SPRINGFIELD SEED COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, MO. 25 
For Pickling 
and Slicing 
EGGPLANT 
(1 oz. will produce 1,500 plants) 
Pkt. Oz, VY Ib. 
10c 40c $1.25 
CULTURE—Plant requires continuous 
warm weather for best results. The seed 
germinates slowly and should be started 
in a hotbed. The plants may be set out 
in the open ground when 2 inches tall if 
continued warm weather is in prospect, 
Space the plants 2!/% to 3 feet apart. 
Young plants should be shaded from hot 
sun. 
LARGE NEW YORK PURPLE 
PROVED. The standard home and mar- 
ket sort. Plants large, 30 to 36 inches 
tall; very productive, commonly bearing 
4 to 6 or more large, handsome, dark 
ban symmetrical broad egg-shaped 
ruits. 
BLACK BEAUTY. The earliest of all 
large-fruited Eggplant, ten days to two 
weeks earlier than the New York Purple. 
The color is a rich shiny purplish black. 
It is entirely free from spines. 
ENDIVE 
CULTURE—Sow in August in shallow 
drills, twelve to fifteen inches apart, and 
thin to one foot in drills. When fully 
grown tie over the outer leaves of a few 
plants every week or ten gaye ste. pia iets 
3 Zs 
Green Curled Mammoth..... --$0.05 $0.20 
Ever-White Mammoth 20 
GARLIC 
FOR SEED. Thrives best in light, well- 
enriched soil. Bulbs should be planted in 
the fall 6 to 8 inches apart. Cultivate 
and store the same as onions. Much 
valued for flavoring soups, stews, etc. 
Fine bulbs. '% Ib., 15c; Ib., 50c. 
KALE or BORECOLE 
DWARF GREEN. Sow in autumn for 
sprouts of green; desirable in every gar- 
den. Height 8 inches. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c. 
TALL GREEN SCOTCH. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 
15c. 
KOHL-RABI 
Kohl-rabi is grown for its turnip- 
shaped bulb, which is formed above 
ground. The bulbs should be used while 
young and tender. Set plants 8 inches 
apart. 
EARLIEST WHITE VIENNA. Greenish 
white outside, with clear white flesh 
IM- 
within. Smooth, short leaf; good for 
forcing; fine quality. 
EARLIEST PURPLE VIENNA. Same in 
every respect as earliest White Vienna. 
except in the outside color. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c. 
MUSTARD 
35-40 Days 
Pkt. Oz. 
5c 10c 
CULTURE—Sow the seed in drills early 
in the spring and at frequent intervals 
throughout the summer to secure a con- 
stant supply of fresh greens. Mustard Is 
hardy and is easily grown. One ounce will 
sow 50 feet of row. 
FORDHOOK FANCY (Ostrich Plume). A 
handsome, vigorous growing, mild vari- 
ety, standing a long time before going to 
seed; leaves bright green, intensely curled 
and fringed on the edges; fine for salads 
and garnishings. 
SOUTHERN GIANT CURLED. Plant 
vigorous and hardy, of upright, spreading 
growth; leaves 5 inches long by 3 inches 
wide, light green, tinged yellow, much 
crumpled and frilled at the edges. The 
opular market variety in the South. 
USTARD SPINACH (Tendergreen). An 
oriental type of mustard greens sold in 
the South under many confusing names. 
A desirable quick growing, tender vari- 
ety, with long, broad, fairly smooth 
leaves and white midribs; slow to seed. 
WHITE LONDON. Plant of rapid, up- 
right growth, soon going to seed; leaves 
rather small and smooth, deeply cut or 
divided; color deep green; seed large, 
light yellow. 
* CUCUMBERS « 
CUCUMBERS 
Pkt. Oz. 
5c 20c 
Do not plant until soil becomes tho- 
roughly warm. Cover seed '/-inch, plant 
in hills 3 feet apart, rows 5 feet, 6 to 8 
seeds, thin to 3 or 4. 1 oz. will plant 
about 100 hills. 2 Ibs. to acre. Apply one 
level tablespoonful of Vigoro to each hill, 
mixing It thoroughly with soil before 
Planting seeds. 
SNOW'S PERFECTED PICKLE. 52 
Days. The most symmetrical, best formed 
and productive pickling sort; early, small, 
square ended and deep green. 
LONG GREEN, IMPROVED. 70 Days. 
A standard late, well-known table sort: 
12 to 14 inches long, slender, more or less 
warted, tapering towards the stem end; 
color dark green, flesh white and firm. 
WHITE SPINE, IMPROVED EARLY 
(Arlington). 65 Days. One of the very 
earliest and best. known of the White 
Spines; a short “square ended, rather 
three-cornered type; very productive; fine 
for slicing or pickles; medium green 
color. 
EARLY FORTUNE. 65 Days. The finest 
type of White Spine yet produced. Early, 
very productive and disease-resistant: 
fruits nine inches long, slightly tapering; 
flesh white, very firm and crisp, with 
very few seeds; color rich, dark green, 
which does not fade when shipped a Jong 
distance. 
EARLY FRAME or SHORT GREEN. 56 
Days. Vigorous and productive; medium 
in size and earliness; good for pickling 
and slicing; fruit light green and fs in- 
clined to be three-cornered rather than 
round. 
WHITE WONDER. 60 Days. Fruit, pro- 
duced in clusters, is symmetrical, short, 
blocky and rounded at both ends: color 
ivory-white from time of forming until. 
maturity. 
GHERKIN. 50 Days. Grown exclusively 
for pickles; fruit very small, oval and 
covered with spines; color light green. 
LETTUCE 
Y% Ounce to 100 Feet Drill. 
Pkt., 5c; Oz., 20c. 
CULTURE—For an early crop sow un- 
der glass in February and transplant on 
a well prepared bed, in some sheltered 
corner, in April. For successive crops 
sow In beds of well pulverized soil In 
March and at intervals of about a fort- 
night until the end of May. 
BIBB. 57 Days. For forcing and shipping. 
Leaves smooth, dark green, bleaching to 
a rich yellow and of excellent quality. 
EARLY CURLED SIMPSON. 50 Days. 
A large, loose-leaved sort. Leaves broad, 
crumpled, and well frilled at the edges. 
Color, light green. 
BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON. 50 Days. 
A popular loose-leaved sort of excellent 
quality. A fine early home garden sort. 
Leaves broad, blistered and crumpled. 
GRAND RAPIDS FORCING. 50 Days. 
The favorite loose-leaf forcing sort and 
an excellent outdoor sort. Large, beau- 
tiful leaves, very crisp and tender. 
BIG BOSTON. Days. Heads large 
and compact. Color, light green, slightly 
tinged reddish brown. Heart greenish 
white tinged with yellow. 
CHICKEN LETTUCE. 48 Days.  pro- 
duces a quantity of leaves for chicken or 
rabbit feed. en cut it begins growing 
again at once. Hardy. 
NEW YORK (Wonderful). 80 Days. A 
very large, late, globular heading variety; 
leaves broad of thick texture, fairly blis- 
tered and crumpled, and the borders 
frilled; color clear dark green; quality 
good. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c. 
ICEBERG. All of the Crisphead Lettuces 
are good in warm weather. Iceberg is 
the earliest of the class and makes very 
large solid heads of crisp, incurved, light 
green leaves, 
IMPROVED HANSON. Loose heads of 
crumpled light green leaves. A reliable 
summer lettuce for home gardens. 
Star 
Brand * 

Early White Spine Cucumber 
LONGFELLOW. 72 Days. Particularly 
valuable for shipping. Fruits handsome; 
extremely dark green over entire surface, 
retain the color remarkably long after 
picking; white spined. 12 to 14 inches 
long; 2% to 2% inches thick. Straight, 
well filled at ends; very few seeds. 
STRAIGHT 8. Fruits symmetrical, cylin- 
drical, about 8x1% inches, well rounded 
at the ends. Color deep green, Ideal for 
shipping and home use. 
LEEK 
GIANT FLAG. Similar 
flavor, but milder and preferred by many. 
Excellent for soups, stewed or creamed. 
Edible parts 6 to 8 inches long, 3 inches 
in diameter. Pkt., 20c; oz., 50c. 
to onions in 
TREAT BEFORE PLANTING WITH 
SEMESAN 
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