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 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 
make 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. 
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 3% to 5 foot rows and 2% 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 
pages 51, 52, 55, and 58. 
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. 
IMPROVED RUTGERS. (82 days.) Our improved strain of 
this important variety is exceedingly uniform in plant growth 
and produces 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 
enormous 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; 4% oz. 35c; oz. 60c; %4 Ib. $1.75; 1 lb. 6.50 
5 to 25 Ibs. $6.40 per Ib. 
PEARSON (Improved shipping strain) (new). (78 days.) 
We have improved the canning strain of this variety for ship- 
ping, until our special shipping strain, like the canning strain, 
is not only enormously productive, but produces more uniform, 
medium sized, smooth, globe-shaped fruits, dark green in 
color which ripen to a good uniform red color. The fruits have 
a very tough, thick skin and seldom crack even when ripe on 
the plant, making them ideal for long distance shipment. The 
plants are short and compact, and of vigorous growth. An 
enormous yielder of smooth, firm, uniform, medium sized fruits. 
Seed Supply very limited. 
Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 55e; oz. $1.00; 4 lb. $3.25; 1 Ib. $12.00 
5 to 25 Ibs. $11.90 per Ib. 

Pearson( Improved shipping strain). Foliage removed to show heavy set. 

32 THE KILGORE SEED COMPANY, Florida’s Leading Seedsmen 
