ROBSON QUALITY SEEDS, HALL, NEW YORK 5 

This is our field of Seneca Washington Asparagus from which your roots will be dug this coming spring. Notice the large, sturdy roots 
John is holding. Our soil is especially adapted to the growing of fine quality One Year Roots. 
ASPARAGUS SEED 
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1 oz. should produce 250 roots 
Asparagus seed should be sowed in light soil 2 to 4 %7 MARY WASHINGTON: The most popular rust 
inches apart, % inch deep, in 15 to 24 inch rows. The resistant variety developed by the U. S. Department 
seed is very slow to germinate and we have found it of Agriculture. Mary Washington is a very rapid 
good practice to mix in a few radish seeds to mark the growing, heavy producing variety. The stalks are 
rows and make earlier cultivation possible. Roots good size, deep green with purple tops, tender and 
may be transplanted either the following Spring or delicious. The seed we offer is produced from se- 
left in the seedbed for two years. Apply 5% DDT for lected plants of the original strain. Pkt. 25c; oz. 
control of asparagus beetle. Slahosta Dako.) 6 84 lb $9958 1b $1000 5. 1bs: 
See page 29 for asparagus roots and culture. $49.25; 10 Ibs. $97.50. 
BEANS 
Beans should be planted after danger of frost and when the soil is fairly warm. Plant beans in rows 2% to 
3 ft. apart, 1 inch deep and 2 inches apart inthe row. Snap beans will give a continuous supply if planted every 
two weeks up to July Ist or 10th. 
Late years the seed-corn maggot has been the cause of many poor stands of beans. This is a tiny maggot 
that lives in the soil and eats the first leaves as the bean sprouts with the result that the bean plant does not 
come up or is so damaged that it does not grow normally. Shallow planting in warm, moist soil insures a quick 
come-up and a minimum amount of damage. 
A tiny insect known as Leaf-Hopper or frequently called thrip sometimes feeds on the young bean leaves turn- 
ing them brown and stunting the plant permanently. This pest can easily be controlled by dusting with DDT. 
Later you may have to dust with Rotenone for the Mexican bean beetle. (See page 46). 
GREEN BUSH SNAP BEANS 
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Pkt. will plant 20 ft. row 
A 50 ft. row per person is usually sufficient for both table and canning 
1 Ib. will plant 150 ft. row; 60 Ibs. will plant 1 acre 
Tendergreen is still the most popular of all snap beans for the home garden and for good reasons. It is a fairly 
heavy bearer, the pods are round, very meaty, tender, stringless, and of excellent flavor. The general public is 
also recognizing the quality of Tendergreen. More Tendergreen is being canned, frozen and offered on our 
produce markets. 
Topcrop, a new mosaic resistant All-America Winning Variety for 1950, is being introduced this year and should 
be tested under your conditions. It is a heavy yielder even under adverse conditions. 
Supergreen, a 1949 All-America Winner, again looked good in our trials this summer. 
The other green-podded varieties listed below are largely for the commercial bean grower whose market ce- 
mands a flat or semi-flat bean, or where it is necessary to ship long distances. Bountiful is still the most popular as 
a variety for long distance shipping. The long pods of Streamliner have eye appeal. 
* Indicates best Home Garden Varieties 
