PEPPER 
Sow \% to 1 pound in seed-bed to plant an acre. 
For the garden sow 1 packet in a protected seed-bed for 12 plants to set 20 feet of row for a family of 3 or 4 people. 

A typical plant of 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Florida Giant Pepper 
We have specialized in pepper seed for many years, 
and we challenge any one to furnish better pepper seed 
for Florida growers. 
Peppers are among the best-paying Florida truck crops, 
and the harvest season is so long that even though the crop 
comes in on a poor market, the chances are that the market 
will have time to strengthen before they are nearly through 
fruiting, which certainly gives them more latitude for a pay- 
ing crop than almost any other vegetable. 
CuLtureE. In Manatee County and other sections of Florida, 
peppers, like eggplants, are always started in cloth covered seed- 
beds. For a fall crop in central Florida sow the seed in June, 
July and August; for a long season winter crop on the east 
coast plant in August, September and October. For an early 
spring crop in Manatee County and other Florida west coast 
sections sow seed in November and in North Florida in De- 
cember or January. 
Peppers are much more hardy than eggplants, however, it 
takes a very high temperature to germinate either pepper or 
eggplant seed satisfactorily, and it is usually very difficult to 
get a good stand when the ground is wet and cold. Hammock 
land, or rather moist soil, is best suited to this crop, although 
any medium good sandy loam soil, properly fertilized will grow 
good peppers. Make rows two to three feet apart and set plants 
18 to 20 inches in the row. Inasmuch as this crop is in bear- 
ing for a long time, it is most profitable to make several ap- 
plications of fertilizer, using 400 pounds per acre abvut every 
three weeks until at least a ton has been used. A 4-7-5 mix- 
ture is recommended. 
For the control of insects and diseases see pages 48 and 52. It 
is important to treat pepper seed with Semesan before planting 
to prevent damping-off disease in the seed-beds. (See page 56.) 
The number of days in parentheses after each variety indi- 
cates the relative time from setting out plants in the field or gar- 
den to picking of marketable green peppers. It requires six to 
eight weeks to produce plants for the field or garden. 
Prices quoted are postpaid. 
Write for special prices on larger quantities. 
KILGORE’S BRED-RITE FLORIDA GIANT. (75 days.) 
This variety, first introduced by us, produces an abundant 
yield of large, heavy fruits over a long period, but requires 
heavier and more frequent fertilization, and a richer, moister 
soil than thin fleshed varieties of the World Beater type. The 
plants are resistant to disease and, like the fruits, are dark green 
in color, compact but very vigorous and upright in growth. 
Although slightly later than World Beater, they are extreme- 
ly heavy producers, often bearing six to eight large fruits 
at one time. The fruits are longer than California Wonder 
and other thick-meated peppers, usually 4 to 4% inches long, 
and 3 to 3% inches in diameter, and unlike most strains of 
this variety, are smooth and well filled at the blossom end. 
This pepper is exactly the type which produce dealers have 
sought for years. The thick, fleshy walls, large size, heavy 
weight, dark green color, and smoothness of the fruit will sell 
it at a premium on any market. The fruits are much heavier 
than other varieties, and because of the thickness and firmness 
of the wall, it is the best shipping sort ever introduced. The 
fruits pack well and do not wilt in long-distance shipment, but 
hold their smooth, glossy, dark green appearance for a long 
time. This type carries better than others for long-distance 
hauling by trucks. We highly recommend this Pepper as one 
especially suited to Florida growing conditions. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 45c; 144 Ib. $1.40; 1 Ib. $5.00 
KILGORE’S SUPER IMPROVED COLOSSAL. (74 days.) 
After several years of very expensive, special breeding and 
selection work, we have developed a superior strain of the 
Colossal variety. The plant is very heavy, strong and vigor- 
ous, with exceedingly large, heavy leaves which protect the 
fruits from sun scalding. The plants produce an immense 
yield of large, uniformly thick-fleshed, four-lobed fruits, about 
five inches long and four and one-half inches wide. It takes 
very few of these large fruits to fill a one and one-half bushel 
crate. Unlike other varieties of large fruited peppers, this im- 
proved strain continues to produce large fruits over a very long 
period, making a heavy top set at the same time it matures a 
large crop of early fruits. Pepper growers who want heavy 
yields of very large size fruits throughout the season should 
by all means plant some of this Super Improved strain. This 
variety survives poor growing conditions and still produces 
a heavy crop of large, fancy fruits. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; 4 Ib. $1.25; 1 Ib. $4.50 

Kilgore’s Super Improved Colossal Pepper 

26 THE KILGORE SEED COMPANY, Florida’s Leading Seedsmen 
