ROBSON QUALITY SEEDS, HALL, 
ASPARAGUS SEED 
Vitamins A b C G 
You can grow your own asparagus roots by 
sowing seed early in the spring. Asparagus 
seed germinates slowly and we find it a good 
practice to sow a few radish seeds to mark the 
row making earlier cultivation possible. Fer- 
tilize well, dig the roots and transplant to 
permanent bed the following spring. Apply 
5% DDT for control of asparagus beetle. 
6 NO. 500: Recently developed at the Cali- 
fornia Experiment Station, Davis, Calif., No. 
500 is being planted by many commercial 
growers. No. 500 produces tight heads 
practically free from purple overcast and 
have a uniform green color to the ground 
line making it especially desirable for can- 
ning. 
NO. 500 
“ID or 
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 
Shallow planting in warm, moist soil insures a 
grow normally. 
1 oz. should produce 250 roots 
5 SENECA WASHINGTON: A new strain of 
Washington developed on our farms by 
selecting high producing plants of Mary 
Washington, testing these for yield, size of 
shoot, and uniformity. From these a male 
and female were selected as the best in the 
group and crossed to produce Seneca Wash- 
ington. Seneca Washington is more vigor- 
ous than other varieties, as resistant to dis- 
ease as its parents, and shoots are large, 
green with purple compact tips. Seneca 
Washington produces a larger root and 
some marketable size asparagus can be cut 
year following setting. 
See page 7 for asparagus roots and culture. 
Pkt. Oz. Y%Lb. WLb. Lb. 
$.40 $1.35 $3.35 $5.25 $10.00 
P48) -70. 1.70 2.70 5.00 
“2D -70 1.70 2.70 5.00 
BEANS 
quick come-up and a minimum amount of damage. 
Markets that a few years ago would accept only a 
flat bean are now paying a premium for the more 
meaty oval varieties. Contender produces larger 
crops of better quality beans than the older va- 
rieties. 
16 CONTENDER: 54 days. New introduc- 
tion from the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 
Resistant to common bean mosaic and 
powdery mildew. Contender is a Stringless 
Black Valentine type. The pods are extra 
long—5l4 to 7 in., dark green, meaty, slight- 
ly curved, and especially smooth and attrac- 
tive. ‘They are oval or near round and car- 
ried well off the ground. The quality is 
excellent and they hold up well. Seed is 
buff in color. We have noted that the large 
markets are rapidly changing to preference 
for oval beans instead of the flat Bountiful 
type. For this reason we believe Contender 
will become the leading variety grown for 
market. See prices below. 
22 STRINGLESS BLACK VALENTINE: 53 
days. A fine shipping variety. Pods are 
nearly straight, stringless, 634 in. long, oval, 
dark green and retain color long after pick- 
ing. Seed solid black. See prices opposite. 
23 BOUNTIFUL: 50 days. Plants medium 
size; pods 614 in., broad, flat, light green, 
slightly fibrous, only fair quality but ships 
well. Seed straw color. See prices below. 
19 TOPCROP: 
30 SUPERGREEN: 
17 FULLGREEN: 
GREEN BUSH SNAP BEANS 
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60 Ibs. will plant 1 acre 
50 days. All-America Gold 
Medal Winner 1950. Introduced by the U.S. 
Dept. of Agriculture, ‘Topcrop is resistant 
to common bean mosaic. Pods 514-6 in. 
long, round, fine quality, not as dark green 
as ‘Tendergreen, a heavy yielder even under 
adverse conditions but is apt not to remain 
in edible condition quite as long as Tender- 
green. Plants 16 in., vigorous, well branch- 
ed, medium green. It is a good canning 
and freezing variety. Seed brown mottled. 
See prices below. 
55 days. All-America 
Winner in 1949. Pods are round, smooth, 
slim, 514-6 in., tender and of high quality. 
Plants 15 inches, heavy yielding. A good 
canning and freezing variety. Seed is mot- 
tled brown. See prices below. 
51 days. A new variety 
from the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture that is 
the most resistant to bacterial blight of any 
garden type bean thus far available. Pods 
are very straight, 5 in. long, round, very 
dark green and almost wholly free of fiber. 
The plants and pods are smaller than Ten- 
dergreen but it is very productive and qual- 
ity is high. See prices below. 
NEW YORK 
The demand for Seneca Washington Asparagus 
seed has always exceeded the supply. 
In trial 
Seneca Washington has shown so much more vigor 
than other varieties that it is no wonder that com- 
mercial growers favor this new hybrid. John Rob- 
son calls your attention to the size of these One 
Year Roots. 
DDT controls leaf-hoppers that feed on young bean leaves turn- 
ing them brown and stunting the plant. 
Mexican bean beetles. Watch undersides of bean leaves in June; 
at first sign of young beetles or their orange colored eggs, dust 
undersides throughly with Rotenone. 
Rotenone controls 
Disease resistence is becoming more important 
each year. 
Topcrop, an All-America Winner, is 
mosaic resistant and at the same time a good 
quality bean. 
20 TENDERGREEN: 
53 days. One of the 
highest quality all-purpose green podded 
varieties. Plants large and productive. Pods 
6 inches long, round, fleshy, dark green, and 
stringless. Seed mottled buff and purple. 
See prices below. 
Green Snap Beans: Pkt. 4% Lb. Lb. 2 Lbs. 5 Lbs. 15 Lbs. 50 Lbs. 100 Lbs. 
16,GONTENDERS eee $.20 $.45 $.70 $1.35 $2.15 $5.60 $17.25 $33.00 
19S OPRCROPA a eee eae 20 45 .70 4135 2.15 5.60 17.25 33:00 
20 TENDERGREEN .............. 20 45 65 125 200 5.15 15.75 30.00 
30 SUPERGREEN ................ 20 .45 .70 135 2.15 5.60 17.25 33.00 
L7 FULLGREEN@ Ee ee 20 45° «670 §=1:35 2:20 5.75 17-75 3.4.00 
22 STRINGLESS BLACK 
VALENTINE ee oe eo 20 40 660 1.15 1.80 4.55 13.75 26.00 
23-BOUNTIFUL eee 20 45 .65 41.25 185 4.70 14.25 27.00 
I8sRIVA LER ee ere 20 45 665 +4125 2.10 5.45 16.75 32.00 
24 STREAMLINER =) cee eon 20 45 70 1.35 2.20 5.75 17.75 34.00 
