High Yielding, True to Type Melons Result from Planting Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Melon Seed 
WATERMELON 
Plant 1 pound of seed 
per acre 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Dixie Queen 
Our Bred-Rite watermelon seed stocks are produced by an 
expert seed grower and not by a commercial grower or shipper. 
Not a single melon is sold or shipped from our Bred-Rite Seed 
Growing Fields. Our Bred-Rite melon seed is the finest and 
best that can be secured anywhere. 
Culture. Watermelons may be grown on nearly all kinds of 
Florida soils that have good drainage, but rolling, sandy pine 
land is preferred. New land is best for this crop in order to 
avoid diseases. The field should be checked off, planting the 
seed in hills 8 feet apart each way. Seed should be planted 
about 2 inches deep, and plants should be thinned to 2 or 3 
plants per hill when they are still small and when all danger 
of frost is past. The most successful growers apply a 4-7-5 
fertilizer mixture about a week before planting the seed. A 
second application may be made if necessary when the vines 
begin to run. The fertilizer should be worked into the hills 
before planting at the rate of two pounds per hill, or 800 pounds 
per acre. The first planting of watermelons for an early crop 
in Florida should be made about January 1st and successive 
plantings may be made up to about the middle of February in 
Central and South Florida. Plantings in North Florida are made 
two or three weeks later. 
Prices quoted on Watermelon seed are postpaid. Write for prices on larger quantities 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Dixie Queen. (New) (90 
---—- days.) This 
sensational new introduction is des¬ 
tined to become one of the South’s 
BRED-RITE 
mxn 
TRADE MARK 
new 
become one 
leading shipping melons. It possesses all 
the good qualities demanded by com¬ 
mercial growers, namely, good size, color, flavor, ship¬ 
ping quality and high yield. The almost round or 
square-shaped fruits average 35 pounds. The flesh is 
of a most attractive, rich, bright-red color. It is solid, 
with very few small white seeds. The outer skin is 
light green, striped and blotched with dark green. The 
flavor is the finest and sweetest to be found in any 
melon. The rind, although thin, is tough and does not 
bruise easily, making it an ideal shipping melon. The 
strong, sturdy vines produce an exceedingly large 
number of uniform, medium size melons, outyielding 
most other varieties grown for market or home use. 
This outstanding variety is destined to become one of 
the most popular watermelons for market growers as 
well as for home use. Pkt. 5c; 14 lb. 45c; lb. $1.50. 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Stone Mountain. (£5 days.) 
---This is an 
■:nw-H4n early melon and is attracting much at- 
BRED-RITE tention, due to its merits, in all the 
large Watermelon-growing districts. It 
“** K is a large, round melon with deep red 
flesh that has a very delicious flavor. The tough green 
rind makes it an excellent shipper. Vines are very 
prolific and the fruit has very few seeds, being almost 
all good, crisp, red meat clear to the rind. Ours is 
the genuine, true to type, dark green Stone Mountain. 
This strain has been developed and selected for uni¬ 
formity and for high yields. Pkt. 5c; }4lb. 30c; lb. $1. 
Kilgore’s Bred - Rite Improved Kleckley’s 
Sweet or Wondermelon. ( 95 days.) This is an 
- early melon for the 
wj.irnn local market and home garden. The 
RRFH-RITF vines are sturdy and prolific and the 
~ ~ ^ fruit is long, with a very crisp and 
fine flesh. The rind is too thin to 
make a good shipper, but because of its high edible 
quality it is very popular for home use and for local 
market. Pkt. 5c; 14 lb. 30c; lb. $1.00. 
Kilgore’s Bred - Rite Improved Watson. 
iih-mj« i ■ (100 days.) This is the most popular 
ppcn.DITC of all shipping melons. Cylindrical in 
shape, with dark green rind. The 
TRADE MARK flesh is very firm, sweet, and has been 
bred especially for red heart. Our stock of this va¬ 
riety is absolutely pure and has been developed for 
high yielding qualities of uniformly true to type 
melons. Pkt. 5c; Mlb. 25c; lb. 75c. 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Florida Favorite. ( 95 days.) 
-An early, 
a301 long, medium-sized melon, irregular- 
BRED-RITE ly striped with lighter green. The 
flesh is a deep red and very delicious. 
TRADE MARK This melon does not ship very well, but 
is a desirable variety for the garden and home mar¬ 
ket. Pkt. 5c; %lb. 25c; lb. 75c. 
Chilian White Seeded. (90 days.) This is a very 
-early, round melon. The 
■ iiR.f-i i ui rind is green with darker stripings. The 
BRED-RITE flesh is bright red and very delicious. 
Average weight is about twenty pounds. 
Pkt. 5c; ^4 lb. 25c; lb. 75c. 
32 
TWELVE KILGORE STORES SERVING FLORIDA 
