Lettuce Is One of Florida’s Most Important Fall and Winter Truck Crops 
LETTUCE 
Sow to 1 pound in seed-bed to plant an acre, or plant 1 to IY 2 pounds per acre in field. 
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. There¬ 
fore, 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 thor¬ 
oughly 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 dif¬ 
ficult 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 NEW IMPROVED FLORIDA ICEBERG. 
(90 days.) After many years of experimentation and testing 
we have at last selected in this new strain of Iceberg a type of 
lettuce that will withstand the heat and high humidity common 
to Florida. In numerous tests on different soils in Florida last 
winter, this strain was far superior in every instance to any 
other in the fact that it was exceedingly slow to go to seed, and 
made large, firm, hard heads, even in hot weather when other 
strains, under the same conditions, either developed seed stalks 
or made loose spongy heads. The thick, smooth leaves, cap or 
fold well over the head. Heads have a very large frame, with 
a solid, compact base, are round in shape and medium green 
in color, and are very large and heavy. 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 Ice¬ 
berg type lettuce grown in the West. Numerous trial shipments 
made by prominent Florida shippers to northern markets last 
winter brought as good prices as California grown Iceberg. We 
most highly recommend this new strain for Florida. Seed sup¬ 
ply very limited. 
(See illustration inside back cover page.) 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; Ylh. 80c; 1 lb. $2.75. 
Kilgore’s New Improved Florida Iceberg 
A New Strain of Iceberg Especially Developed for Florida 
NEW YORK NO. 12. (80 days.) Our tests indicate that this 
strain when grown on well prepared soil under good growing 
conditions in Florida will develop large,- solid, crisp heads. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; Mlb. 30c; 1 lb. $1.00. 
NEW YORK NO. 515. (75 days.) This lettuce is a little 
earlier than New York No. 12 which it resembles in general 
appearance. This strain will make an excellent companion crop 
to New York No. 12. Under proper growing conditions the 
heads are large, solid, attractive, and bright green in color. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; Mlb. 30c; 1 lb. $1.00. 
ICEBERG. (80 days.) A very popular variety of the crisp 
heading type. Produces large, firm, hard, well blanched, globu¬ 
lar heads. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; Mlb. 25c; 1 lb. 90c. 
MIGNONETTE. (65 days.) This is an early maturing, ex¬ 
ceedingly high quality, small, crisp head lettuce, not grown for 
commercial shipment, but useful for the Florida home gar¬ 
dener and for local markets because of its exceedingly high 
edible quality, it being deliciously sweet flavored, crisp and 
tender. This variety is especially well suited for production in 
the tropics. The outer leaves are much crumpled, dark green 
in color, tinted with reddish brown. The plant is small and 
compact. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; Mlb. 50c; 1 lb. $1.75. 
KILGORE’S BRED-RITE BIG BOSTON. (70 days.) Our 
trials each year indicate this strain to be absolutely free of mix¬ 
ture. 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. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; ^Ib. 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 strain popular as a shipping sort. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; MIb. 45c; 1 lb. $1.50. 
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. Tbe leaves are long, narrow, thick, and smooth, with 
broad, thick midribs. The elongated head is loaf-shaped, com¬ 
pact, solid, with greenish-white, blanched interior. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. I5c; Mlb. 30c; 1 lb. $1.00. 
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 bor¬ 
ders, light yellowish green in color, never brownish, very tender, 
of fine delicate texture, and of excellent quality. This is the 
most widely used of all lettuce varieties for Florida home gar¬ 
dens, and is especially well suited for production in the West 
Indies and the Tropics, where because of the heat most head 
varieties do not do well. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; Mlb. 30c; 1 lb. $1.00. 
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