TOMATO 
Sow VY pound in seed-bed to plant an acre, or plant 2 pound per acre in field. 
Tomato seed has been one of our specialties for many 
years, and our stocks, which are grown for us in a new disease 
free territory in the Middle West, are especially developed 
and selected for Florida growing conditions. We maintain 
that our Tomato seed cannot be surpassed for southern con- 
ditions, and the reputation we enjoy is ample evidence of 
that fact. 
The Kilgore Seed Company has had over 80 years of ex- 
perience in Florida studying the particular requirements of 
Florida Tomato growers. Selections are made each year for 
earliness, high yield, and uniformity in size, shape, and color. 
Cuurure. ‘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 five to six 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, 2 to 21, 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 Cuprocide 54 or Pyrox, starting in 
the seed bed, is desirable to prevent blight and other diseases. 
If aphids give trouble add Black Leaf 40 to the spray. (See 
pages 53 and 55.) Where applications of arsenicals are not 
desirable to spray or dust to control fruit worms on tomatoes 
use Pyrocide Dust. (See page 54.) 
All prices quoted are postpaid. 
Write for special low prices on larger quantities. 
NEW EXTRA-SELECTED GLOBE (Buist Strain). (92 days.) 
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 pink 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. 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, productiveness, and 
vigorous, true to type plant growth. Seed is saved only from 
these specially selected plants which produce all large size 
and perfect, smooth, deep globe-shaped fruits. This is a 
very expensive, tedious and laborious task, but it results in 
quicker and more uniform germination of seed, more lux- 
uriant plant growth, and abundant production of fancy fruit. 
Pkt. 5¢; Y2 oz. 25c; oz. 40c; % Ib. $1.15; 1 Ib. $4.00. 
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, and we have 
made special selections for larger fruit size. The fruit ripens 
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. 5¢; V2 oz. 25c; oz. 40c; % Ib. $1.15; 1 Ib. $4.00. 
KILGORE’S 
IMPROVED GROTHEN 
RED GLOBE TOMATOES 

An Outstanding Tomato Variety Developed Especially for Florida 

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THE KILGORE SEED COMPANY, Florida’s Leading Seedsmen 
