ROBSON QUALITY SEEDS, HALL, NEW YORK 3 
BROCCOLI 
Vitamins A b, C b, 
Many people who enjoy the delicious flavor 
of fresh or frozen broccoli do not realize how 
easy it is to grow. If started in greenhouse 
or hot bed April Ist and transplanted into 
open ground, broccoli will be ready to use the 
first week in July. Later plantings can be 
made in the open ground and either trans- 
planted or thinned to 24 inches in row. Best 
quality heads are produced from seed sown 
about June Ist. The large center head de- 
velops first, and after this is cut, the plant 
forms numerous branch heads. 
*110 ITALIAN GREEN SPROUTING: 70 
days. Ours is a dependable strain that is 
sure-heading and uniform, each plant pro- 
ducing a large center head and many side 
shoots of good size. Medium early in ma- 
turity with large vigorous plants producing 
compact, dark blue green tightly budded 
heads of excellent quality—fine for bunch- 
ing and freezing. Pkt. 25¢; Y% oz. 55¢; oz. 
85¢; 14 lb. $1.80; 14 lb. $2.95; lb. $4.85; 10 
lbs. $47.50. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
Vitamins a b, C 
Seed hot water treated 
Culture same as Broccoli 
*115 LONG ISLAND IMPROVED, CAT- 
SKILL STRAIN: 90 days. This delicious 
vegetable has long been a favorite—profit- 
able for market and a fine fall and winter 
vegetable for the home garden. Plant 
dwarf, compact, 20 in. tall, very uniform. 
Stem well covered with firm, round, tiny 
cabbage-like heads which mature in succes- 
sion. Ours is a dependable highly produc- 
tive strain. Light freezes improve the qual- 
Ticvonme bikstema OCs de O74 SUG 1 102, $1-30;807, 
$2.10; 14 lb. $5.25; Y% Ib. $8. 70; Ib. $14.40. 
Our trials indicate Green Mountain to be an out- 
standing new early variety of Broccoli for market 
and home freezing. You certainly should try it. 
112 GREEN MOUNTAIN: 60 days. A new 
and distinct early green sprouting broccoli 
replacing the popular DeCicco strain be- 
cause it is just as early, larger in size and 
better in color. ‘The large center heads are 
compact—fine budded, dark blue green, 
with well-branched stems that are easily 
divided when cut for freezing. Large side 
shoots develop after center head is cut; it is 
long standing—slow to go into bloom. 
Quality is excellent both fresh and frozen. 
Pkt. 35¢ 5 We OF, [SCR Ors GileA0S YA Wo, S20 
Yo Ib. $4.80. lb. $8.00; 10 lbs. $79.00. 
‘“‘We think your corn is tops.” 
June 3, 1954 Erwin H. Witkop 
Wilson, New York 
CRESS 
*270 FINE CURLED (Pepper Grass): Fine- 
ly cut and curled leaves. Attractive and 
has a pleasant, pungent flavor. Pkt. 15¢; 
1% oz. 30¢; oz. 45¢; 4 lb. 70d; YS Ib. $1.10; 
Ib. $1.80. 
CARROTS 
Vitamins A b, c bz 
Pkt. will sow 30 ft. row; 
Y oz. 100 ft. 
To produce long, smooth carrots the soil must be worked deep to 8 or 10 inches and not 
allowed to become. compacted. Young carrots are more tender and sweet for table use; there- 
fore, it is wise to make several sowings until about June 30th. 
covered with sand in pits or root cellars for winter use. 
garden variety. 
158 ROYAL CHANTENAY: 70 days. Not 
only has this new improved Red Cored 
Chantenay been impressive in our trial 
grounds but many large-scale, critical car- 
rot growers are highly enthused about its 
quality, appearance and yield. ‘The carrots 
are longer, smoother, more cylindrical, ex- 
cellent in interior and exterior color and 
outstanding in tenderness, flavor and sweet- 
ness. Pkt. 20¢; 1% oz. 30¢; oz. 45¢; 14 Ib. 
90¢; 1% Ib. $1.45; Ib. $2.35; 10 Ibs. $22.50; 
25 Ibs. $53.75. 
164 RED CORED CHANTENAY: 70 days. 
The variety most widely used as a canning 
carrot. The roots grow 4 to 5 inches long 
and are tapered and quite stump rooted. 
The core is almost the same color as the 
flesh which gives it the name Red Cored. 
Late sown carrots can be 
Nantes is by far the best home 
*161 NANTES: 68 days. We have tested 
many varieties of carrots in our trial 
grounds but have never found one superior 
to Nantes for tenderness and flavor. Roots 
are smooth, 6-7 in. long; 114 in. thick, 
cylindrical, stump-rooted and the flesh is a 
bright orange, sweet and tender. We high- 
ly recommend Nantes. Pkt. 20¢; 4 oz. 35¢; 
oz. 60¢; 14 Ib. $1.00; 14 lb. $1.60; Ib. $2.60; 
10 Ibs. $25.00; 25 lbs. $60.00. 
Illustrated in color in front of catalog 
159 GOLD SPIKE: 70 days. A new variety 
that has been outstanding in our trials for 
producing extremely attractive long, slen- 
der, straight carrots like the California 
grown eye-catching bunches we buy at our 
Jocal vegetable counters. Gold Spike has 
fine color and is tender but does not equal 
CELERY 
Vitamins a b, c by 
1 oz. should produce about 8,000 plants 
For early planting the seed should be start- 
ed indoors or in hotbed in February or early 
March. For later celery sow seed in open 
ground as early as possible. 
180 CORNELL 619: 100 days. An early, 
easy blanching strain of outstanding quality. 
Hearts long; stems thick, rounded, smooth 
in texture. Resistant to fusarium yellows. 
Pista2 Gs OZ 1005) on OZ. ete OZ IRIS 
Y% lb. $6.50; Y% Ib. $10. 80; Ib. $18.00. 
*184 SUMMER PASCAL: oi days. One of 
the finest quality green celeries. Stems are 
thick and tender; they have a rich full 
flavor. Blanches to a pure white. Pkt. 25¢; 
4 oz. 60¢; Yo oz. $1.00; oz. $1.65; 14 Ib. 
$5.40; 1% Ib. 9.00; lb. $15.00. 
185 EMERSON PASCAL: New green strain 
with resistance to both early and late blight. 
Uniform in plant type with erect habit of 
growth, deeply cut leaves, good flavor, and 
stalks which are longer than those of Sum- 
mer Pascal but equally Chicka Rita 2¢: 
Vy, oz, 15¢; Ye oz. $1.20; oz. $1.95; 14 Ib. 
$6.50; Y Ib. $10.80; Ib. $18.00. 
CELERIAC 
190 LARGE PRAGUE: 110 days. ‘Turnip 
rooted celery is very delicious in fall and 
winter; produces large bulb-like roots with 
a pleasant nut-like celery flavor. Pkt. 30¢; 
1 oz. 75¢; oz. $1.20; 14 Ib: $2.90; 14 lb. 
$4.80; Ib. $8.00. 
CHICORY 
192 WITLOOF OR FRENCH ENDIVE: 
Seed sown in May produces roots which 
when dug, trimmed and placed in sand in a 
warm dark place in the winter, throw out 
large white sprouts which are used as a 
salads Pkt. 25¢515 oz o0G30z4 0065.05 lib: 
$2.00; 14 lb. $3.30; Ib. $5.50. 
This past year we grew a lot of Carrot varieties in 
our trial grounds to see if there was any variety 
Pkt. 20¢; 1% 07. 200; oz. 40¢; 14 Ib. 85¢; Nantes in sweetness. Bene 30¢; Yo Oz. ae equal to or better than Nantes. A lot of people 
Yy Ib. $1.35; Ib. $2.25; 10 Ibs. $21.50; 25 Ibs. oz. 60¢; % Pegelec@ myc ele2s Wb ing 50, \ testeOytliess carrgte ye ome Oboe newer vetleles 
$51.25. 10 Ibs. $34.00; 25 Ibs. oe 0. on isto desea ates’ bari Ribot 
CARROTS Pkt. . Oz. % Lb. % Lb. 1 Lb. 10 Lbs. 25 Lbs. 
167 TENDERSWEET. Long, tapering, deep orange-red color, poor quality....... $.20 6 os $.45 $1.00 $1.65 $2.75 $26.50 $63.75 
166 SUPREME HALF LONG. An improved Danvers Half Long ah ie Gts tin pk eee oe (45 tO OR eL- 65 23/502 6.50 Se GSe75 
162 IMPERATOR. Superior strain. Roots long, smooth. Topsstrong............. 45 1.00 1.65 2.75 26.50 63.75 
163 LONG CHANTENAY. Similar to Red Cored, an inch longer, heavy yielding. . .40 .85 LSD pele Ome Lo Ome 1625 
165 HUTCHINSON. Highly popularin New England. Long, cylindrical........ 45 1.00 1-659 5257.55 826.50) 963575 
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