TOMATO 
Sow 14 pound in seed-bed to plant an acre, or plant 14 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 had 40 years experience 
studying the particular requirements of Florida tomato grow- 
ers. Selections are made each year for earliness, high yield, 
adaptability, and uniformity in size, shape, and color. 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Tomato Seeds are Bred and Developed in 
Florida for Florida. (See page 34.) 
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 314 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 
31% to 5 foot rows and 214 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 during 
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 dis- 
eases and to increase yields, spray with “Dithane” (See page 63.) 
For the control of insects and diseases of ‘Tomatoes see pages 
55, 56, 57, 58, 60 and 66. Spraying or dusting tomato plants 
with Dithane before the disease appears will help prevent the 
destructive late blight disease from developing, according io 
the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station. (See page 34.) 
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. 
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, medium 
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. 
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 grow- 
er, 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 coast 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 Improved Rutgers makes the smoothest as well as 
the fanciest fruits of any strain of seed of this variety on the 
market today. 
Pkt. 10c; 14 oz. 30c; oz. 55c; 14 Ib. $1.65; 1 Ib. $6.00 
5 to 25 Ibs. $5.90 per Ib. 

Improved Rutgers Tomato 

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