TOMATO 
Sow 4 pound in seed-bed to plant an acre, or plant 4% pound per acre in field. 
For the garden sow one packet in a seed-bed for 50 plants to set 150 feet of row for a family of 3 or 4 people. 
If plants are staked and pruned, which is advisable in the garden, sow one packet in 
seed-bed for 50 plants to set 75 feet of row for 3 or 4 people. 
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 se- 
lected for Florida growing conditions. We maintain that our 
Tomato seed cannot be surpassed for Florida conditions, 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, adaptability, and uniformity in size, shape, 
and color. 
Cutture. Tomatoes 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 34% to 5 feet apart, open a furrow, 
and drill in 1200 pounds 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, in 314 to 5 foot rows and 2% to 3 feet apart in the 
row, or if staked, 12 to 18 inches in the row, with rows 3 feet 
apart. 
On the east coast of Florida, first plantings are made dur- 
ing August and continue until in January. North and Central 
Florida begin planting for a spring crop the middle to the 
latter part of December and continue to the middle of Feb- 
ruary. For a fall crop in Central Florida, plantings are made 
in July and August. 
Frequent spraying with Yellow Cuprocide or Pyrox, start- 
ing 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 49, 50 and 51.) Where applications of arsen- 
icals are not desirable to spray or dust to control fruit worms 
on tomatoes use Pyrocide Dust. (See page 50.) It is desir- 
able to treat the seed with Cuprocide or Semesan before plant- 
ing to prevent damping off disease in the seed-beds, (see pages 
49 and 51). 
The number of days indicated after each variety named 
represents the time required from setting of plants in the field 
or garden to produce marketable fruits. It usually takes four 
or five weeks to produce plants for field setting. 
All prices quoted are postpaid. 
Write for special prices on larger quantities. 
NEW EXTRA SELECTED GLOBE. (80 days.) This extra 
selected strain is one of the strongest and most vigorous grow- 
ers, and because of this vigor the plants stay green and in bear- 
ing 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, uni- 
formly deep globe-shaped fancy fruits even on the top hands. 
No finer strain of this standard variety for Florida growing con- 
ditions can be found anywhere. 
Pkt. 5c; 4% oz. 25c; oz. 40c; 14 Ib. $1.15; 1 Ib. $4.00 
KILGORE’S NEW “X” TOMATO. (80 days.) This vari- 
ety 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 devel- 
oped 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-shaped fruits, very firm, and free 
of cracks, ripening to an attractive deep red color. 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; % oz. 25c; oz. 35e; 4 Ib. $1.00; 1 Ib. $3.50 

KILGORE’S IMPROVED GROTHEN RED GLOBE. 
(70 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 12 days earlier 
than Rutgers, and ripening to a beautiful red color. A very 
heavy producer of smooth, deep globe-shaped, large fruits, siz- 
ing 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 exceptionally 
good shipper. Extreme earliness and exceedingly high yields 
of large fruits, of excellent shipping quality, are the main 
factors recommending 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; 1% oz. 25c3 oz. 40c; %4 Ib. $1.25; 1 Ib. $4.50 
KILGORE’S IMPROVED RUTGERS. (82 days.) Our im- 
proved 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 recommended 
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 variety stands more 
rain as well as more drought than other varieties. Many grow- 
ers have told us that our Improved Rutgers makes the smooth- 
est as well as the fanciest fruits of any strain of seed of this 
variety on the market today. 
Pkt. 5c; % oz. 25c; oz. 40c; 44 Ib. $1.15; 1 Ib. $4.00 

Kilgore’s Improved Rutgers Tomato 
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