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 grow 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. 
Pkt. 20c; % oz. $1.10; 1 oz. $1.75; % lb. $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 
variety. 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 
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 
strain of Pride bleaches more slowly and does not go soft so 
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. 
Pkt. 20c; % oz. $1.10; 1 oz. $1.65; %4 lb. $5.00; 
1 Ib. $18.00 

Three plants of Kilgore’s Pride (Regular Strain) 
selected for stock seed production 
COLLARD 
Sow \4 pound in seed-bed to plant an acre, or plant 
4 pound per acre in field. 
For the garden make two sowings at different times. 
Sow 1 packet in seed-bed for 35 plants for each plant- 
ing to set 50 feet of row, or plant one packet in 50 feet 
of row at each planting for a family of 3 or 4 people. 
Cutture. Collard is an old standby for winter greens all 
over the South. May be started in seed-beds or seed may be 
planted direct in the field, in rows 214 to 3 feet apart, with 
plants 14 to 18 inches apart in the row. Use about 800 pounds 
of a 4-7-5 fertilizer per acre before setting plants. Collard can 
be planted every month of the year in Florida, but ‘it grows best 
and produces the highest edible quality during cool weather. 
This vegetable should be included in every Florida family 
garden, as it is very hardy, easy to grow and will furnish an 
abundance of greens, high in health-producing vitamins. 
The number of days in parentheses after each variety 
indicates the number of days from setting out plants to harvest. 
It requires about a month in the seed-bed to get plants from 
seed sowing to transplanting stage. 
Prices quoted are postpaid. 
Write for special prices on larger quantities. 
Seed supply of all Collard very limited until August 1949 
LOUISIANA SWEET (Dark Green Strain). (50 days.) 
Unlike other Collards the leaf blades develop from the base 
up the entire length of the leaf-stem, making a very attractive, 
. heavier-foliaged type. The plant has been bred to develop a 
deep, compact, rosette center with a large mass of thick, ten- 
der, dark green leaves entirely free of purple or red color. 
Sold out until July 1949 
GEORGIA OR SOUTHERN. (50 days.) A non-heading 
type of the cabbage family, very extensively grown for greens 
in home and commercial gardens in Florida. Plant grows from 
two to three feet tall, is erect and spreading, with many large, 
undulated leaves on a white stem. Withstands cold as well as 
heat, and adverse soil conditions. A high yielding hardy type, of 
excellent quality when cooked. This is the old standard variety 
for Florida and the South, and is used more extensively than 
any other variety. 
Sold out until July 1949 
CABBAGE COLLARD. (52 days.) This collard is claimed 
to have been developed from a cross between Georgia Collard 
and Jersey Wakefield Cabbage. It inherits the hardiness 
of the collard, and develops a large, loose cluster of cabbage 
flavored, tender leaves, which can be left on the plant and 
picked as needed. Plants are rather compact and grow one 
and one-half to two feet high. 
Sold out until July 1949 
VATES (mew). This new variety of collard we are intro- 
ducing for the first time this season, is an outstanding develop- 
ment. It was developed by Dr. M. M. Parker, Horticulturist 
and Vice Director of the Virginia Truck Experiment Station 
at Norfolk, Va. It makes a very large, vigorous, rather low 
growing plant, not subject to wind damage, with very large, 
broad, heavy, thick leaf blades, the leaf blade developing 
from the base of the short stem or petiole. The leaves are smooth 
with an attractive deep, dark green color, the stems and leaves 
never turning yellow or purplish even in the coldest weather 
or on poor soils. It retains this deep green color in shipment 
and on the markets. It ships and holds up, retaining a fresh 
appearance, much longer than other varieties. It is an enormous 
yielder, large growers in the Norfolk area claiming they average 
700 bushels per acre, and as high as 1000 bushels per acre have 
been secured. It is very slow to bolt to seed in cold or hot 
weather. It is exceedingly uniform as to plant type and free 
of mixture, our stock having been grown direct from the origi- 
nator’s most recent selection. In quality it is claimed to be 
superior to any of the old standard varieties. 
Sold out until July 1949 

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