ROBSON 
Golden Crown with 12 to 16 rows of tender yellow 
kernels is rapidly replacing Golden Cross Bantam 
as a canning corn. 
218 GOLDEN CROWN: 88 days. A new yel- 
low hybrid of the Golden Cross type. Stalks 
6 ft., ears 8 inches long, 14 to 16 rows of 
medium narrow yellow kernels. Ear some- 
what larger and better filled at tip than 
Golden Cross. Very uniform and as good 
or better quality than Golden Cross. In our 
replicated trials over the past five years 
Golden Crown has outyielded Golden Cross 
by approximately 15%. Resistant to bac- 
terial wilt. Pkt. 20¢; 14 lb. 50¢; lb. 85¢; 
2 lbs. $1.65. 
DAYS TO MATURITY 
The number of days to maturity 
which we give in each description rep- 
resents days required to mature the 
variety under normal growing condi- 
tions in our latitude. Growing condi- 
tons vary so from year to year and from 
one location to another that the num- 
ber of days merely indicates relative 
maturity of one variety with another 
and should be used only as a guide in 
ordering seed. 
POP CORN 
Pkt. will plant 150 ft. row 
Plant after danger of hard frost, 1 inch 
deep, 8 inches apart in 30 to 36 inch rows. 
When planting in hills, drop 4 to 5 seeds 30 
inches apart and thin to 3 main stalks. 
Pop corn must have the right moisture con- 
tent for proper popping. This can only be 
determined by test. If too dry, moisten 
slightly and keep in normal outdoor atmos- 
phere. If too moist, bring indoors to living 
room atmosphere. A few days may be neces- 
sary for the required adjustment. 
It has been our experience that the large 
yellow varieties such as South American are 
too late for most sections of the Northeast. 
*235 HYBRID HULLESS (Minhybrid 250): 
Developed by the Minnesota State Experi- 
ment Station. Comparative tests show a 
16% increase in yield over the old Japanese 
Hulless and 29% greater popping volume. 
Stalk 414 to 5 ft. Ears 4 in. long, chunky, 
well filled with small white kernels. Early 
and of excellent quality. As this is a hy- 
brid, seed cannot be successfully saved from 
the crop. Pkt. 25¢; 14 lb. 60¢; lb. $1.00; 
2 Ibs. $1.95. 
QUALITY SEEDS, HALL, 
MID-SEASON HYBRID SWEET CORN 
Midseason hybrids are larger growing and 
require more room. Hills should be three 
feet apart each way with 3 to 4 seeds in each 
hill. If planted in 3 ft. rows the seed should 
be placed 12 to 14 inches in the row. 
217 GOLDEN CROSS BANTAM (New Mar- 
ket Strain): 84 days. Our new strain of 
Golden Cross has darker green foliage and 
fills the tips better than our old strain. Ears 
are long, attractive, with deep, golden 
yellow kernels; not quite as good eating 
quality as Golden Crown or Seneca Chief. 
Pkt. 20¢; 14 Ib. 50¢; Ib. 85¢; 2 lbs. $1.65. 
Iochief is a large eared attractive deep kerneled 
hybrid but only fair quality. Bred in Iowa, Io- 
chief will stand hot weather and drought. Do not 
confuse Iochief with Seneca Chief. There is no 
comparison. 
225 IOCHIEF: 89 days. All-America Gold 
Medal Winner 1949. A new late maturing 
yellow hybrid developed by Dr. E. S. Haber 
of Iowa State College. Plants vigorous, 7 ft. 
Ears 814 to 9 inches long with 16 to 20 rows 
of deep, narrow kernels of only fair qual- 
ity. Pkt. 20¢; 14 lb. 50¢; lb. 85¢; 2 lbs. $1.65. 
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feet 
Hybrid Hulless is early enough to thoroughly 
ripen in the North—no other pop corn is so 
tender. 
CORN FOR POPPING 
In making the Hybrid Hulless Cross, 
we have pollen rows that are of no use 
for seed but make good popping corn. 
Better order a few pounds to fill in un- 
til your crop is ready. Lb. 45¢; 2 Ibs. 
85¢; 5 Ibs. $1.70, prepaid. 
NEW YORK 7 
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Where soil is sandy and corn often suffers from 
heat and drought Bob Strosnider recommends 
Seneca Market; bred by Robson Seed Farms 
especially for the South. 
220 SENECA MARKET: 87 days. A new 
vigorous growing, large eared hybrid that is 
very drought and heat resistant; it does well 
on light soil and is finding a definite place 
in the South, Ears 9 inches long, well filled 
to the tips with rich yellow kernels of fair 
quality. Pkt. 20¢; 1% lb. 45¢; lb. 75¢; 2 Ibs. 
$1.45. 
228 SENECA GIANT: 95 days. An excep- 
tionally large eared hybrid that is fully a 
week to ten days later than Golden Cross. 
It produces an 8 ft. stalk bearing well filled 
giant ears 12 to 14 inches long. The ker- 
nels, 16 to 18 rows, are rich yellow in color 
and of only fair quality. Pkt. 25¢; 1% Ib. 
60¢; lb. 90¢; 2 lbs. $1.75. 
OPEN POLLINATED SWEET CORN 
231 ROBSON EXTRA EARLY BANTAM: 
68 days. ‘This used to be our earliest and 
best sweet corn but new hybrids are earlier 
and far better quality. We keep it in the 
list because there are some who still like the 
old varieties best. Stalk 4 to 414 ft. Ears 6 
inches long with 8 rows of broad yellow 
kernels. Pkt. 15¢; 14 lb. 40¢; lb. 60¢; 2 lbs. 
$1.00. 
233 STOWELL’S EVERGREEN: 95 days. 
The standard main crop white variety; used 
for the home garden, market and canning. 
Stalks are from 8 to 10 feet high. Ears 
about 8 to 9 inches long with 16 to 20 rows 
of very white grains. Pkt. 20¢; 1% lb. 40¢; 
lb. 60¢; 2 Ibs. $1.05. 
STANLEY’S CROW REPELLENT: The 
most popular of all repellents to protect 
sprouting corn from crows, pheasants and 
other birds. 1 bu. size 60¢; 2 bu. size $1.00; 
4 bu. size $1.75, postpaid. 
“Two plantings each of Seneca 60 and Seneca 
Chief are giving us two months of the best corn 
we have ever had. In a long life-time of grow- 
ing sweet corn I never had good corn in July ’till 
this year with Seneca 60.’’ 
L. C. Litchfield 
Sept. 1951 
Buckland, Mass. 
FOR OTHER COMMERCIAL VARIETIES AND LARGER QUANTITIES SEE PAGES 30 TO 34. 
