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Sow V2 to 1 pound in seed-bed to plant an acre, or plant 1 to 1% pounds per acre in field. 
Currore. 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, or in rows 114 to 2 feet apart, and 12 to 15 inches in the 
row. Plants should be watered as set in field. 
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KILGORE’S ICEBERG NO. 44 (Improved Florida Strain). 
(85 days.) After many years of experimentation and testing, 
we at last selected in this variety a strain of the Iceberg 
type that will withstand the heat and high humidity in Florida 
better than any other strain or variety of this type. This 
variety is exceedingly slow to go to seed, even if started in 
hot weather of early fall, or if grown in very late spring in 
Florida. It is the safest variety of the Iceberg type from the 
standpoint of high temperature tolerance. It matures slightly 
earlier, makes slightly smaller, flatter and broader heads 
than No. 847. To get good size requires somewhat heavier 
fertilization than No. 847. It produces exceedingly solid, 
hard heads, of high quality over a long season. It can be 
planted earlier—before September 25th, and later—after 
December, than can be No. 847 in Central and South Florida. 
It is especially well suited for Florida muck lands and for 
production in South Florida where winters may be very mild. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; Y% Ib. 60c; 1 Ib. $2.00. 

Kilgore’s Iceberg No. 44 
Especially Developed for Florida 
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KILGORE’S IMPROVED FLORIDA ICEBERG NO. 847. 
(90 days.) This strain makes large, hard heads during the 
cool mid-winter months in Florida. The thick, smooth leaves, 
cap or fold well over the head. Heads have a very large 
frame, with a solid, compact, well bleached base, are round 
in shape and medium green in color, and are vary large and 
heavy. This variety should be grown slowly with less fer- 
tilizer than other varieties and strains of lettuce, not over 
800 to 1200 lbs. per acre of a fertilizer high in potash. This 
variety is somewhat more sensitive to heat than No. 44 Ice- 
berg, and is especially recommended for a crop to be har- 
vested in mid-winter in Florida, at which season it produces 
heads of the highest quality. It should not be planted prior 
to October 15th, or after December 15th, in Central and 
South Florida. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 1% Ib. 50c; 1 Ib. $1.75. 
KILGORE’S ICEBERG NO. 850. (New) (88 days.) This new 
variety of the Iceberg type is somewhat similar to No. 847 
in shape and size, but is less susceptible to injury in high 
temperatures in the seedling stage, and is especially valuable 
therefore for early fall plantings made in September and 
October in Central and South Florida. It makes a large 
(somewhat larger than Iceberg No. 44), hard, firm head, 
rounder and somewhat smoother in appearance than No. 847, 
very slow to go to seed in hot weather. The butts bleach 
extremely well, and the leaf ribs at butt are not objectionably 
prominent. Makes a most attractive commercial pack. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 25; V4 Ib. 60c; 1 Ib. $2.00. 
KILGORE’S BERRY STRAIN NO. 44 ICEBERG. (85 days.) 
This strain is claimed to be a cross between No. 847 and No. 
44, and in test plantings made at Sanford, Fla., it has proven 
to be especially well suited to light sandy soils. It makes 
large, broad, hard, flat heads similar to No. 44, and is ex- 
ceedingly slow to go to seed. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; 1% Ib. 60c; 1 Ib. $2.00. 
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; 4% Ib. 35c¢; 1 Ib. $1.25. 
BIG BOSTON. (70 days.) The heads are of cabbage or 
butter-head type, large-sized, broad, slightly spreading, glob- 
ular, 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 outer leaf margins. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 4% Ib. 30c; 1 Ib. $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; %4 Ib. 50c; 1 Ib. $1.75. 
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. 5¢; oz. 10c; 1% Ib. 30c; 1 Ib. $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; “%4 Ib. 30c; 1 Ib. $1.00. 
KILGORE’S MAMMOTH ROMAINE. (85 days.) Our Mam- 
moth Romaine is taller and much more vigorous and makes 
much larger heads with correspondingly heavier yields com- 
pared to other strains of Romaine or Cos lettuce. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1% Ib. 30c; 1 Ib. $1.00. 
THE KILGORE SEED COMPANY, Florida’s Leading Seedsmen 
