ROBSON QUALITY SEEDS, 
Careful work of hybridizers has developed Petunias into one of 
our most colorful and useful flowers. Always dependable, thriving 
under most adverse conditions of soil and climate, they offer an 
abundance of bloom and beauty throughout the summer. 
porch and window boxes, for gay masses of bloom in the flower 
HALL, 
PETUNIAS 
indispensable. 
house March 24th. 
For 
bed and around the summer cottage or as border plants they are 
Bedding Petunias 
Our carefully selected bedding Petunias are 
covered with medium size blooms from early 
summer until frost. ‘This type planted in 
the open ground in our trial grounds on May 
15th will flower by July 10th. Height 1 ft. 
1345 Choice Mixed Colors. A blend of many 
fine colors. Pkt. 25¢; lg. pkt. 50¢; 14 0z. 75¢. 
1346 Celestial Rose. Masses of deep rose 
blooms. 
1347 Igloo. All-America Bronze Medal in 
1943. Sturdy compact plants that are coy- 
ered with dainty, creamy-white flowers. 
1348 Silver Blue. An extra select light blue. 
1358 Topaz Queen. Scarlet rose. 
1349 Dark Purple. Deep velvety purple. 
Above Colors. Pkt. 25¢; lg. pkt. 50¢; 1% 02. 
80¢. 
ano Collection. One packet each of the 
five colors listed above for 90¢. 
1376 Rosita. New. Dwarf rose pink variety 
that is very free-blooming. Flowers are 
large, 314 inches across. Vigorous yet very 
dwarf and uniform. We offer this seed in 
introducers packages only. Pkt. (500 seeds) 
45¢. 
The new All-Double Petunias are as large and 
fully double as the bloom shown above. After 
years of painstaking work a leading plant breeder 
in the country has produced large, fully double 
Petunias in several different colors on vigorous 
free-flowering vines. 
New All-Double Petunias 
The new double petunias are exceptionally 
beautiful annuals that every flower gardener 
will want to try. We offer this seed in the 
introducers packages only. 
1361 Sonata. An outstanding pure white. 
1362 Allegro. Medium to deep salmon — very 
good. 
1363 Minuet. Beautiful orchid-lavender. 
1364 Nocturne. Deep midnight purple. 
Above colors: Pkt. (125 seeds) $1.00. 
1360 Glorious Mixture. A formula mixture of 
all of the above colors that we feel is a real 
value. Pkt. (125 seeds) 90¢; pkt. (500 seeds) 
$2.00; pkt. (1000 seeds) $3.50. 
All-America Gold Medal Winner in 1950, Fire Chief 
was tried by many gardeners this past summer. 
1357 Fire Chief. New. All-America Gold 
Medal Winner for 1950. Fire Chief is a 
brilliant scarlet red petunia that the All- 
America Selections flower judges voted tops 
of the new flowers introduced in 1950. 
Plants are dwarf and compact. Pkt. (500 
seeds) 25¢; lg. pkt. 50¢; 7/4, 0z. 90¢. 
New Hybrid Petunias 
1374 Tango. Outstanding new true hybrid 
large flowered single fringed petunia. Col- 
or is a bright, deep scarlet salmon — the 
brightest color we have seen in petunias. 
‘Tango made a big hit with visitors in our 
trials last summer. We offer this seed in 
introducers packages only. Pkt. (500 seeds) 
60¢. 
Illustrated inside back cover 
1378 Rose Charm. <A new hybrid bedding 
petunia that is a clear deep rose similar to 
Celestial Rose but much more vigorous, 
blooms more freely, and is earlier than 
other bedding varieties. The amount of 
bloom on these plants is amazing. We offer 
this seed in introducers packages only. 
Pkt. 60¢. 
TRY VERMICULITE 
The ideal seed starting media. Damp- 
ing off of young seedlings reduced to a 
minimum, 34 lb. package 60¢, postpaid. 
A view of part of our trial grounds where our 
flower strains and varieties are carefully tested to 
be sure that they are the best to be had. We in- 
vite you to visit our trials this summer. 
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For bloom in June they should be started in the 
The seeds are very small and should be sown 
very thin and barely covered. Bedding Petunias may also be sown 
in the open ground as soon as the soil can be worked and will 
flower in July. Transplant or thin to 1 ft. 
Ruffled Petunias 
1350 Little Giants, Mixed Colors. A new type 
dwarf ruffled petunia that has been out- 
standing in our trial grounds. The 8 to 12 
inch plants remain so neatly compact and 
erect all season they are sure to become most 
popular for bedding and edging. ‘The 
medium-sized, well ruffled and waved, deep 
throated flowers continue to keep the plants 
completely covered. Pkt. (200 seeds) 25¢; 
Ig. pkt. (500 seeds) 50¢; */g, 0z. $1.40. 
1351 Giants of California, Special Mixture. A 
well balanced mixture of light and dark 
colors, fringed and ruffled, with attractive 
deep throats, many of them being beautiful- 
ly veined. Seed is selected from the choicest 
plants. Pkt. (200 seeds) 25¢; lg. pkt. (500 
seeds) 50¢; */q, 0z. $1.55. 
Single Large Flowering Petunias 
1354 Flaming Velvet. In our trial grounds 
and display gardens this luscious, velvety, 
blood-red Petunia is always admired by 
visitors. Pkt. (200 seeds) 25¢; lg. pkt. (500 
seeds) 50¢; */o, 0z. $1.25. 
1352 Snowstorm Improved. Mammoth 4 to 5 
inch, glistening white flowers shading yellow 
in the throat. ‘These are very effective 
planted by themselves or with dark shades. 
Pkt. (200 seeds) 25¢; lg. pkt. (500 seeds) 50¢; 
em O7ze pleZos 
Theodosia is beautifully fringed and its attractive 
shade of rose with open gold throats make it one 
of our most popular petunias. 
Single Fringed Petunia 
1353 Theodosia. The largest flowered fringed 
Petunia. It has been a favorite of ours for 
years — we highly recommend it. The color 
is a most attractive shade of rose with open 
gold throats. Pkt. (200 seeds) 25¢; lg. pkt. 
(500 seeds) 50¢; */e, 02. $1.25. 
“From your Giant Ruffled Petunia seed I grew 
some exceptionally fine specimens. Twice they 
were prize winners for both size and color.’’ 
Mar. 26, 1950 Mary L. Hulse 
Washingtonville, N.Y. 
