
$1.30. 
*A & C: 60 days. This variety, originated and intro- 
duced by Abbott and Cobb ot Philadelphia, has met 
with much favorable comment. The vine is very 
vigorous; producing a large number of medium 
slender dark green cucumbers averaging about 10 
inches in length. They are very uniform and hold 
their dark green color longer than most other varie- 
ties. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 30 cts.; % lb. 60 cts.; lb. 
$2.05. 
STRAIGHT 8: 64 days. Fruits smooth and uniform, 
8 inches long and about 1% inches in diameter. Deep 
green and very free from striping. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 
30 cts.; % lb. 60 cts.; Ib. $2.00. 
CLARK’S SPECIAL: 63 days. A white spine variety 
much like Woodruff’s Hybrid and Harris Perfection. 
The cucumbers are 8% to 10 inches long by 2% 
inches in diameter and slightly tapering toward both 
ends. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; 1% lb. 40 cts.; Ib. 
$1.25. 
EARLY WHITE SPINE, No. 2603: 58 days. We have 
supplied this strain of white spine for several years to 
many of the pickle growers of Western New York. 
It is primarily a “Dill” variety as it grows very 
straight, is square ended and 7 to 8 inches long. The 
color is a good deep green. Flesh is solid and makes 
a firm pickle. Our customers report very heavy 
ne Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; 4% lb. 40 cts.; Ib. 
1.20. 
MIXED CUCUMBER: Cucumbers seem to do better 
when varieties are mixed and cross pollination takes 
place. Our mixture is made up of small pickles, dill 
and slicing varieties. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; % Ib. 
40 cts.; lb. $1.10. 

The Rupert Homestead, the home of our maternal ancestors has like the Robson Homestead been in the family well over 100 years. 
This farm of 187 acres produces excellent crops of corn. 
on the front of the house is Wisteria. 
THE COVER 
Hybrid corn to _ detassel, 
squash to pollenate, tomatoes, 
and peppers to pick. Dozens of 
interesting and healthy jobs are 
done on the Robson Seed Farms 
by just such typical American 
girls as Rose. 
The front cover shows her in 
one of the fields of Cornell Hy- 
brid 29-3 corn that went to make 
up the 500 acres of Hybrid seed 
corn grown on our farms in 1941. 

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Our crop of Certified Early Cornell 11 seed was grown on this farm. The vine 
With the present tire shortage the hitching post and horse block may come in handy. 
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“The Seneca Golden Hybrid Corn was entirely satisfactory. 
The market was wild over it because of its earliness and quality. 
It made two good marketable ears per stalk.” 
S. J. McGrady 
Jan. 28, 1941 
Barren Springs, Va. 
* 
“You sold me some Hybrid Sweet Corn last spring, two varieties, 
one was Golden Cross Bantam and the other Seneca Golden. I had 
the best sweet corn around here and wish to order more of your 
seed for coming season. 
Jan. 21, 1941 K. A. Sprague 
Roscoe, N. Y. 
* 
“Last year, I used your seeds for the first time in my own garden 
and the results were most productive and gratifying.” 
April 7, 1941 Edward J. Fauler 
Agri. Instructor 
Beaver Falls, N. Y. 
