12 SPRINGFIELD SEED COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, MO. 
SQUASH 
CULTURE—Plant in hills, In well prepared ground, mix¬ 
ing plenty of well-rotted manure in each hill. Light soil* 
are best suited for their growth. Plant six to eight seeds in 
each hill and thin out to three or four after they have made 
partial growth. Plant bush varieties from three to four 
feet apart each way, and the trailing sorts six to eight. 
YELLOW BUSH HUBBARD 
WHITE BUSH MAMMOTH WARTY HUBBARD 
GIANT SUMMER CROOKNECK DELICIOUS 
WINTER CROOKNECK SWEET POTATO 
SQUASH— 
Pkt. Oz. y 4 lb. 
.05 .10 .30 
TURNIP 
CULTURE—For early use sow very thinly in March or April in 
drills from 12 to 15 inches apart; thin out to 6 inches in the rows. 
For fall or winter crop, sow in July and August. The old saw: “On 
the twentieth of July, sow your turnips, wet or dry,” is good advice 
and sow very sparingly—one seed to the inch is enough. The Ruta¬ 
bagas are grown for feeding stock, and are also excellent for table. 
One ounce will sow 150 feet of drill; 1 to 1 % lbs. to the acre. 
PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE—Almost a perfect globe in form; 
flesh and skin white, colored purple, or red, above ground; very fine 
grained and sweet; a superior variety. 
PURPLE TOP STRAP LEAVED—The most widely cultivated and 
best known variety; a very early, productive sort; roots are flat, 
medium sized, purple or dark red above ground, white below; flesh 
white, tender and fine grained. 
POMERANIAN WHITE GLOBE—One of the largest and most pro¬ 
ductive; roots often grow to weigh 10 to 12 pounds, are globe-shaped, 
slightly flattened; skin smooth and white; for stock feeding. 
AMBER GLOBE (Green Top)—One of the best yellow-fleshed sorts; 
roots globular and of large size; skin clear yellow except the top, 
which is tinted green. 
LONG WHITE COW HORN—Roots are often 12 to 15 inches Ion* 
and 3 inches in diameter, round, carrot-like in form and slightly 
crooked; clear white in color except a shade of green at the top; 
quality good. 
TURNIP— Pkt. Oz. % Lb. 1 Lb. I 
.05 .10 .20 .60 
PURPLE-TOP STRAP-LEAVED 
WHITE EGG—An early, oval or egg- 
shaped variety; roots of medium size, 
smooth and clear white; of the very best 
quality. 
EARLY SNOWBALL—Very early, of 
medium size, round as a ball and pure 
white skin and flesh. 
WATERMELONS 
To raise good Watermelons it is essential that the plants have a good start, and it is important to prepare 
hills about 6 feet apart, by thoroughly working into the soil an abundance of well-rotted manure—hen manure, 
sheep manure, or other forms rich in nitrogen, being most desirable. Over this highly manured soil put 4 to 6 
inches of fresh earth and plant the seeds in this, covering them about an inch deep. It is important that the 
seed should not be planted before the ground becomes warm and dry. as the young plants are very sensitive to 
cold and wet. Put 5 or 7 seeds in a hill; 1 ounce for 3 0 hills; 4 to 5 lbs., for an acre. 
Pkt. Oz. % lb. lb. 
Sweetheart.05 .10 .25 .75 
Georgia Rattlesnake or Gypsy .05 .10 .25 .75 
K*lb’» Gem .06 .10 .25 .76 
Mountain Sweet . 06 .10 .25 .76 
Peerless, or Ice Cream .06 .1» .25 .75 
Florida Favorite .05 .10 .25 .75 
Pkt. Oz. ^i»>. l b - 
Alabama Sweet .05 .10 .26 .76 » 
Halbert's Honey ...06 .10L.25 .76 
Tom Watson .06 .10 .25 .76 
Irish Gray .65 .10 .25 .75 
Improved Kleckley’s Sweet .05 .10 .26 .76 
Stons Mountain .19 16 .26 • 
