

ROBSON QUALITY SEED, HALL, NEW YORK 23 

PEPPERS 
Vitamins ab Cg 
Pkt. should produce 75 plants 
1 oz. should produce 1,500 plants 
Sow inside about March 15th, transplant once and set in open ground after danger of frost, in 30 inch rows, 
20 inches apart. 
Waltham Beauty, Early California Wonder, and Oakview Wonder are all good varieties for the home garden 
and early market. 
*341 EARLY CALIFORNIA WONDER: 63 days. 
An early strain of California Wonder developed for 
sections where the old variety has proven to be too 
late. Plants stocky and sturdy, vigorous, prolific. 
Fruits upright, very attractive, smooth, uniform, 
deep green changing to crimson at maturity; thick, 
sweet and mild. Pkt. 15c; 4% oz. 40c; % oz. 60c; 
oz. 85c; % lb. $2.50; lb. $7.50. 
348 OAKVIEW WONDER: 63 days. An early and 
more productive strain of California Wonder. Fruits 
blocky, smooth, with thick, mild, sweet flesh. Plants 
shorter and stockier than California Wonder but 
fruits are set earlier and more abundantly. Pkt. 
15c; % oz. 30c; % oz. 50c; oz. 80c; % lb. $2.35; 
Ib. $7.00. 
*345 WALTHAM BEAUTY: 57 days. A medium 
early pepper originated at the Massachusetts Field 
Station at Waltham. Fruits are large, sweet, thick- 
meated. Grow in an upright position which makes 
them rather difficult to pick; under some conditions 
Waltham Beauty seems to be a rather shy bearer. 
Pkt. 15c; 4% oz. 35c; % oz. 55c; oz. 90c; \% Ib. 
$2.65; lb. $8.00. 
346 KING-OF-THE-NORTH: 64 days. A very large 
and prolific sweet pepper of the World Beater type 
but earlier. The only fault that we have with King- 
of-the-North is that the flesh is rather thin. Wal- 
tham Beauty is better in this respect. Pkt. 15c; 
1407. 30C;34 oz. 50c; oz. 80c; % Ib. $2.35; Ib. 
$7.00. 
342 SUNNYBROOK: 75 days. Fruits tomato shape, 
2 inches deep, 3 inches in diameter; smooth, glossy 
dark green turning to deep scarlet red. Flesh thick 
and sweet. Pkt. 15c; 4% oz. 35c; % oz. 55c; oz. 
90c; % lb. $2.65; 1b. $8.00. 
343 CALIFORNIA WONDER: 75 days. Plants 
thrifty, upright, heavily productive over a long sea- 
son. Fruits very large, very smooth, and regular; 
commonly 4% inches long and 3% to 4 inches 
through; deep green, becoming bright crimson. 
Flesh extremely thick and firm, sweet throughout and 
of distinct flavor. Pkt. 15c; 4% oz. 40c; % oz. 60c; 
oz. 85c; % lb. $2.50; Ib. $7.50. 
350 WORLD BEATER: 70 days. Fruits large, oblong, 
commonly 5 inches long and 3% inches in diameter; 
deep green becoming bright deep red; flesh thick and 
sweet. Pkt. 15c; 4% oz. 35c; % oz. 55c; oz. 90c; 
\% |b. $2.65; Ib. $8.00. 
344 GIANT CAYENNE: 70 days. One of the best 
“hot peppers’. Fruits are 3 inches long and | inch 
through; ripen early and are very prolific. Pkt. 15c; 
Y% oz. 35c; % oz. 55c; oz. 90c; % lb. $2.65; Ib. 
$8.00. 
* 
“Please send a copy of your 1947 catalog to the Science Edu- 
cation Department of Wayne University. We wish to use this 
catalog in connection with the garden course offered by the Uni- 
versity.”’ - 
March 6, 1947 Florence G. Billig : 
Prof. of Science Education 
Wayne University 
Detroit 1, Michigan 
The two most popular main crop market varieties are California Wonder and World Beater. 

California Wonder is the most popular variety of pepper grown 
today; early enough for green peppers in the Northeast but not for 
red ripe fruits. 
OKRA 
Pkt. will sow 15 ft. row 
1 oz. will sow 50 ft. row 
Sow 34 inch deep in 3 ft. rows May 15th to June Ist, 
or as soon as the soil is warm. Seedlings should be 
thinned to 1 ft. Okra is a favorite in the South where 
the pods are used as a vegetable, usually fried. In the 
North, Okra is used in soups and stews. 
*692 PERKINS LONG POD: 60 days. Plants 4 to 5 
ft. tall; pods dark green, fleshy, tender, become 7 to 
8 inches long, distinctly ribbed and tapered. Pkt. 
10c; oz. 20c; % lb. 30c; lb. 90c. 
PARSLEY 
Vitamins A b C 
Pkt. will sow 25 ft. row 
1 oz. will sow 200 ft. row 
For early summer harvest, sow about April Ist. To 
winter over, sow from August Ist to September Ist and 
give it some protection such as straw or cold frame sash. 
Sow thinly in 12 inch rows, barely covering seed. 
For winter parsley in the home, take up one or more 
plants in the fall and transplant into a large flower pot. 
*325 TRIPLE MOSS CURLED: 75 days. Plants 
compact; leaves dark green and so finely cut and 
closely curled as to resemble tufts of moss. Pkt. 
15c; oz. 25c; % |b. 50c; Ib. $1.50; 10 lbs. $13.00. 
