HERBST BROTHERS 
CABLE ADDRESS: : denincticencaneti™ SEEDSMEN, INC. TELEPHONE: 
HERBST - NEW YORK GRAMERCY 7-7540 
TREE-SHRUB-FLOWER-VEGETABLE-GRASS SEED 
678 Broadway °* New York 12, N. Y. 
Offer No. 88 Jan. 20, 1955 
_F-1 HYBRID VEGETABLE SEED PRODUCTION 
T. Sakata & Company, Yokohama, Japan, can produce F-1 hybrid Vege- 
table Seeds, particularly EGG PLANT and TOMATO from your stock 
seed, at very attractive prices. They have been producing hybrid 
vegetable seeds for American seedsmen since the war and every year 
the number of customers and the quantity of seed they produce in- 
creases. Prices, naturally, depend on quantity, type of parents 
and seeding habit of the crosses. 
For your guidance, we mention the following 1955 crop, small quan- 
tity prices, buyers furnishing parent stocks:- 
TOM: LOw ar ace, eonandapodlinatedum. sr ssa. $15s00 1b. 
WATERMELON... r “i Hae 15.008 ke 
EGG PLANT .. .. : ? sy ay See erers &- 
MUSKMELON. ... Md i! a eS ah oe OF Ae 
F.0.B8. Yokohama, Japan 
Seer Dos) tt o..o Wea ie hekR M EeiGe0O8Nn Srene sD 
195 crop seed available at New York 
#h, Seedless Watermelon. #13 Seedless Watermelon. 
straight green, very sweet, green striped, very sweet, 
round, red flesh, 10-15 lbs. round,red flesh,12-15 lbs. 
Price for 1/h 1b. - $20.00 
(7/8000 seeds per pound) 
1000 seeds 500 seeds 100 seeds 25 seeds 
$18.00 $10.00 $3.00 $1.90 
germination. For early crops start in- 
doors. 
Seedless Watermelon No. 13 
Green Striped 
Seedless Watermelon requires warm soil for 
