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 
A Standard Variety in Florida and the South 
Okra does wonderfully well all over Florida and the South 
where the young seed pods are used in different ways and are 
highly esteemed. In addition to being served alone, pods are 
used in soups and stews to which they give body. It is a health¬ 
ful 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 in 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 in Florida any time from Feb¬ 
ruary 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^/2 to 3 feet apart and sow 
thinly in the drill. When three to four inches high, thin out to 
one stalk every ten to fifteen inches. It is claimed Okra will 
start bearing earlier if left rather thick in the row. 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. 
Plants should bear for several months after harvesting starts. 
Okra does best on sandy loam soil with a fair amount of fertility. 
Prices quoted are postpaid. 
Write for prices on larger quantities. 
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—usually 9 to 10 inches— 
straight, slender, pointed, intense dark green, and they retain 
their tenderness and color longer than any other sort. Our im¬ 
proved 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 2^2 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, tender 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 31^ 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; Mlb. 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 
conditions, especially heavy rains and wet soil better than any 
other variety. 
Pkt. 5c; Mlb. 25c; 1 lb. 75c. 
LADY FINGER. (45 days.) Plants are rather dwarf, ranging 
from 4 to 5 feet high, extremely productive of small, straight, 
slender, uniform, dark green pods. Smaller and more slender 
than Perkins. When right to pick, pods are smaller and more 
uniform than Perkins. Our strain of Lady Finger is not the 
smooth, round. White Velvet type which some seedsmen offer 
under the name of Lady Finger. 
Pkt. 5c; Mlb. 25c; 1 lb. 75c. 
A seed testing laboratory, to insure proper germination, is 
maintained by THE KILGORE SEED COMPANY at Plant 
City, Florida. A sample of every stock of vegetable, flower 
and field crop seed we sell is tested at frequent intervals in 
a germinating apparatus, and the number of seeds which 
germinate out of one hundred seeds tested is recorded. Any 
stock of seed which is found to be low in germination is dis¬ 
carded. What more could be done to provide the proper kind 
of seed for the Southern grower? We know what our seeds 
will do under Southern conditions because we prove them 
in Florida. Kilgore’s “Bred-Rite” Vegetable, Flower, and 
Field Crop Seeds are proven seeds and are the best that 
money can buy. 
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