TOMATO 
Sow 1% 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 30 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. 
Cuttunre. 'Comatoes 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 214 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 Yellow Cuprocide 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 58 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.) It is desirable to treat the 
seed with Cuprocide or Semesan before planting to prevent 
damping off disease in the seed beds, (see pages 58 and 55). 
All prices quoted are postpaid. 
Write for special low prices on larger quantities. 
NEW EXTRA SELECTED GLOBE. (92 days.) This extra 
selected strain is one of the strongest and most vigorous 
growers, and because of this vigor the plants stay green and in 
bearing condition, producing marketable fruits longer than 
most other strains of the pink globe variety. The plant has 
an open, spreading habit of growth, and is ideally suited for 
staking and pruning. Its smooth, perfectly globe shape fruits 
do not crack, and ripen to a beautiful deep pink color. This 
extra selected strain produces a very high percentage of large, 
smooth, uniformly deep globe-shaped, fancy fruits even on 
the top hands. No finer strain of this standard variety for 
Florida growing conditions can be found anywhere. 
Pkt. 5c; 2 oz. 25c; oz. 40c; % Ib. $1.15; 1 Ib. $4.00. 
KILGORE’S NEW IMPROVED MARGLOBE. (88 days.) This 
new improved strain was developed by us from an individual] 
plant selection made in a field of regular Marglobe a number 
of years ago. The primary factors considered in developing 
this strain were larger size fruit and increased earliness, along 
with a more open or spreading plant growth. After having 
tested this improved strain for three seasons throughout the 
lower east coast of Florida and other tomato growing sections 
of the state, growers and experiment stations claim that this 
is one of the best and most desirable types for Florida grow- 
ers. We are now introducing this strain to our friends with 
the assurance that this is a different and superior stock. The 
plant growth is very open and spreading, somewhat similar 
to the old pink Livingston Globe in this respect. It does not 
have a bunching habit which is so prevalent in most other 
strains of Marglobe, and which makes it difficult to harvest 
fruit and to spray for the control of insect and diseases. The 
plant is loaded with uniformly large size, firm, very deep globe 
shaped, smooth fruits, far superior to regular strains of Mar- 
globe, and it begins producing fruits ten days earlier than 
other strains of Marglobe, just as early as Grothen Red 
Globe. This new strain should be given a trial by every Flor- 
ida tomato grower. Seed supply extremely limited. 
Pkt. 5c; V2 oz. 30c; oz. 50c; %4 Ib. $1.65; 1 Ib. $6.00. 
KILGORE’S 
IMPROVED GROTHEN 
RED GLOBE TOMATOES 

An Outstanding Tomato Variety Developed Especially for Florida 

THE KILGORE SEED COMPANY, Florida’s Leading Seedsmen 
