ROBSON QUALITY SEEDS, HALL, NEW YORK 11 
MUSKMELONS OR CANTALOUPES 
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Many people ask us how we grow our melon seed crops. We 
start our plants in plant bands in coldframes in early May and 
by the end of May or first of June they are transplanted in 
The plants are sprayed and dusted regularly 
from the very beginning to protect them from disease and insects. 
The melons are vine ripened, picked, and sorted. Only melons 
isolated fields. 
that are true to type are saved for seed. 
Seed may be started indoors in FERTILE POTS or PLANT 
fertilized is 
BANDS (see page 23) and set in the garden after danger of frost; 
For the home garden and roadside stand, there is 
no muskmelon like Seneca Delicious. It is early, 
produces a lot of melons and is delicious to eat. 
*320 SENECA DELICIOUS: 85 days. For 
roadside stands and home gardens Seneca 
Delicious is the best early melon to grow— 
ripens considerably earlier than Seneca 
Bender or Iroquois. Fruits are not as large 
as the old Delicious, far more uniform, well 
netted; flesh is thick, sweet, and of excellent 
quality. We highly recommend it. Pkt. 
30¢; Yo oz. 60¢; oz. 95¢; 14 lb. $2.35; 1% Ib. 
$3.90; Ib. $6.50; 5 lbs. $32.00; 10 lbs. $63.00. 
326 HARVEST QUEEN: 95 days. A new 
fusarium wilt resistant melon similar to 
Queen of Colorado in shape, netting, thick 
tough rinds and solid high quality flesh. 
Several days later than Iroquois. Pkt. 30¢; 
VY oz. 60¢; 0z. 95¢; 14 lb. $2.35; 1% Ib. $3.90; 
1b. $6.50; 5 Ibs. $32.00; 10 lbs. $63.00. 
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*330 GOLDEN HONEY CREAM: 88 days. 
An extra early maturing watermelon that 
is ideal for home gardens and roadside 
stands in the northeast. Golden Honey 
Cream is unexcelled for sweetness and fine 
flavor. Illustrated in color and fully de- 
scribed in color pages in front of catalog. 
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Y% lb. $2.40; Ib. $4.00; 5 lbs. $18.75; 10 Ibs. 
$36.50. 
Illustrated in color in front of catalog 
331 HYBRID DIXIE QUEEN: 85 days. A 
new extra early red fleshed Hybrid water- 
melon that is just what northeastern gar- 
deners need. It matures as early or earlier 
than our popular Honey Cream. Hybrid 
Dixie Queen is a true first generation (F;) 
hybrid combining earliness, yield, large size, 
red flesh and excellent flavor. Pkt. $1.00; 
Vy oz. $2.65; oz. $4.35; 14 Ib. $14.40; 14 lb. 
$24.00; 1b. $40.00. 
322 IROQUOIS: 90 days. More popular 
with growers every year, Iroquois, fusarium 
wilt resistant, is the only melon to grow on 
wilt infected soil. Fruits are of the popular 
Seneca Bender type, round to oval, about 
614 inches in diameter, with prominent ribs 
and good netting. Rind is firm and holds 
up well. Flesh deep orange color, of fine 
texture and excellent quality. Pkt. 30¢; 1% 
oz. 60¢; oz. 95¢; 14 Ibi $2.35; 1% lb. $3.90; 
Ib. $6.50; 5 Ibs. $32.00; 10 lbs. $63.00. 
319 DELICIOUS 51: 86 days. A new fusar- 
ium wilt resistant Delicious type melon 
developed by Dr. Munger of Cornell. Ob- 
tained by crossing Iroquois and Delicious 
it is nearly as early as Seneca Delicious— 
fruits slightly larger. It retains some of the 
deeper orange color, thicker, firmer flesh and 
more musky flavor of Iroquois. If wilt has 
caused failure of your melons before, we 
recommend that you grow Delicious 51 and 
Iroquois. Pkt. 30¢; Y oz. 60¢; 0z. 95¢; 4 
Ib. $2.35; 14 Ib. $3.90; Ib. $6.50; 5 lbs. $32.00; 
10 lbs. $63.00. 
323 BENDER’S SURPRISE: 90 days. A 
popular old variety; produces the largest 
melons of those we grow. Fruits are large 
—7 to 10 lbs., the flesh is thick, deep orange 
in color and fine quality. Pkt. 25¢; 14 oz. 
50¢; oz. 80¢; 14 Ib. $2.00; 14 lb. $3.30; Ib. 
$5.50; 5 Ibs. $27.00; 10 lbs. $53.00. 
325 SCHOON’S HARD SHELL. Queen of 
Colorado type, late. 14 |b. $1.30; 1% Ib. 
$2.10; 1b. $3.50; 5 lbs. $17.00; 10 lbs. $33.00. 
covering with Hotents. 
best for 
disease with CUKE AND MELON DUST (see page 22). 
Pkt. will plant 20 hills, an ounce 100 hills 
or seed may be sown directly in garden in hills 4 to 6 ft. apart. 
Where seed is sown directly in the ground it is advisable to cover 
the hills with Hotents (see page 23) for protection against cool 
weather and insects — Hotents permit earlier planting. 
If soil is 
dry wait until plants start to come through the ground before 
A good soil, preferably light, and well 
and 
melons. Control cucumber beetles 
All Robson melons are carefully sorted and hand 
seeded. Orson Robson shows you what the special 
selected Seneca Bender Melons look like, both be- 
fore and after cutting. 
*321 SENECA BENDER: 89 days. Bred 
and selected on our farms for years, Seneca 
Bender has become highly popular with 
critical melon growers whose land is not 
infected with wilt. “The melons which uni- 
formly weigh from 5 to 6 pounds have very 
heavy netting, prominent ribbing and high 
quality deep orange-yellow flesh. Vines are 
vigorous and productive. Pkt. 30¢; 14 oz. 
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$6.50; 5 lbs. $32.00; 10 lbs. $63.00. 
SPECIAL SELECTED MUSKMELON SEED 
We have a limited amount of seed of Seneca Delicious, Seneca Bender and Iroquois taken 
from individual melons that were picked for special trueness to type, thickness, quality and 
flavor of flesh. 
We recommend this seed to commercial growers who have quality markets. 
Oz. $1.45; 14 Ib. $3.60; 12 Ib. $6.00; Ib. $10.00; 5 Ibs. $49.50; 10 Ibs. $98.00. 
WATERMELONS 
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Dick and Andy, the third generation of Robsons 
to produce quality seeds show a lot of interest in 
the new Rhode Island Red Watermelon. 
Pkt. will plant 10 hills, an ounce 
40 hills 
335 NEW HAMPSHIRE MIDGET: 82 days. 
A new, tiny “Icebox” watermelon only 5 or 
6 in. in diameter that is even earlier than 
Honey Cream and very productive. Flesh 
is red, solid, and quite sweet. Pkt. 25¢; 
VY oz. 45¢; oz. 75¢; Y Ib. $1.45; 14 Ib. $2.40; 
lb. $4.00; 5 Ibs. $18.75. 
329 RHODE ISLAND RED: 89 days. A 
new early bright red watermelon that like 
our ever popular Honey Cream will fully 
mature here in the northeast. Melons are 
oval, ideal in size, 8 to 12 lbs., with attrac- 
tive green stripes and a good firm rind. 
The attractive red flesh is fine textured, 
solid, crisp and of good flavor and sweet- 
MES, JAK, Bs WS oye Dboys Cova Wilke WA Ney. 
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“T am past 86 years old and have bought many 
garden seeds in my life time, but not any that 
equal your seeds.’’ 
March 1954 H. W. Pettit, 
Brocton, N. Y. 
GOLDEN HONEY CREAM WATERMELON IS EARLY AND TOPS IN QUALITY 
