TOMATO 
Sow 4% pound in seed-bed to plant an acre, or plant 4% pound per acre in field. 
For the garden sow one packet in a seed-bed for 50 plants to set 150 feet of row for a family of 3 or 4 people. 
If plants are staked and pruned, which is advisable in the garden, sow one packet in 
seed-bed for 50 plants to set 75 feet of row for 3 or 4 people. 
Tomato seed has been one of our specialities for many years, 
and our stocks, which are grown for us in disease-free territory 
in the Middle West, are specially developed and selected for 
Florida growing conditions. We maintain that our tomato seed 
cannot be surpassed for Florida conditions, and the reputation 
we enjoy is ample evidence of that fact. 
The Kilgore Seed Company has had over 35 years of ex- 
perience in Florida studying the particular requirements of 
Florida tomato growers. Selections are made each year for 
earliness, high yield, adaptability, and uniformity in size, shape, 
and color. 
CuLTuRE. Tomatoes will do well on almost all kinds of soil, 
from a light sand to a muck. The land should be put in good 
condition. Lay off rows 3% to 5 feet apart, open a furrow, 
and drill in 1200 pounds per acre of high grade fertilizer such 
as a 4-7-5, and mix thoroughly with the soil. It is good policy 
to let this stand for seven to ten days and then plant the seed 
or set the plants. Seed may be planted direct in the field or 
preferably in a cloth-covered seed-bed. Plants started in a 
seed-bed should be 6 to 8 inches high when ready to transplant 
to the field, in 34% to 5 foot rows and 21% to 3 feet apart in the 
row, or if staked, 12 to 18 inches in the row, with rows 3 feet 
apart. 
On the east coast of Florida, first plantings are made dur- 
ing August and continue until in January. North and Central 
Florida begin planting for a spring crop the middle to the 
latter part of December and continue to the middle of Feb- 
ruary. For a fall crop in Central Florida, plantings are made 
in July and August. 
For the control of insects and diseases of Tomatoes see 
page 57. It is desirable to treat the seed before planting to 
prevent damping off disease in the seed-beds (see page 49). 
The number of days indicated after each variety named 
represents the time required from setting of plants in the field 
or garden to produce marketable fruits. It usually takes four 
or five weeks to produce plants for field setting. 
All prices quoted are postpaid. 
Write for special prices on larger quantities. 
RUTGERS. (82 days.) Our improved strain of this import- 
ant variety is exceedingly uniform in plant growth and pro- 
duces more uniform, smoother, thick walled, firmer, deeper 
globe-shaped fruits than other strains of this variety. The plant 
is a very vigorous grower, hardy, and heavy producer of firm 
green tomatoes which ripen to a bright red, producing an enor- 
mous yield of large, deep globe-shaped fruits over a long sea- 
son. The large fruits are very firm, free of puffs, with thick 
outer and inner walls. The fruits of our improved strain size 
up well clear out to the end of the vine, and are smoother and 
freer of cracks at the stem end than other strains. This variety 
is especially recommended for a spring crop in Florida and is 
well suited for light sandy soils and also for shallow dry pine 
land on the lower east coast of Florida. Not suitable for deep 
wet glade lands where it makes too much vegetative growth. 
This variety stands more rain as well as more drought than 
other varieties. Many growers have told us that our Improved 
Rutgers makes the smoothest as well as the fanciest fruits of 
any strain of seed of this variety on the market today. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 30c; oz. 50c; %4 Ib. $1.50; 1 Ib. $5.50 
GROTHEN’S RED GLOBE. (70 days.) This is a very 
early maturing, high yielding variety especially well adapted 
for fall planting in Florida. The plants are of open growth 
with rather small foliage requiring rich, deep, moist land for 
best results, maturing fruits about 12 days earlier than Rutgers, 
and ripening to a beautiful red color. A very heavy producer 
of smooth, deep globe-shaped, large fruits, sizing up well clear 
to the top of the plants, producing a very high percentage of 
fancies. The fruits are firm and solid, and the interior ripens 
up slowly, making this variety an exceptionally good shipper. 
Extreme earliness and exceedingly high yields of large fruits, 
of excellent shipping quality, are the main factors recommend- 
ing this variety. This variety does not do so well on light 
sandy soils, but is especially recommended for a fall, winter 
and early spring crop in Florida and is well suited to deep, 
wet glades, hammock, and rich sandy loam soils. 
Seed supply very limited. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 35c; oz. 60c; 1% Ib. $1.75; 1 lb. $6.50 

Typical fruits of 
Grothen’s Red Globe Tomato 

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