OKRA 
Plant 8 pounds per acre. 
In the garden plant 1 ounce to 75 feet of row for a family of 3 or 4 people. 
Okra does wonderfully well all over Florida where the young 
seed pods are used in different ways and are highly esteemed. 
In addition to being served alone, pods are used in soups and 
stews to which they give body. It is a healthful vegetable, 
and should be planted in every Florida garden. We have done 
a great deal of work on our seed stocks of this valuable Florida 
vegetable. 
Each year, we make special selections for stock seed from 
only the best, earliest-maturing plants. Our seed-growing fields 
are carefully rogued so as to eliminate any slightly off-type 
plants. We are confident we have the best strains of okra seed 
obtainable anywhere. 
CuLture. Okra can be planted in Florida any time from 
February until September, but it is a warm-weather plant and 
will not do much until the ground becomes warm; in fact, the 
seeds are hard to germinate when the ground is cold. It can 
be planted in almost any kind of soil except in very sandy 
soil or in poorly drained soils. We consider it one of the 
easiest and safest money crops that can be planted. Plant 
in rows 3 to 4 feet apart~and sow thinly in the drill. When 
three to four inches high, thin out to one plant every 15 to 20 
inches. Okra should be cut every second day. If this is not. 
done some of the pods become too hard and the young plants 
will stop bearing pods. Plants should bear for several months 
~ after harvesting starts. Okra does best on sandy loam soil with 
a fair amount of fertility. On sandy loam soils, 500 to 700 lbs. 
per acre of a 4-7-5 fertilizer at time of seeding, and two or three 
side dressings of Nitrate of Potash during the bearing period 
are desirable. Okra is very susceptible to nematodes causing root 
knot disease, and therefore it is best to plant okra on land not 
previously used for growing crops that are subject to attack 
by root knot nematodes. For control of root knot nematodes 
use “D-D” (see page 64.) 
Prices quoted are postpaid. 
Write for special prices on larger quantities. 
CLEMSON SPINELESS. (55 days.) This variety was orig- 
inated and developed by the South Carolina Agricultural Ex- 
periment Station. The plants are semi-dwarf, growing to a 
height of 44% feet on fairly good soil and have less foliage than 
Perkins’. They produce uniform, straight, large, thick, ridged 
pods of the Perkins’ long green type, of good length, averaging 
6 to 7 inches, dark green in color, and entirely free from spines, 
thus making it easy to pick without discomfort. Pods can be 
shipped and will go well on any market taking Perkins’ Long 
Green. Pods are thicker than Perkins’ and fill the crates 
quickly. Plants are close jointed, and produce an enormous 
yield. Our strain of this variety is highly bred, uniform, and 
one of the purest and best fixed of any okra ever released, the 
fields showing practically no variation in plant type or pods. 
Very well adapted for home gardens and local markets, but 
does not stand long distance shipment as well as Perkins’. 
Pkt. 10c; 4 Ib. 35c; 1 Ib. $1.00 
5 to 25 lbs. 90c per Ib. 
LOUISIANA GREEN VELVET (GREEN LADY FIN- 
GER). (58 days.) The velvet pods are of a bright, light green 
color, not as dark green as Clemson Spineless and Perkins’, 
but they average much longer, usually about eight or nine inches 
in length, and straight and more slender and smoother than 
other green podded varieties. Ribless, tender, and of high 
edible quality even when of large size. The pods are round, 
not corrugated or ridged as other green podded varieties. This 
is a very prolific, heavy producer. The uniform tall plants 
range from 6 to 7 feet in height. Especially valuable for canning 
and preserving as the pods, unlike ribbed varieties, retain their 
color and firmness when processed. 
Pkt. 10c; 44 lb. 35c; 1 Ib. $1.00 
5 to 25 lbs. 90c per lb. 

A typical commercial field of Perkins’ Early Mammoth 
(Spineless) Okra at Plant City, Florida 
PERKIN’S EARLY MAMMOTH (Spineless). (53 days.) 
Developed from a cross of Clemson Spineless and Long Green, 
and selected for darker green, longer, and more slender pods of 
the spineless type for shipment to northern markets. Pods are 
very similar in size, shape and appearance to Perkins’ Long 
Green, but the pods as well as plants are practically spineless. 
Plants are loaded with pods from the ground up. This strain 
is very early, extremely productive, and makes a semi-dwarf 
plant 4% to 5 feet in height. 
Pkt. 10c; % Ib. 35c; 1 tb. $1.00 
5 to 25 lbs. 90c per Ib. 
PERKINS’ EARLY MAMMOTH (LONG GREEN). (50 
days.) This is a very heavy producer, and a sure money maker 
when grown for shipment to distant markets. The pods are long, 
usually about 7 inches, straight, slender, tapered, ridged, dark 
green, meaty. They retain their tenderness and green color for 
a long time in transit and on the markets. Our improved strain 
of this variety is very early and extremely productive. The 
plants will average between 4% to 5 ft. in height, and are liter- 
ally covered with pods from the ground up. This improved strain 
is earlier, more productive, and makes shorter, closer jointed 
plants than the regular old strains of Perkins’ Long Green. 
Pkt. 10c; %4 Ib. 35e; 1 Ib. $1.00 
5 to 25 Ibs. 90c per Ib. 
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