Peppers Are One of the Best Paying Florida Truck Crops and Produce Over a Long Season 
Kilgore’s Colossal Ruby King 
Developed for larger size and thicker walls than 
standard Ruby King 
PEPPER 
Sow 1/2 to 1 pound of seed in seed-bed to plant an acre 
Culture. Peppers, like eggplants, are started in cloth-covered 
beds. For a fall crop, sow seed in June, July, and August; 
for a long-season winter crop on the East Coast, plant in Sep¬ 
tember and October. For an early spring crop sow in November. 
Peppers are much more hardy than eggplant. However, 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 results for 
many years in Florida. Our stocks are selected for early ma¬ 
turity, high yield, and trueness to type, and are thoroughly 
tested in our Plant City, Fla., proving grounds. 
Pyroix is the very best spray for pepper plants as it will 
stick perfectly to their smooth foliage. We recommend its use 
regularly on pepper to control rust and other diseases. It is de¬ 
sirable to treat pepper seed with a good disinfectant before 
planting. 
Prices quoted are postpaid. Write for prices on larger quantities 
the old 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Florida Giant. ( 120 days.) 
-2- The plants 
■•r-nu ■ are compact but vigorous and upright 
RRPn-PITF i n growth. Although slightly later than 
■■■■■■ !■ World Beater and Ruby King, they 
are extremely heavy producers, often 
bearing six to eight large fruits at one time. They 
produce over a much longer season than does World 
Beater, are disease resistant, and stand adverse con¬ 
ditions better than other varieties. 
Kilgore’s Colossal Ruby King. ( N . < 110 
---days.) This new 
■ Improved strain of the Ruby King 
BRED'RITE variety replaces our Bred-Rite Ruby 
mm , , , , King and possesses all the good char- 
TRADE MARK acteristics of the standard variety, but 
produces larger sized and somewhat thicker meated 
fruits. Fruits average 5 to 6 inches in length and 3 
to 4 inches in width, with sweet, mild and exception¬ 
ally thick flesh. This new strain has been thoroughly 
tested in different sections of Florida and is becom¬ 
ing very popular due to the large size and excellent 
shipping quality of the fruits. Pkt. 5c; oz. 40c; )4 lb. 
$1.15; lb. $4.00. 
California Wonder, j 12 ^ days.) This is a thick- 
, fleshed variety, slightly later 
than Florida Giant and with shorter, more blocky 
fruits, averaging 4% inches long and 4 inches in di¬ 
ameter. This variety is growing in popularity because 
of its good shipping qualities. Pkt. 5c; oz. 45c; 14 lb. 
$1.40; lb. $5.00. 
Ruby King. (HO days.) The plants of this variety 
y are very early, productive, and of com¬ 
pact, upright growth. Fruits are pendent, usually 4 
to 5 inches long by 2 to 3 inches thick, with broad 
shoulders and tapering to three points. Flesh is thick, 
sweet and mild. Pkt. 5c; oz. 30c; 14 lb. 85c; lb. $3.00. 
World Beater. (US days.) Regular stock Pkt. 5c; 
- oz. 30c; 14 lb. 85c; lb. $3.00. 
Anaheim Chili (Hot) (* 20 days.) Pkt. 5 c; oz. 
■ . 45c; )4 lb. $1.40; lb. 
$5.00. 
Florida Giant bears its fruit upright, not pendent 
like World Beater and most other peppers. It makes 
much heavier pods than other sorts. The fruits are 
longer than California Wonder and other thick-meated 
peppers, usually 5 to 5Yz inches long and 4 inches in 
diameter. Pkt. 5c; oz. 55c; 14 lb. $1.75; lb. $6.00. 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite World Beater. ( 1 1 !> 
- - -- days.) 
Our stock is very productive, the 
RRED-RITE Strong, vigorous plants often produc- 
, „ , , ^ ing twenty-four marketable peppers, 
TRAOC MARK which are pendent but held well above 
the soil. It matures a big crop very early, the fruits 
being 5 inches long by 3 Vz 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. 5c; oz. 40c; 
14 lb. $1.25; lb. $4.50. 
Kilgore’s Improved Colossal. ( N e , w •>. (.! 1 0 
- - -!-- days.) This rs an 
nn w^irnn improved stock of Colossal pepper 
ppcn.piyc which we are introducing for the first 
, m m time. 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 average slightly longer than the 
World Beater. Pkt. 5c; oz. 40c; 14 lb. $1.25; lb. 
$4.50. 
Ruby Giant. (H5 days.) Plant grows tall and up- 
--- right, and is of very vigorous growth, 
being somewhat more disease resistant and withstand¬ 
ing poor growing conditions better than most varie¬ 
ties of this type. The fruits are somewhat similar to 
World Beater in shape, being large, four lobed, and 
very attractive in appearance. Our strain of this 
variety is extremely productive and bears over a long 
period. Pkt. 5c; oz. 40c; 14 lb. $1.15; lb. $4.00. 
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