OKRA 
Plant 8 pounds per acre. 
In the garden plant | ounce to 75 feet of row for a family ot 3 or 4 people. 
Okra does wonderfully well all over Florida where the young 
seed pods are used in different ways and are highly esteemed. 
In addition to being served alone, pods are used in soups and 
stews to which they give body. It is a healthful vegetable, and 
should be planted in every Florida garden. We have done a 
great deal of work on our seed stocks of this valuable Florida 
vegetable. 
Each year, we make special selections for stock seed from only 
the best, earliest-maturing plants. Our seed-growing fields are 
carefully rogued so as to eliminate any slightly off-type plants. 
We are confident we have the best strains of okra seed obtaina- 
ble anywhere. 
Culture. Okra can be planted in Florida any time from 
February until September, but it is a warm-weather plant and 
will not do much until the ground becomes warm; in fact, the 
seeds are hard to germinate when the ground is cold. It can be 
planted in almost any kind of soil except in very sandy soil or 
in poorly drained soils. We consider it one of the easiest and 
safest money crops that can be planted. Plant in rows 3 to 4 
feet apart and sow thinly in the drill. When three to four 
inches high, thin out to one plant every 15 to 20 inches. Okra 
should be cut every second day. If this is not done some of the 
pods become too hard and the young plants will stop bearing 
pods. Plants should bear for several months after harvesting 
starts. Okra does best on sandy loam soil with a fair amount 
of fertility. On sandy loam soils, 500 to 700 lbs. per acre of a 
4-7-5 fertilizer at time of seeding, and two or three side dressings 
of Nitrate of Potash during the bearing period are desirable. 
Okra is very susceptible to nematodes causing root knot disease, 
and therefore it is best to plant okra on land not previously 
used for growing crops that are subject to attack by root knot 
nematodes. For control of root knot nematodes use “D-D” 
or Soilfume (see page 68). 
Prices quoted are postpaid. 
Write for special prices on larger quantities. 
CLEMSON SPINELESS. (55 days.) This variety was orig- 
inated and developed by the South Carolina Agricultural Ex- 
periment Station. The plants are semi-dwarf, growing to a 
height of 414 feet on fairly good soil and have less foliage than 
Perkins’. They produce uniform, straight, large, thick, ridged 
pods of the Perkins’ long green type, of good length, averaging 
6 to 7 inches, dark green in color, and entirely free from spines, 
thus making it easy to pick without discomfort. Pods can be 
shipped and will go well on any market taking Perkins’ Long 
Green. Pods are thicker than Perkins’ and fill the crates quick- 
ly. Plants are close jointed, and produce an enormous yield. 
Our strain of this variety is highly bred, uniform, and one of 
the purest and best fixed of any okra ever released, the fields 
showing practically no variation in plant type or pods. Very 
well adapted for home gardens and local markets, but does not 
stand long distance shipment as well as Perkins’. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; 14 Ib. 35c; 1 Ib. $1.00 
5 to 25 Ibs. 90c per Ib. 


Clemson Spineless Okra 

A field and a hamper of typical pods Perkins’ Early Mammoth 
(Spineless) Okra at Plant City, Florida 
PERKINS’ EARLY MAMMOTH (Spineless). (53 days.) De- 
veloped from a cross of Clemson Spineless and Long Green, 
and selected for darker green, longer, and more slender pods of 
the spineless type for shipment to northern markets. Pods are 
very similar in size, shape and appearance to Perkins’ Long 
Green, but the pods as well as plants are practically spineless. 
Plants are loaded with pods from the ground up. This strain 
is very early, extremely productive, and makes a semi-dwarf 
plant 414 to 5 feet in height. 
Pkt. 10c; 0z. 15c; 14 Ib. 35c; 1 Ib. $1.00 
5 to 25 Ibs. 90c per Ib. 
PERKINS’ EARLY MAMMOTH (LONG GREEN). (50 days.) 
This is a very heavy producer, and a sure money maker when 
grown for shipment to distant markets. The pods are long, 
usually about 7 inches, straight, slender, tapered, ridged, dark 
green, meaty. They retain their tenderness and green color for 
a long time in transit and on the markets. Our improved strain 
of this variety is very early and extremely productive. The 
plants will average between 414 to 5 ft. in height, and are liter- 
ally covered with pods from the ground up. This improved 
strain is earlier, more productive, and makes shorter, closer 
jointed plants than the regular old strains of Perkins’ Long 
Green. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; % Ib. 35c; 1 Ib. $1.00 
5 to 25 Ibs. 90c per Ib. 
LOUISIANA GREEN VELVET (GREEN LADY FINGER). 
(58 days.) The velvet pods are of a bright, light green color, 
not as dark green as Clemson Spineless and Perkins’, but they 
average much longer, usually about eight or nine inches in 
length, and straight and more slender and smoother than other 
green podded varieties. Ribless, tender, and of high edible 
quality even when of large size. The pods are round, not cor- 
rugated or ridged as other green podded varieties. This is a 
very prolific, heavy producer. The uniform tall plants range 
from 6 to 7 feet in height. Especially valuable for canning and 
preserving as the pods, unlike ribbed varieties, retain their 
color and firmness when processed. 
Pkt. 10c; 0z. 15c; 14 Ib. 35c; 1 Ib. $1.00 
- 5 to 25 Ibs. 90c per Ib. 

Kilgore Agencies in The West Indies; Nueva Gerona, Isle of Pines, Cuba; Kingston, ae 
Jamaica; Nassau, Bahamas; Port au Prince, Haiti; San Juan, Puerto Rico. 
