Kilgore’s Celery Seed Stocks Have Been Especially 
A Typical Crate of Kilgore’s Pride Celery 
CELERY 
Sow % pound of seed in seed-bed to plant an acre 
Culture. For early celery, first sowings in Florida are made 
the latter part of June and continue to December. The main 
sowings for a winter crop are usually made in July or early 
August, and for the spring crop grown principally on muck 
they are usualy made in October and early November. Celery 
seed is always planted in seed-beds. The soil must be put in 
perfect fine condition and made into beds 4 to 6 or more inches 
high, to prevent overflow in case of heavy rains. When in 
condition—thoroughly and finely pulverized, well fertilized, 
moist, and made perfectly smooth and level—sow the seed 
broadcast or in rows 6 inches apart, using 1 pound of seed to 
1B0 yards of bed 36 inches wide. The seed should not be cov¬ 
ered but should be pressed into the soil with a very light roller 
or with a wide board. 
Celery plants cannot be grown in the open, especially during 
summer; therefore we recommend use of burlap or white mus¬ 
lin to be used as a cover, stretching same on a tent-shaped or 
slanting frame built over the seed-bed, with the sides about 
12 inches from the ground. This seed-bed cover will serve as 
a shade and also break the force of heavy rains. It is also ad¬ 
visable to use ground-covers of burlap or old fertilizer bags on 
the beds when seed is planted, letting them lie flat on the 
ground until seed begins to germinate. This prevents heavy 
rains washing seed off the beds and also keeps the ground 
cooler during hot months, which insures a better stand. After 
the seed is sown, it is desirable to sprinkle with cool water by 
means of hand sprinkling pots in order to keep the soil cool and 
moist, which tends to increase the germination of celery seed 
during the hot summer months. 
When plants in seed-bed are 6 inches high, transplant to the 
field in double rows 3 to 3 V 2 feet apart, with 7 inches between 
the double rows, and set the plants 3 V 2 to 5 inches apart in the 
row. The plants may be set in single rows 3 feet apart, allow¬ 
ing 3 V 2 to 5 inches between plants in the row. To grow fine 
celery, a large supply of moisture and fertilizer is absolutely 
essential from the time the seed is planted in the seed-beds until 
the crop is ready for harvest. Celery is not a profitable crop 
to raise without irrigation, and it should receive very heavy ap¬ 
plications of high-grade fertilizer, which should be applied be¬ 
fore the crop is planted and at frequent intervals during its 
growth. 
Important Information About Kilgore’s Celery Seed Stocks 
The Kilgore Seed Company has spent a great deal of time, ef¬ 
fort, and expense in an endeavor to develop and improve its dif¬ 
ferent stocks of celery seed, and we are now in position to tell 
Florida celery-growers with assurance that they cannot secure 
better celery seed anywhere, regardless of price. In order to safe¬ 
guard our customers against planting poor stocks, our celery seed 
is tested, not only by ourselves but by Florida celery-growers in 
different sections, a season in advance of selling it, so that we 
know absolutely what it will do under Florida conditions before 
you plant it. In order to have an additional check, each season 
we send samples of our celery seed up North where we person¬ 
ally inspect the plantings during the summer months. 
All our American celery seed-growing fields are under con¬ 
trolled irrigation in the West, where experience has proved that 
the climate is better adapted for the production, ripening, and 
curing of large, strong-germinating celery seed than anywhere 
else in the United States. 
Selected and Developed for Florida Conditions 
Furthermore, we do not force the growth of our seed plants, 
making them produce seed in a year’s time by starting the seed 
plants in the South during the winter, then shipping them North 
where they are forced into seeding in order to harvest the crop 
before frost. Our experience has indicated that this method of 
producing celery seed, which is quite common, results in small, 
weak-germinating seed, producing plants of low vitality with a 
tendency toward hollow-stemming and the production of early 
seeders. Our seed plants grown in the West are made to pro¬ 
duce seed the second year. This is done by holding the plants 
with very little water for several months after they have made 
their growth but have not started to develop seed stalks. 
This is the natural way celery plants should develop seed and 
accounts for the lack of weak plants, early seeders, and hollow- 
stemming in plants produced from our western-grown celery 
seed. Our celery seed stocks are especially developed and 
selected for resistance to premature seeding. 
Our seed-growing fields are carefully inspected several times 
each season to eliminate all green sports, green heart, early 
seeders, and plants which are not absolutely true to type. Short 
ribbed plants and those developing poor hearts are destroyed, 
and seed is saved from only the most desirable plants. You owe 
it to yourself to give these improved stocks at least a trial. Why 
take a chance on such an expensive crop as celery, when you 
can get seed which has been tested and proved under Florida 
conditions and with which you are taking absolutely no risk? 
Prices quoted are postpaid. Write for prices on larger quantities. 
I/'JI > n ‘J (New.) (105 days.) Seed supply limited, 
ruigore S r nue. The Kilgore Seed Company has spent a 
™“great deal of time, effort and expense in 
■ 31 ■ ^EEIHU developing this new stock of the Special type 
nppf% ti p| , rp of celery seed for Florida celery growers. Af- 
DrVlLLs l\l I £ ter having had it thoroughly tested out in 
■EEBEEH Florida, California and New York State celery 
■»«* fields during the last three years, we are now 
introducing this new improved stock, with the assurance that there 
is no better strain of the Special type of celery for Florida celery 
growers and shippers. It is very early in maturity, produces a 
vigorous growth, with broad, thick ribs, 8 to 10 inches to the 
first joint, averaging 25 inches over all, making the tops come 
well above the top of the crate, and making an exceptionally at¬ 
tractive pack. It develops a good, heavy heart, with an attractive 
deep golden yellow color, and is an exceptionally heavy yielder. 
This is absolutely one of the finest varieties of celery ever de¬ 
veloped for Florida growers. Especially well suited for a spring 
crop in Florida, but also does well in ordinary winters in Florida. 
Pkt. 5c; V 2 oz. $1.00; oz. $1.50; V4 lb. $4.00; lb. $15.00. 
Schneck’s Improved Florida Golden No. 15. 
mg w .T- T :M 4 « ■ (New.) (115 days.)Seed supply very limited. 
.... DITC After m ^ny years of breeding, selecting, and 
BKbtrKI I ttesting by our breeding department, we are now 
^^g^ggg 3 ^^g|offering for the first time this improved variety 
for Florida celery growers. This variety is of 
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the Old Golden type, but possesses some of the desirable char¬ 
acteristics of the Special type. It is recommended especially for 
a Florida mid-winter crop because it withstands cold weather 
better than varieties of the Special type. Our improved stock 
has been selected for uniformity; long, thick ribs, large full 
hearts of rich golden yellow color, and for heavy yields of good 
sizes. This is the best variety for a general mid-winter crop in 
Florida. Pkt. 5c; V 2 oz. $1.25; oz. $2.00; Vi lb. $6.00; lb. $20.00. 
Kilgore’s Wonderful Pearl Special. 
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(110 days.) 
This highly 
s e1e c ted 
stock is very early, blanches quickly, and 
has been selected for large, full-heart forma¬ 
tion with broad, thick long ribs. Entirely 
free of green heart, green sports, and does 
not bolt to seed rapidly. This is one of the 
best winter and early spring varieties of the Special type for 
Florida. Our stock is more hardy and resistant to hollow stem, 
early seeding, and resists celery diseases better than most stocks 
of the Special type. It is an exceptionally heavy yielder, of large 
sizes and one of the finest long-distance shippers. Not as tall or 
vigorous in growth as Kilgore’s Pride. Pkt. 5c; Vi oz. 60c; oz. 
$1.00; Vi lb. $3.25; lb. $12.00. 
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Old Golden Self-Blanching. c?n-grow y n pe ied A “i 2 o 
”days.) This is an im¬ 
proved, high yielding, American-grown stock of the Old Golden 
type. It has been selected for uniformity, freedom from green 
heart and green sports. It develops long, thick stalks with a 
very rich, heavy, golden yellow heart. A most desirable stock 
for a Florida winter crop. Pkt. 5c; V 2 oz. 60c; oz. $1.00; Vi 
lb. $3.00; lb. $10.00. 
Old Golden Heart Self-Blanching. CLI g™“'- 
“““^“““ i n e Imported 
French-grown Seed, grown especially for us in France. (125 
days.) This variety is a little slower in growth and requires 
longer to blanch than American-grown stocks of Old Golden, but it 
is extremely hardy and blight-resistant, standing more cold than 
any other stock we have ever tested. Produces taller, more up¬ 
right growth, with longer ribs, larger heart and heavier yields 
than most other strains of the Old Golden type. Especially desir¬ 
able for a mid-winter crop in Florida. Pkt. 5c; V 2 oz* 60c; oz. 
$1.00; Vi lb. $3.25; lb. $12.00. 
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THE KILGORE SEED CO., PLANT CITY, FLORIDA 
