We Strongly Recommend Our Florida Giant Pepper as a Most Satisfactory Market Sort 
PEPPER 
Sow y<i to 1 pound of seed in seed-bed to plant an acre 
Peppers are among the best-paying Florida truck 
crops, and the harvest season is so long that even 
though the crop comes in on a poor market, the chances 
are that the market will have time to strengthen before 
they are nearly through fruiting, which certainly gives 
them more latitude for a paying crop than almost any 
other vegetable. 
Hammock or muck land, or rother moist soil, is best 
suited for this crop, although any medium-good soil, 
properly fertilized, will grow Peppers. 
Culture. Plants are started in seed-beds. In Mana¬ 
tee County and other sections of Florida, peppers, like 
eggplants, are started in cloth-covered beds. For a fall 
crop, sow the seed in June, July, and August; for a 
long-season winter crop on the East Coast, plant in 
September and October. For an early spring crop in 
Manatee County sow in November. 
Peppers are much more hardy than eggplants. How¬ 
ever, it takes a very high temperature to germinate 
either seed, and it is usually very difficult to get a stand 
when the ground is wet or cold. Make rows 3 feet apart 
and set plants 20 inches apart in the row. Inasmuch 
as this crop is in bearing so long, it is most profitable 
to make several applications of fertilizer, using 400 
pounds to an acre every twenty days until at least a 
ton has been used. 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Pepper seed has given the best re¬ 
sults for many years in Florida. Our stocks are selected 
for early maturity, high yield, and trueness to type, 
and are thoroughly tested in our Plant City, Fla., prov¬ 
ing grounds. 
Pyrox is the very best spray for Pepper plants as it 
will stick perfectly to their smooth foliage. We rec¬ 
ommend its use on pepper to control rust. 
Prices quoted are postpaid. 
Write for prices on larger quantities. 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Florida Giant. (i?° days.) 
—- This variety 
produces an abundant yield of large 
BRED-RITE ^ ru ^ s over a long period. The plants 
„ , . , . M are resistant to disease and, like the 
TRADE MARK fruits, are dark green in color, compact 
but vigorous and upright in growth. Although slightly 
later than World Beater and Ruby King, they are ex¬ 
tremely heavy producers, often bearing six to eight 
large fruits at one time. They produce over a much 
longer season than does World Beater, and stand ad¬ 
verse conditions better than other varieties. 
Florida Giant bears its fruits upright, not pendent 
like World Beater and most other peppers. It makes 
much heavier pods than other sorts, averaging over 62 
pounds per crate in weight compared to other varieties 
which range from 42 to 44 pounds per crate. The fruits 
are longer than California Wonder and other thick - 
meated peppers, usually 5 to 5% inches long and 4 
inches in diameter. 
This pepper is exactly the type which produce deal¬ 
ers have sought for years. The thick, fleshy walls, large 
size, heavy weight, dark green color, and smoothness 
of the fruit will sell it at a premium on any market. 
Its fruits are much heavier than other varieties, and 
because of the thickness and firmness of the wall, it is 
the best shipping sort ever introduced. The fruits pack 
well and do not wilt in long-distance shipment, but hold 
their smooth, glossy, dark green appearance for a long 
time. We highly recommend this new pepper as one es¬ 
pecially suited to Florida conditions. We have devel¬ 
oped and introduced this splendid variety and our 
stock will be found far superior to that offered by other 
seedsmen. Pkt. 10c; oz. 55c; *4 lb. $1.75; lb. $6.00. 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite World Beater 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite World-Beater. (115 days.) 
-—-1 This is the 
genuine World Beater and is not like 
gp£Q.p|nrr stocks generally sold under that name. 
It is a cross between Ruby King and 
TRADE MARK Chinese Giant, having the longer form 
and earliness of Ruby King with the size of Chinese 
Giant. A good deal of breeding and selection has been 
done to bring this superior stock to its present high 
standard of perfection, both as to type and yield. Our 
stock is very productive, the strong, vigorous plants 
often producing twenty - four marketable peppers, 
which are pendent but held well above the soil. It 
matures a big crop very early, the fruits being 5 inches 
long by 3V2 inches in diameter ,broad at the blossom 
end, slightly elongated, with four lobes. The fruits are 
large, meaty, of very attractive market appearance, 
and excellent shippers. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; *4 lb. $1.25; 
lb. $4.50. 
Kilgore’s Improved Colossal. (New.) (no days.) 
-—--This is an improved 
m ■ stock of Colossal Pepper which we are 
BRED-RITE introducing for the first time. This 
stock has been carefully proved and 
TRADE MARK tested, and we feel there is no better 
on the market. The plant is upright in growth, very 
hardy and produces a heavy crop of large fruits over a 
much longer period than other strains. The fruits are 
very large, thick fleshed, sweet, four pronged, and av¬ 
erage slightly longer than the World Beater. This is one 
of the most satisfactory main-crop peppers, and we un¬ 
hesitatingly recommend it to southern growers. Sold 
Out. 
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THE KILGORE SEED CO., PLANT CITY, FLORIDA 
