
No vegetable requires more careful handling in seed 
production than celery. Kilgore’s celery seed is not just 
grown, it is bred, selected and rogued with the best of 
care and attention under our personal supervision. 
Damping off control in celery seed beds can be ef- 
fectively accomplished by six or seven sprayings with 
Wettable Spergon at 5 to 7 day intervals, using one and 
one-half pounds of Spergon to 50 gallons of water for 
the first three applications, and 2 pounds Spergon to 50 
gallons of water for the later applications. The spray 
must be applied heavy enough to reach the surface 
soil. (See Florida Agricultural Experiment Station Bul- 
letin 397.) 
Prices quoted on Celery seed are postpaid. 
Write for special prices on larger quantities. 
FLORIDA GOLDEN NO. 15 (SCHNECK’S IMPROVED). 
(115 days.) After many years of breeding, selecting, and test- 
ing by our breeding department, we introduced this improved 
variety. It is intermediate between the Old Golden and Special 
or Golden Plume types, possessing the desirable characteristics 
of both types. It is recommended especially for a Florida mid- 
winter crop because it withstands cold weather better than 
most varieties of the Special or Golden Plume type. Our Im- 
proved stock has been selected for uniformly long, thick, round 
ribs, large full hearts of rich golden yellow color, and for 
heavy yields of good sizes. The ribs average eight to ten inches 
to the first joint, are not thin and flat, but are rounded and- 
exceptionally thick. The plants range from 21 to 24 inches 
over all, making a most attractive pack. This is one of the 
best varieties for a mid-winter crop in Florida. 
Pkt. 20c; % oz. $1.10; 1 oz. $1.65; 4 Ib. $5.00; 
1 Ib. $18.00 
KILGORE’S PRIDE (Regular Strain). (105 days.) The 
Kilgore Seed Company has spent a great deal of time, effort 
and expense in improving this stock of the Special or Golden 
Plume type of celery. It is very early in maturity, produces a 
vigorous growth, with very broad, flat to semi-round, thick ribs 
or petioles, eight to ten inches to the first joint, ranging from 
22 to 25 inches over all, making a very attractive pack. Unlike 
other strains of the Golden Plume or Wonderful type, Kilgore’s 
improved strain of Pride bleaches a little slower and does not 
go soft as quickly. It develops a good heavy heart, and is an 
exceedingly heavy yielder of good sizes, with large heavy butts. 
This is an excellent early winter and spring celery for Florida. 
One of the finest varieties of celery ever developed for Florida. 
Has been developed and selected for resistance to pre-mature 
seed stalk development, and does not go soft or pithy in cold 
or in hot weather. 
Pkt. 20c; % oz. $1.10; 1 oz. $1.65; %4 Ib. $5.00; 
1 Ib. $18.00 

Three typical plants of Kilgore’s Pride Celery 
KILGORE’S WONDERFUL PEARL SPECIAL. (110 
days.) This highly selected stock blanches quickly, and has 
been selected for large, full heart formation with extremely 
broad, flat, thick, medium long ribs or petioles, ranging from 
6 to 8 inches to the first joint. Does not bolt to seed readily. 
The plants range from 18 to 20 inches over all. This is one 
of the best varieties of winter and spring Celery of the Special 
or Golden Plume type for Florida muck. Our stock is more 
resistant to hollow stem, early seeding, and resists Celery 
diseases better than most stocks of the Special or Golden Plume 
type. It is an exceptionally heavy yielder of large sizes and 
one of the finest long-distance shippers. Especially well suited 
for close culture on muck and for a late spring crop. Requires 
somewhat heavier fertilization than other varieties. 
Pkt. 15e; % oz. $1.00; oz. $1.50; %4 Ib. $4.00; 
1 Ib. $15.00 
CORNELL No. 19 WHITE PASCAL. (Ivory) (120 days.) 
After several years of testing we have found that this new, 
heavy yielding variety, developed by the New York (Cornell) 
Agricultural Experiment Station, is the best strain of the dif- 
ferent Cornell White Pascals for Florida growing conditions. 
It is an easy blanching variety with the thick, fleshy, smooth, 
glossy rib or petiole, and high edible quality of the green Pas- 
cal type. The uniform plants are erect and very compact in 
growth, with long ribs and short, compact top growth. Plants 
will range from 20 to 23 inches over all, with ribs or petioles 
ranging from 7 to 9 inches to the first joint. Stalks bleach 
readily to a very attractive, waxy white color. Especially well 
adapted to muckland culture, and for an early and midwinter 
crop, but not so well suited as a late spring crop in Florida, 
due to the fact that it is somewhat susceptible to premature 
seeding in late spring if the young plants in seed-beds or in 
the field go through a long spell of low temperatures during 
the late fall or early winter. Must be handled very carefully 
because it is so brittle, it bruises easily. 
Seed supply extremely limited. 
Pkt. 20c; % oz. $1.10; 1 oz. $1.75; 1% Ib. $5.50; 
1 Ib. $20.00 
TALL NON-BOLTING GOLDEN PLUME  (Linehart 
Special). (115 days.) This variety of the special type is ex- 
tremely resistant to bolting during periods of low temperature. 
It makes a very short, compact top growth with good average 
length ribs, 7 to 8 inches to the first joint, with enormous size. 
An extremely heavy yielder, producing a very high percentage 
of 244’s, 3’s and 4’s when grown on muck. 
Pkt. 20c; % oz. $1.10; 1 oz. $1.75; 
\% |b. $5.50; 1 Ib. $20.00 
CELTUCE 
(CHINESE STEM LETTUCE) 
Plant 1 packet to 40 feet of row for a family of 
3 or 4 people. 
CELTUCE. (New) (80 days.) This new vegetable from 
faraway western China is easy to grow. Plant forms a 
rosette of light green leaves which may be used when 
young as a salad or boiling greens. The central stem or 
stalk is the most valuable, usable part, which may be 
eaten either raw or cooked. The lower leaves should be 
removed, and all the tough outer skin should be peeled 
or cut off before the stalks or hearts are used, either 
serve raw as a delicious, crisp, brittle, succulent relish 
like celery or carrots with salt and mayonnaise, or when 
cooked they have a very pleasing, delicate, mild flavor. 
Seed may be planted in garden in rich, moist, fertile 
soil at any time, preferably during the cool weather of 
fall and winter, thinning plants to stand 12 to 15 inches 
apart in two foot rows. 
Pkt. 25c; 44 oz. 45c; % oz. 75c; 1 oz. $1.25 
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