CELERY 
Sow 2 pound in seed-bed to plant an acre. 
No vegetable requires more careful handling in seed production than celery. Kilgore’s celery seed is not just grown, it 
is bred, selected and rogued with the best of care and attention under our personal supervision. 
Currure. For early Celery, first sowings in Florida are 
made the latter part of June and continue to December. The 
main sowings for a winter crop are usually made in July or 
early August, and for the spring crop grown principally on 
muck they are usually made in October and early November. 
Celery seed is always planted in seed-beds. The soil must be 
put in perfect fine condition and made into beds 4 to 6 or 
more inches high, to prevent overflow in case of heavy rains. 
When in condition—thoroughly and finely pulverized, well 
fertilized, moist, and made perfectly smooth and level—sow 
the seed broadcast or in rows 6 inches apart, using 1 pound 
of seed to from 125 to 150 yards of bed 3 feet wide. The seed 
should not be covered but may be pressed lightly into the soil 
with a very light roller or with a wide board. 
Celery plants cannot be grown in the open, especially dur- 
ing summer; therefore we recommend use of burlap or white 
muslin to be used as a cover, stretching it on a tent-shaped or 
slanting frame built over the seed-bed, with the sides about 
12 inches from the ground. This seed-bed cover will serve as a 
shade and also break the force of heavy rains. It is also ad- 
visable to use ground-covers of burlap or old fertilizer bags 
which have been thoroughly washed out before using to pre- 
vent burning of seed sprouts, on the beds when seed is plant- 
ed, letting them lie flat on the ground until seed begins to ger- 
minate. This prevents heavy rains washing seed off the beds 
and also keeps the ground cooler during hot months, which 
insures a better stand. After the seed is sown, it is desirable 
to sprinkle with cool water by means of hand sprinkling pots 
in order to keep the soil cool and moist, which tends to in- 
crease the germination of celery seed during the hot summer 
months. With surface irrigation, fresh cool water should be 
circulated continuously around the beds. To control flea hop- 
pers in celery seed-beds use Pyrocide dust. (See page 54.) 
When plants in seed-bed are 6 inches high, transplant to 
the field in double rows 8 to 3% feet apart, with 7 inches be- 
tween the double rows, and set the plants 3 to 5 inches apart 
in the row. The plants may be set in single rows 3 feet apart, 
allowing 3 to 5 inches between plants in the row. To grow 
fine Celery, a large supply of moisture and fertilizer is essen- 
tial from the time the seed is sown in the seed-beds until the 
crop is ready for harvest. Celery is not a profitable crop to 
raise without irrigation, and it should receive very heavy 
applications of high-grade fertilizer, which should be applied 
before the crop is planted and at frequent intervals during 
its growth. 
Prices quoted on Celery seed are postpaid. 
Write for special low prices on larger quantities. 
KILGORE’S NEW IMPROVED PRIDE. (105 days.) The Kil- 
gore Seed Company has spent a great deal of time, effort and 
expense in improving this stock of the Special or Golden 
Plume type of celery. It is very early in maturity, produces 
a vigorous growth, with broad, thick ribs, eight to ten inches 
to the first joint, ranging from 22 to 25 inches over all, making 
a very attractive pack. Unlike other strains of the Golden 
Plume or Wonderful type, Kilgore’s improved strain of Pride 
bleaches a little slower and does not go soft as quickly. It 
develops a good heavy heart, and is an exceedingly heavy 
yielder of good sizes, with large heavy butts. This is an ex- 
cellent early winter and spring celery for Florida. One of the 
finest varieties of celery ever developed for Florida. Has 
been developed and selected for resistance to premature seed 
stalk development, and does not go soft or pithy in cold or 
in hot weather. 
Pkt. 5c; V2 oz. $1.00; oz. $1.50; % lb. $4.00; 
1 Ib. $15.00. 
The Standard of Quality in Florida for Over 30 Years 
KILGORE’S WONDERFUL PEARL SPECIAL. (110 days.) This 
highly selected stock blanches quickly, and has been selected 
for large, full heart formation with very broad, thick, long 
ribs. Does not bolt to seed readily. The plants range from 
twenty to twenty-three inches over all. This is one of the 
best varieties of winter and spring Celery of the Special or 
Golden Plume type for Florida muck. Our stock is more 
resistant to hollow-stem, early seeding, and resists Celery 
diseases better than most stocks of the Special or Golden 
Plume type. It is an exceptionally heavy yielder of large 
sizes and one of the finest long-distance shippers. Especially 
well suited for close culture and for a late spring crop. 
Pkt. 5c; 2 oz. $1.00; oz. $1.50; 1% Ib. $4.00; 
1 Ib. $15.00. 
SCHNECK’S IMPROVED FLORIDA GOLDEN NO. 15. (115 
days.) After many years of breeding, selecting, and testing 
by our breeding department, we introduced this improved va- 
riety. It is intermediate between the Old Golden and Special 
or Golden Plume types, possessing the desirable characteris- 
tics of both types. It is recommended especially for a Flor- 
ida mid-winter crop because it withstands cold weather better 
than most varieties of the Special or Golden Plume type. Our 
Improved stock has been selected for uniformly long, thick, 
round ribs, large full hearts of rich golden yellow color, and 
for heavy yields of good sizes. The ribs average eight to ten 
inches to the first joint, are not thin and flat, but are rounded 
and exceptionally thick. The plants range from 22 to 25 inches 
over all, making a most attractive pack. This is one of the 
best varieties for a mid-winter crop in Florida. 
Pkt. 5¢; V2 oz. $1.00; oz. $1.50; % Ib. $4.00; 
1 Ib. $15.00. 
SARASOTA GOLDEN NO. 99. (New) (110 days.) This new 
strain is an early maturing, very vigorous, tall growing Old 
Golden type, desirable for mid-winter harvest. It produces 
very long ribs to the first joint and bleaches quickly for an 
Old Golden type. It produces good sizes with an exception- 
ally attractive full heart. The ribs are broad, thick and heavy. 
This variety is sometimes sold as Golden No. 999, and has 
become quite popular on heavy muck land soils. 
Pkt. 5c; V2 oz. $1.00; 1 oz. $1.50; 4% Ib. $4.00; 
1 Ib. $15.00. 
KILGORE’S GREEN FLORIDA PASCAL. (New) (180 days.) 
A very vigorous, compact growing sort, with large, broad, 
rounded, heavy dark green leaves, and with broad, semi- 
round, long, very thick, meaty, solid, smooth, glossy, attractive 
appearing ribs, and with a relatively low rib count per plant. 
It develops a much better heart than other varieties of the 
Green Pascal type. The ribs or stalks are of ideal edible 
quality, being very tender, extremely brittle, entirely string- 
less, and exceedingly crisp. Even the outermost stalks possess 
an unsurpassed flavor and are surprisingly rich and nutty. 
This stock is not subject to premature seeding, and is quite 
resistant to blight. Seed supply very limited. 
Pkt. 10c; 2 oz. $1.60; 1 oz. $2.50; 1% Ib. $6.60; 
1 Ib. $25.00 
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