
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 size 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; V2 oz. 25c; oz. 40c; %4 Ib. $1.15; 1 Ib. $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; 2 oz. 30c; oz. 45c; 1% Ib. $1.40; 1 Ib. $5.00. 
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 
percentage 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; 2 oz. 25c; oz. 40¢c; 1% Ib. $1.15; 1 Ib. $4.00. 
IMPROVED STOKESDALE. (New) (90 days.) This variety 
is quite similar to Grothen Red Globe in time of maturity 
and in vine growth, altho our trials indicate it to be some- 
what more vigorous with larger, heavier leaves. The vines 
hold up somewhat longer and better than Grothen Red Globe. 
The vines are very productive of an immense number of 
smooth, solid, deep globe shaped fruits, but the fruits are 
somewhat smaller in size than Grothen Red Globe and 
Rutgers. For best results under Florida conditions, this 
variety should be grown on deep, fertile land, with plenty of 
moisture, in order to get large sized, fancy grade fruit. In 
our Improved Strain of this variety, we have endeavored to 
develop larger sized fruit with deeper globe shape, and free- 
dom from cracking at the stem end. 
Pkt. 5c; V2 oz. 25c; oz. 40c; 1% Ib. $1.15; 1 Ib. $4.00. 

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