LAWRENCE R. ROBINSON 
LAWRENCE R. ROBINSON, JR. 
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(Marches, 1947 
4947 VINE SEED PRICE STRUCTURE 
We give no warranty, express or implied, as to the productiveness of any seeds or bulbs we sell and we will not be in 
any way responsible for the crop. Our liability in all instances is limited to the purchase price of the seed 
Prom a Vine Seed Production standpoint, the 1947 season forecasts a stable 
Tice condition. With productions in four areas by our plants at Rocky Ford and 
reeley Colorado, and Gridley and Modesto, California, we have held repeated 
meetings with representative rancher groups. The WEE RESULT: With the exception 
of a few necessary revisions, about the same price. structure as -ini1946, 
It has been the result of considerable footwork by our fieldmen to attain this 
condition. Our main competing crops for acreage are sugar beets and beans. We 
believe that you are aware of what has happened to beans in the way of advanced 
prices, and sugarbeet growers have been awarded a sharp increase per ton over 
last year's figures. Now, you can well imagine the result of these upward 
revisions on our ranchers. Their land and talents are: well suited to ttre 
production of beans and sugarbeets, along with Vine Seeds, and they naturally 
feel that if these competing crops are raised in value that Vine Seeds should 
follow; however, we believe that we have successfully combated the situation 
and held the line. 
We have felt consistently that maintaining a stable price condition in the seed 
industry (as much as possible in the face of rising labor, land and equipment 
costs) will work out to the best advantage, economically speaking, to the en- 
tire seed trade. This condition, we have constantly strived for, 
Our 41947 CONTRACT PRICE LIST has been mailed and you no doubt have received 
your copy —--— if not, wire COLLEC? for a copy, We hope that you will give it 
your very careful study, keeping in mind always that the stocks quoted therein 
are grown from planting seeds carefully bred and selected over a long period of 
years to reach their present fine market~adaptability. They are the type of 
stocks that will keep your customers enthusiastically coming back to YOU, year 
giter year. it “isineediess to mention that the handing: of ‘quality, stocks, 
Giown DYsa orPECTALIST «PRODUCER goes\.a long wa towards cuiting your sales 
cost. REMEMBER -— "repeat business" has a LOW SALES COST! 
A WORD REGARDING SPBCIALIS® PRODUCERS: Our company, for instance, specializes 
in the production of VINE SEEDS. The entire energies are devoted to the proper 
breeding and production of this one line —— no other activities. This cannot 
but result in the higher quality of close, specialized supervision, and in ad~ 
dition, your orders receive PERSONAL, exacting attention which, from the mere 
pes hones of it, cannot be given by a company producing and jobbing a complete: 
ine of seeds. : 
ROBINSON produces over 200 different, separate varieties of VINE SEEDS. The 
entire process of production from the breeding and selection of the planting 
seeds, to the actual Bhan wing cultivating, harvesting, dehydrating, processing 
etc. 18 supervised and accomplished by ROBINSON PERSOWNEL. This close, exacting 
program is YOUR GUARANTEE of receiving only the finest of quality VINE SEEDS. 
On the basis above, we respectfully solicit your business. Both CONTRACT and 
SPOT, 
Yours very truly, 
LRRjr: AH LAWRENCE ROBINSON & SONS 
REMEMBER, please, we are tent adhe to package your seeds in one, two, three, 
‘five and ten pound printed packages, YOUR OPTION--—fungicidal treatment with any 
of the effective powders. Our’Research Department recommends SPERGON. 
‘LOOK to ROBINSON for 4¢LL thats FIRSZ in CUCURBITS! 
