A Field of Staked Kilgore's Improved Rutgers Growing in Manatee County, Florida 
KILGORE'S IMPROVED RUTGERS. (98 days.) Our improved 
strain of this important variety is exceedingly uniform in 
plant growth and produces more uniform, smoother, thick 
walled, firmer, deeper globe-shaped fruits than other strains 
of this variety. The plant is a very vigorous grower, hardy, 
and heavy producer of firm green tomatoes which ripen to a 
bright red, producing an enormous yield of large, deep globe- 
shaped fruits over a long season. The large fruits are very 
firm, free of puffs, with thick outer and inner walls. The fruits 
of our improved strain si/e up well clear out to the end of 
the vine, and are smoother and freer of cracks at the stem 
end than other strains. This variety is especially well suited 
for light sandy soils and also for shallow dry pine land on 
the lower east coast of Florida. Not suitable for deep wet 
glade lands where it makes too much vegetative growth. This 
variety stands more rain as well as more drought than other 
varieties. Many growers have told us that our Improved 
Rutgers makes the smoothest as well as the fanciest fruits 
of any strain of seed of this variety on the market today. 
Pkt. 5c; V 2 oz. 25c; oz. 40c; Va lb. $1.15; 1 lb. $4.00. 
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 
producer of smooth, deep globe-shaped, large fruits, sizing up 
well clear to the top of the plants, producing a very high 
per centage of fancies. The fruits are firm and solid, and the 
interior ripens up slowly, making this variety an exception¬ 
ally good shipper. Exceedingly high yields of large fruits, of 
excellent shipping quality, are the main factors recommend¬ 
ing this variety. 
Pkt. 5c; V 2 oz. 25c; oz. 40c; Va lb. $1.15; 1 lb. $4.00. 
KILGORE'S NEW "X” TOMATO. (New) (92 days.) This 
variety originated by crossing Rutgers on Webb’s Special 
(Kilgore’s Special) and has intermediate characters between 
Rutgers and Grothen Red Globe which accounts for many 
people thinking it a cross between these two varieties. The 
vines are of heavier vegetative growth than Grothen, but not 
as heavy as Rutgers. They open up more than Rutgers and 
produce uniformly large deep globe-shape fruits, free of 
cracks. This new variety is showing much promise on the 
lower east coast of Florida where it has been grown to some 
extent during the past few seasons. Seed supply limited. 
Pkt. 5c; V 2 oz. 30c; oz. 50c; Va lb. $1.65; 1 lb. $6.00. 
KILGORE'S SPECIAL CUBAN MARGLOBE. (95 days.) Af¬ 
ter having made special individual plant selections for a 
number of years we have developed a strain of Marglobe to¬ 
mato 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 Mar¬ 
globe 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; ’/a oz. 25c; oz. 40c; Va lb. $1.25; 1 lb. $4.50. 
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