IMPORTANT DIRECTIONS TO CUSTOMERS 
No price quoted in this catalo 
By carefully observing the following directions, 
How to Order 
Please be careful to sign your name, box number, street or 
rural route, post office and State on every order. Be sure to 
tell us your nearest express or freight office should you desire 
the seed forwarded by express or freight. Please write plainly. 
Cash With Order or C. O. D. 
Ours is a cash business and our prices are made on that basis. 
Customers are requested to remit when ordering, and by so 
doing save the C.O.D. fee charged by express companies, banks, 
and postal authorities for collecting and returning money. 
Perishable Items Not Sent C. O. D. 
Perishable items, such as strawberry plants, rose bushes, 
nursery stock, seed potatoes, onion sets, etc., are not sent C.O.D. 
under any circumstances. Remittance must be sent with order. 
How to Send Money 
Remittances should be made by post-office money orders, 
express money orders, drafts or checks. 
Remittance by Stamps 
On orders for seeds where the amount is less than 50 cents, 
we will accept stamps in good condition the same as cash, but 
we would ask those remitting stamps to wrap them in oiled 
paper to prevent their sticking together or to the order. 
Export Shipments to Cuba, and the West Indies 
For the convenience of our customers in the West Indies we 
have established the following agencies: M. J. Diaz y Cia, San 
Martin S/N, Havana, Cuba; Mr. A. C. Kopf, Nueva Gerona, 
Isle of Pines; Mr. F. C. Albury, Nassau, Bahamas; Sociedad 
Agricola Cooperativa de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico; 
Mr. Leslie R. Mordecai, 158 Harbour St., Kingston, Jamaica; 
Mr. Georges Coupet, P. O, Box A-25, Port au Prince, Haiti. 
Each order of pepper or tomato seed sent to Cuba requires 
an export certificate costing $3.50 which is prohibitive on small 
quantities, therefore, Cuban customers should order their pep- 
per and tomato seed from our Cuban agent. 
For direct deliveries outside the continental United States, 
all prices quoted as “Postpaid” in this catalog are on an f.o.b. 
Plant City, Florida, basis, and the proper amount for postage 
must be added to the cost of the seeds. 
Parcel-Post Rates to Cuba and the West Indies 
The parcel-post rate to Cuba and all other points in the 
West Indies is 14 cents for each pound or fraction thereof. If 
the net weight of an order is 1 pound or more, 1 pound must 
always be added to cover weight after being packed for ship- 
ment. Packages of merchandise weighing 8 ounces or Jess are 
subject to the postage rate of 11% cents for each 2 ounces or 
fraction of 2 ounces. 
War-time restrictions now in force are as follows: Parcel 
post packages for export are limited to 11 pounds weight, and 
42 inches combined length and girth. Only one package per 
week may he sent to one addressee. No air express shipments. 
We Pay Postage to Points in Florida 
Please bear in mind that the postpaid prices indicated in 
this catalog include delivery to any point in Florida. 
Prices Subject to Change 
This catalog is printed during the early fall months. The 
market on many items of garden and field seeds, as well as 
supplies, has not yet been fully established. Consequently, 
prices on these items indicate value at time these pages are 
printed. In practically all cases orders will be filled at prices 
indicated in this catalog, but during this critical period it 
must be understood that all prices are subject to change without 
notice. Write for special prices on larger quantities. 
Non-Warranty 
The Kilgore Seed Company gives no warranty, express or im- 
plied, as to the productiveness of any seeds, bulbs or plants it 
sells, and will not be in any way responsible for the crop. Its lia- 
bility in all instances is limited to the purchase price of the seeds, 
bulbs or plants. If the seeds, bulbs or plants are not accepted on 
these terms, they are to be returned at once in unopened pack- 
ages. 
We test our seeds for germination before we send them to 
our customers. We have the fullest confidence in the quality 
of all the seeds we sell, but we have no control over them after 
they leave our hands. Satisfactory germination and production 
are dependent upon many factors other than the qualitv of the 
seed, such as weather and soil conditions, methods of planting, 
cultivating, and fertilizing. This is why we cannot give any 
warranty. 
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mistakes and misunderstandings will be very largely avoided. 
Stock or Lot Number on all Kilgore’s Seed Packages 
Every lot of seed distributed by the Kilgore Seed Company 
will indicate on one end of the back of the envelope, or with 
large seed like beans and peas on a tag attached to the bag, a 
stock number or lot number. This stock number is a code refer- 
ence to our records of the history, performance and production 
of that particular lot of seed, by means of which we can trace it 
back to the growers’ field where it was produced and to our 
trial plantings. It is recommended that every commercial 
grower of vegetables retain the empty packages or tags with 
the stock numbers from which Kilgore’s seed is planted. Cor- 
respondence pertaining to the performance of Kilgore’s Bred- 
Rite seeds should include the specific lot number of the seed 
under consideration to aid investigation. 
Save the package or the tag on your Kilgore’s Bred-Rite 
Vegetable seeds, and do not tear off or destroy the lot number 
on back of envelope containing seed. Be sure to refer to the 
tot number when you write for further information with re- 
ference to germination, performance, etc. 
About Ordering Seeds Early 
In some instances where with certain kinds or varieties of 
seeds it is indicated “seed supply very limited” we advise our 
customers to order early. However, it should be borne in mind 
that it is never advisable or safe to hold many kinds of vegetable 
seeds through the summer months in the humid, hot climate 
of Florida, under which conditions the seed loses its vitality 
and germinating ability very rapidly. This is particularly true 
of such seeds as beans, corn, onion, pepper, eggplant, celery, 
lettuce, carrot and cauliflower. With such kinds of seeds it is 
never safe to hold them several weeks before planting, espe- 
cially during the summer months in Florida. Whenever seeds 
are indicated as being in limited supply, they should be ordered 
as early as possible when ready to plant, or if any quantity 
is desired they may be ordered or booked with us in advance, 
and we will hold them for you in our special dehumidified or 
dry storage room where they will retain their vitality until you 
are ready to plant them. 
Return of Seeds for Exchange 
To safeguard our customers and ourselves, seeds may not 
be returned if seed package has been broken. In case of error 
on our part, unbroken packages may be returned within 10 days 
after shipment and we will gladly make correction at our ex- 
pence. No customer would want to plant seed that had been 
returned from broken or opened packages, nor would we feel 
safe in filling an order with such returned seed. This is one 
reason we have never followed the policy of putting out our 
seeds to dealers. Our seeds are never out of our hands until 
they are sold direct to you thru our mail order department or 
through one of our own stores or agencies. 
Postal Information 
The parcel post weight limit for all zones is 70 pounds. Any 
weight up to 40 pounds in the first and second zones and 22 
pounds in the third zone will usually go just as cheaply by par- 
cel post as by freight or express. 
In many sections of Florida that are not easily accessible 
by freight or express, parcel post service will be found not only 
far more satisfactory, but more economical. If on a rural route, 
delivery will be made to your door by mail. 
Most Florida points are in the Ist or 2nd Postal Zone; how- 
ever, Jacksonville north, Live Oak north and west, and points 
on the East Coast south of Delray Beach are in the 3rd Zone. 
First and second zone, first pound 8c, 2 pounds 10c, each 
additional pound over 2 pounds, add Ic per pound. Third zone, 
first pound 9c, each additional pound add 2c per pound. 
If in doubt about your zone rate, obtain it from your post- 
master, and be sure to send enough to cover necessary post- 
age, if the items ordered are not indicated as “postpaid” in 
this catalog. Do not have your order delayed or reduced by 
failing to add necessary postage. It will be found plainly stated 
above each item whether or not it is postpaid. If you send too 
much, it will be returned to you. 
When you order your seeds and supplies to come by express 
or freight we can send them collect, so you may pay the trans- 
portation charges on delivery. When ordering your seeds to 
be shipped by express or freight, always give your express or 
freight station. if it is not the same as your post-office. 

THE KILGORE SEED COMPANY, General Offices and Mail Order Department, Plant City, Florida 1 
