SPRINGFIELD SEED COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, MO. 7 

OKRA or GUMBO 
Pkt. Oz. VY Ib. 
5c 10c 25c 
_ CULTURE—Sow after soil is warm 
in rows 3 feet apart, 18 inches apart In 
the row. The pods are used for soups 
and stews. The pods should be 
gathered while still young and tender, 
before the woody fiber develops. 
LONG GREEN. Very early and pro- 
ductive. Plant 3 feet high; pods bright 
green, 7% inches long, straight, slen- 
der, pointed and slightly corrugated; a 
desirable market variety. 
WHITE VELVET. Grows 3% feet 
high; is early and productive. Pods 
are creamy white, long, smooth, slen- 
der, and tender. 


OY ea 0 1 
WATERMELONS PEED wiTH ONION SEED 
JIGORO 
Pkt. Oz. Ya, Ib. COMPLETE PLANT FOOD Pkt. Oz. 
10c 20c 
5¢ 10c 25¢ 
bbs a hte e 4 as Reo, pile Spring ea pals ae ee 
CULTURE—Treat as for muskmelons, but give more room, Worked, in drills 15 inches apart, covering one-inch deep. One 
10 to 12 feet apart each way. Watermelons do best on old, rich OUNce for 300 feet of drill; 4 to 5 pounds per acre. About 750 
soil, which is not too freshly manured, hence when making the seeds to the packet. 
hills, well-rotted manure should be used, and it is better to LARGE RED WETHERSFIELD. 110 Days. One of the oldest 
prepare them some time ahead before planting the seed. If and best known types of onion. A fine, large, rather flat sort 
manure cannot be obtained, use good commercial fertilizer or of a deep purplish-red color; noted for its productiveness and 
sheep manure mixed with the soil. One ounce plants 20 hills; keeping qualities; used largely in the production of onion sets. 
4 pounds per acre. Plant early in May or for later use, in June. SOQOUTHPORT LARGE RED GLOBE. 130 Days. The finest type 
and most popular of the red onions. The bulbs are distinctly 
DIXIE QUEEN. A leader for home gardens, local markets, and _globe-shaped with a small neck, and are excellent keepers; color 
fOr supine: ote pas aah with ene and pas ereen a deep purplish-red. 
stripes; thin, tough rind; flesh deep scarlet, crisp and sweet. prizETAKER. 100 Days. One of the largest onions grown 
abe to large size, and very uniform. The few seeds are 4nq the mildest; is productive and a sure cropper; bulbs are 
2 globe-shaped and of a light straw color. 
YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS. 110 Days. Bulbs medium large, 
IRISH GRAY. Free from hard centers and strings, very firm, : a . : ‘ 
and does not break when sliced. Matures in aon 90 days. easel yellow, firm and solid. Flesh white, with slight yellow 
one. 
Greenish gray color; does not sunburn. 
SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE. 110 Days. Of the true South- 
TOM WATSON. Immensely popular because there is delicious port Globe form with a thin, delicate skin of purest paper white- 
sweetness. The flesh is rich red, crisp and tenderly melting. ness; flesh is very crisp, fine-grained, snowy-white in color and 
Reaches the size of 24 to 28 inches in length, and 12 to 14 exceedingly mild. 
inches in diameter. It has a mottled, dark green rind, thin, but pyyERSIDE 
tough enough to stand shipping. SWEET SPANISH. 
HALBERT HONEY. The melons are oblong in form, skin is Pp oygey® i, Newly 
smooth, of dark green color, thin, and rather brittle; on this resembling  Prize- 
account the melons do not stand shipping well. But for home taker, put grows to 
use, they are excellent. golden yellow in 
KLECKLEY SWEET. Well named, for the flesh of this melon 69/04 O¢ Skin} flesh 
is sweet as honey. The rind is dark green, and only about mild 
one-half inch thick. Seeds are white, lying close to the rind, WHITE PORTU 
leaving a large solid heart. GAL or SILVER- 
: - ; SKIN. 100 Days. 
SWEETHEART. Vine vigorous and productive. Fruit large, A large, flat, white 
rounded or slightly oblong; skin pale green, with bands of deeper 
onion of mild and ; 
color, flesh red, melting and very sweet. pleasant flavor 
STONE MOUNTAIN. A very fine melon, especially popular in pees and fine 
the southern states, where the fruits frequently weigh 50 to 80 
pounds. The flesh is solid, bright scarlet in color, has few CRYSTAL WAX 
seeds, and is very sweet. 90 Days. Bulb: 
round, medium 
“KING AND QUEEN” WINTER WATERMELON. Spherical 8ized, solid, skin 
in shape, ivory shell, pink center, seeds black. Average weight thin and delicate; 
25 pounds. The most luscious, handsome and valuable winter flesh waxy white, 
melon in the world. fine grained, and 
: mild. 
GOLDEN HONEY. The best of the yellow fleshed melons. It Y ElLLOW_ or 
fs oblong in shape and the average weight is 20 pounds. The WHITE BERMU- 
rind is dark green with irregular stripes of darker green. DA. 88 Days. Me- 
{ : dium sized, flat 
Leto! OI 8 Mtge bo sort. Skin light straw color, thin and loose; flesh nearly white, 
CITRON. For preserving. Fruit very similar to the water- coarse, sweet and mild. 
melon, but the flesh is used exclusively for sauces, pies, and 
preserving. The flesh is white, will keep solid all winter, and 
has a delicious flavor after it is cooked. ONION SETS 
Tops, 28 lbs. per bu.; bottoms, 32 lbs. per bu. It takes 8 bu. 
to set an acre. 
: POP CORN (Shelled) Price on application for the following varieties: 





RED WETHERSFIELD POTATO ONION 
Deve tbc tiroepald, A dwarf growing corn. Heavy yielder. AUSTRALIAN BROWN WINTER TOPS 
2 WHITE SILVERSKIN MULTIPLIERS 
S. AMERICAN. Fine yellow variety. Pkt., 10c. Postpaid. YELLOW GLOBE SUMMER TOPS 
(Write for prices on larger quantities.) 


BERMUDA ONION PLANTS 
We can furnish the genuine Crystal White Wax and Yellow 
Bermuda, tied 100 to the bundle and 6,000 to the crate, at 15¢ 
per hundred and $1.00 per thousand, postpaid. 


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