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PEPPERS 
Parsnips are improved by freezing. Leave them 
in the ground until spring and you have a fresh 
vegetable even before you start making garden. 
PARSNIPS 
Vitamins b, C 
Pkt. will sow 40 ft. row 
Seed germinates very slowly and particular 
care should be taken to have the soil in good 
condition before planting. Sow 14 inch deep 
in rows 18 to 24 in. apart. Thin seedlings to 
4 in. apart. Parsnips may be dug in the fall 
and stored in a pit or in moist dirt in a cool 
cellar or they may be dug in the spring. 
*352 HARRIS MODEL: 120 days. Roots 
are well-shaped, not too long, remarkably 
smooth and uniformly snow white. Seed is 
grown from selected transplanted roots —a 
superior strain. Pkt. 20¢; 1 oz. 30¢; oz. 40¢. 
SALSIFY OR VEGETABLE OYSTER 
Pkt. will sow 15 ft. row 
Sow seed thinly 14 inch deep in 18 in. rows. 
Thin seedlings to 3 inches. 
Salsify roots may be dug in the fall, piled 
in a sheltered spot and covered with leaves for 
winter use. Freezing does not injure the roots; 
in fact, it improves their flavor. 
*354 MAMMOTH SANDWICH ISLAND. An 
improved variety that grows roots 8 to 9 
inches long, 114 to 2 inches in diameter at 
the top and are very even with a slightly 
tapering shape. Fine quality. Pkt. 20¢; 
Vy oz. 40¢; 02. 70¢. 
PUMPKIN 
Vitamins A b, c bz 
Pkt. will plant 6 hills, an ounce 20 hills 
Plant 8 to 10 seeds in hills 6 to 8 ft. apart. 
Thin to 4 plants. In a small garden, plant a 
few hills in the sweet corn. If planting in 
rows sow 2 seeds per foot and thin to 24 to 
36 inches. 
*387 SMALL SUGAR or NEW ENGLAND 
PIE: 110 days. The favorite pie pumpkin. 
Fruits are small, deep orange, slightly 
ribbed and nearly round weighing 6 to 8 
pounds. The flesh is rich orange, fine 
grained, sweet and of the finest quality. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 30¢. 
386 WINTER LUXURY: 110 days. A fine 
pie pumpkin that is a little larger than 
Small Sugar. Fruits are round, light orange, 
not furrowed but have a netted russety ap- 
pearance. Rind thin and easily cut. Flesh 
is thick, yellow and of excellent quality. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 30¢. 
388 CONNECTICUT FIELD: 120 days. This 
is the common large yellow field pumpkin 
often used for Jack O’Lanterns. Skin 
smooth, deep orange; flesh thick, coarse, 
sweet and deep yellow. Pkt. 15¢; oz. 30¢. 
Pkt. should produce 75 plants, an ounce 1500 plants 
Vitamins A b, C b, 
Seed must be sown indoors in flats, usually in March. Cover the seed lightly and keep warm 
until the seeds have sprouted. We sow seed thin enough so that the plants do not require 
transplanting before they are ready to be set out in the garden. (Days to maturity are from 
the time the plants are set out). 
*375 PENNWONDER: 60 days. We con- 
sider Pennwonder the most satisfactory pep- 
per to raise. Year in and year out it sets 
excellent crops of large, extra thick-fleshed 
fruits while other standard varieties often 
fail or produce small crops. Fruits are 
early, an attractive blocky or tapered shape, 
dark green turning to rich red when ripe, 
and the flesh is sweet and mild. Pkt. 30¢; 
VY 02. 55¢; VY oz. 80¢. 
380 ILLINOIS F-5: 58 days. A new pepper that 
has impressed us in trials. It is the earliest 
of the large fruited, thick walled varieties 
and has the best crimson red color we have 
ever seen. Quality and flavor are excellent. 
We suggest that you try Illinois F-5. Pkt. 
40¢; 14 02. 65¢; 14 oz. $1.00. 
378 EARLY CALIFORNIA WONDER: 63 
days. An early strain of California Wonder 
developed for sections where the old variety 
has proven to be too late. Plants stocky and 
sturdy, vigorous, prolific. Fruits upright, 
very attractive, smooth, uniform, deep green 
changing to crimson at maturity; thick, 
sweet and mild. Pkt. 30¢; 14 oz. 50¢; 1% 
oz. 75¢. 
383 HEIFERHORN: 75 days. An exception- 
ally good “hot pepper”. Fruits are 114 in. 
across at the stem end tapering to a point, 
3Y4 to 4 in. long and are very “hot”. Pkt. 
35¢; V4 oz. 55¢; Yo oz. 85¢. 
Too much fertilizer will cause peppers to produce 
big plants but no peppers. This plant of Penn- 
wonder is from our seed field where no fertilizer 
was used. 
376 WORLD BEATER: 70 days. A populai 
main crop market variety. Fruits very large. 
oblong, commonly 5 in. long and 31% inches 
in diameter, thick fleshed and sweet. Plants 
are husky and prolific. Pkt. 30¢; 14 oz. 
50¢; 1% oz. 75¢. 
RADISH 
Vitamins b, c b, 
Pkt. will sow 25 ft. row, an ounce 100 ft. 
For continuous harvest, sow every two weeks from April Ist to September Ist. Uniform sow- 
ing lf inch deep and 1% inch apart should require no thinning. Place rows 12 inches apart. 
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Comet is the best radish for the home garden. 
*390 COMET: 25 days. Radishes in the 
home garden have the habit of becoming 
pithy before they can all be used. One way 
to avoid this is to make small successive 
sowings. Another practice that helps is to 
sow Comet. It is a very attractive round 
radish that doesn’t seem to get pithy as 
quickly as other varieties or as ‘hot’. Pkt. 
15¢; oz. 30¢; 14 Ib. 45¢. 
398 ICICLE: 30 days. The best early white 
variety. Tops small. Roots long, tapered; 
very white throughout, brittle as ice; mild 
and of splendid quality until 5 to 6 inches 
long. Pkt. 15¢; oz. 30¢; 14 lb. 45¢. 
391 CAVALIER: 22 days. Ours is a particu- 
larly uniform strain of Cavalier. Radishes 
are the true olive shape, brilliant scarlet in 
color, very firm and crisp and with uniform 
short tops. Pkt. 15¢; oz. 30¢. 
392 EARLY SCARLET GLOBE: 23 days. 
Popular old variety with many gardeners. 
Radishes are oval, bright scarlet; flesh 
white, crisp and moderately mild. Pkt. 15¢; 
oz. 30¢. 
393 EARLY SCARLET GLOBE, SHORT 
TOP: 23 days. A strain of equally good 
quality but having shorter tops than the 
standard Early Scarlet Globe. Pkt. 15¢; 
oz. 30¢. 
394 FRENCH BREAKFAST: 25 days. Rich 
scarlet with white bottom. Flesh white and 
crisp. Tops small. Roots oblong, blunt, 
uniform. Pkt. 15¢; oz. 30¢. 
*399 RADISH BLEND: This is a blend of 
Comet, Early Scarlet Globe, and White 
Icicle radishes. The advantage of sowing 
the blend of radishes for the home garden 
is that the early varieties, Comet and Early 
Scarlet Globe, bottom first and can be 
pulled leaving room for the later maturing 
Icicle. Pkt. 15¢; 02. 30¢; 14 Ib. 45¢. 
FOR ROBSON’S SELECTED GLADIOLUS AND DAHLIA VARIETIES TURN TO PAGE 32 
