Fi HYBRID VEGETABLE SEEDS AND 
SEEDLESS WATERMELON 
In this country the first F1 Hybrid Egg Plant has been introduced some 
26 years ago ever since numerous agricultural experiment stations took such 
F1 Hybrids up and as a result 
many other F) Hybrids on such 
vegetables as Tomatoes, Cucu- 
mbers, Watermelons etc. have 
been produced. The improve- 
ment of these native vegetables 
along... this:” line-'\ was ~ very 
striking. Up to now, numbers 
of excellent F, Hybrids of each 
one of the vegetables mentioned 
above have been introduced. 
Ttenise' tO. be anoted Sthat 
special artistical training for 
pollination work is needed, especially on such vegetables as Tomatoes and 
Egg Plants which bear flowers of small size and are so delicate that pistils 
are very easily harmed when flowers are emasculated and pollinated. The 
recent development and success of Hybrid Vegetable seed production on 
commercial scale can largely be attributed to the existence of well trained 
“pollinators”. These pollinators are mostly young girls and it requires generally 
at least two seasons to become a first class pollinator. 
Being overpopulated in a small area we can produce such F, Hybrid 
seeds at amazing low prices and moreover, if furnished by you, we can assure 
you of the privacy of your stock seed as well as the accuracy of hand 
pollination: 36 years of reputation is in back of our business. Please entrust 
us with your 1953 requirements. . 
Contract growing prices for 1953 Crop F1 Hybrid Vegetable Seeds to be 
grown out of your parent stock seeds which must reach us by early spring, 
L055. 
Aybridizing Egg Plant 
Enceseer Lib, 
FOB, Yokohama 
Prices when parent stock seeds are furnished by the buyers 
TOMATO F, Hybrid, hand pollinated § 30.00 
PEPPER 4 Z “ i 40.00 
WATERMELON ” ts n i 15.00 
EGG PLANT u u u Ms 35.00 
SQUASH ys u “ 15.00 
F, Hybrid Vegetable Seeds of Our Own 
We invite inquiries on F; Hybrid Vegetable seeds. Also apply prices to 
Herbst Brothers for quick reply. 
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