12 SPRINGFIELD SEED COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, MO. 
a 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 
set these plants into the open 
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 
large, solid, round, red and free from 
blemish. Ideal for canning or the garden. 
MARGLOBE. 79 Days. Earliest 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, 
$3.15 each. Postage extra. 
TWINE. For tying tomatoes. '//-Ilb. 
ball, 40c each. Postage extra. 
TOMATOES 
VALIANT. 68 Days. 
Fruits firmer and 
better quality than 
Earliana. Bright 
scarlet. 
STOKESDALE. 70 
Days. Fruits larger 
and more solid than 
Bonny Best. Brilliant 
red. 
RUTGERS. 75 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 Harliana; 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- 
ductive red tomato on the order of 
Chalk’s Jewel. We have a splendid, uni- 
form stock of this variety. 
JUNE PINK. 70 Days. In habit of 
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- 
beste 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- 
seald. 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. 
Pkt. TURNIPS 92 
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 
1'4 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. 
Oz. 
OUR COMPLETE LINE OF STANDARD GARDEN SEEDS 
CAN BE ORDERED 
IN PACKETS OR BULK. 
WRITE FOR PRICES 
IN LARGE QUANTITIES. 
ALL GARDEN SEED POSTPAID IN PACKETS AND OUNCE LOTS ONLY. 
ADD POSTAGE TO !4 LB. AND 1 LB. LOTS. 
BUSH BEANS-Green Pods Pkt. ¥% Lb. Lb. 
Bountiful 4 ek eg eee ee a5 -25 -40 
Burpee’s Stringless____.___ Sets LS 22> -40 
Commodore (Dw Ky Won).__----------~- .20 5) -60 
Contender. OG} ~25 40 
Dwarf Horticulture. __ 1S -30 -50 
Early Yellow Six Weeks_ Laal5 2D) -40 
Full Measure. 22.222 == 2 bibs 30 -50 
Giant Green Pod Stringless_____..2..---- ail5} 25 -40 
Imp. Round Red Valentine___.___~ eke 5, -30 -50 
Landreth’s Stringless _....--.-..- 15} EES -40 
[SO PAN ee eee aes aula k5 -30 -50 
Ranger. 22... i.asancse ene snes eee 15 335. -60 
Red?Kidney 240 5e 5 Fak De ee secs ae eee 15 30 -50 
Rival 3 25 0s SE ee es ADS. -30 -50 
Tender Green Stringless..._..__- 2 SSS) 30 50 
Tennessee Green Pod__.-2__-.--<.----. 15 30 50 
Tender’ Pod]. 2. - 22 sess ee 315 35 .60 
op Cropieses sense en a ee ailS) 30 -50 
BUSH LIMA 
Burpee’s Bush Lima... .------..--- aise. -30 -50 
Fordhook Bush Lima__-_ oL5 -30 -50 
Henderson’s Bush Lima__._~~-- ee o's) +25 -40 
Speckled Jackson Wonder .-.----.~---- 15 25 -40 
WAX BEANS 
Golden War 37 Lhe rear 15 -30 50 
Kentucky Wonder Wax... oh5 30 50 
PenciliPod Ware vesatre.saaoeaaaseoe 1S 25 -40 
BEANS-—Pole or Running Pkt. % Lb, Lb. 
Horticultive, Pole= suas s=heaseeen see ae 15 30 -50 
‘Kentucky Gut Shorts = eens 5 -30 -50 
Kentucky Wonder___._---__-___ 15 5) -40 
Lazy Wife = a5) B25) -40 
Missouri Wonder._-- als) -30 -50 
Striped|Greaseback=ss a2 Gree eeene ne 15 -30 -50 
White Creaseback (Blue Lake). ___ s25 -40 
White Kentucky Wonder_____________.--_. 5) -40 
Navy (Seed Stock)== 222-2 - ances, 4 -20 B35) 
Pinto (Seed Stock) =—--= == =- A 20 <0. 
Great Northern (Seed Stock) -20 3) 
BEANS-Pole Lima 
Giant Podded Speckled Lima________-_-_ 3 
(or. Ghristma sues sae ee seoweee c 30 -50 
King of the Garden ( 30 50 
Large White Lima________-_.. A a25 -40 
Sievajimanen een eoe es i 52) -40 
Speckled Florida Butter-2------_-<-—-.- 25 40 
PEAS 
Alaska, 2-footesuacstaeen tae eeeee. aS -20 es) 
American Wonder, 10-inch___ : eles .20 35 
Champion of England,.5-ft...--.-----.-..-. 15) -20 35 
PEAS—Continued Pkt. Y, Lb. Lb, 
Exttatharly.2-footsaswenencerseasee ee 15 -20 33): 
First and Best, 2-foot_== 3.2 = 5 AS) -20 <3) 
Gradus;3-foota=s..- ee Se ee a5} .20 35 
Lg. White Marrowfat, 5-ft.-_---.-.-__--. AS -20 335 
Laxtonian, 20-inch__.________ == SS -20 5) 
Laxton’s Progress, 18-inch_._..--...---.. 15 .20 oD 
Wurtle'Gem, 18-inchaeas<-ses' oss = aaa 15 -20 35 
Jtecle Marve l2esao 2 eee tone eee eens 15 20 35 
Nott’s! Excelsior, 15-inch. 2-2-2. ==... ; 15 .20 A)5) 
kelephone,v4-footsy. === == aan aes aL, -20 35 
Thomas Laxton, 3-foot_...-.____-_____ 15 .20 ~35 
Dwf. Grey Sugar Edible Pod......-_____ 15 -20 -35 
Tall Melting Sugar Edible Pod_______..__ e15) 20 335 
SWEET CORN-—Northern Grown 
Adam's Bacly 222 sus hse eee eee BS .20 feb) 
Adamis vb xtra\latrlye cesses ee teen ea 15 -20 35 
Country Gents\Shoe: Peps ss caneaeee ee 15 -20 35 
‘Country; Gent shy brid set ee eee, 20 45 80 
Golden Bantanis-saesacee oe ene 15 -20 35) 
Golden Cross Bantam_.-.-----~~....--...- 20 335 -60 
Stowell’s Evergreen : als .20 SD: 
Stowell’s Evergreen Hy brid...____--____ 20 335 -60 
Tucker's Fa vorite2 2252 soe eeeae 15 .20 35 
