
ROBSON QUALITY SEED, HALL, NEW YORK 27 

SPINACH 
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Pkt. will sow 25 ft. row 
1 oz. will sow 100 ft. row 
All varieties except New Zealand should be sown ¥% inch deep and 2 to 4 inches apart in 14 to 18 inch rows. 
New Zealand spinach seed should be soaked 24 hours before planting. 
Plenty of room should be allowed between rows as plants spread 3 to 4 feet. 
be worked. 
Sow | inch deep, 4 inches apart in rows. 
Sow spinach seed as soon as soil can 
Bloomsdale Savoy, Long Standing Bloomsdale, Northland and Nobel should be sown only in the spring as 
they are apt to blight if sown later in the season. 
Nobel is a large, smooth-leafed variety suitable for home use, 
freezing, or canning and is easier to wash than the savoyed or curled types. 
Blight Resistant Savoy should be 
used for fall planting. New Zealand is the only variety that will withstand hot summer weather. 
390 BLOOMSDALE SAVOY, Dark Green Strain: 
40 days. Plants are upright and compact, attain a 
height of 10 to 12 inches and spread of 12 to 15 inches. 
Leaves large, blistered and crumpled, rich deep 
glossy green, of splendid quality. Its darker color 
gives the plants a fresh appearance for a longer time 
after being cut than ordinary Bloomsdale. Pkt. 
10c; oz. 20c; % Ib. 40c; lb. 60c; 5 Ibs. $2.25; 25 Ibs. 
$9.60; 50 Ibs. $18.40; 100 Ibs. $35.00. 
395 NORTHLAND: 45 days. A dark green selection 
from Nobel spinach. The huge, smooth leaves are 
very succulent and of splendid quality. This 
variety will produce more tonnage per acre than any 
other sort, and is slow in going to seed. A good sort 
for the home garden and especially good for canning. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; % lb. 45c; Ib. 70c; 5 Ibs. $2.75; 
25 Ibs. $12.10; 50 Ibs. $23.40; 100 lbs. $45.00. 
391 NOBEL: 43 days. A strain of Giant Thick Leaved 
Spinach. Plants large, vigorous, and spreading; slow 
to form seedstalks, and an extremely heavy yielder. 
Leaves very large, thick, broad arrow-shaped with 
rounded tip. Pkt. 10c; 0z. 20c; 1% Ib. 45c; lb. 70c; 
5 lbs. $2.75; 25 Ibs. $12.10; 50 Ibs. $23.40; 100 lbs. 
$45.00. 
*392 LONG STANDING BLOOMSDALE: 45 days. 
Plants large, very uniform, erect and sturdy, with 
very attractive, highly crumpled and blistered dark 
green leaves. Only a few days later than Blooms- 
dale, it holds much longer without going to seed. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; % lb. 45c; lb. 70c; 5 lbs. $2.75; 
25 Ibs. $12.10; 50 lbs. $23.40; 100 Ibs. $45.00. 
*393 BLIGHT RESISTANT SAVOY: 40 days. 
Bred at the Virginia Experiment Station for sections 
where blight (mosaic) occurs. Plants upstanding, 
vigorous. Leaves somewhat smoother than other 
strains of Savoy. We have found that our special 
strain of Blight Resistant Savoy will stand 5 days 
longer and is a little more erect than the original 
strain. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; % lb. 40c; lb. 65c; 5 Ibs. 
$2.50; 25 lbs. $10.85; 50 Ibs. $20.90; 100 Ibs. 
$40.00. 
394 NEW ZEALAND: 70 days. Not a true spinach, 
though similar when cooked. The large, spreading 
plants have small, thick, pointed, deep green leaves 
which can be picked repeatedly throughout the sea- 
son. Seed should be soaked for 24 hours before 
Planting wee Kt el5c..0Z2.. 25c787 4 1b. 50es Ibs 85c; 
5 Ibs. $3.50; 25 Ibs. $15.85; 50 Ibs. $30.90; 100 Ibs. 
$60.00. 
SUMMER SQUASH 
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Pkt. will plant 10 hills 
2 Ibs. will plant 1 acre 
Summer squash should be planted after danger of frost anytime up to June 15th, | inch deep in hills 4 feet 
by 4 feet. 
ten days of bearing as Early Prolific. 
*550 YANKEE HYBRID: 50 days. Similar in ap- 
pearance to Early Prolific, this hybrid is distinctly 
earlier, more uniform, and more productive than 
either of its inbred parents—Connecticut Straight- 
neck and Early Prolific. The plants are bush type. 
Fruits are medium yellow, straight and _ slightly 
warted. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 35c; oz. 60c; % lb. $1.80; 
Y% |b. $3.25; Ib. $5.50; 10 Ibs. $50.00. 
554 EARLY PROLIFIC: 55 days. Plants dwarf, 
bush type. An attractive, productive strain of 
Giant Straightneck; though the fruits are somewhat 
smaller, they are earlier and of bright lemon-yellow 
color. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c; oz. 30c; % Ib. 65c; 
¥% |b. $1.00; lb. $1.75; 10 lbs. $14.50. 
553 EARLY CROOKNECK: 55 days. Plants very 
prolific. Fruits curved at neck, light yellow at early 
eating stage, and covered with warts. Pkt. 10c; 
Y% oz. 20c; oz. 30c; % lb. 65c; % Ib. $1.00; Ib. 
$1.75; 10 lbs. $14.50. 
556 LONG COCOZELLE: 65 days. Italian marrow 
bush type. Fruits are cylindrical, straight, smooth, 
dark green with light green stripes. Very prolific. 
Pkt. 15c; % oz. 20c; oz. 30c; 1% lb. 75c; ¥% Ib. 
$1.30; lb. $2.25; 10 lbs. $20.00. 
Plant 6 to 8 seeds in each hill and thin to 3 plants. 
Yankee Hybrid and Early Prolific are the two most popular Summer straightneck varieties. 
is a first generation cross made every year on our farms. 
Earlv Crookneck is largely used in the South. 
Yankee Hybrid 
It will yield about twice as many fruits in the first 

Yankee Hybrid produces more early squash than other varieties; 
keep the fruits picked and the plants will continue to produce for 
many weeks. Two or three hills in the garden will supply your 
table and some for the neighbors. 
