14 THE KILGORE SEED COMPANY, Florida’s Leading Seedsmen 
MARIGOLD 
MARIGOLDS ARE MOST DESIRABLE FOR SUMMER FLOWER GARDENS IN FLORIDA 
Plant from February thru May and again in September 
Approx. time seed sowing to bloom—I 12 to 2 months. 
Grow 212 to 3 feet high, except as indicated for Dwarf types which grow 12 to 15 inches high. 
Standards and Gigantea Sunset Giants grow 312 to 5 feet high. 
The attractive plants, with fern-like foliage, producing gigantic, double, frilled flowers of much 
greater size and substance than the old-fashioned types. They make a splendid garden show, the 
dwarf types for bedding and edging, the tall types for backgrounds. All types are magnificent when 
cut for bouquets. Plant the seed 14 inch deep, in the garden in late spring or summer, and thin or 
transplant the seedlings 15 to 18 inches apart, in rows 3 feet apart for standards, and 2 feet for 
dwarfs. Gigantea Sunset Giants require wider spacing—36 inches apart in 4 foot rows. Marigolds 
withstand heat and drought, thriving where many plants would perish, free from pests and are easy 
to grow. 
CROWN O’ GOLD (collarette type)—Flowers are 
bright golden-orange color, having a collar of big, 
wide, drooping petals. Plants grow about 2 to 
214% feet tall, bloom early and profusely for a long 
period. Beautiful in the garden and excellent 
for cutting. The only Marigold with entirely 
ordorless foliage with fragrant flowers. This 
variety has been given the highest rating by All- 
America judges. 
Pkt. 15¢; 1/16 oz. 30c; ¥%@ oz. 50c; % oz. 75c; 
VY oz. $1.25; 1 oz. $2.00; % Ib. $6.75 
GLITTERS — Chrysanthemum Flowered Type. 
(All America Bronze Medal Winner of 1952)— 
Large, fluffy, bright, canary yellow chrysanthe- 
mum-like flowers. Makes a bushy, compact, 
erect and free flowering plant with long strong 
stems. 
Pkt. 15¢; 4% oz. 50c; % oz. 75c; Y% oz. $1.25; 
1 oz. $2.00; % Ib. $6.75 
YELLOW SUPREME-—Like Guinea Gold it is 
very free flowering, compact, and somewhat 
pyramidal in habit, two to two and a half feet 
tall, bearing loosely ruffled, carnation-flowered 
blossoms. The color is a creamy, lemon-yellow. 
The light golden-yellow petals fairly glow and 
sparkle. 
Pkt. 15¢; 1/16 oz. 30c; Vg oz. 50c; % oz. 75c; 
VY oz. $1.25; 1 oz. $2.00; %4 Ib. $6.75 
DWARF FRENCH DOUBLE HARMONY—An 
excellent dwarf French Marigold, growing to a 
height of about 12 inches. Scabious-flowering 
with a bright golden-yellow center, bordered 
with a dark maroon-brown color. Plants are of 
bushy habit and form excellent material for 
bedding and edging or borders. 
Pkt. 15¢; ¥@ oz. 30c; % oz. 50c; 2 oz. 75¢; 
1 oz. $1.25; 4% Ib. $4.00 
DWARF GIGANTEA POT O’ GOLD—A dwarf 
growing, sweet scented counterpart of the Gi- 
gantea type. Plants are dwarf and compact, 12 
to 15 inches in height, well branched, very neat 
in appearance, and bearing a dozen or more of 
its blooms at one time. Flowers are 100% double, 
of a bright, deep golden-orange. Extremely early 
flowering and continuing in bloom for seven to 
eight weeks. Useful for bedding and as a cut 
flower and for edging and borders. 
Pkt. 15¢; Ye oz. 30c; 1% oz. 50c; 2 oz. 75c; 
1 oz. $1.25; % Ib. $4.00 
GIGANTEA SUNSET GIANTS MIXTURE— 
This tall (4 to 5 feet high), free flowering Mari- 
gold is positively the largest flowered of all Mari- 
golds. It is very showy, is sweet scented, and has 
exceptionally large size blossoms borne in great 
profusion. The most remarkable feature is the 
delicate sweet fragrance of the blossoms. The 
stems are long and the flowers of startling bold 
colors of varied shades of lemon-yellow ‘to gold- 
orange, are excellent keepers after cutting. 
Pkt. 15¢; Ve oz. 35¢; % oz. 60c; 2 oz. $1.00; 
1 oz. $1.50; 4% Ib. $5.00 
EXTRA-DWARF DOUBLE MIXED—An excel- 
lent mixture of free flowering dwarf double 
varieties. Large, exquisite blooms in orange 
and yellow, as well ds combinations of these 
colors. Should be grown in soil not overly rich, 
otherwise plants may produce an over-abundance 
of foliage and a scarcity of flowers. 
grow 10 to 15 inches tall. 
Pkt. 15c; Ye oz. 30c; 1% oz. 55¢; V2 oz. 80c; 
1 oz. $1.40; 1% Ib. $4.75 
Plants 
Marigold—Crown O’ Gold 
(Collarette type) 
