PEPPER 
Sow 2 to 1 pound in seed-bed to plant an acre. 

Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Florida Giant 
A Kilgore Introduction 
We have specialized in pepper seed for many years, and 
we challenge any one to furnish better pepper seed for 
Florida growers. 
Peppers are among the best-paying Florida truck crops, 
and the harvest season is so long that even though the crop 
comes in on a poor market, the chances are that the market 
will have time to strengthen before they are nearly through 
fruiting, which certainly gives them more latitude for a pay- 
ing crop than almost any other vegetable. 
Hammock or muck land, or rather moist soil, is best suited 
for this crop, although any medium-good soil, properly fer- 
tilized, will grow good Peppers. 
Cutrure. Plants are started in seed-beds. In Manatee 
County and other sections of Florida, peppers, like egg- 
plants, are started in cloth-covered beds. For a fall crop, sow 
the seed in June, July, and August; for a long season winter 
crop on the East Coast, plant in September and October. For 
an early spring crop in Manatee County and other Florida 
West Coast sections, sow in November. 
Peppers are much more hardy than eggplants. However, it 
takes a very high temperature to germinate either seed, and 
it is usually very difficult to get a stand when the ground 
is wet and cold. Make rows 8 to 4 feet apart and set plants 
18 to 20 inches apart in the row. Inasmuch as this crop is in 
bearing so long, it is most profitable to make several applica- 
tions of fertilizer, using 400 pounds to an acre every twenty 
days until at least a ton has been used. 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Pepper seed has given the best results 
for many years in Florida. Our stocks are selected for early 
maturity, high yield, and trueness to type. 
Pyrox is the very best spray for pepper plants, as it will 
stick perfectly to the smooth foliage. (See page 55). We 
recommend its use regularly to contro] rust and other dis- 
eases. To control aphids and the Mexican pepper weevil use 
Pyrocide dust. (See page 54). It is very important to treat 
pepper seed with Semesan before planting to prevent damp- 
ing-off disease in the seed-beds. (See page 55.) 
Prices quoted are postpaid. 
Write for special low prices on larger quantities. 
KILGORE’S BRED-RITE FLORIDA GIANT. (120. days.) This 
variety, first introduced by us, produces an abundant yield 
of large, heavy fruits over a long period, but requires heavier 
and more frequent fertilization, and a richer, moister soil 
than thin fleshed varieties of the World Beater type. The 
plants are resistant to disease and, like the fruits, are dark 
green in color, compact but very vigorous and upright in 
growth. Although slightly later than World Beater, they 
are extremely heavy producers, often bearing six to eight 
large fruits at one time. The fruits are longer than California 
Wonder and other thick-meated peppers. Usually 4 to 41% 
inches long, and 3 to 81% inches in diameter, and unlike most 
strains of California Wonder, are smooth and well filled at 
the blossom end. 
This pepper is exactly the type which produce dealers have 
sought for years. The thick, fleshy walls, large size, heavy 
weight, dark green color, and smoothness of the fruit will sell 
it at a premium on any market. The fruits are much heavier 
than other varieties, and because of the thickness and firm- 
ness of the wall, it is the best shipping sort ever introduced. 
The fruits pack well and do not wilt in long-distance ship- 
ment, but hold their smooth, glossy, dark green appearance 
for a long time. This type carries better than others for long- 
distance hauling by trucks. We highly recommend this Pepper 
as one especially suited to Florida growing conditions. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 40c; Y% Ib. $1.25; 1 Ib. $4.50. 
BLIGHT RESISTANT WORLD BEATER. (New) (115 days.) 
This new strain of World Beater was developed by many 
years of individual plant selections in Manatee County, Fla., 
to secure a strain of true, heavy yielding World Beater 
type that would resist bacterial blight, and would not drop its 
leaves during rainy weather or poor growing conditions when 
other strains of World Beater, and other varieties, would not 
survive or would not produce a heavy crop of fruits. This is 
a very superior, disease resistant strain of World Beater 
which is especially well adapted for a fall crop in Florida. 
It stands poor growing conditions better than any other 
strain of World Beater and still produces an enormous crop, 
when other strains are practically a complete failure, espe- 
cially in late fall and during rainy weather. This is one of 
the most valuable peppers we have ever developed and intro- 
duced to Florida growers. When other varieties fail, due to 
leaf drop, this disease resistant strain continues to grow and 
produce a profitable crop. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 50c; %4 Ib. $1.65; 1 Ib. $6.00. 

Kilgore’s Blight Resistant World Beater 

For Best Results Plant Kilgore’s ‘“Bred-Rite’’ Seeds 
