Our Tomato Seed List Includes Only Those Varieties Best Adapted to Florida and the South 
An Outstanding Tomato Variety Developed Especially for Florida 
Kilgore’s Improved 
Grothen Red Globe 
KILGORE’S SPECIAL CUBAN MARGLOBE. (95 days.) 
After having made special individual plant selections for a 
number of years we have developed a strain of Marglobe tomato 
seed especially adapted for Cuba and the West Indies. Cuban 
tomato growers everywhere are especially enthusiastic over the 
splendid results secured from this newly developed strain. The 
outstanding features of this special Cuban Marglobe are smaller 
vine growth, permitting better means for spraying and dusting, 
and easier harvesting of the fruit; earlier maturity, heavier yield 
of exceedingly deep globe-shaped fruits, with smooth stem ends 
and freedom from cracking. The fruits are deeper globe-shaped, 
smoother, and much firmer, with thicker flesh than most strains, 
making them hold up better for long distance shipment. This is 
an ideal strain of Marglobe tomato for Cuba and the West Indies. 
Pkt. 5c; ^oz. 30c; oz. 50c; Mlh* $1.50; 1 lb. $5.50. 
FLETCHER’S SPECIAL. (90 days.) Awarded special men¬ 
tion All-America Selections in 1935. A variety certainly must 
be outstanding to be awarded this honor of “Special Mention.” 
The vine growth is vigorous, withstanding wet weather con¬ 
ditions better than any other variety. It makes a more open 
growth with smaller leaves than Marglobe. The fruit is a deep 
globe shape, having a tendency toward elongation. It produces 
large sized fruits throughout the season. The fruit is smooth 
and averages larger than Marglobe, ripening uniformly to a 
beautiful deep red. It is very heavy and meaty with small seed 
cavities, which makes it resistant to puffiness and an ideal long 
distance shipper. Practically immune to nail head rust and an 
exceedingly heavy producer of large, fancy, globe-shaped fruits. 
Limited supply of seed available. 
Pkt. 5c; ^oz. 35c; oz. 60c; Mlb. $2.00; 1 lb. $7.50. 
KILGORE’S NEW FLORIGLOBE OR MARHIO. 
(95 days.) This is a new wilt-resistant, pink Marglobe. Our 
strain of this has been especially developed for uniformity, free¬ 
dom from cracking, smoothness at the stem end, and for a deep 
globe shape. The plant is a vigorous grower, and very heavy 
cropper of large sized, fancy fruits, which ripen to a deep pink. 
We have bred this strain to be surprisingly free from growth 
cracks. We have had glowing reports from growers on the East 
Coast of Florida who tested this strain last season. Don’t fail 
to give it a trial. 
Pkt. 5c; ^oz. 30c; oz. 55c; Mlb. $1.65; 1 lb. $6.00. 
KILGORE’S IMPROVED GROTHEN RED GLOBE. 
(87 days.) This is a very early maturing, high yielding variety 
well adapted to old tomato land. The plants are of open growth, 
with rather small foliage requiring rich, deep, moist land for 
best results, maturing fruits about 10 days earlier than Mar¬ 
globe, and ripening to a beautiful red color. A very heavy pro¬ 
ducer of smooth, deep globe-shaped, large fruits, sizing up well 
clear to the top of the plants, producing a very high percentage 
of fancies. The fruits are firm and solid, and the interior ripens 
up slowly, making this variety an exceptionally good shipper. 
Exceedingly high yields of large fruits, of excellent shipping 
quality, are the main factors recommending this variety. 
Pkt. 5c; ^oz. 30c; oz. 50c; Mlb. $1.50; 1 lb. $5.50. 
KILGORE’S IMPROVED GLOVEL. (New.) (92 days.) 
Seed supply very limited. This new variety of shipping tomato 
was developed by the U. S. Dept, of Agriculture and the Florida 
Agricultural Experiment Station co-operating. It is the result 
of a cross between Globe and Marvel, having the same parent¬ 
age as Marglobe, but it is not a selection from Marglobe. It is 
a few days earlier than Marglobe. The vine growth is vigorous 
and decidedly more open than Marglobe, making it easy to 
spray and to pick the fruit. The fruit is of deep globe shape, 
firm, smooth, and notably free from growth cracks, and ripens 
to a pink color. In the green-wrap stage Glovel is slightly 
darker green than globe, but somewhat lighter than Marglobe. 
Tested at the Homestead, Fla., Experiment station during the 
last four seasons, Glovel has consistently outyielded other stand¬ 
ard commercial varieties and maintains its large size in suc¬ 
cessive pickings. It is highly resistant to Fusarium wilt and to 
nailhead rust. Because of its adaptability to Florida where it 
was originated, and because of its splendid showing in com¬ 
mercial test plantings on the lower east coast of Florida during 
the past four years, this variety should be given a trial by every 
Florida Tomato Grower. 
Pkt. 5c; ^4oz. 35c; oz. 60c; Mlb. $1.90; 1 lb. $7.00. 
KILGORE’S BRED-RITE COOPER’S SPECIAL SELF- 
TOPPER. (92 days.) This is a very heavy producer of ex¬ 
tremely early globe-shaped fruits. We have made special selec¬ 
tions to increase the size and the percentage of fancy fruits. The 
plants are hardy, and are loaded with fine, solid, smooth fruits 
which ripen to a beautiful pink color. This variety requires low, 
moist land with heavy applications of fertilizer to make large 
size, fancy fruits. 
Pkt. 5c; ^4oz. 25c; oz. 40c; ^4Ib. $1.15; 1 lb. $4.00. 
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