


SPRINGFIELD SEED COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, MO. 13 

-Heathful Eaten 
Cooked or Raw 
* TOMATOES * 
Star 
Brand 

Our Improved Tomato Seed Is Grown 
Strictly for Seed Purposes Only. They 
Are Not a Hit and Miss Lot of Seed 
from some Canning Factory. 
TOMATOES 
Pkt., 10c. 
CULTURE—One ounce of seed will pro- 
duce from 2,000 to 3,000 plants. Sow the 
seed in hotbeds during March. When the 
plants are 2 inches high transplant into 
cold frames, plant boxes, paper pots or 
earth bands. After all danger of frost is 
over, set these plants into the open 
ground. The soil should be warm, mel- 
low and fertile. Set plants 4 feet apart 
each way. Cultivate often and as long 
as the plants permit. By training the 
tomato vines on trellises or tying to 
stakes, the fruit will ripen better and be 
of finer flavor. A wire fence is a good 
support. When frost is feared in the fall, 
pull the laden vines and hang in a shed 
or cellar and many will continue’ to 
ripen. When transplanting, mix one level 
teaspoonful of Vigoro thoroughly with soil 
in which plant is to be set. When flower- 
ing starts, apply one level tablespoonful 
of Vigoro within 6-inch circle around 
plant, keeping it off stems and leaves. 
repeat application every two to three 
weeks. 
1 oz. to 2,000 plants. 
Set 3 feet apart takes 4,840 plants 
per acre. : 
Set 4 feet apart takes 2,723 plants 
per acre. 
STONE. 86 Days. The standard and 
general favorite with truckers and can- 
ners; always dependable, very vigorous 
and productive; fruits round, large, solid, 
smooth and deep red in color. 
GREATER BALTIMORE. 82 Days. A 
heavy fruit bearing variety; earlier and 
more productive than the Stone. Fruits 
large, solid, round, red and free from 
blemish. Ideal for canning or the garden. 
MARGLOBE. 79 Days. Earliest wilt re- 
sistant variety. This fine tomato is the 
result of a crossing of the Early Marvel 
with the fine flavor and form of the 
Globe. The meat is solid, has very few 
seeds, non-acid and has a rich red color, 
is excellent for local market and is one 
of the leading canning varieties. 
EARLIANA (Spark’s). 64 Days. The 
earliest and best of the very early to- 
matoes; very productive for an early sort; 
fruit of fair size, round, very smooth and 
solid, and produced in clusters in center 
of the plant; color bright scarlet. 
BONNY BEST. 73 Days. About a week 
earlier than Chalk’s Jewel; fruit some- 
what smaller, very smooth, round, solid 
and uniform, and produced in clusters in 
center of the plant; ripens uniformly and 
is very productive; color bright red. 
RUTGERS. 75 Days. Globe’ shaped, 
small. seed cavity. Ripens from the in- 
side out. One of the heaviest croppers; 
recommended for canning and juice. 
CHALK’S JEWEL. 74 Days. <An _ex- 
' eeptionally fine variety, about ten days 
later than LEarliana; fruit uniformly 
smooth, round and solid; color crimson. 
CRIMSON CUSHION or ENORMOUS. 90 
Days. The largest of the bright red to- 
matoes; really a Red Ponderosa. 
JOHN BAER. 70 Days. An early, pro- 
ductive red tomato on the order of 
Chalk’s Jewel. We have a splendid, uni- 
form stock of this variety. ‘ 
JUNE PINK. 70 Days. In habit of 
growth, productiveness and size of fruit 
identical with Earliana, differing only in 
having purple fruit; the best extra early 
purple variety. 
OXHEART. 100 Days. The largest of all 
tomatoes, purple fruits often weighing up 
to a pound and a half. Of distinct ‘‘ox- 
heart’? form, very solid, with few seed 
‘cells. 
PONDEROSA. 90 Days. An exception- 
ally large, purple-fruited tomato, and for 
Haine ue ane of the best; fruit very 
solid, with few seeds. 
PRITCHARD. 73 Days. A mid-season 
scarlet fruited sort, which is resistant to 
Fusarium Wilt .and to Nail Head rust. 
Vine vigorous and productive. Fruit 
nearly globular in shape. 
TOMATOES 
NEW VARIETIES—TRY THESE 
VALIANT. 68 Days. Fruits firmer and 
pee quality than Earliana. Bright scar- 
et. 
STOKESDALE. 170 Days. Fruits larger 
and more solid than Bonny Best. Bril- 
liant red. 
Pkt. ' Oz. 
5c - 10c 
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 tur- 
nips, wet or dry,’’ is good advice and sow 
very sparingly—one seed to the inch is 
enough. The Rutabagas are grown ‘for 
feeding stock, and are also excellent for 
table. One ounce will sow 150 feet of 
drill; 1 to 1Y% Ibs. 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 productive; 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 globu- 
lar and of large size; skin clear yellow 
except the top, which is tinted green. 
VEGETABLE PLANTS 
and ROOTS 
We have the best equipped Greenhouses 
and Trial Gardens in the Southwest for 
Srcwie plants; 55,000 square feet of 
glass. 
In their proper seasons we shall have 
large quantities of all kinds of vegetable 
plants of our own growth. Give us ample 
time to select, pack and ship your order. 
By doing so you will secure better plants. 
Should we be sold out of the variety of 
plants ordered, we will send a nearly 
similar kind instead. They will be care- 
fully packed and will carry long dis- 
tances. Plants by mail at purchaser’s 
risk. No charge for packing, etc. Spe- 
cial prices to growers and canners. 
TRANSPLANTED PLANTS WILL BE 
SENT UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED 
ON YOUR ORDER 
CABBAGE— 
Frost Proof Doz. 100 1000 Ready 
Transplanted, 
home grown...$0.15 $1.00 $7.50. Feb. 15 
Tomato, Trans.. .15 1.00 8.50 Aprill 
Peppers, Trans.. .25 1.50 April 1 
Cauliflower, Tns. .25 1.50 Feb. 15 
Sage eClumpsnc- a6 50c each Feb. 15 
Eggplant, Trans. .25 1.50 Mar. 15 
Celeryiarnvmsiicds a> -15 1.00 April 1 
Sweet Potatoes— 
Standard ...... +50 3.50 May 1 
Nancy Hall. "50. 3.50 May 1 
PATSICY ee ositen .25 1.50 April 1 
Chives, bch...... .15 1.00 
Asparagus Roots .60 3.50 
Horseradish Rts. .95 
Prices quoted above on plants are at our 
store only. By parcel post add 10c for 
first dozen, 5c for each additional dozen. 
for postage and packing. 
CUPROCIDE 54—For control of Blight 
and Leaf Spot on Tomatoes. 3-Ib. 
bag, $1.20. 
TWINE—For tying Tomatoes. Ask for 
prices. 

Marglobe 

Purple Top White Globe ye 
