Tomatoes Are One of the Most Profitable Crops for Florida and the South 
TOMATO 
Sow Y 4 pound of seed in seed-bed to plant an acre, or plant *4 pound of seed per acre in field 
Prices quoted are postpaid. Write for prices on 
larger quantities. 
Tomato seed has been one of our specialties for many 
years, and our stocks, which are grown for us up North, 
are especially developed and selected for Florida and 
southern conditions. We maintain that our Tomato seed 
is not surpassed for southern conditions by that of any 
other seedsman in this country, and the reputation we 
enjoy is ample evidence of that fact. 
The Kilgore Seed Company has had 25 years of ex¬ 
perience in Florida studying the particular require¬ 
ments of Florida and Southern Tomato growers. Our 
Tomato seed-growing fields in the Middle West and 
West are inspected under our personal supervision, 
and selections are made for earliness, high yield, and 
uniformity in size, shape, and color. 
Culture. Tomatoes will do well on almost all kinds 
of soil, from a light sand to a muck. The land should 
be put in good condition. Lay off rows four to five 
feet apart, open a furrow, and drill in 1200 lbs. of 
high grade fertilizer such as a 5-7-5 and mix thor¬ 
oughly with the soil. It is good policy to let this stand 
for three or four days and then plant the seed or set 
the plants. The seed should not be covered, more than 
an inch deep. Plants should be six to eight inches 
high and put in the ground nearly up to the bud, one 
and one-half feet apart in the row, or twelve inches 
in the row if staked. 
On the east coast of Florida, first plantings are 
begun during July and continue until in December. 
North and Central Florida begin planting for a spring 
crop the middle to the latter part of December and 
continue to the middle of February. For a fall crop, 
plantings are made in July, August and September. 
Frequent spraying with Pyrox, starting in the seed 
bed, is desirable to prevent blight and other diseases. 
If aphids give trouble add Black Leaf 40 to the Pyrox. 
Kilgore’s Crown-Selected Marglobe. (95 days.) 
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■»a wx-j ;* ■** ■ many years of very expensive pedigree 
BRED-RITE and selection work, the Kilgore Seed 
Company is now in a position to offer 
this superior stock of Marglobe seed. 
Special paihs are taken by our plant-breeder to select 
fruits from the most ideal plants of this specially de¬ 
veloped stock. Seed is saved from only those plants 
which show the greatest vigor and trueness to type, and 
which develop an abundance of large-sized, globe- 
shaped fruits of early maturity. Where all of these fac¬ 
tors measure up to the standard of Kilgore’s Crown- 
Selected Marglobe, fruit from only the crown setting 
is saved from a small percentage of the plants which 
produce only smooth fruits, absolutely free of ridges, 
growth-cracks, and large blossom-scars or navels. The 
seeds of this stock are not only larger, but are put 
through a special warehousing and screening opera¬ 
tion to make the sample of absolutely uniform large 
size, which means quick, uniform, high germination 
and rapid, vigorous growth. This large crown-selected 
seed will not only produce enormous yields of perfect¬ 
shaped, large, fancy fruits, but will produce the major 
portion of the crop earlier than will other stocks of 
this variety. 
When a crop is grown from Kilgore’s Crown-Selected 
Marglobe seed there can be no question about the re¬ 
sult because this seed is the best that most modern 
scientific methods of seed breeding can possibly devel¬ 
op. Pkt. 5c; !4oz. 40c; oz. 70c; T£lb. $2.50; lb. $9.00. 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Marglobe Tomato 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Marglobe. ( 98 days.) 
-5--- By field-tests 
■aiT-f-ij 4in throughout the East Coast of Florida, 
RRED-RITE aR d other Tomato growing sections of 
the State, Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Mar- 
TAAOC MARK globe has proved to be one of the best 
and most desirable types for Florida growers. This is 
due, apparently, to several reasons; namely, it is more 
free of navel and large blossom-end scars; the ridging 
at the stem end is practically eliminated, which means 
smoother and more fancy fruit, as this ridging usually 
produces growth-cracks and ill-shaped fruit. The 
fruits ripen to a beautiful deep scarlet-red color. 
Another desirable feature of Kilgore’s Bred-Rite 
Marglobe is the open character of plant-growth. We 
have practically eliminated the bunching habit which 
is so prevalent in some other stocks, and which makes 
it difficult to harvest fruit and to spray for control of 
insects and diseases. Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Marglobe de¬ 
velops plants with fruit-clusters close together, making 
for more fruit for a given length of plant and thus for 
higher yields. Our seed-growing fields in the Middle 
West produced over 20 tons per acre this season. It 
pays to plant high yielding strains. 
Growers all over Florida claim Kilgore’s Bred-Rite 
Marglobe is the smoothest, prettiest Marglobe of any. 
This means fancy fruit which results in fancy prices. 
Our Marglobe seed stock came originally from the 
late Dr. F. J. Pritchard, of the United States Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture. The outstanding claim of merit 
for Marglobe is resistance to nail-head rust and fusar- 
ium wilt disease. Pkt. 5c; ^oz. 25c; oz. 45c; }ilb. 
$1.40; lb. $5.00. 
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