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 lb. can 60¢; 4 lb. bag $1.80. Add 10¢ per 
lb. for postage and packing. 
CUKE AND MELON DUST. An effective 
dust for controlling bugs and blight on cu- 
cumbers, melons and squash. Contains cop- 
per and tri-calcium arsenate. 1 Ib. 50¢; 4 
Ibs. $1.10. Add 10¢ per lb. postage. 
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 Ib. 60¢; 4 Ibs. $1.50. 
Add 10¢ per lb. for postage and packing. 
COPOTEX. An excellent dust for blight and 
bugs on tomatoes and potatoes. Contains 
tri-calcium arsenate in addition to metallic 
copper. 5 lbs. $1.60. Add 35¢ for postage. 
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. 
Add 25¢ for postage. 
$1.50. 
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 oz. 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. Add 10¢ 
per lb. for postage and packing. 
HELPFUL GARDEN BOOKS 
Visual Garden Manual 
HOW-TO-DO-IT — Illustrated Step by Step. 
A book of visual gardening instructions. $1.50 
per copy, postpaid. 
Sunset Flower Arrangement Book 
Page after page of beautifully illustrated 
flower arrangements. Ideal gift. $1.75, post- 
paid. 
Vegetable Production and 
Marketing by Paul Work 
A practical book on soil management, irri- 
gation, seeds and varieties, equipment, disease 
and insect control, production, grading, pack- 
mye marketing of vegetables. $3.60 post- 
paid. 
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. Add 10¢ postage. 
TRI-OGEN SPRAY 
A concentrated Insect 
Spray and Fungicide 
for Roses, Asters, 
Snapdragons, Carna- 
tions, Hollyhocks, 
Phlox, Delphiniums, 
Zinnias, Golden Glow, 
f 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 plus 24¢ postage. 
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. Add 10¢ per Ib. postage. 
6% CHLORDANE DUST: New insecticide 
for controlling ants, Japanese beetles, tar- 
nished plant bugs, thrips and many other 
lawn and garden pests. 1 lb. can 55¢. Add 
10¢ for postage and packing. 
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 lbs. $1.10. Add 10¢ per lb. postage. 
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. 
75¢; 4 lbs. $2.15. Add 10¢ per lb. postage. 
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, prepaid; 1 lb. $2.50, add 10¢ postage. 
TOBACCO DUST: Easily applied with dust 
gun to rid plants of aphids, thrip, leaf-hop- 
pers, etc. Clings to the plants. 2 lbs. 40¢; 
10 Ibs. 85¢, prepaid; 100 lbs. $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. $1.85. Add 10¢ per 
lb. for postage and packing. 
PARIS GREEN: An old reliable poison for 
control of potato bugs. 1 lb. 60¢. Add 10¢ 
postage. 
All About House Plants 
Amateur’s Guide to Successful Indoor Cul- 
ture of Flowers, Plants, Bulbs and Vines. 
Numerous pictures, many in color. $3.95 
postpaid. 
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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. $1.40. Add 
10¢ per lb. for postage and packing. 
COPODUST: An effective dust containing 
6% metallic copper for controlling blight on 
tomatoes and potatoes. 1 Ib. 45¢; 5 Ibs. 
$1.15. Add 10¢ per lb. postage and packing. 
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. Add 25¢ for post- 
age. 
FERMATE: A fungicide effective in control- 
ling anthracnose of tomatoes, black spot of 
roses and certain other plant diseases. 3 
Ibs. $2.50. Add 25¢ for postage. 
DRY LIME SULPHUR: For dormant spray- 
ing against leaf blister mite and peach leaf 
curl; also, summer spray for apple and pear 
scab. 1 lb. 65¢; 5 lbs. $2.65. Add 10¢ per 
Ib. for postage and packing. 
PURATUREF: An organic mercury compound 
for use in control of crab grass and turf 
diseases. 8 oz. $1.60. Add 10¢ postage. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
DuPONT SPREADER STICKER: A highly 
contentrated, extremely efficient spreading, 
sticking and wetting agent for use with cer- 
tain insecticides and fungicides. 1 pint 
$1.30. Add 10¢ postage. 
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 Ibs. $3.90. Add 10¢ per Ib. 
for postage and packing. 
TAT FORMULA 83: Kills rats. So power- 
ful “One Lick Kills”. $1.00 prepaid. 
AMMATE: A new weed killer for use where 
it is desired to kill all vegetation. Ammate 
should not be used on lawns as it will not 
only kill the weeds but will damage the 
grass. 2 lbs. $1.05. Add 10¢ per lb. postage. 
Descriptive folder will be mailed on re- 
quest. 
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, prepaid. 
POTATO FIX 
Potato Fix contains the methyl ester of 
naphthaleneacetic acid, a growth regu- 
lating chemical which has the power to 
stop sprouts from growing for as long 
as a year. Potato Fix to prevent sprout- 
ing is the modern way of eliminating 
storage losses. 
9 o7. 
1 lb. Treats 16 bushels, $1.70 
5 Ibs. Treats 80 bushels, $6.40 
Treats 9 bushels, $1.00 
