TOMATO 
Sow Va pound in seed-bed to plant an acre, or plant Vi pound per acre in field. 
Tomato seed has been one of our specialties for many 
years, and our stocks, which are grown for us up North, are 
especially developed and selected for Florida conditions. 
We maintain that our Tomato seed cannot be surpassed for 
southern conditions, and the reputation we enjoy is ample 
evidence of that fact. 
The Kilgore Seed Company has had over 25 years of ex¬ 
perience in Florida studying the particular requirements of 
Florida Tomato growers. Our Tomato seed-growing fields 
in the Middle West and West are inspected under our per¬ 
sonal supervision, and selections are made for earliness, high 
yield, and uniformity in size, shape, and color. 
Culture. Tomatoes will do well on almost all kinds of soil, 
from a light sand to a muck. The land should be put in good 
condition. Lay off rows four to five feet apart, open a fur¬ 
row, and drill in 1200 lbs. per acre of high grade fertilizer 
such as a 4-7-5 and mix thoroughly with the soil. It is good 
policy to let this stand for seven to ten days and then plant 
the seed or set the plants. Seed may be planted direct in 
the field or preferably in a cloth-covered seed-bed. Plants 
started in a seed-bed should be 6 to 8 inches high when ready 
to transplant to the field, 1 y 2 to 3 feet apart in the row, or 
12 to 18 inches in the row if staked. 
On the east coast of Florida, first plantings are begun dur¬ 
ing July and continue until in January. North and Central 
Florida begin planting for a spring crop in the middle to the 
latter part of December and continue to the middle of Feb¬ 
ruary. For a fall crop, plantings are made in July, August 
and September. Frequent spraying with Pyrox, starting in 
the seed bed, is desirable to prevent blight and other diseases. 
If aphids give trouble add Black Leaf 40 to the Pyrox. (See 
page 55.) Where applications of arsenicals are not desirable 
to spray or dust to control fruit worms on tomatoes use 
Pvrocide dust. (See page 55.) 
All prices quoted are postpaid. 
Write for prices on larger quantities. 
KILGORE'S CROWN-SELECTED MARGLOBE. (95 days). 
After many years of very expensive pedigree and selection 
work, the Kilgore Seed Company offers this superior stock 
of Marglobe tomato seed. Special pains are taken by our 
plant-breeder to select fruits from the most ideal plants of 
this specially developed stock. Seed is saved from only those 
plants which show the greatest vigor and trueness to type, 
and which develop an abundance of large-sized, globe-shaped 
fruits of early maturity. Where all of these factors measure 
up to the standard of Kilgore’s Crown-Selected Marglobe, 
fruit from only the crown setting is saved from a small per¬ 
centage of the plants which produce only smooth fruits, ab¬ 
solutely free of ridges, growth-cracks, and large blossom- 
scars or navels. The seeds of this stock are not only larger, 
but are put through a special warehousing and screening op¬ 
eration to make the sample of absolutely uniform large size, 
which means quick, uniform, high germination, and rapid, 
vigorous growth. This large crown-selected seed will not only 
produce enormous yields of perfect-shaped, large, fancy 
fruits, but will produce the major portion of the crop earlier 
than will other stocks of this variety. 
When a crop is grown from Kilgore’s Crown-Selected Mar¬ 
globe seed, there can be no question about the result because 
this seed is the best that most modern scientific methods of 
seed breeding have yet developed. 
Pkt. 5c; Vi oz. 30c; oz. 50c; !4 lb. $1.75; 1 lb. $7.00. 
KILGORE'S EXTRA-SELECTED GLOBE. (92 days.) This is 
one of the strongest and most vigorous growers, and because 
of this vigor the plant stays green and in bearing condition, 
producing marketable fruits longer than many other strains 
of the Globe variety. Its smooth, perfectly globe-shaped 
fruits do not crack, and ripen to a beautiful deep pink color. 
This extra-selected strain produces a very high percentage 
of large, fancy fruits, even on the top hands. 
Pkt. 5c; Vi oz. 25c; oz. 40c; !4 lb. $1.25; 1 lb. $4.50. 
KILGORE'S CROWN-SELECTED GLOBE. (90 days.) The 
seed stock from which this seed is reproduced has required 
many years of careful breeding and selecting. When the 
fruits are fully ripe in the seed growing fields, our plant 
breeder selects only those plants showing early maturity, pro¬ 
ductiveness, and vigorous, true to type plant growth. Seed 
is saved only from these specially selected plants which pro¬ 
duce all large size and perfect, smooth, deep globe-shaped 
fruits, and then only from fruits on the crown set or first 
hand. This is a very expensive, tedious and laborious task, 
but it results in quicker and more uniform germination of 
seed, more luxuriant plant growth, and abundant production 
of fancy fruit. If you want the very best, plant Kilgore’s 
Crown-Selected Globe Tomato seed. 
Pkt. 5c; Vi oz. 30c; oz. 50c; Va lb. $1.75; 1 lb. $7.00. 
KILGORE'S BRED-RITE MARGLOBE. (98 days.) By field- 
tests throughout the East Coast of Florida, and other To¬ 
mato growing sections of the State, Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Mar¬ 
globe has proved to be one of the best and most desirable 
types for Florida growers. This is due, apparently, to several 
reasons: it is more free of navel and large blossom-end scars; 
the ridging at the stem end is practically eliminated, which 
means smoother and more fancy fruit, as this ridging usually 
produces growth-cracks and ill-shaped fruit. The fruit rip¬ 
ens to a beautiful deep scarlet-red color. 
Another desirable feature of Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Marglobe 
is the open character of plant-growth. We have practically 
eliminated the bunching habit which is so prevalent in some 
other stocks and which makes it difficult to harvest fruit and 
to spray for control of insects and diseases. Kilgore’s Bred- 
Rite Marglobe develops plants with fruit-clusters close to¬ 
gether, making for more fruit for a given length of plant and 
thus for higher yields. 
Growers all over Florida claim Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Mar¬ 
globe is the smoothest, prettiest Marglobe of any. This means 
fancy fruit which results in fancy prices. 
Our Bred-Rite Marglobe seed stock came originally from 
the United States Department of Agriculture. The out¬ 
standing claim of merit for Marglobe is resistance to Nail- 
Head rust and Fusarium Wilt disease. 
Pkt. 5c; Vi oz. 25c; oz. 40c; Vi lb. $1.25; 1 lb. $4.50. 
Kilgore's Bred-Rite Marglobe 
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