36 ROBSON QUALITY SEEDS, HALL, NEW YORK 

Our Strawberry Plants are Northern grown, free from disease, freshly dug and carefully packed to reach you in perfect condition. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
Set plants 18 inches apart in 3% to 4 ft. rows. We have in the past dug strawberry plants as they were 
wanted by the customers. Many of the orders came in late or specified late shipment: We found these late 
dug plants started slowly and were not as vigorous as early dug plants. 
We now start digging and shipping our northern grown plants about April 10th. If a later shipping date is 
specified, we will hold your plants dormant in cold storage until date of shipment. 
Shipments before April 10th will be Maryland grown plants and will be made direct from growing point. 
We list the four spring varieties that seem to be among those best adapted to the East. Premier is a fine 
early berry but the fruiting season is short. Fairfax is a day or two later but fruits over a much longer season. 
Catskill, a midseason variety produces very large berries over a long season. Sparkle, a new variety, is especially 
recommended for freezing. Gem is the best of the everbearing varieties. 
* FAIRFAX: One of the most popular berries for the  [~ 
home garden and roadside stand; a day or two later 
than Premier but an exceptionally long fruiting sea- 
son. Plants are vigorous and foliage holds well 
through fruiting season. Fruits are very large and 
hold size better than most varieties. Fairfax has a 
rich, full bodied flavor and a mouth watering aroma. 
Freshly dug No. | plants: 25 plants $1.50; 50 plants 
$2.50; 100 plants $3.60, prepaid; 500 plants $9.65, 
1000 plants $18.50 not prepaid. 
PREMIER: A favorite variety for local and nearby 
markets. The plant is vigorous, makes good fruit- 
ing bed in all types of soil and is very disease re- 
sistant. First fruits are large but season is short 
and berries have a tendency to run down in size as 
season advances. A very heavy producer of excel- 
lent quality berries. Freshly dug No. | plants: 25 
plants $1.50; 50 plants $2.50; 100 plants $3.60 pre- 
paid; 500 plants $9.65; 1000 plants $18.50 not pre- ; ne 
paid. Courtesy N. Y. S. Experiment Sta. 



ms mel & 
CATSKILL: A very large midseason berry suitable for This is one of the best looking strawberry plantings we have ever 
both the home garden and local markets. Plants seen—the variety is Sparkle. The grower, Mr. George Lord, 
vigorous, free from leaf diseases, very productive and _!*ft+ Oswego, N. ¥. is justly proud of the field. 
thrives in all soils. Fruit very large, attractive, holds 
size well throughout the season. Freshly dug No. 1 
plants: 25 plants $1.50; 50 plants $2.50; 100 plants 
$3.60 prepaid; 500 plants $9.65; 1000 plants $18.50 
not prepaid. 
GEM EVERBEARING. An everbearer that really 
produces a crop in early summer and another in late 
summer and autumn. Berries are large, light red 
in color, firm, rather tart in quality, and very at- 
tractive in the quart. Plants are vigorous and pro- 
duce more runner plants than other everbearing 
varieties. Freshly dug No. | plants: 25 plants $2.50; 
50 plants $3.50; 100 plants $5.25 prepaid; 500 plants 
$14.90; 1000 plants $29.00 not prepaid. 
SPARKLE: The New York State Experiment Station 
especially recommends Sparkle as a quick freezing 
variety. Sparkle, a new introduction from the New 
Jersey Experiment Station, ripens late, has a fine 
flavor and is claimed to be resistant to Red Stele 
root rot disease. Freshly dug No. 1 Plants: 25 
plants $1.50; 50 plants $2.50; 100 plants $3.60 pre- 
pee 500 plants $9.65; 1000 plants $18.50 not pre- 
paid. 

“T sure do like your Sweet Spanish Onion Plants and so do all 
that have sent for them. One lady had some weighing 1 lb.” 
Jan. 28, 1948 Joseph Widrick, Jr. 
Croghan, N. Y. 

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