CELERY 
Sow % pound in seed-bed to plant an acre. 
For the garden sow 1 packet in a well protected seed-bed for 150 plants to set 50 feet of 
row for a family of 3 or 4 people. 

CULTURE OF CELERY 
First sowings in Florida are made the latter part of June and 
continue to December. The main sowings for a winter crop 
are usually made in July or early August, and for the spring 
crop, grown principally on muck, they are usually made in 
October and early November. Celery seed is always planted 
in protected seed-beds. The soil must be put in perfectly fine 
condition and made into beds 4 to 6 or more inches high, to 
prevent overflow in case of heavy rains. When in condition— 
thoroughly and finely pulverized, well fertilized at least 10 
days before sowing seed, moist, and made perfectly smooth and 
level—sow the seed broadcast or in rows 6 inches apart, using 
1 pound of seed to from 125 to 150 yards of bed 3 feet wide. 
The seed should be barely covered with soil. 
We recommend use of burlap or white muslin as a cover 
over the seed-bed, stretching it on a tent-shaped or slanting 
frame built over the seed-bed, with the sides about 12 inches 
from the ground to provide ample circulation of air. This seed- 
bed cover will serve as a shade and also break the force of 
heavy rains. It is advisable to use ground-covers of burlap or 
old fertilizer bags, which have been thoroughly washed out, 
to prevent burning of seed sprouts, on the bed when seed is 
planted, letting them lie flat on the ground until seed begins 
to germinate. This also prevents heavy rains washing seed off 
the beds and also keeps the ground cooler during hot months, 
which insures a better stand. After the seed is sown, it is 
desirable to sprinkle with cool water by means of hand sprin- 
kling pots in order to keep the soil cool and moist, which tends 
to increase the germination of celery seed during the hot sum- 
mer months. With surface irrigation, fresh cool water should 
be circulated continuously around the beds. For the control 
of insects and diseases of celery see page 55. 
When plants in seed-bed are 6 inches high, transplant to 
the field in deuble rows 3 to 3% feet apart, with 7 inches be- 
tween the double rows, and set the plants 4 to 5 inches apart 
in the row. The plants may be set in single rows 3 feet apart, 
allowing 4 to 5 inches between plants in the row. The Pascal 
varieties should always be planted at least 5 inches in the row. 
To grow fine celery, a large supply of moisture and fertilizer 
is essential from the time the seed is sown in the seed-beds 
until the crop is ready for harvest. Celery is not a profitable 
crop to raise without irrigation, and it should receive very 
heavy applications of high-grade fertilizer. 
The number of days in parentheses after each variety named 
indicates the relative number of days to marketable stage or 
harvest from setting out plants in the field or garden. It usu- 
ally requires about seven or eight weeks to grow plants large 
enough to be set in the field. 
Typical plants of Kilgore’s Green Florida Pascal Celery ready for packing in Howard crates. 
During the past fifteen years we have specialized in celery 
seed for Florida. A few of the very best and most ideal plants 
are selected for stock seed development each year out of thou- 
sands of plants in Florida fields. These selected stock seed 
plants are expressed to our celery breeding grounds in the West 
where they are planted. Each individually selected plant is 
enclosed before blossoming in a muslin covered cage, in order 
to prevent the blossoms from being pollinated by those from 
other plants. A little seed from each of these individual pro- 
genies is then tested in Florida, and the best progenies are 
planted in succeeding seasons in the West for the production 
of celery seed for Florida growers. Our stock seed plants are 
selected in Florida to develop stocks of seed adapted to Florida 
growing conditions. 
KILGORE’S GREEN FLORIDA PASCAL. (130 days.) 
A very vigorous, compact growing sort, with large, broad, 
rounded, heavy dark green leaves, and with broad, semi-round, 
medium long, exceedingly thick, very meaty, solid, smooth, 
glossy, attractive appearing ribs, and with a relatively low rib 
count per plant. The ribs or petioles will average about 714 
to 8 inches to the first joint, and plants will range from 20 to 
23 inches over all. It develops a. much better heart than other 
varieties of the Green Pascal type. The ribs or stalks are of 
ideal edible quality, being very tender, extremly brittle, en- 
lirely stringless, and exceedingly crisp. Even the outermost 
stalks possess an unsurpassed flavor and are surprisingly rich 
and nutty. Our strain of this variety has been developed for a 
high rib count per plant, and a somewhat taller growth than 
other strains. This stock is not subject to premature seeding, 
and is very resistant to blight, cold and heat, and can be grown 
at any time during the fall, winter or spring in Florida. 
Pkt. 15ce; % oz. $1.00; 1 oz. $1.50; 
4 lb. $4.00; 1 Ib. $15.00 
KILGORE’S NEW SHORT TOP PRIDE. (115 days.) This 
new strain of the Pride type has been selected for a shorter, 
more compact top growth, with almost as long ribs or petioles 
as the regular Pride. It is especially valuable for early fall 
production on muck, when the regular Pride may have a ten- 
dency to grow too tall and leafy. It is somewhat slower in 
growth than regular Pride, requiring about ten days more time 
to make. An exceedingly well selected, uniform, hardy stock, 
withstanding poor growing conditions somewhat better than 
other varieties of the “Special” type. Especially valuable for 
close culture on muck where rows are 20 to 24 inches apart. 
Pkt. 20c; % oz. $1.10; 1 oz. $1.75; 
4 lb. $5.50; 1 Ib. $20.00 

14 THE KILGORE SEED COMPANY, Florida’s Leading Seedsmen 
