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. 

A lug of Rutgers Tomatoes packed for market 
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 just had over 35 years ex- 
perience studying the particular requirements of Florida tomato 
growers. Selections are made each year for earliness, high 
yield, adaptibility, and uniformity in size, shape, and color. 
CULTURE. Tomatoes are grown on 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 34% to 5 
foot rows and 2% to 3 feet apart in the row, or if:staked 12 to 
18 inches in the row, 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. To control blight and other fungous diseases 
and to increase yields, spray with “Dithane” (See page 63.) 
For the control of insects and diseases of Tomatoes see 
pages 53, 54, 55, 56, 58 and 63. Spraying tomato plants with 
Dithane-zinc-sulphate-lime mixture before the disease appears 
will help prevent the destructive late blight disease from 
developing, according to the Florida Agricultural Experiment 
Station. 
The number of days indicated after each variety 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. The plant is a very vigorous grower, 
hardy, and a 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 season. 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. 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 cost of Florida. Not suitable for 
deep wet glade lands where it makes too much vegetable 
growth. This variety stands more rain as well as more drought 
than other varieties. Many growers have told us that our Im- 
proved 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. 55c; %4 lb. $1.65; 1 lb. $6.00 
5 to 25 Ibs. $5.90 per Ib. 
PEARSON (Improved shipping strain) (78 days.) We 
have improved the canning strain of this variety for shipping, 
until our special shipping strain, like the canning strain, is not 
only enormously productive, but produces more uniform, me- 
dium 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. A very heavy 
yielder of smooth, firm, uniform, medium sized fruits. 
Pkt. 15c; 4% oz. 55c; oz. $1.00; 14 Ib. $3.50; 1 Ib. $13.00 
5 to 25 Ibs. $12.90 per Ib. 

























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































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Pearson (Improved Shipping Strain) 
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