PEPPER 
Sow 2 to 1 pound in seedbed to plant an acre. 
For the garden sow | packet in a protected seedbed for 
24 plants to set 40 feet of row for a family of 3 or 4 people. 
Culture. Peppers, like eggplants, are always started in cloth- 
covered seedbeds. For a fall crop in Central Florida sow the 
seed in June, July and August; for a long season winter crop 
on the east coast plant in August, September and October. 
For an early spring crop in Florida west coast sections sow seed 
in November and in North Florida in December or January. 
Peppers are much more hardy than eggplants, however, it 
takes a very high temperature to germinate either pepper or 
eggplant seed satisfactorily, and it is usually very difficult to 
get a good stand when the ground is wet and cold. Hammock 
land, or rather moist soil, is best suited to this crop, although 
any medium good sandy loam soil, properly fertilized, will 
grow good peppers. Make rows three feet apart and set plants 
10 to 16 inches in the row. As this crop is in bearing for a long 
time, it is most profitable to make several applications of fer- 
tilizer, using 400 pounds per acre about every three weeks until 
at least a ton has been used. A 4-7-5 mixture is recommended. 
For the control of insects and diseases see page 55. 
The number of days in parentheses after each variety indi- 
cates the relative time from setting out plants in the field or 
garden to picking of marketable green peppers. It requires six 
to eight weeks to produce plants for the field or garden. 
WONDER GIANT. (74 days.) This variety of the thick 
meat Florida Giant type is becoming more and more popular, 
especially on the west coast of Florida where it has been grown 
quite extensively during the past few seasons. The vigorous 
growing plant is more spreading and does not grow as tall as 
Florida Giant, has abundant large, broad, heavy leaves, and a 
very sturdy stem. Has been developed and rigidly selected for 
uniformity in plant and fruit type and productivity. The 
blocky fruits borne upright on the plant are mostly 4-lobed, 
with very sweet, thick flesh, of deep glossy green color, making 
a very attractive pack. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 65c; 14 Ib. $2.10; 1 Ib. $7.50; 
5 to 25 Ibs. $7.40 per Ib. 
Prices quoted are postpaid. 
Write for special prices on larger quantities. 
FLORIDA GIANT. (75 days.) This variety, first introduced 
by us, produces an abundant yield of large, heavy, thick walled, 
fleshy, dark green fruits, over a long period, but requires heav- 
ier and more frequent fertilization, and a richer, more moist 
soil than thin fleshed varieties of the World Beater type. The 
tall growing plants, like the fruits, are dark green in color, 
compact but very vigorous and upright in growth. Although 
slightly later than World Beater, they are extremely heavy 
producers, often bearing six to eight large fruits at one time. 
The fruits are longer than California Wonder and other thick- 
meated peppers, usually 4 to 4% inches long, and 3 to 3% 
inches in diameter, usually with four lobes, and unlike most 
strains of this variety, are smooth and well filled at the 
blossom end. Makes a very attractive pack and carries well to 
distant markets. 
Pkt. 10c; 0z. 69c; 14 Ib. $1.25; 1 Ib. $6.50; 
5 to 25 Ibs. $6.40 per Ib. 
Typical fruits of Wonder Giant Pepper 
26 THE KILGORE SEED COMPANY, Florida’s Leading Seedsmen 
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