We Strongly Recommend Our Florida Giant Pepper as a Most Satisfactory Shipping and Market Type 
PEPPER 
Sow ^ 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 and the South. 
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 
and Colossal Ruby King, they are extremely heavy producers, 
often bearing six to eight large fruits at one time. They pro¬ 
duce over a much longer season than does World Beater, and 
stand adverse conditions better than other varieties. 
Florida Giant bears its young fruit upright, not pendant like 
World Beater and most other peppers. It 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 peppers, 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. We highly recommend this pepper as one especially suited 
to Florida and southern growing conditions. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 55c; Mlh. $1.65; 1 lb. $6.00. 
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 5 inches long by 
314 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. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 40c; 141b. $1.25; 1 lb. $4.50. 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite World Beater 
24 
For Best Results Plant Kilgore’s “Bred-Rite” Seeds 
