Tomatoes Are One of Florida's Most Important and Most Profitable Truck Crops 
TOMATO 
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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 
cannot be surpassed for southern conditions, and the 
reputation we enjoy is ample evidence of that fact. 
The Kilgore Seed Company has had over 25 years of 
experience 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. per 
acre of high grade fertilizer such as a 4-7-5 and mix 
thoroughly with the soil. It is good policy to let this 
stand for seven to ten 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 to three feet apart in the row, or twelve 
to eighteen inches in the row if staked. 
On the east coast of Florida, first plantings are 
begun during July and continue until in January. 
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.) 
4 » ■ After many years of very expensive 
BRED-RITE P e dig ree and selection work, the Kil- 
M gore Seed Company offers this superior 
TAADC MARK stock of Marglobe tomato seed. Special 
pains are taken by our plant-breeder to select fruits 
from the most ideal plants of this specially developed 
stock. Seed is saved from only those plants which show 
the greatest vigor and trueness to type, and which de¬ 
velop an abundance of large-sized, globe-shaped fruits 
of early maturity. Where all of these factors measure 
up to the standard of Kilgore’s Crown-Selected Mar¬ 
globe, 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 operation 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 
result because this seed is the best that most modern 
scientific methods of seed breeding have yet developed. 
acre, or plant % pound of seed per acre in field 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Marglobe Tomato 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Marglobe. ( 98 ^ays.) 
- - - - - By field-tests 
■ i 4 »« throughout the East Coast of Florida, 
RDPn-DITF and other Tomato growing sections of 
^^ the State, Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Mar- 
TRASK MARK globe has proved to be one of the best 
and most desirable types for Florida growers. This is 
due, apparently, to several reasons: 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 Bred-Rite Marglobe seed stock came originally 
from the United States Department of Agriculture. 
The outstanding claim of merit for Marglobe is resist¬ 
ance to nail-head rust and fusarium wilt disease. 
Pkt. 5c; ^oz. 25c; oz. 40c; U lb. $1.25; lb. $4.50. 
Pkt. 5c; ^oz. 35c; oz. 60c; J£lb. $2.25; lb. $8.00. 
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