ROBSON QUALITY SEEDS, HALL, NEW YORK 13 
CARROTS 
Vitamins Abc g 
Pkt. will sow 25 ft. row 
¥ oz. will sow 200 ft. row 
1% Ibs. will sow 1 acre 
To produce long, smooth carrots, the soil must be loose, free from stones and worked deep. Carrot seed is small 
and should be sown shallow, preferably after a rain. 
spring to July 15th. 
Red Cored Chantenay and Long Chantenay are canning, baby food, and soup varieties. 
variety grown chiefly in New England and Long Island. 
Under most conditions it is rather disappointing when grown in the East. 
Sow seed thinly and thin carrots to 2-3 inches. 
be from 12 to 30 inches apart depending on type of tool used in cultivation. 
Rows may 
Carrots may be sown from early 
Hutchinson is a large 
Imperator is the long, slender carrot from California. 
Morse’s Bunching, and Supreme Half 
Long are the best for bunching, Nantes and Tendersweet are popular garden varieties. 
Most commercial carrot growers are now controlling weeds by spraying with dry-cleaning solution. 
are usually not a serious factor in growing carrots. 
142 RED CORED CHANTENAY: 70 days. Tops 
tall and strong. Roots deep reddish-orange, 51% to 
6 inches long, 2% inches thick at shoulder, tapered, 
stump-rooted. The core is almost the same color 
as the flesh which gives it the name Red Cored. 
PKtaloGs 34-0z..29¢c7,0z5 30e:-% Iba 76-34 Ib. $12): 
Ib. $2.10; 10 Ibs. $20.50; 100 Ibs. $200.00. 
143 LONG CHANTENAY: 70 days. Similar to Red 
Cored Chantenay but about one inch longer and only 
75% red cored. This added length means more ton- 
nage per acre and adds to the attractiveness of the 
carrot, as’ a. marketrvariety.) Pkt. 150,434 «07. 2)c; 
oz. 30c; 34-16, 753) 1b $1202 Ib, $200 2710 Ibs. 
$19.50; 100 Ibs. $190.00. 
145 SUPREME HALF LONG: 75 days. Animproved 
Danvers Half Long. Roots 6 to 7 inches long, 
about 2 inches in diameter at the shoulder tapering 
to a half stump. [Exterior smooth and of excellent 
color. Flesh tender, sweet and of fine flavor. Core 
small and of the same deep color as the flesh. A 
fine bunching variety. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c; oz. 30c; 
yy Ib. 80c; % Ib. $1.35; Ib. $2.30; 10 Ibs. $22.50; 100 
Ibs. $220.00. 
141 MORSE’S BUNCHING: 77 days. Tops short, 
strong and well suited to bunching. Roots 1% to 
11% inches by 8 inches long, almost cylindrical, 
shoulder rounded, and stump-rooted. Flesh bright 
orange. 75%to 80% coreless. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c; 
ozs 3562794 Ib 90c; 4% Ibi $1.555 1b $2.0); 10. Ibs: 
$26.00; 100 Ibs. $255.00. 
147 TENDERSWEET: 70 days. Root 8 to 10 inches 
long, tapering slightly from a 2 inch shoulder to a 
blunt end. Skin is smooth and rich orange-scarlet 
in color. Flesh fine-grained, tender, orange in color 
including core. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c; oz. 35c; % Ib. 
95c; % lb. $1.60; lb. $2.80; 10 Ibs. $27.50; 100 Ibs. 
$270.00. 
144 IMPERATOR: 77 days. Tops medium length 
and strong. Roots slightly tapered 134 to 2% inches 
across shoulder by 8 inches long. Flesh is fine- 
grained and tender. Requires loose soil to develop 
long, smooth roots. Pkt. l5c; % oz. 25c; oz. 30c; y% 
lb. 80c; % lb. $1.40; Ib. $2.35; 10 Ibs. $23.00; 100 Ibs. 
$225.00. 
146 HUTCHINSON: 80 days. A very large carrot 
grown mainly in New England and on Long Island. 
Root 10 to 12 inches long by two inches in diameter 
at shoulder, nearly cylindrical. Roots deep orange 
with green shoulder. Flesh is deep orange. Pkt. 
15e: 140202 9C, Om 0G; se 1D) DC. all, SL.00; lb. 
$2.75; 10 lbs. $27.00; 100 lbs. $265.00. 

Planted a small block of your Hybrid Hulless Pop Corn two 
summers ago. It pops into delicious white, tasty bits almost to 
the last kernel. ; 
April 10, 1948 Harold B. Milward, 
Newfane, N. Y. 
Insects 

We have tested a lot of carrot varieties but still believe Nantes 
is the best carrot for the home garden. The high quality has 
also made Nantes popular on many markets. 
*140 NANTES: 68 days. Tops small but strong 
Roots bright orange, 6 to 7 inches long, 11% inches 
thick, cylindrical, stump-rooted. Flesh bright orange, 
sweet and tender. Core inconspicuous. Pkt. 15c; 
tA OZ, 29C) OZ. 39¢; % Ib. De; % lb. $1.00 1b. $2.80; 
10 Ibs. $27.50; 100 lbs. $270.00. 
CHINESE CABBAGE 
Vitamins Ab Cg 
Pkt. should produce 150 plants 
1 oz. should produce 2,000 plants 
Seed hot water treated 
Grown chiefly as a fall crop. If grown in summer, 
the plant is apt to go to seed before heading. Sow seeds 
from July Ist to August Ist in rows 18 to 24 inches 
apart. Thin seedlings to 15 inches apart. 
*671 MICHIHLI: 75 days. A new improved strain 
of Chihli. The plants are slightly larger and more 
uniform in growth. The heads are 18 to 20 inches 
long tapering from a four inch base, very compact, 
white tinted with green, excellent quality. Pkt. 20c; 
te0z, 3067 0z. 7062 Yalbr $2.09 9% Ib; 932293 Ib. $0.00. 
