
A typical row of Kilgore’s Pride Celery 
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 premature 
seed stalk development, and does not go soft or pithy in cold 
or in hot weather. It is more resistant to blight and withstands 
poor growing conditions better than other varieties of the Special 
Type. This variety of celery has more “class” when grown under 
Florida conditions where it was developed, than have other 
varieties bred and developed in other sections of the U. S. 
Pkt. 20c; % oz. $1.10; 1 oz. $1.65; % Ib. $5.00; 
1 Ib. $18.00 

A typical plant of Kilgore’s Pride Celery 
KILGORE’S SHORT TOP PRIDE. (115 days.) This strain 
of the Pride type has been selected for a shorter, more compact 
top growth, with almost as long ribs or petioles as the regu- 
lar Pride. It has larger, broader leaves than Tall Non-bolting 
Golden Plume and Regular Pride. It is especially valuable for 
early fall and late spring production on muck, when the regular 
Pride may have a tendency to grew 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, uni- 
form, hardy stock, withstanding poor growing conditions some- 
what better than other varieties of the “Special” type. Espe- 
cially valuable for close culture on muck where rows are 20 
to 24 inches apart, but requires somewhat heavier fertilization 
than other varieties of the Golden type. 
Seed supply extremely limited. 
Pkt. 20c; % oz. $1.10; 1 oz. $1.75; %4 Ib. $5.50; 
1 Ib. $20.00 
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 
yariety. 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, but is not as well 
suited to hot weather conditions of spring as is Kilgore’s Pride. 
Pkt. 20c; % oz. $1.10; 1 oz. $1.65; %4 Ib. $5.00; 
1 Ib. $18.00 
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. 
Pkt. 20c; % oz. $1.10; 1 oz. $1.75; %4 Ib. $5.50; 
1 Ib. $20.00 

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