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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 1% 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. 
Pkt. 204; 14 0z. 30¢; 0z. 40¢; 14 lb. 60¢ 1% 
Ib. $1.00; lb. $1.60; 10 lbs. $15.00. 
SALSIFY OR VEGETABLE OYSTER 
Pkt. will sow 15 ft. row 
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¢; 
Yy oz. 50¢; oz. 80¢; 14 1b. $1.95; 1% Ib. $3.25; 
lb. $5.40. 
“Even though we had dry weather your Fordhook 
242 lima beans were wonderful in yield and 
quality.” 
Feb. 23, 1954 Mrs. Foster E. Weaver, 
Milton, Pa. 
PUMPKIN 
Vitamins A b, c b, 
Pkt. will plant 6 hills, an ounce 20 hills 
*387 SMALL SUGAR or NEW ENGLAND 
PIE: 110 days. The favorite pie pump- 
kin. 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. 20¢; oz. 35¢; Y% Ib. 75¢; 14 Ib. $1.20; 
Ib. $2.00; 10 Ibs. $18.00. 
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, deep yellow. Pkt. 15¢; oz. 
35¢; 14 lb. 754; 1% Ib. $1.20; Ib. $2.00; 10 
Ibs. $18.00. 
386 WINTER LUXURY: 110 days. A fine 
round netted light orange pie pumpkin, a 
little larger than Small Sugar. Flesh is 
thick, deep orange yellow. Pkt. 20¢; oz. 
35¢; 4 lb. 75¢; 1% Ib. $1.20; 1b. $2.00; 10 
lbs. $18.00. 
RADISH 
Vitamins b, c by 
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 14 inch deep and 14 inch apart should require no thinning. Place rows 12 inches apart. 
Cavalier, a very popular market variety in the 
East, produces uniform radishes that bunch well. 
391 CAVALIER: 22 days. Ours is a particu- 
larly uniform strain of Cavalier. Radishes 
are the true olive shape, brilliant scarlet in 
color, firm and crisp, uniform short tops. 
Pkt. 20¢; oz. 30¢; 14 Ib. 45¢; 1% lb. 70¢; Ib. 
$1.10; 10 lbs $10.50; 100 Ibs. $100.00. 
*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 
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PEPPERS 
Pkt. should produce 75 plants, an ounce 1500 plants 
Seed must be sown indoors in flats, usually in March. 
Vitamins A b, C b, 
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. 
*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¢; 
V4, 02. 55¢; Vo oz. 85¢; 02. $1.40; 14 Ib. $3.45; 
Vy lb. $5.70; Ib. $9.50. 
380 ALLBIG (Illinois F-5): 62 days. A new 
heavy yielding pepper that is the earliest 
of the large fruited, thick-walled varieties. 
Fruits extremely large, 3 to 4 lobed, 414-5 
in. long, 314 in. in diam. Pkt. 40¢; 14 07. 
55¢; 14 oz. 90¢; 02. $1.45; 14 Ib. $3.60; 14 Ib. 
$6.00; Ib. $10.00. 
377 CALIFORNIA WONDER. Very large, smooth, blocky, heavy. 
379 KING OF THENORTH. Early, large, prolific pepper. 
378 EARLY CALIFORNIA WONDER: 63 
days. An early strain of California Won- 
der. Plants vigorous, prolific. Fruits uni- 
formly blocky, smooth, thick meated, sweet 
and mild. Pkt. 30¢; 14 02. 50¢; 4 02. 80¢; 
oz. $1.30; 14 lb. $3.25; 1% Ib. $5.40; Ib. $9.00. 
376 WORLD BEATER: 70 days. A popu- 
lar main crop market variety. Fruits very 
large, oblong, commonly 414 in. long and 
31% inches in diam., thick fleshed and sweet. 
Pkt. 30¢; 14 02. 50¢; VY oz. 80¢; oz. $1.30; 14 
Ib. $3.25; 14 Ib. $5.40; Ib. $9.00. 
383 HEIFERHORN: 75 days. An_ excep- 
tionally good “hot pepper’—good sized, 
long, tapering to a point. Pkt. 35¢; 4 oz. 
55¢; 1% oz. 90¢; 02. $1.45; 14 Ib. $3.60; Y% 
Ib. $6.00; 1b. $10.00. 
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*390 COMET: 25 days. Best round radish 
for home and market gardeners—stays crisp 
and solid longer. See picture in color and 
full description in color pages in front of 
catalog. Pkt. 20¢; 0z. 35¢; 14 lb. 75¢; 1% Ib. 
90¢; 1b. $1.10; 10 lbs. $10.50; 100 Ibs. $100.00. 
398 ICICLE: 30 days. The best early white 
variety. “Lops small. Roots long, tapered; 
very white throughout, brittle as ice; mild 
and of splendid quality until 5 to 6 in. 
long. Pkt. 20¢; oz. 30¢; 14 lb. 45¢; 1% Ib. 
70¢; 1b. $1.10; 10 lbs. $10.50; 100 Ibs. $100.00. 
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. 254; 4 Ib. 40¢; 1% Ib. 60¢; 1b. $1.00; 
10 Ibs. $9.50; 100 lbs. $90.00. 
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¢; 14 lb. 45¢; 1% Ib: 70¢; Ib. $1.10; 
10 Ibs. $10.50; 100 Ibs. $100.00. 
394 FRENCH BREAKFAST: 25 days. Rich 
scarlet with white bottom. Flesh white 
and crisp. Pkt. 20¢; 0z. 30¢; 14 lb. 45¢; 1%4 
lb. 70¢; 1b. $1.10; 10 lbs. $9.50; 100 Ibs. 
$90.00. 
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In our trial grounds Pennwonder produces more 
peppers than other thick meated varieties; early 
yy Oz. Oz. % Lb. % Lb. Lb. 
RP nisc $ .75 $1.20 $2.90 $4.80 $8.00 
Bee a sD: 1.25 3.10 5.10 8.50 
ROBSON TRIPLE-TESTED SEEDS ARE BEST FOR YOUR GARDEN 
