Lettuce Is One of Florida’s Most Important Fall and Winter Truck Crops 
LETTUCE 
Sow V 2 to 1 pound in seed-bed to plant an acre . or plant 1 to 1*/% lbs. per acre in field 
Lettuce growers demand the best seed. Our seed is produced 
for us by one of the oldest and best lettuce seed growers in 
the United States, who makes a specialty of producing only the 
very highest type lettuce seed. Our lettuce seed is all tested 
for trueness to type in our Plant City, Florida proving grounds, 
so we are positive there is no mixture, and we make frequent 
germination tests, so we can be certain you will secure a good 
stand with Kilgore’s Bred-Rite lettuce seed. 
Culture. First sowings are made in Florida the beginning 
of September and continue until March. Low, damp soil is 
best suited for this crop. Lettuce must be grown rapidly in 
order to give it size, tenderness, crispness, and high edible 
quality. Therefore, the land must be highly fertilized and 
moist. In Florida from one to two tons per acre of 4-5-5 
fertilizer is commonly used for this crop. Broadcast the seed 
on good moist beds that have been thoroughly prepared, or 
sow in rows six inches apart and use a light roller to press 
the seed into the soil. A pound of seed sown broadcast plants 
a bed three feet wide and a hundred yards long. Place burlap 
or well washed old fertilizer sacks over the beds until the seeds 
sprout. Old fertilizer sacks must be thoroughly washed out 
before using to prevent burning of seed sprouts. Be sure 
seed beds are kept thoroughly moist at all times after the seed 
is planted, and during warm dry weather the beds should be 
sprinkled twice daily with cool water in order to hasten and 
increase germination. In hot weather when it is difficult to 
get lettuce seed to germinate, germination may be hastened 
and improved by placing moistened lettuce seed in moist cloth 
in the icebox for several days before sowing, and then sowing 
in well moistened soil. In level culture lettuce plants are 
usually set 15 by 15 inches in the field. Plants should be 
watered as set in field. 
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KILGORE’S BRED-RITE NEW YORK NO. 515. (New.) 
(68 days.) This new strain of the New York or Iceberg type 
is the surest heading type we have found, and in our trials this 
year every plant made a good solid head, even during hot 
weather. This lettuce is a little earlier than New York No. 12, 
which it resembles in general appearance. We believe that 
this new strain will make an excellent companion crop to New 
York No. 12. The heads are large, solid, attractive; bright 
green in color and of excellent quality. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 14 lb. 60c; 1 lb. $2.00. 
Kilgore , s Bred-Rite New York No. 515 
A new development, producing firm, solid heads similar 
to western-grown Iceberg. 
KILGORE’S BRED - RITE NEW YORK NO. 12. 
(70 days.) New York No. 12 has been especially developed to 
withstand the heat and high humidity common to Florida and 
the southeastern states. Our tests indicate that this strain 
when grown on well prepared soil in Florida will develop 
large, very solid, crisp heads just as good as any Iceberg type 
lettuce grown in the west. This type is growing in demand on 
the northern markets. For best results, this variety should be 
grown more slowly, with less ammonia fertilizer, and with less 
soil moisture toward maturity, than is required by Big Boston 
and other varieties of lettuce. It should be planted to mature 
in cool weather. This lettuce should be shipped and marketed 
in western lettuce crates, not in hampers. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; *Alb. 50c; 1 lb. $1.75. 
KILGORE’S BRED-RITE BIG BOSTON. (70 days.) This 
Bred-Rite strain is the finest and truest type of Big Boston it 
is possible to secure anywhere. Our trials each year indicate 
it to be absolutely free of mixture. The heads are of cabbage 
or butter-head type, large-sized, broad, slightly spreading, 
globular, with a broad shoulder at the base. The outer leaves 
are broad, almost smooth, but wavy at the edge, medium 
light green with a tinge of brown on the margins of the outer 
leaves. It is early and hardy and stands shipping very well. 
The heads are brittle, buttery, and the interior is a beautiful 
golden yellow color. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; ^4lb. 30c; 1 lb. $1.00. 
KILGORE’S IMPROVED WHITE BOSTON. (68 days.) 
Similar to our Bred-Rite Big Boston, although a trifle earlier 
and slightly lighter shade of green without the brownish 
tinge at the borders of the outer leaves. Our improved strain 
has been developed to produce large-sized heads similar to Big 
Boston. Its bright green market appearance, with freedom of 
red tinge on the leaves, is making this improved strain very 
popular as a shipping sort. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; }41b. 45c; 1 lb. $1.50. 
ICEBERG. (74 days.) A very popular variety of the crisp¬ 
heading type. Produces large, very firm, hard, well-blanched, 
globular heads. This variety does not bolt to seed as readily 
as other sorts. The leaves are very broad, thick, quite blis¬ 
tered and crumpled, with finely frilled borders, and are of 
medium green color, with faint brown tracing on the extreme 
borders. Head is pure white inside, very hard, brittle, very 
sweet, and of ideal quality. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 14 lb. 40c; 1 lb. $1.25. 
ROMAINE (WHITE PARIS COS OR TRIANON COS). 
(70 days.) This variety forms a large, medium green, well- 
folded head with blunt top, and when properly grown it is very 
sweet, crisp, mild, and of fine quality. Grows very erect and 
compact. The leaves are long, narrow, thick, and smooth, with 
broad, thick midribs. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 141 b. 40c; 1 lb. $1.25. 
BLACK-SEEDED SIMPSON. (60 days.) The best large, 
very early, non-heading or leaf variety. It will do well when it is 
too warm to grow the heading sorts. The leaves are very broad, 
much blistered and crumpled, and excessively frilled on the 
borders, light yellowish green in color, never brownish, very 
tender, of fine and delicate texture, and of excellent quality. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 14 lb. 30c; 1 lb. $1.00. 
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