We Strongly Recommend Our Florida Giant Pepper as a Most Satisfactory Shipping and Market Type 
PEPPER 
Sou) Yi to 1 pound in seed-bed to plant an acre. 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Florida Giant 
A Kilgore Introduction 
We have specialized in pepper seed for many years, 
and we challenge any one to furnish better pepper seed 
for Florida. 
Peppers are among the best-paying Florida truck crops, and 
the harvest season is so long that even though the crop comes 
in on a poor market, the chances are that the market will have 
time to strengthen before they are nearly through fruiting, which 
certainly gives them more latitude for a paying crop than almost 
any other vegetable. 
Hammock or muck land, or rather moist soil, is best suited 
for this crop, although any medium-good soil, properly fertil¬ 
ized, will grow good Peppers. 
Culture. Plants are started in seed-beds. In Manatee County 
and other sections of Florida, peppers, like eggplants, are start¬ 
ed in cloth-covered beds. For a fall crop, sow the seed in June, 
July, and August; for a long-season winter crop on the East 
Coast, plant in September and October. For an early spring 
crop in Manatee County and other Florida West Coast sections, 
sow in November. 
Peppers are much more hardy than eggplants. However, it 
takes a very high temperature to germinate either seed, and it 
is usually very difficult to get a stand when the ground is wet or 
cold. Make rows 3 feet apart and set plants 20 inches apart in 
the row. Inasmuch as this crop is in bearing so long, it is most 
profitable to make several applications of fertilizer, using 400 
pounds to an acre every twenty days until at least a ton has 
been used. 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Pepper seed has given the best results 
for many years in Florida. Our stocks are selected for early 
maturity, high yield, and trueness to type, and are thoroughly 
tested in our proving grounds. 
Pyrox is the very best spray for pepper plants, as it will stick 
perfectly to the smooth foliage. We recommend its use regu¬ 
larly to control rust and other diseases. It is desirable to treat 
pepper seed with Semesan or some other good disinfectant be¬ 
fore planting. 
Prices quoted are postpaid. 
Write for prices on larger quantities. 
KILGORE’S BRED-RITE FLORIDA GIANT. (120 days.) 
This variety produces an abundant yield of large heavy fruits 
over a long period. The plants are resistant to disease and, like 
the fruits, are dark green in color, compact but vigorous and 
upright in growth. Although slightly later than World Beater, 
they are extremely heavy producers, often bearing six to eight 
large fruits at one time. 
Florida Giant makes much heavier pods than other sorts, 
averaging over 60 pounds per crate in weight compared to other 
varieties which range from 42 to 44 pounds per crate. The fruits 
are longer than California Wonder and other thick-meated pep¬ 
pers, usually 5 to 5)4 inches long and 4 inches in diameter. 
This pepper is exactly the type which produce dealers have 
sought for years. The thick, fleshy walls, large size, heavy 
weight, dark green color, and smoothness of the fruit will sell 
it at a premium on any market. The fruits are much heavier 
than other varieties, and because of the thickness and firmness 
of the wall, it is the best shipping sort ever introduced. The 
fruits pack well and do not wilt in long-distance shipment, but 
hold their smooth, glossy, dark green appearance for a long 
time. This type carries better than others for long distance 
hauling by trucks. We highly recommend this pepper as one 
especially suited to Florida growing conditions. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 45c; ^41b. $1.40; 1 lb. $5.00. 
KILGORE’S BRED-RITE WORLD BEATER. (115 days.) 
This is the genuine World Beater and is not like stocks gener¬ 
ally sold under that name. It is a cross between Ruby King and 
Chinese Giant, having the longer form and earliness of Ruby 
King with the size of Chinese Giant. A great deal of breeding 
and selection has been done to bring this superior stock to its 
present high standard of perfection, as to uniformity, trueness 
to type and high yield. Our stock is very productive, the strong, 
vigorous plants often producing twenty-four marketable pep¬ 
pers, which are pendant but held well above the soil. It ma¬ 
tures a big crop very early, the fruits being 4)4 inches long by 
3)4 inches in diameter, broad at the blossom end, slightly elon¬ 
gated, with four lobes. The fruits are large, meaty, of very at¬ 
tractive market appearance, and of excellent shipping quality. 
(See illustration outside front cover page.) 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 40c; )41b. $1.15; 1 lb. $4.00. 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite World Beater 
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