SPRINGFIELD SEED COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, MO. ral 
For Pickling 
and Slicing 
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« CUCUMBERS « 
Star 
Brand x 
EGGPLANT 
(1 oz. will produce 1,500 plants) 
Pkt. Oz. 
10cm 50c 
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 IM- 
PROVED. The standard home and mar- 
ket sort. Plants large, 30 to 36 inches 
tall; very productive, commonly bearing 
4 to or more large, handsome, dark 
purple, symmetrical broad egg-shaped 
fruits. 
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 days to blanch. 
Pkt. Oz. 
Green Curled Mammoth.........0...- $0.10 $0.20 
BVO AGES GCA VAIN ricactsccenceverscynesance 10 .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. 1% Ib., 25c; Ib., 60c. 
KALE or BORECOLE 
DWARF GREEN. Sow in autumn for 
sprouts of green; desirable in every gar- 
den. Height 8 inches. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 15c. 
SIBERIAN. Pkt., 10c; oz., 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 
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. 
10c 15c 
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 va- 
riety, standing a long time before going 
to seed; leaves bright green, intensely 
curled and fringed on the edges; fine for 
salads and garnishing. 
SOUTHERN GIANT CURLED. Plant 
vigorous and hardy, of upright, spreading 
growth; leaves 6 inches long by 3 inches 
wide, light green, tinged yellow, much 
crumpled and frilled at the edges. The 
popular market variety in the South. 
MUSTARD SPINACH (Tendergreen). An 
oriental type of mustard greens sold in 
the South under many confusing names. 
A desirable quick growing, tender va- 
riety, 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. 
Pkt. 10c Oz. 20c 
Do not plant until soil becomes thor- 
oughly warm. Cover seed |/4-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. 
SURECROP HYBRID 
CUCUMBER 
The Bronze Medal All-America award 
for 1951 was given this cucumber. It is a 
White Spine type and matures in about 
58 days. Fruits are blunt-ended and 
slender measuring about 8 to 9 inches 
long by 2% inches in diameter and holds 
its dark green color quite well after gath- 
ering. Flesh is tender, white, crisp and 
has a good flavor. Vine is vigorous with 
large leaves and it bears over a long pe- 
riod. It is exceptional in its growing 
habit and is resistant to mosaic and 
downy mildew. Pkt., 25c. 
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. 
LETTUCE 
Vy Ounce to 100 Feet 
Drill. Pkt., 10c, 
Oz., 20c 
Except as Noted. 
CULTURE — For an 
early crop sow under 
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 inter- 
vals of about a fort- 
night until the end of 
May. 
IMPROVED HAN- 
SON. Loose heads of 
crumpled light green 
leaves. A reliable sum- 
mer lettuce for home 
gardens. 
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. 
GREAT LAKES. This desirable, crisp, 
sure heading variety is especially valua- 
ble for home or market gardeners. Has 
a medium size solid head. Pkt. 0G: 
OZ, COC. 
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. 75 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. When 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., 25c. 
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