
Kilgore’s Improved Rutgers Tomato 
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 reeommend- 
ed for a spring crop in Florida and is 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 va- 
riety 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; 2 oz. 25; oz. 40c; 1% Ib. $1.15; 1 Ib. $4.00. 
KILGORE’S NEW “’X’’ TOMATO. (92 days.) This variety 
was originated from a three-way cross of Webb’s Special 
(Kilgore’s Special) Pritchard and Grothen Red Globe, and 
has intermediate characters between Rutgers and Grothen 
Red Globe, which accounts for many people thinking it was 
developed from 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, very firm, 
and free of cracks. This variety has shown much promise on 
the lower east coast of Florida, and is growing in popularity 
in other sections. It seems to be adapted to a wide range of 
conditions, 
Pkt. 5c; 2 oz. 25c¢; oz. 40c; 1% Ib. $1.15; 1 Ib. $4.00. 
KILGORE’S BRED-RITE MARGLOBE. (98 days.) This is an 
excellent strain of the old standard type of Marglobe. It pro- 
duces a heavy, vigorous plant growth, resistant to nailhead 
rust, Fusarium wilt and other diseases. The deep globe- 
shaped, smooth fruits are heavy, thick walled, firm or solid, 
and are free of navel and blossom-end scars. The ridging at 
stem end has been practically eliminated. We have made 
selections for larger fruit size. Fruit ripens to a beautiful 
deep scarlet-red color. Our Bred-Rite strain consistently pro- 
duces a very high percentage of fancy fruits which results in 
fancy prices. 
Pkt. 5c; 2 oz. 25c; oz. 40c; %4 Ib. $1.15; 1 Ib. $4.00. 
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. This variety does not do so well on light 
sandy soils, but is especially recommended for a fall, winter 
and early spring crop in Florida and is well suited to deep, 
wet Glades, hammock, and rich sandy loam soils. 
Pkt. 5c; Y2 oz. 25c; oz. 40c; % 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 
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 freedom from cracking 
at the stem end. 
Pkt. 5c; 2 oz. 25c; oz. 40c; 1% Ib. $1.15; 1 Ib. $4.00. 
FLORIGLOBE OR MARHIO. (95 days.) This is a wilt-re- 
sistant, pink Marglobe. Our strain of this has been especially 
developed for uniformity, freedom from cracking, smooth- 
ness at the stem end, and for a deep globe shape. A vigorous 
grower and heavy cropper of large sized, fancy fruits, which 
ripen to a deep pink. 
Pkt. 5c; 2 oz. 25c; oz. 35¢; 1% Ib. $1.00; 1 Ib. $3.50. 

A packed lug of tomatoes grown from Kilgore’s Improved 
Rutgers Tomato Seed 
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