ROBSON QUALITY SEEDS, 
HALL, 
NEW YORK 
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INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES 
ALL PURPOSE 
SPRAYS AND DUSTS 
COPPER-ROTENONE DUST. Controls 
many insects and diseases. Contains 5% cop- 
per — very effective against tomato blights, 
mildew on flowers and other fungus diseases. 
Also has .75% Rotenone and will kill many 
insects —cucumber beetle, bean beetle, 
plant lice, etc. Leaves no harmful residue. 
1 Ib. can 60¢; 4 1b. bag $1.80, prepaid. 
CUKE AND MELON DUST. An effective 
dust for controlling bugs and blight on cu- 
cumbers, melons and squash. Contains cop- 
er and tri-calcium arsenate. 1 Ib. 45¢; 4 
Ibs. $1.10, prepaid. 
POTATOX. Best potato spray or dust for 
controlling both insects and diseases. Con- 
tains DDT and copper fungicide, a combi- 
nation that kills potato bugs, leaf-hoppers, 
aphids, and also controls early and late 
blight and leaf spot. 1 lb. 60¢; 4 Ibs. $1.85, 
prepaid. 
COPOTEX. An excellent dust for blight and 
bugs on tomatoes and potatoes. Contains 
tri-calcium arsenate in addition to metallic 
copper. 5 Ibs. $1.60, prepaid. 
KOLO FRUIT TREE DUST OR SPRAY: 
Formulated for complete insect and disease 
control after the dormant stage. Contains 
sulphur, DDT and arsenate of lead. 3 Ibs. 
$1.50, prepaid. 
END O’ PEST: A new all purpose garden 
dust that comes ready to use in a handy ap- 
plicator gun. This is the best small, inex- 
pensive garden duster we have ever seen. A 
combination of tested insecticides and fun- 
gicides, End O’ Pest helps control most of 
the three major types of garden pests — 
chewing insects, sucking insects and fungus 
diseases. 10 0z. applicator gun (complete) 
98¢; 10 oz. refill cartridges 75¢ each, prepaid. 
4 oz. Sifter Top Package, 35¢ prepaid. 
2 lb. Pouring Spout Pkg. $1.65 prepaid. 
Robson Seed Farms maintain stores in Hall, N. Y. 
and Park St., Syracuse, N. Y. .Hall is located on 
Route 14A halfway between Geneva and Penn Yan. 
We are always glad to have our friends call at the 
store and talk with us about their seed problems. 
NEW POMO-GREEN (Spray or Dust for 
Flowers): A green colored sulphur product 
containing arsenate of lead and nicotine; a 
combined insecticide and fungicide that is 
easy to apply and leaves no unsightly resi- 
due. Controls black spot of roses, mildew 
and chewing and sucking insects. 1 lb. can 
$1.00, prepaid. 
TRI-OGEN SPRAY 
A concentrated Insect 
Spray and Fungicide 
for Roses, Asters, 
Snapdragons, Carna- 
tions, Hollyhocks, 
Phlox, Delphiniums, 
Zinnias, Golden Glow, 
Dahlias, and many 
other plants. Full di- 
rections with each 
package. Tri-ogen is 
universally recognized 
as the best all-round spray for the rose and 
flower garden. 
Size A Kit composed of three bottles of Con- 
centrate which, when properly mixed, makes 
16 quarts of spray, $2.25, prepaid. 
TO CONTROL CHEWING AND 
SUCKING INSECTS 
ROTENONE DUST OR SPRAY (.75%): Non- 
poisonous insecticide of great value to gar- 
deners. Use on beans for bean beetles, cab- 
bage and cauliflower for worms, and vine 
crops for all insects. 1 lb. can 45¢; 4 Ib. 
bag $1.10, prepaid. 
5% CHLORDANE DUST: New insecticide 
for controlling ants, Japanese beetles, tar- 
nished plant bugs, thrips and many other 
lawn and garden pests. 1 Ib. can 55¢, pre- 
paid. 
5% DDT DUST: For vegetables, flowers, and 
fruit. Controls onion and gladiolus thrip, 
cabbage worms and loopers, leaf-hoppers, 
corn borers and many other pests. 1 Ib. 
50¢; 4 Ibs. $1.25, prepaid. 
50% DDT SPRAY: A 50% wettable powder 
form of DDT for spraying crops, gardens 
and orchards. It will control all insects 
listed under 5% DDT Dust. Also controls 
flies in barns and other buildings. 1 Ib. 
60¢; 3 Ibs. $1.50, prepaid. 
BLACK LEAF 40: A concentrated nicotine 
solution for aphis, thrips and red spider; 
also used for delousing poultry, etc. 1 oz. 
(makes 2 to 8 gals. of solution) 40¢; 5 oz. 
$1.10; 1 lb. $2.60, prepaid. 
TOBACCO DUST: Easily applied with dust 
gun to rid plants of aphids, thrip, leaf-hop- 
pers, etc. Clings to the plants. 2 Ibs. 40¢; 
10 Ibs. 85¢, prepaid; 100 Ibs. $3.15, not pre- 
paid. 
ARSENATE OF LEAD: Controls most leaf 
eating insects. Can be used on parts of 
plants not to be used for human consump- 
tion. 1 Ib. 60¢; 4 lbs. $1.65, prepaid. 
PARIS GREEN: An old reliable poison for 
control of potato bugs. 1 lb. 60¢, prepaid. 
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“J have found your seeds to be superior to any 
other that I have ever tried and have had wonder- 
ful luck with them.” 3 
Dec. 17, 1949 Howard L. Bieler 
1060 E. Lake Ave. 
Orchard Park 3, N.Y. 
TO CONTROL FUNGUS 
DISEASES 
BORDEAUX MIXTURE: The standard mix- 
ture recommended for the control of potato 
and tomato blight. Can be used either as 
dust or spray. 1 lb. 50¢; 4 Ibs. $1.00, pre- 
paid. 
COPODUST: An effective dust containing 
6% metallic copper for controlling blight on 
tomatoes and potatoes. 1 Ib. 45¢; 5 Ibs. 
$1.15 prepaid. 
ZERLATE: A fungicide that is especially 
recommended as a spray to control early 
blight, leaf spot and anthracnose of toma- 
toes; anthranose of melons and cucumbers; 
also early blight of potatoes. 3 lbs. (makes 
200 gals. of spray) $2.50, prepaid. 
FERMATE: A fungicide effective in control- 
ling anthracnose of tomatoes, black spot of 
roses and certain other plant diseases. 3 
Ibs. $2.50, prepaid. 
DRY LIME SULPHUR: For dormant spray- 
ing against leaf blister mite and peach leaf 
curl; also, summer spray for apple and pear 
scab. 1 Ib. 60¢; 5 Ibs. $2.50, prepaid. 
PURATUREF: An organic mercury compound 
for use in control of crab grass and turf 
diseases. 8 oz. $1.60, prepaid. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
DuPONT SPREADER STICKER: A highly 
contentrated, extremely efficient spreading, 
sticking and wetting agent for use with cer- 
tain insecticides and fungicides. I pint 
$1.30, prepaid. 
CYANOGAS FOR WOODCHUCKS: Wood- 
chucks or ground hogs do a great deal of 
damage to many of our garden crops. Cy- 
anogas is safe to handle and easy to use; 
kills in the burrows. Directions with each 
package. Also controls ants, rats and moles. 
1 Ib. $1.10; 5 lbs. $3.90, prepaid. 
TAT FORMULA 83: Kills rats. So power- 
ful “One Lick Kills”. $1.00 prepaid. 
ROOTONE 
Rootone stimulates the natural tendency for 
roots to form on slips or cuttings, so that 
rooting takes place in a much shorter time. 
Easy to use. 
Price: 14 0z. pkg. 25¢; 2 oz. $1.00. 
VIGORO 
THE COMPLETE 
PLANT FOOD 
For larger, better 
flowers, heavier 
yields of vegetables, 
more luxuriant 
lawns and healthy 
shrubs, apply Vig- 
oro. 
I lb. 25¢; 5 lbs. 75¢; 
10 Ibs. $1.30; 25 Ibs. 
$2.40, prepaid. 
“TI wish to state that we liked the Seneca Dawn 
sweet corn very much and it sold rapidly.” 
May 31, 1950 Mrs. Henry G. Fritz 
Victor, New York 
