26 SPRINGFIELD SEED COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, MO. 
Healthful 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. 
Except as noted. 
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 
Jjarge, solid, round, red and free from 
blemish. Ideal for canning or the garden. 
MARGLOBE. 79 Days. WHarliest 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 (Sparks). 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. 
COPPER A COMPOUND. For control 
of blight on tomatoes. 6-lb. bag, 
$2.70. Postage extra. 
TWINE. For tying tomatoes. '!/-Ib. 
ball, 35c¢ each. 
TOMATOES 
VALIANT. 68 Days. 
Fruits firmer and 
better quality than 
Harliana. Bright 
scarlet. 
STOKESDALE. 70 
Days. Fruits larger 
and more solid than 
Bonny Best. Brilliant 
red. 
RUTGERS. 175 Days. 
Globe shaped, small 
seed cavity. Ripens 
from the inside out. 
One of the heaviest 
croppers; recom- 
mended for canning 
and juice. 
CHALK’S JEWEL. 
74 Days. An excep- 
tionally fine variety, 
about ten days later 
than Earliana; fruit 
uniformly smooth, 
round and solid; col- 
or crimson. 
CRIMSON CUSHION 
or ENORMOUS. 90 
Days. The largest of 
the bright red toma- 
toes; really a Red 
Ponderosa. 
JOHN BAER. 70 Days. An early, pro- 
on the order of 
ductive red tomato 
Chalk’s Jewel. We have a splendid, uni- 
Inve habiteot 
form stock of this variety. 
JUNE PINK. 70° Days. 
growth, productiveness and size of fruit 
identical with Harliana, 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- 
oer form, very solid, with few seed 
cells. 
PONDEROSA. 90 Days. An exception- 
ally large, purple-fruited tomato, and for 
home use one of the best; fruit very 
solid, with few seeds. 
(a) URBANA TOMATO 
Honorable Mention was the All-Amer- 
ica award for 1951 given this smooth red, 
globe shaped variety. Has medium sized 
fruits with attractive rich scarlet red 
flesh. Plants are of compact, bushy type 
and are adapted to rather close planting. 
It develops a heavy set of fruits usually 
under good foliage protection from sun- 
scald. It is resistant to Fusarium wilt 
and matures about the same as Stokes- 
dale but has a better interior color. Is 
adapted to soils of high nitrogen content 
where there is danger of excessive vine 
growth. 25c per packet 
Greater Baltimore 
Pkt. TURNIPS 
10c 
Oz. 
15c 
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 say: “On 
the 20th of July, sow your Turnips, 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 
1\% 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. 
OUR COMPLETE LINE OF STANDARD GARDEN SEEDS 
CAN BE ORDERED 
Bountiful 
Burpee’s Stringless 
Commodore (Dw Ky Won 
Contender |... 
Dwarf Horticulture 
Early Yellow Six Weeks 
ull Measure ern cts 
Giant Green Pod Stringless | 
Imp. Round Red Valentine 
Landreth’s Stringless 
Logan. .......:. 
BUSH BEANS-Green Pods Pkt iebb 
Ranger .... 15 +40 65 
Red Kidney . 15 +35 55 
Rivals 15 40 65 
Tender Green Stringless . 
Tennessee Green Pod .. 
Tender Pod ... 40 65 
Top Crop 
BUSH LIMA 
Burpee’s Bush Lima . 35 55 
Fordhook Bush Lima . 35 -55 
Henderson’s Bush Lim Ae) Pp) 
Speckled Jackson Wonder., 35 055 
WAX BEANS 
German Black Wax .., «35 “55 
Golden Wax oo. 35 55 
IN PACKETS OR BULK. 
ALL GARDEN SEED POSTPAID. 
WAX BEANS-—Continued Pkt. 
Kentucky Wonder Wax S 
Pencil Pod Wax 
BEANS-—Pole or Running 
Dutch Case Knife ., 
Horticulture Pole .,. 
Kentucky Cut Short 
Kentucky Wonder 
Lazy Wife .... 
Missouri Won ae 
Striped Creaseback .., 
White Creaseback (Blue 
White Kentucky Wonder 
Navy (Seed Stock) . 35 55 
Pinto (Seed Stock) ... 335 55 
Great Northern (Seed Stock) 235 55 
BEANS-—Pole Lima 
Giant Podded Speckled Lima .. 
Or Christmas o.isecns +35 55 
King of the Garden +35 55 
Large White Lima 35 55 
Steva Lama q).das och +35 55 
Speckled Florida Butter ... 035 “55 
PEAS 
Alaskay2-foota ns enanes 15 30 “50 
American Wonder, fO-inchan 
WRITE FOR PRICES 
IN LARGE QUANTITIES. 
PEAS-—Continued Pkt. %Lb. Lb. 
Champion of England, 5-ft. pape; -30 50 
Extra Early, 2-foot ....... 730) - 50 
First and Best, 2-foot . 30 50 
Gradus, 3-fo0t wees +30 +50 
Lg. White Marrowfat, 5S-ft. 30 +50 
Laxtonian, 20-inch ........... +30 50 
Laxton’s Progress, 18-inch 30 50 
Little Gem, 18-inch . 30 -50 
Little Marvel ...... 30 -50 
Nott’s Excelsior, : -30 -50 
Telephone, 4-foot ......... 30m 0. 
Thomas Laxton, 3-foot . 30 +50 
Dwf. Grey Sugar Edible Pod ., +30 50 
Tall Melting Sugar Edible Pod |. 30 +50 
SWEET CORN Northern Grown 
Adam’s’ Early! 7f..a.au +30 50 
Adam’s Extra Early . 
Country Gent. Shoe Peg 
Country Gent. Hybrid 
Early Evergreen .... 
Golden Bantam ...... 
Golden Cross Bantam 
Golden Giant .............. 
Stowell’s Evergreen . 
Stowell’s Evergreen Hybrid 
Trucker’s Favorite. ....... 
