
ROBSON QUALITY SEED, HALL, NEW YORK 21 

Orson proudly displays a Seneca Bender melon. This pile of 200 bushels shows the melons as they came from the field. They were 
later sorted and only melons that were true to type were cut for seed; Orson discarded four bushels. 
MUSKMELON OR CANTALOUPE 
Vitamins Ab C g 
Pkt. will plant 20 hills 
1 oz. will plant 100 hills 
2 Ibs. will plant 1 acre 
We are now limiting our list of melons to five varieties, the seed of which we are producing on our farms under 
carefully controlled conditions. Plants are grown in wooden veneer bands, transplanted in isolated fields, dusted 
and sprayed regularly to protect them from insects and disease. The melons are vine ripened, picked, sorted and 
cut individually to determine the interior quality. Only melons that pass this rigid inspection are saved for seed. 
Growers know that quality means everything in melons. We aim to offer seed that will produce this quality. 
Muskmelon seed may be started inside in clay pots, fertile pots or plantbands and transplanted into the open 
ground as soon as all danger of frost is over; or the seed may be planted 8 to 10 seeds per hill 4 to 6 feet apart 
allowing 3 to 4 plants to each hill. Where seed is sown directly in the ground, it is advisable to cover the hills 
with hotents for protection against cool weather and insects. These hotents also allow earlier planting. If soil 
is dry do not put on hotents until plants start to come through the ground. A good soil well fertilized is necessary 
for muskmelons. 
For the home garden we believe there is no variety equal to Seneca Delicious. It is early, very productive 
and excellent quality. Seneca Bender and Iroquois are larger, of fine quality, but later and not quite as productive. 
They have a firmer flesh and are better for market. Iroquoisis resistant to fusarium wilt which is serious in some 
areas. Queen of Colorado is a fine melon but has proved in some sections to be a shy bearer. 
Dust with Rotenone for striped cucumber beetle. Do not use DDT on melons. 
*261 SENECA DELICIOUS: 85 days.—A_ small, 
early, well netted, orange fleshed melon of the Bender 
type. Not as large but far more uniform than the 
old Delicious. Pkt. 20c; oz. 75c; % lb. $2.00; 
% |b. $3.50; 1b. $6.00; 5 Ibs. $29.50; 10 Ibs. $58.50. 
*260 IROQUOIS: 90 days. Fruits are round to oval, 
about 6% inches in diameter, with prominent ribs 
and good netting; the rind is tough and holds up well. 
Flesh is deep orange color, of fine texture and excel- 
lent quality. Skin is creamy green at maturity. 
Pkt. 20¢3\ oz 75c34 44 Ib) $2.003) V5lb: 3:50: Ib. 
$6.00; 5 lbs. $29.50; 10 Ibs. $58.50. 
262 SENECA BENDER: 95 days. A uniform, me- 
dium-sized Bender with high quality, orange-yellow 
flesh. Vines are vigorous and productive. The 
melon which uniformly weighs from 5 to 6 pounds 
shows the typical Bender netting, ribbing and large 
blossom end scar. Pkt. 20c; 0z. 75c; % lb. $2.00; 

263 QUEEN OF COLORADO: 90 days. The result Wh neve a te? Papua as seco cr penets peecone 
an eneca Bender taken from individual melons that 
of a ey: pees sient one poe Jtks pee were picked for special trueness to type; thickness, 
Queen o olorado combines the tough rind an quality and flavor of flesh. We recommend this seed to 
flavor of Honey Rock with the thick flesh and texture commercial growers who have quality markets. Oz. $1.15; 
of Hearts of Gold. Rind is pearly gray, faintly rib- 4 Ib. $3.35; 74 Ib. $5.20; 1b. $10.00. 
bed, with sparse, coarse netting. Pkt. 15c; oz. 50c; 
1% Ib. $1.50; % Ib. $2.65; Ib. $4.50; 5 lbs. $22.00; 

10 lbs. $43.50. 266 BENDER’S SURPRISE: 90 days. Fruits thick 
*k oval, 7 pounds, distinctly ribbed and covered with 
““We had never before grown such a lovely crop of vegetables. slight patches of coarse netting; skin hard and 
Our melons were the largest and most peucloUs J]. Flei greenish yellow at maturity; flesh bright salmon, of 
October 2, 1947 R. 1, W. Henrietta Rd delicious quality. Pkt. 15c; oz. 50c; 34 Ib. $1.50; 
Rush, N. Y. j \% Ib. $2.65; Ib. $4.50; 5 Ibs. $22.00; 10 lbs. $43.50. 
