TOMATO 
Sow \% pound in seed-bed to plant an acre, or plant % 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 specialties 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. Remember, you cannot 
-aake good tomatoes out of poor tomato seeds. 
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. 
CutturE. 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 344 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 3% 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. 
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. 
MARGLOBE. (77 days.) This is an excellent strain of the 
old standard type of Marglobe. It produces a heavy, vigorous 
plant growth, resistant to nailhead rust, Fusarium wilt and 
other diseases. The deep globe-shaped, smooth fruits are heavy, 
thick walled, firm or solid, and are free of navel and blossom- 
end scars. The ridging at stem end has been practically elim- 
inated. We have made selections for larger fruit size. Fruit 
ripens to a beautiful deep scarlet-red color. Our Bred-Rite 
strain consistently produces a very high percentage of fancy 
fruits which results in fancy prices. Especially well adapted 
to and recommended for north Florida. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c; oz. 45c; %4 Ib. $1.40; 1 lb. $5.00 
‘EXTRA SELECTED GLOBE. 
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; % Ib. $1.50; 1 Ib. $5.50 
(80 days.) This extra se- 
lected strain is one of the strongest and most vigorous growers, 
and because of this vigor the plants stay green and in bear- 
ing condition, producing marketable fruits longer than most 
other strains of the pink globe variety. The plant has an open, 
spreading habit of growth, and is ideally suited for staking and 
pruning. Its smooth, perfectly globe shape fruits do not crack, 
and ripen to a beautiful deep pink color. This extra selected 
strain produces a very high percentage of large, smooth, uni- 
formly deep globe-shaped fancy fruits even on the top hands. 
No finer strain of this standard variety for Florida growing con- 
ditions can be found anywhere. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25e; oz. 45e; 4 Ib. $1.40; 1 Ib. $5.00 
PAN AMERICA (Wilt Resistant). (80 days.) This variety 
bred and developed by the U. S. Department of Agriculture 
from a cross between Marglobe and a wild Peruvian red cur- 
rant tomato selection. Is extremely resistant to tomato Fusarium 
wilt disease. It makes a large, vigorous, robust, strong grow- 
ing plant, with large leaves but with a fairly open vine growth. 
The vine growth and foliage are not quite as dense and heavy 
as that of Rutgers. The fruits are large, very deep globe shaped, 
smooth, meaty, with thick walls, and ripen to a beautiful deep 
red or scarlet color. In our trials on the west coast of Florida, 
this variety shows much promise, either for staking or as a 
ground tomato. It should be particularly useful in those regions 
having soils heavily infested with the Fusarium wilt fungus, 
because it is the only commercial variety resistant to tomato 
wilt disease. 
Pkt. 10c; 14 oz. 40c; oz. 75¢; 14 Ib. $2.50; 1 Ib. $9.00 

Typical Pan America tomato fruits (note attractive, deep globe shape). 
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