SPRINGFIELD SEED COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, MO. 

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Seed Potato 

Spinach, Bloomsdale 


RHUBARB or PIEPLANT 
Highly esteemed for pies, tarts, jelly 
and marmalade. Sow in drills 1 foot 
apart early in spring. In the fall or next 
spring transplant 3 feet apart in deeply 
dug, rich soil. 
MAMMOTH VICTORIA. Largest, most 
productive variety. Large pkt., 10c; oz., 
15c; 4 Ib., 50c. 
RHUBARB ROOTS. Set in spring, they 
will furnish leaf stalks the following 
season, Large roots, each, 15c; doz., $1.50; 
postpaid. 
SALSIFY or OYSTER PLANT 
Pkt. Oz. 
10c 25c 
CULTURE—Sow early in drills 18 
inches apart and cover firmly 1-inch 
deep; thin to 3 inches apart in the drills. 
One ounce for 60 feet of drill; 7 pounds 
to one acre. 
MAMMOTH SANDWICH ISLAND. 90 
Days. <A very superior strain, producing 
smoother, larger and more vigorous roots; 
foliage stronger. Roots similar to a slim 
Parsnip. Often called ‘‘vegetable oyster."’ 
SEED SWEET POTATOES 
Owing to the perishable nature of 
Sweet Potatoes, our responsibility ceases 
upon delivery to railroad company and 
receipted for in good condition. 
Write for prices on the following varie- 
ties: 
Yellow Kinds— Red Kinds— 
Nancy Hall Red Nansemond 
Red Jersey 
Yellow Nansemond Red Bermuda 
Yellow Jersey White Kinds— 
Brazilian 
Porto Rico Yam 
Southern Queen 
Plants of the above varieties ready for 
shipment about April 15. Write for prices. 
SEED POTATOES 
NORTHERN GROWN 
Plant 8 bu. per acre. Write for prices 
when ready to buy. 
CERTIFIED STOCK. We offer Michi- 
gan and Minnesota certified potatoes in 
several instances. Such stock has been 
inspected while growing by authorized 
state agents and found free from serious 
diseases and varietal mixture and is from 
vigorous fields. Sorting and grading to 
No. 1 grade is also required. 
Early Ohio Green Mountain 
(Red River Stock) Burbank 
Bliss Early Triumph Early Six Weeks 
True Early Rose Irish Cobbler 
SPINACH 
Pkt. Oz: 
5c 10c 
We handie immense quantities. of 
Spinach Seed for a critical market garden 
and truck farm trade. For a succession 
the seed may be sown early in April and 
again in May in drills 1 foot apart and 
1-inch deep, properly thinning out when 
plants are an inch in the leaf. For the 
earliest spring crop, sow from first to 
middle of September, protecting the crop 
through the winter with a light coverin 
of straw or leaves. One ounce for 10 
feet of drill, 10 pounds for an acre of 
eros Write for prices in large quanti- 
ties. 
BLOOMSDALE LONG STANDING. 389 
Days. Nearly as early as the old strain 
and will stand two weeks longer before 
bolting to seed. Plants .very uniform, 
leaves intensely crumpled and blistered, 
dark glossy green in color. 
KING OF DENMARK. 46 Days. A fine 
long season Spinach, remaining longer 
than most varieties before bolting to 
seed. Plant vigorous and_= spreading: 
leaves large, rounded, fairly crumpled and 
blistered: dark green in color. 
NEW ZEALAND. 70 Days. Entirely dis- 
tinct from the true Spinach; plant tall 
and spreading with numerous side shoots: 
leaves medium green, rather small and 
pointed; grows well in hot weather and 
under adverse conditions. 
MUSTARD SPINACH (Tender Greens). 
Large, thick-leaved variety from Japan, 
remaining tender both summer and win- 
ter. Popular in the South. 
SQUASH 
Pkt. Oz. 
5c 10c 
CULTURE—Plant in hills, in well pre- 
pared ground, mixing plenty of well- 
rotted manure in each hill. Light soils 
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. 
DELICIOUS. 115 Days. A fall and win- 
ter variety, medium size, top-shaped, 
dark green, flesh orange, very deep and 
delicious. 
TABLE QUEEN. 58 Days. A squash fit 
for a queen. Cut in half and baked for 
twenty minutes, it is delicious. "Wonder- 
ful producer. Fruits are from 6 to 8 
inches long and 4 to 6 inches in diameter. 
Shell hard and smooth, dark green with 
sometimes a blotch of red at pointed end. 
Will keep as long as the Hubbard. 
GIANT SUMMER CROOKNECK. 55 
Days. The largest and one of the earliest 
summer varieties; fruits often 2 to 2 
des long, very warty and deep orange in 
color. 
EARLY WHITE BUSH SCALLOP. 60 
Days. Very early summer squash; also 
known as Patty Pan. 
EARLY YELLOW BUSH SCALLOP. 60 
Days. A true bush. Earlier and smaller 
than the above. 
BANANA. 120 Days. A prolific, oblong 
variety 2% feet in length by 6 inches in 
diameter, having a gray-green shell, with 
irregular stripes and dashes of a darker 
shade, distinctly pointed at the blow end; 
solid, dry flesh with small seed cavity. 
GOLDEN HUBBARD. 110 Days. Similar 
to the old Hubbard in form and habit, 
though smaller and decidedly earlier; 
shell moderately warted, rich orange-red; 
flesh deep orange, fine quality; good 
keeper. 
IMPROVED HUBBARD. 120 Days. The 
standard Winter Squash. Shell moder- 
ately warted; deep dark bronze-green; 
flesh bright yellow, fine grained, thick 
and dry. 
CHICAGO WARTED HUBBARD. 120 
Days. Similar in quality and form to the 
aera not but fruit larger and a little 
ater. 
SWEET POTATO. ‘Fruit light yellow 
with green stripes, 6 to 8 inches long 
and thick flesh. 
TOBACCO 
CULTURE—A very clean piece of land 
is best for tobacco. It is customary to 
burn a piece of land in the woods for 
plant beds. This destroys grass, weeds 
and insects, adds fertility through the 
action of the wood ashes, and leaves the 
ground in good order. The seeds are 
sown about February and protected by 
plant-bed cloth to keep off tobacco flies. 
When large enough and weather is set- 
tled (about June), set the plants out In 
highly manured or fertilized soil in 3¥- 
foot rows, 3 feet between the plants. 
Constant care must be given, cultivating, 
suckering, worming, etc. Methods of cur- 
ing differ according to the variety and 
color; 1 ounce sows 50 square yards, suf- 
ficient to set 2 or 3 acres. 
JUDY’S PRIDE. This type of White 
Burley is the best of any variety grown 
in this section. Makes the largest yield 
and the highest grade of leaf, which is 
much superior to that grown in other 
sections. Good, bright leaf, small stem 
and wonderful flavor. Pkt., 20c; 0oz., 
$1.00; postpaid. : 
The following varieties are old stand- 
ards: Red and White Burley, Sweet Oro- 
noco, Yellow Prior. Pkt., 10c; oz., 60c; 
postpaid. 
RED ARROW GARDEN SPRAY— 
Ideal for home gardening. See 
Page 31. 
SPHAGNUM MOSS—For packing veg- 
etable plants. Ask for prices. 
