PEPPER 
Sow \% to 1 pound in seed-bed to plant an acre. 
For the garden sow 1 packet in a protected seed-bed for 24 plants to set 40 feet of row for a family of 3 or 4 people. 

Typical fruits of Florida Giant pepper 
Peppers are among the best-paying Florida truck crops, 
and the harvest season is so long that even though the crop 
comes in on a poor market, the chances are that the market 
will have time to strengthen before they are nearly through 
fruiting, which certainly gives them more latitude for a pay- 
ing crop than almost any other vegetable. 
Cu.ture. In Manatee County and other sections of Florida, 
peppers, like eggplants, are always started in cloth covered seed- 
beds. For a fall crop in central Florida sow the seed in June, 
July and August; for a long season winter crop on the east 
coast plant in August, September and October. For an early 
spring crop in Manatee County and other Florida west coast 
sections sow seed in November and in North Florida in De- 
cember or January. 
Peppers are much more hardy than eggplants, however, it 
takes a very high temperature to germinate either pepper or 
eggplant seed satisfactorily, and it is usually very difficult to 
get a good stand when the ground is wet and cold. Hammock 
land, or rather moist soil, is best suited to this crop, although 
any meditm good sandy loam soil, properly fertilized will grow 
good peppers. Make rows three feet apart and set plants 10 
to 16 inches in the row. Inasmuch as this crop is in bear- 
ing for a long time, it is most profitable to make several ap- 
plications of fertilizer, using 400 pounds per acre about every 
three weeks until at least a ton has been used. A 4-7-5 mix- 
ture is recommended. 
For the control of insects and diseases see pages 50, 51, 56, 57 
and 59, 
The number of days in parentheses after each variety indi- 
cates the relative time from setting out plants in the field or gar- 
den to picking of marketable green peppers. It requires six to 
eight weeks to produce plants for the field or garden. 
Prices quoted are postpaid. 
Write for special prices on larger quantities. 
FLORIDA GIANT. (75 days.) This variety first introduced 
by us, produces an abundant yield of large, heavy fruits over 
a long period, but requires heavier and more frequent fertiliza- 
tion. and a richer. moister soil than thin fleshed varieties of 
the World Beater type. The tall growing plants, like the fruits, 
are dark green in color, compact but very vigorous and upright 
in growth. Although slightly later than World Beater, they are 
extremely heavy producers, often bearing six to eight large 
fruits at one time. The fruits are longer than California Wonder 
and other thick-meated peppers, usually 4 to 4% inches long, 
and 3 to 3% inches in diameter, and unlike most strains of this 
variety, are smooth and well filled at the blossom end. 
This pepper is exactly the type which produce dealers have 
sought for years. The thick, fleshy walls, large size, heavy 
weight, dark green color, and smoothness of the fruit will sell 
it at a premium on any market. The fruits are much heavier 
than other varieties, and because of the thickness and firmness 
of the wall, it is the best shipping sort ever introduced. The 
fruits pack well and do not wilt in long-distance shipment, but 
hold their smooth, glossy, dark green appearance for a Jong 
time. This type carries better than others for long-distance 
hauling by trucks. We highly recommend this Pepper as one 
especially suited to Florida growing conditions. 
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Pkt. 10c; 0z. 55; %4 Ib. $1.65; 1 Ib. $6.00 
5 to 25 Ibs. $5.90 per Ib. 


26 THE KILGORE SEED COMPANY, Florida’s Leading Seedsmen 
