FLORIDA HOME GARDENS FOR VICTORY 
Grow Vitamins at your kitchen door for better health and more vitality. 

Under present conditions, every man, woman and child in 
Florida is faced with a serious responsibility of producing what 
food he or she can grow in the home garden. This will not 
only contribute toward winning the war, by releasing just that 
much food for our soldiers and our Allies, but it will also help 
to solve the present high cost of living, because under present 
high prices for fresh and canned vegetables, and with ration- 
ing of canned fruits and vegetables, it is much more economi- 
cal to grow the family vegetable supply than to purchase it in 
the market. 
Food is just as essential toward winning the war as is am- 
munition. Unless food is supplied to keep our armies and 
those of our Allies fighting, and the thousands of defense work- 
ers working at peak efficiency, ihe war might go against us. 
How long would our soldiers, and those of our Allies, be able 
to continue without food, and seed is the basis of all food? 
Looking at it in this light, seed is just as valuable as ammuni- 
tion. Millions of vegetable seeds, small in size, represent mighty 
power for victory, especially when planted in thousands of 
home gardens in an agricultural state like Florida. In 1943, 
American seedsmen supplied seed for 21,000,000 victory gar- 
dens in the United States (ten times the normal demand). 
Florida, with a permanent population of around two million 
people should have at least 200,000 farm, town and city home 
gardens this season. 
THE KILGORE 
Florida climate and soils are favorable for producing the 
finest vegetables in the United States. Unlike any other State 
in the Union, in Florida fresh vegetables can be grown every 
month in the year, especially during the fall, winter and spring 
months when they cannot be grown in other sections of the 
United States. In addition to producing fresh vegetables in 
your Florida war garden, plans should also be made for pre- 
serving vegetables from the garden by canning for home use, 
which will mean not only better health for the family, but also 
a material saving in cost. 
Doctors, nurses and dieticians all advise the use of a plenti- 
ful supply of fresh vegetables in the diet in order to provide the 
essentials which are so necessary for the health of the human 
system. Experts tell us that vegetables contain a higher per- 
centage of these body-regulating essentials, such as mineral 
salts, vitamins and roughage than are contained in any other 
food or food products. Statistics prove that people who eat 
lots of fresh vegetables throughout the year have less sickness 
and fewer doctor bills to pay than people who use fresh vege- 
tables sparingly. The health of our people has become largely 
dependent upon the output of victory gardens. 
Grow more vegetables in Florida home gardens this season. 
They will materially help in our present victory drive and will 
produce better health and more vitality. During these critical 
war times, let our slogan be “What is a Florida home without 
a vegetable garden?” 
TRADE MARK 
KILGORE S 
BRED-RITE 
SEEDS 
TRADE MARK 
Is Your Assurance of Quality Vegetables in Your Florida Victory Garden. 


2 THE KILGORE SEED COMPANY, Florida’s Leading Seedsmen 
