IMPORTANT DIRECTIONS TO CUSTOMERS 
By carefully observing the 
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, seed 
potatoes, onion sets, etc., are not sent c.o.d. under any cir- 
cumstances. Remittance must be sent with order. 
How to send money 
Remittances should be made by post-office money orders, ex- 
press 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. 
We pay postage to points in Florida 
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 mar- 
ket 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 all prices are subject to change without 
notice. Write for special prices on larger quantities. 
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 $4.00 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 less are 
subject to the postage rate of 14% cents for each 2 ounces or 
fraction of 2 ounces. 
War time restrictions now in force are as follows: Parcel 
post packages for export to foreign countries (not Puerto Rico or 
the Virgin Islands) are limited to 44 lbs. weight, and 42 inches 
combined length and girth. There is a limit of shipment per 
week to one addressee if the value is less than $15.00. For 
all seed orders of $15.00 or over in value, except flower seeds, 
we are required to apply to Washington for an export license, 
which necessitates about three weeks delay in making shipment. 
Shipments to one addressee in Puerto Rico or the Virgin 
Islands are limited to 11 pounds per shpment per week, but 
no export license is required regardless of value. 
Air express shipments to points in the West Indies can now 
be made. The air express rate from Miami, Fla., to any point 
in the West Indies is 39c per pound. 
No price quoted in this catalog exceeds the O. P. A. ceiling. 
following directions, 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 front 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. 
About ordering seeds early 
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. Whenever such seeds are indicated as being 
in limited supply, they should be ordered 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 re- 
tain 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 fill 
an order with such returned seed. This is one reason we have 
never put out our seeds to dealers. Our seeds are never out of 
our hands until they are sold direct to you through our mail 
order department or through one of our own stores or agencies. 
Postal informaiton 
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. 
parcel 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 9c, 2 pounds llc, each 
additional pound over 2 pounds, add lc per pound. Third zone, 
first pound 10c, 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 “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. 
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 
liability 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 packages. 
THE KILGORE SEED COMPANY, General Offices and Mail Order Department, Plant City, Florida t 
