LETTUCE 
Sow 1% to 1 pound in seed-bed to plant an acre, or plant 1 to 114 pounds per acre in field. 
For the garden sow | pound in a protected seed-bed for 150 plants to set 150 feet of row for a family of 3 or 4 
people or plant 1 ounce of seed in 150 feet of row. 
CuLtTurE. First sowings are made in Florida the beginning 
of September and continue until March. Low, damp soil is 
best suited for this crop. Lettuce must be grown rapidly in 
order to give it size, tenderness, crispness, and high edible 
quality. Therefore, the land must be highly fertilized and 
moist. In Florida about one ton per acre of 4-5-5 fertilizer is 
commonly used for this crop, except the Iceberg type, where 
800 to 1200 pounds per acre of a 3-8-8 fertilizer is recommend- 
ed. It is advisable to treat lettuce seed with Semesan (see page 
51) just before sowing, which has a tendency to repel ants and 
prevents them from carrying seed away. Broadcast the seed on 
good moist seed-beds that have been thoroughly prepared, or 
sow in rows six inches apart and use a light rolled to press seed 
into soil. A pound of seed sown broadcast plants a bed three 
feet by a hundred yards. Place burlap or well-washed old fer- 
tilizer sacks over the beds until seeds sprout. Old fertilizer 
sacks must be thoroughly washed before using to prevent burn- 
ing of seed sprouts. Be sure seed beds are kept thoroughly 
moist at all times after the seed is planted. In hot weather 
germination may be hastened and improved by placing moist- 
ened lettuce seed in moist cloth in the icebox for several days 
before sowing. In level culture, lettuce plants are usually set 15 
by 15 inches in the field, or in rows 1% to 2 feet apart, and 12 
to 15 inches in the row, or in double rows 16 inches apart, 
with 31% to 4 feet from center to center of double rows, and 14 
inches in the rows. Plants should be watered as set in field. 
The number of days in parentheses after each variety named 
represents the time required to develop marketable heads from 
the planting of seed in seed-bed or in the field or garden under 
average Florida conditions. 
Prices quoted are postpaid. 
Write for special prices on larger quantities. 
KILGORE’S ICEBERG NO. 44 (Improved Florida 
Strain). (82 days.) After many years of experimentation 
and testing, we at last selected in this variety of the Iceberg 
type one that will withstand the heat and high humidity in 
Florida better than any other strain or variety of this type. 
This variety is exceedingly slow to go to seed, even if started in 
hot weather of early fall, or if grown in very late spring in 
Florida. It is one of the safest varieties of the Iceberg type 
from the standpoint of high temperature tolerance. It matures 
slightly earlier, makes slightly smaller, flatter and broader 
heads than No. 847. To get good size requires somewhat heav- 
ier fertilization than No. 847. It produces exceedingly solid, 
hard heads, of high quality over a long season. It can be 
planted earlier—before September 25th, and later—after De- 
cember, than can be No. 847 in Central and South Florida. It 
is especially well suited for Florida muck-land culture. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 30c; %4 Ib. 65c; 1 Ib. $2.25 

A typical plant of Kilgore’s Mammoth Romaine. 

Kilgore’s Ocoee White Boston 
KILGORE’S OCOEE WHITE BOSTON. (75 days.) This 
strain of White Boston was originated and developed in the 
Winter Garden section of Florida, and has been selected under 
Florida conditions for the development of a large framed let- 
tuce similar to Big Boston. It produces larger heads, and bigger 
yields than any other strain of White Boston. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; % lb. 60c; 1 Ib. $2.00 
BIG BOSTON. (75 days.) The heads are of cabbage or 
butter-head type, large-sized, broad, slightly spreading, globu- 
lar, with a broad shoulder at the base. The outer leaves are 
broad, almost smooth, but wavy at the edge, medium light 
green with a tinge of brown on outer leaf margins. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15e; 4 Ib. 40c; 1 Ib. $1.25 
KILGORE’S IMPROVED FLORIDA ICEBERG NO. 847. 
(84 days.) This variety of the Iceberg type makes heads that 
have a very large frame, with a solid, compact, well bleached 
base, round in shape and medium green in color, very large 
and heavy. This variety is somewhat more sensitive to heat 
than Iceberg No. 44, and is especially recommended for a crop 
to be harvested in midwinter in Florida, at which season it 
produces heads of the highest quality. It should not be planted 
prior to Oct. 15th or after Dec. 15th, in central and south Flor- 
ida. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; 4 Ib. 60c; 1 lb. $2.00 
MIGNONETTE. (67 days.) An early maturing, exceedingly 
high quality, small, crisp head lettuce, not grown for com- 
mercial shipment, but useful for the Florida home gardener 
and for local markets because of its exceedingly high edible 
quality, it being deliciously sweet flavored, crisp and tender. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 30c; 4 Ib. 75c; 1 Ib. $2.50 
BLACK-SEEDED SIMPSON. (46 days.) The best large, 
very early, non-heading or leaf variety. The leaves are very 
broad, much blistered and crumpled, and excessively frilled 
on the borders, light yellowish green in color, very tender, of 
fine delicate texture, and of excellent quality. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15ce; 4 Ib. 45c; 1 Ib. $1.50 
ROMAINE (WHITE PARIS COS OR TRIANON COS). 
(66 days.) This variety forms a large, medium green, well- 
folded head with blunt top, and when properly grown it is 
very sweet, crisp, mild, and of fine quality. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15ce; 4 Ib. 40c; 1 Ib. $1.25 
KILGORE’S MAMMOTH ROMAINE. (73 days.) Our 
Mammoth Romaine is taller and much more vigorous and makes 
much larger heads with correspondingly heavier yields com- 
pared to other strains of Romaine or Cos lettuce. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15e; %4 Ib. 45c; 1 Ib. $1.50 

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