Lettuce Is One of Florida s Most Important Fall and Winter Truck Crops 
LETTUCE 
Sow Y 2 to 1 pound of seed in seed bed to plant an acre, or plant 1 to l 1 /?, lbs. of seed per acre in field 
Lettueo growers demand the beat 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 sok 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 germina¬ 
tion. 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 twenty-four hours 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. 
Prices quoted are postpaid. 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite New York No. 12 
Write for prices on larger quantities. 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Big Boston. £ 70 days.) 9. ur 
m. ■ strain, which has been re-selected and 
BRED-RITE perfected, is absolutely 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. Un¬ 
limited field work has been put on this stock in rogu- 
ing and selecting in order to bring it up to the highest 
possible standard. This particular stock has been 
grown for many years in Florida and has always given 
entire satisfaction. The heads are of cabbage or but¬ 
ter-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 mar¬ 
gins of the outer leaves. It is early and hardy and 
stands shipping very well. The heads are brittle, but¬ 
tery, and the interior is a beautiful golden yellow color. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; J41b. 30c; lb. $1.00. 
Developed especially for Florida and the Southeast. 
Produces firm, solid heads, similar to western-grown Iceberg. 
Kilgore’s Bred - Rite New York No. 12. 
■:ilTll.na (70 days.) New York No. 12 has 
BRED-RITE been especially developed to with- 
stand the heat and high humidity com- 
mon 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 let¬ 
tuce grown in the West. In extensive trials we have 
found this improved strain of the New York type to be 
the only one of its type to make solid firm heads under 
Florida growing conditions. Among other advantages, 
it is much less susceptible to loss by tip-bum. For these 
reasons, growers can plant New York No. 12 in almost 
any locality, either very early in the spring or in the 
late summer or fall. The color is a trifle lighter than 
other strains of New York. This variety is growing in 
demand on the northern markets and is especially 
adapted to Florida and southeastern growing condi¬ 
tions. 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; %Ib. 50c; lb. $1.75. 
Black-Seeded Simpson. / 60 days.) The best 
heading or leaf varieties. 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 tex¬ 
ture, and of excellent quality. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 14 lb. 
30c; lb. $1.00. 
Kilgore’s Improved White Boston. < 68 days.) 
... ■ i Similar to 
■.iiT-x-i.i our Bred-Rite Big Boston, although a 
BRED-RITE trifle earlier and a slightly lighter shade 
■aim 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. Our stock is excep¬ 
tionally pure, because we have gone to a great deal of 
expense to have it properly selected and rogued. Its 
bright green market appearance, with freedom of red 
tinge on the leaves, is making this improved strain very 
popular as a shipping sort. Produce dealers in northern 
markets are calling for this improved strain. Pkt. 5c; 
oz. 15c; M lb. 45c; lb. $1.50. 
Iceberg. days.) A very popular variety of the 
.. ■ ■ 1 crisp-heading type. Produces large, very 
firm, hard, and well-blanched, globular heads. This va¬ 
riety does not bolt to seed as readily as other sorts. The 
leaves are very broad, thick, quite blistered and crum¬ 
pled, 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; 
%lb. 40c; 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. 
It withstands both heat and cold better than the head¬ 
ing varieties of Lettuce. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; *4 lb. 40c; 
lb. $1.25. 
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THE KILGORE SEED CO., GENERAL OFFICES AND 
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