SEED POTATOES 
Plant 600 to 900 pounds (10 to 15 bu.) per acre in 3 ft. rows. 
In the garden plant 12 pounds to 200 feet of row for a 
family of 3 or 4 people. 
Culture. Plant in rows 36 to 42 inches apart, dropping a seed 
piece every nine to ten inches in the row. The seed piece 
should be at least one to one and one-half ounces in size. It is 
best to cut seed within one day of planting. Fertilizer should 
be put in seven or eight days before planting. Use from 1,500 
to 2,000 pounds per acre, depending on type of soil. A 4-7-5 
fertilizer mixture is a good standard for potatoes. On rich 
Everglades muck from 200 to 500 pounds per acre of a 0-10-12 
or 0-8-16 mixture applied in one application at planting time 
is a common practice. To control blight and increase the yield, 
spray with “Dithane D-14,” using 2 quarts Dithane D-14, 1 lb. 
zinc sulphate, to 100 gallons water. For control of insects and 
diseases see page 55. 
PONTIAC (State Certified). (80 days.) Packed in 100-lb. bags. 
This variety is the result of a cross, Red Bliss and Katahdin, 
made by the Michigan Experiment Station. In tests at the 
Subtropical Experiment Station in Homestead and elsewhere 
in Florida, it has greatly outyielded Red Bliss. It is a little 
later in maturing than Bliss. The tubers of Pontiac are slightly 
longer, and have shallower eyes and a lighter, duller red color 
than tubers of Bliss. Pontiac tubers are tougher, stand ship- 
ment better and are better keepers than Bliss. 
RED BLISS (BLISS TRIUMPH) (State Certified). (75 days.) 
Packed in 100-pound bags. This has been and still is the stand- 
ard variety for central and south Florida, where in the past it 
has been planted almost to the exclusion of all other varieties 
by commercial growers. It is grown in by far the largest num- 
ber of counties in Florida. It is very early, of attractive appear- 
ance, with roundish to roundish-flattened tubers, with the 
stem end usually deeply indented. The tubers are solid red in 
color, with rather deep and numerous eyes. 
Write Plant City or your nearest Kilgore store for price on 
seed potatoes stating variety and quantity wanted. 
Our Florida proving grounds are maintained for 
the purpose of proving to ourselves and our cus- 
tomers that our seeds are free from all mixture 
and produce absolutely true-to-type vegetables. 
A Typical Tuber of State Certified Red Bliss 
or Bliss Triumph Potato 
PUMPKIN 
Plant two pounds per acre. 
In the garden plant 14 ounce to 50 feet for a family of 
3 or 4 people. 
Culture. Plant 4 to 5 seeds in hills 8 to 10 feet apart one way 
and 5 feet apart the other way, when the weather gets warm. 
Can be planted in corn. Thin to two or three plants after well 
started. Give shallow and frequent hoeings until vines begin to 
run. Cut pumpkins when fully ripe. 
Prices quoted are postpaid. 
Write for special prices on larger quantities. 
ALAGOLD. (See Squash, Page 31.) 
KING OF THE MAMMOTHS. (100 days.) Commonly known 
as a pumpkin, but is really the very large fruited Mammoth 
Chili squash, known as the giant among squashes. Fruits are 
globular, slightly ribbed, light yellow color mottled with 
orange. Flesh is solid, light yellow-orange, coarse, or fair qual- 
ity. Grown mainly for stock feed or exhibition purposes. 
Fruits measure 20 to 22 inches across and weigh 60 to 80 pounds. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; %4 Ib. 50c; 1 Ib. $1.60 
5 to 25 Ibs. $1.50 per Ib. 
SMALL SUGAR. (110 days.) The best variety for general use, 
and particularly desirable for pies. Fruits are round, flattened 
at ends. Skin is hard, smooth, somewhat ribbed, of deep 
orange color. Flesh is thick, sweet and dry, of bright orange 
color, and very high quality. Very productive. Makes delicious 
pumpkin pies. Fruits measure eight to ten inches and weigh 
six to eight pounds. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; 14 Ib. 50c; 1 Ib. $1.60 
5 to 25 Ibs. $1.50 per Ib. 
CORNFIELD. (118 days.) A prolific and vigorous grower, 
usually planted in corn fields. Extensively grown for making 
pies, for canning and for stock feed. Fruits are large, round to 
slightly flattened, with a hard, smooth surface, slightly ribbed, 
with a deep yellow or orange color. Fruits measure 12 to 14 
inches and weigh 15 to 20 pounds. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; % Ib. 50c; 1 Ib. $1.60 
5 to 25 Ibs. $1.50 per Ib. 
RHUBARB 
Sow 3 to 4 pounds in seed-beds for an acre of plants, or plant 
5 to 6 pounds per acre in field. 
For the garden sow a packet in seed-bed for 15 plants to set 
25 feet of row for a family of 3 or 4 people. 
Culture. Plant in the fall in rows 21% to 3 feet apart and thin 
to about 18 to 24 inches in the row. It is best to plant seed in 
seed-bed and transplant to the field or garden. Rhubarb does 
best in well drained, fertile, moist soil, rich in humus. In 
Florida it is necessary to plant Rhubarb each season. 
VICTORIA. (90 days from plants set in field or garden to 
edible stalks.) This vigorous growing variety produces thick, 
fleshy stalks of the best quality and flavor, and with attractive 
red color. It is the best variety for Florida. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; 1% Ib. 85c; 1 Ib. $3.00 
5 to 25 Ibs. $2.90 per Ib. 
R O S E L i E Jamaica Sorrell or Florida Cranberry 
(175 days from seed planting to ripe fruits.) 
Plant 3 pounds per acre. In the garden plant one packet to 
25 feet of row for a family of 3 or 4 people. 
The red fruit is used when young for making jelly and jam. It 
is grown commercially for local markets, fruits being marketed 
in quart berry baskets. 
Culture. Plant seed in field in March and April in Florida, 
when the ground is warm, spacing row 5 to 6 feet apart and 
thinning to about 214 feet apart in the row, leaving one strong 
plant at a place. Roselle is an all season crop requiring from 
five to six months from seeding to ripe fruits. 
Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 35c; oz. 60c; % Ib. $1.75; 1 Ib. $6.50 
5 to 25 Ibs. $6.40 per Ib. 
28 KILGORE’S FLORIDA STORES: Plant City, Belle Glade, Fort Myers, Gainesville, Homestead, Miami, 
Ocala, Pahokee, Palmetto, Pompano Beach, Sanford, Vero Beach, Wauchula, West Palm Beach. 
