THE KILGORE SEED COMPANY, Florida’s Leading Seedsmen 
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High vitality seed must be planted to secure a good stand 
We have one of the most elaborate and up-to-date seed testing laboratories where samples 
of all our seed stocks are tested at regular intervals to insure our customers against planting 
low vitality seeds. 
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A close up view of one of our seed testers. In these testing machines germination tests are 
made in the laboratory under ideal conditions. Vv^e make corresponding tests in the soil so that 
we know at all times the correct germination of all seed stocks we have on hand. Seed stocks 
that are found to be falling in germination, and will soon be too low to give a good stand, are 
immediately removed from our warehouse and distributing plants and are destroved. 
In our seed testing laboratory, a sample of every stock of flower seed we sell is tested at 
frequent intervals in a germinating apparatus, and the number of seeds which germinate out 
of 100 seeds tested is recorded. A similar sample of each stock is also planted in test 
plots, giving us a double check on the vitality of all Kilgore seeds and enabling us to check 
on uniformity, trueness to type, freedom from mixture, and adaptability. Any Kilgore seed 
stocks which are not up to standard are discarded. In this way, Florida growers are provided 
with the proper kinds of flower seeds for Florida conditions because the seeds are tested and 
proven under these conditions. 
Different kinds of flower 
seeds taken from our seed 
testers, showing sprouts in¬ 
dicating strong vitality. Such 
seeds will give a good stand 
when planted in the garden. 
