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Deep Heart Fringed and Full Heart Batavian En- 
dive make an excellent combination for your 
garden. 
ENDIVE 
Vitamins A b, C b, 
Pkt. will sow 15 ft. row, an ounce 100 ft. 
Fine for salads in fall and winter and is 
easily grown. May be sown anytime until mid- 
summer. Best quality endive is produced in 
the fall from seed sown about July Ist. Before 
hard freezing weather cover with corn stalks 
to protect it for use into the winter. 
*288 DEEP HEART FRINGED (Chicory): 
90 days. The leaves are broad and are fine- 
ly curled — fringed at the edges. It is a 
strong, robust plant and produces fine deep 
hearts when fully grown. It is tender and 
makes most appetizing and attractive salads. 
Pkt. 20¢; 02. 35¢. 
289 FULL HEART BATAVIAN (Escarole): 
90 days. This is the best variety of broad 
leaved endive. Plants medium large with 
very deep, full, compact, well blanched 
hearts of infolded, broad leaves that are of 
thick butter texture. Pkt. 20¢; oz. 35¢. 
HERBS 
278 BASIL, SWEET: The leaves, green or 
dried, are used for flavoring many foods — 
soups, stews, salads. Pkt. 20¢; Y% oz. 50¢. 
*274 DILL, Long Island Mammoth. 70 days. 
Larger and much superior to common dill. 
Very easily grown for making “Dill Pickles”; 
fine for flavoring too. Pkt. 15¢; 02. 30¢. 
279 THYME: Small perennial; the aromatic 
foliage is popular for seasoning many foods. 
Protect with straw in winter. Pkt. 25¢; 
Yy oz. 90¢. 
280 SWEET MARJORAM: The dried fra- 
grant leaves are fine for seasoning meats and 
poultry dressing; also used fresh in salads. 
Pkt. 25¢; 14 oz. 70¢. 
281 SUMMER SAVORY: The small leaves 
may be used fresh or dried on the stems. 
Excellent for flavoring meats and stuffings. 
Pkt. 20¢; 14 oz. 50¢. 
«282 SAGE, BROAD LEAVED: True peren- 
nial and when once started will last for 
years. Home grown sage leaves are much 
better than the commercial product for sea- 
soning. Pkt. 35¢; 4 oz. 70¢. 
ROBSON’S CALENDAR 
Your copy of our 1954 calendar (14 x 
17 inches) shows all the months at a 
glance; each day is numbered. Just the 
calendar for the office, home, or barn. 
Free for the asking. 
FENNEL 
Fennel is grown in home and market gar- 
dens for the large bulb produced at the sur- 
face of the ground. It has a pleasant anise- 
like flavor and is used as a cooked vegetable or 
fresh in salads. When the plants are half- 
grown, drag earth up to them to blanch the 
bulbs. 
276 FLORENCE: 110 days. Plants are 2 to 
3 ft. tall; a reliable producer of firm, even 
bulbs. Pkt. 20¢; 14 oz. 30¢. 
KOHL RABI 
Vitamins b, C 
Pkt. will sow 15 ft. row 
The edible portion is a large bulb produced 
on the stem above the ground and which, if 
used when young, 2 to 21% in. across, is most 
delicious. For a continuous supply sow every 
two weeks until hot weather. 
*295 EARLY WHITE VIENNA: 55 days. 
Bulbs flattened globe shape, pale green; in- 
terior is white, mild, crisp, and tender. 
When cooked it has a more delicate flavor 
than turnip and is not as watery. The bulbs 
become very tough as they grow older. 
Pkt. 20¢; 14 02. 45¢; oz. 60¢. 
LEEK 
Leek is a kind of onion that does not form 
any bulb, but grows in a long thick stem, 
which is blanched by drawing earth around 
it. When blanched it makes an appetizing 
salad, or can be eaten like green onions. The 
seed is sown in the spring and is ready for use 
in the fall. Given a little protection with soil, 
it will last over winter. 
297 AMERICAN FLAG: 150 days. A popular 
gardeners’ variety with long, thick, well 
branched stems. Pkt. 20¢; 14 oz. 50¢; 02. 80¢. 
ROOTS 
RHUBARB ROOTS 
Due to extremely dry weather our rhubarb 
did not make sufficient growth for any di- 
visions to be made this year. We regret that 
we will not have roots for sale this year, how- 
ever, we expect to have a sufficient number 
of roots for sale in the spring of 1955. 
HORSE RADISH ROOTS 
Strong, well grown roots; freshly dug; ready 
after April 10th. 50 roots $1.85; 100 roots 
$2.80 prepaid; 500 roots $9.50; 1,000 roots 
$18.00 not prepaid. 
Kale is more popular in the South than in the 
North. The quality is improved by frost. 
KALE 
Vitamins A b, C B, 
Pkt. will sow 15 ft. row 
Kale is used for “greens” or garnishing dur- 
ing the late fall and winter. The young 
tender shoots are distinctively flavored and 
are rich in vitamins. Quality is improved by 
frost. Early sowings will give fully grown 
plants; a sowing in July furnishes the ten- 
derest, highest quality leaves. 
*293 DWARF SCOTCH CURLED: 55 days. 
A very hardy and most attractive dark blue- 
green, low spreading variety growing 16 to 
20 inches tall. Leaves are very finely curled. 
Pkt. 15¢; 0z. 35¢; 4 Ib. 90¢. 
You should start that asparagus this spring. It 
will last a lifetime if properly cared for. 
SENECA WASHINGTON 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
We are fortunate to be able to consistently 
grow on our farms, asparagus roots that are 
extra large, heavy and of the finest quality. 
Seneca Washington, a superior variety of our 
own development, produces strong, vigorous 
roots; productive beds are esablished quicker 
than with ordinary Washington strains. For 
full description of Seneca Washington see 
page 2. Our roots are freshly dug for you 
just before shipping. 
No, 1, ONE YEAR ROOTS: Doz. $1.45; 50 
roots $3.55; 100 roots $6.10 prepaid; 500 
roots $17.60; 1,000 roots $34.10, not prepaid. 
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