LETTUCE 
Sow Vi to 1 pound in seed-bed to plant an acre, or plant 1 to 1 Vi pounds per acre in field. 
Culture. First sowings are made in Florida the begin¬ 
ning of September and continue until March. Low, damp 
soil is best suited for this crop. Lettuce must be grown 
rapidly in order to give it size, tenderness, crispness, and 
high edible quality. Therefore, the land must be highly 
fertilized and moist. In Florida about one ton per acre 
of 4-5-5 fertilizer is commonly used for this crop, except the 
Iceberg type, where 800 to 1200 pounds per acre of a 3-8-8 
fertilizer is recommended. It is advisable to treat lettuce seed 
with Semesan just before sowing, which has a tendency to 
repel ants and prevents them from carrying seed away. 
Broadcast the seed on good moist beds that have been thor¬ 
oughly prepared, or sow in rows six inches apart and use a 
light roller to press seed into soil. A pound of seed sown 
broadcast plants a bed three feet by a hundred yards. Place 
burlap or well-washed old fertilizer sacks over the beds until 
seeds sprout. Old fertilizer sacks must be thoroughly washed 
before using to prevent burning of seed sprouts. Be sure 
seed beds are kept thoroughly moist at all times after the 
seed is planted. In hot weather germination may be hastened 
and improved by placing moistened lettuce seed in moist 
cloth in the icebox for several days before sowing. In level 
culture lettuce plants are usually set 15 by 15 inches in the 
field. Plants should be watered as set in field. 
Prices quoted are postpaid. 
Write for prices on larger quantities. 
KILGORE'S NEW IMPROVED FLORIDA ICEBERG NO. 847. 
(90 days.) After many years of experimentation and test¬ 
ing we have at last selected in this new strain of Iceberg a 
type of lettuce that will withstand the heat and high humid¬ 
ity common to Florida. This strain is exceedingly slow to 
go to seed, and makes large, firm, hard heads, even in hot 
weather when other strains, under the same conditions, either 
develop seed stalks or make soft, spongy heads. The thick, 
smooth leaves, cap or fold well over the head. Heads have 
a very large frame, with a solid, compact base, are round in 
shape and medium green in color, and are very large and 
heavy. This variety should be grown slowly with less fertilizer 
than other varieties and strains, not over 800 to 1200 pounds 
per acre of a fertilizer high in potash. This strain, when 
grown on well prepared soil in Florida, will develop large, 
very solid, crisp heads, just as good as any Iceberg type let¬ 
tuce grown in the West. For best results, it is desirable in 
central and south Florida not to plant seed of this type be¬ 
fore October 1st, although in north Florida plantings may be 
made earlier. Shipments made by prominent Florida ship¬ 
pers to northern markets last winter brought as good prices 
as California grown Iceberg. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; Vi lb. 45c; 1 lb. $1.50. 
Kilgore's New Improved Florida Iceberg No. 847 
A New Strain of Iceberg Especially Developed for Florida 
KILGORE'S NO. 44 ICEBERG (Improved Florida strain). 
(New) (85 days.) This new improved Florida strain of Ice¬ 
berg lettuce matures slightly earlier, makes smaller, flatter, 
broader and harder heads than Florida Iceberg, and is espe¬ 
cially well suited to Florida muck. Like Florida Iceberg, it 
is very slow to go to seed. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; Vi lb. 60c; 1 lb. $2.00. 
KILGORE'S BERRY STRAIN ICEBERG. (New) (85 days.) 
This new strain is claimed to be a cross between No. 847 
and No. 44, and in test plantings made at Sanford, Fla., it 
lias proven to be especially well suited to light sandy soils. 
It makes large, broad, hard, flat heads somewhat similar to 
No. 44, and is exceedingly slow to go to seed. First introduced 
for trial planting at Sanford by former County Agent Berry. 
Seed supply very limited. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; Vi lb. 75c; 1 lb. $2.50. 
NEW YORK NO. 12. (80 days.) Our tests indicate that 
this strain when grown on well prepared soil under good 
growing conditions in Florida will develop large, solid, 
crisp heads. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; Vi lb. 30c; 1 lb. $1.00. 
MIGNONETTE. (65 days.) An early maturing, exceedingly 
high quality, small, crisp head lettuce, not grown for com¬ 
mercial shipment, but useful for the Florida home gardener 
and for local markets because of its exceedingly high edible 
quality, it being deliciously sweet flavored, crisp and tender. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; Vi lb. 50c; 1 lb. $1.75. 
KILGORE'S BRED-RITE BIG BOSTON. (70 days.) The heads 
are of cabbage or butter - head type, large-sized, broad, 
slightly spreading, globular, with a broad shoulder at the 
base. The outer leaves are broad, almost smooth, but wavy 
at the edge, medium light green with a tinge of brown on the 
margins of the outer leaves. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; Vi lb. 30c; 1 lb. $1.00. 
KILGORE'S IMPROVED WHITE BOSTON. (68 days.) Simi¬ 
lar to our Bred-Rite Big Boston, although a trifle earlier 
and slightly lighter shade of green without the brownish tinge 
at the borders of the outer leaves. Our improved strain has 
been developed to produce large-sized heads similar to Big 
Boston. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; Vi lb. 35c; 1 lb. $1.25. 
BLACK-SEEDED SIMPSON. (60 days.) The best large, 
very early, non-heading or leaf variety. The leaves are very 
broad, much blistered and crumpled, and excessively frilled 
on the borders, light yellowish green in color, very tender, of 
fine delicate texture, and of excellent quality. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; Vi lb. 30c; 1 lb. $1.00. 
ROMAINE (WHITE PARIS COS OR TRIANON COS). 
(70 days.) This variety forms a large, medium green, well- 
folded head with blunt top, and when properly grown it is 
very sweet, crisp, mild, and of fine quality. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; Vi lb. 30c; 1 lb. $1.00. 
KILGORE'S NEW MAMMOTH ROMAINE. (85 days.) Our 
new Mammoth Romaine is taller and much more vigorous 
and makes much larger heads with correspondingly heavier 
yields compared to other strains of Romaine or Cos lettuce. 
It can be left in the fields for 10 days to two weeks after it 
is ready to harvest without danger of bolting to seed. It 
forms firm, solid heads with the leaves well capped over the 
top. We have selected and re-selected this strain until it 
is very uniform in all respects. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; Vi lb. 50c; 1 lb. $1.75. 
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