Okra Is a Very Profitable Late Spring and Summer Crop for Florida and the South 
OKRA 
Plant 8 pounds per acre. 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Perkins Long Green Okra 
Okra does wonderfully well all over Florida and ihe South 
where the young seed-pods are used in many different ways and 
are highly esteemed. It is a healthful vegetable and should be 
planted in every southern garden. We have done a great deal of 
work on our seed stocks of this valuable southern vegetable. 
Our Okra seed-growing fields are located, not in Florida, but 
in the upper South in order to insure earliness in maturity not 
found with seed grown further south. In addition, each year, 
we make special selections for stock seed from only the earliest- 
maturing plants. Our seed-growing fields are carefully rogued 
so as to eliminate all slightly off-type plants. We are confident 
we have the best strains of Okra seed obtainable anywhere. 
Culture. Okra can be planted any time from February until 
September, but it is a warm-weather plant and will not do much 
until the ground becomes warm; in fact, the seeds are hard to 
germinate when the ground is cold. It can be planted in almost 
any kind of soil. You do not get big money out of an Okra crop 
at any one time, but it continues to bear for several months. We 
consider it one of the easiest and safest money crops that can be 
planted. Plant in rows 2 Y 2 to 3 feet apart and sow thinly in the 
drill. When 3 to 4 inches high, thin out to one stalk every 10 to 
15 inches. Okra should be cut every second day. If this is not 
done some of the pods become too hard and the young plants 
will stop bearing pods. 
KILGORE’S BRED-RITE PERKINS LONG GREEN. 
(42 days.) To obtain maximum results with Okra, it is just as 
important to plant pure, well-bred, high-yielding seed as with 
other crops. In our Bred-Rite Long Green we offer the very best 
Okra seed it is possible to produce. This is a very heavy pro¬ 
ducer, extremely early, and a sure money-maker when grown for 
market. The pods are long—frequently 9 to 10 inches—straight, 
slender, pointed, intense dark green, and they retain their ten¬ 
derness and color longer than any other sort. Our improved 
stock of this variety is extremely productive, the plants, which 
range from 5 to 6 feet in height, being literally covered with pods 
from the ground up. 
Pkt. 5c; MIb. 20c; 1 lb. 50c. 
KILGORE’S LOW-BEARING LONG GREEN. (45 days.) 
This is an improved, highly bred, specially selected pure stock 
which we have developed for Florida growers. The plant is of 
dwarf growth, ranging from 2*4 to 3 feet in height. The pods are 
set very close to the ground and are very thickly set up the entire 
length of the stalk, often developing 30 to 40 pods on a 3-foot 
plant. Pods are green, average 8 inches in length, are pointed, 
lender and of good quality. A very good shipper and ideal for 
home use. 
Pkt. 5c; Mlb. 20c; 1 lb. 50c. 
WHITE VELVET. (45 days.) This is an old standard variety 
in the South and is grown principally for home use and local 
market. We have an exceptionally true stock of this Okra. 
Plants grow to a height of 3 X 4 feet, mature early, and are very 
productive. The pods are round, long, averaging about 7 inches, 
smooth, free of ridges, very tender, of medium size, and are 
nearly white in color. The very best of all smooth white varieties. 
Pkt. 5c; ^lb. 20c; 1 lb. 50c. 
CUBAN OKRA. (45 days.) This variety was originated in 
Cuba where it is grown extensively during the rainy summer 
months, because of its ability to withstand heavy rains and water¬ 
logged soil. The plants range in height from 5 to 6 feet, are ex¬ 
tremely productive, of short, (3 to 4 inches long) thick, perfectly 
straight and uniform pods slightly ridged, rather light green in 
color. A very good shipper and good keeper of a type desired on 
southern markets. This variety withstands poor growing con¬ 
ditions, especially heavy rains and wet soil better than any other 
variety. 
Pkt. 5c; Mlb. 25c; 1 lb. 75c. 
LADY FINGER. (45 days.) Plants range 5 to 6 feet high, 
extremely productive of small, straight, slender, uniform, dark 
green pods. Smaller and more slender than Perkins. 
Pkt. 5c; *4 lb. 25c; 1 lb. 75c. 
ONION SETS 
Plant 6 to 8 bushels of Sets per acre. 
One bushel weighs 32 pounds. 
Sets may be used to grow large onions, but they are usually 
planted for early green onions to bunch for market or for home 
use. Set out in rows W 2 feet apart and 2 to 3 inches apart in 
the row. Plant from September to March. 
Onion set prices are F.O.B. Plant City, except quarts or 
less, which are prepaid 
YELLOW DANVERS. 
Pt. 25c; qt. 40c; pk. $1.15; bu. $3.75. 
Prices quoted are postpaid. WHITE SILVERSKIN. 
Write for prices on larger quantities. Pt. 25c; qt. 40c; pk. $1.25; bu. $4.00. 
Kilgore’s Florida Stores: Plant City, Belle Glade, Gainesville, Homestead, Miami. 
Pahokee, Palmetto, Pompano, Sanford, Vero Beach, Wauchula. West Palm Beach 
