What Will Your Harvest Be? 
The answer to that question depends principally on the kind of seeds you plant. 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Seeds Are Bred and Developed in Florida for Florida. 
This is why The Kilgore Seed Co. is referred to as “‘Florida’s Leading Seedsmen.” 
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Partial view of Experimental Farm and Breeding Station at Bradenton, Florida. 
Samples of different stocks of Kilgore seeds are planted from 
time to time on an Experimental Farm, at Bradenton, Fla. In 
addition, there also are included in these trials, samples from 
other seed dealers and seed growers to compare with Kilgore 
stocks. This shows just how Kilgore’s strains and varieties 
compare in earliness, yield, uniformity, trueness to type and 
adaptability with others growing side by side under identically 
the same conditions in Florida. It also enables the company 
to discover and develop new or improved stocks and varieties 
of distinct merit for Florida conditions, which we offer to our 
customers as soon as a supply of seeds can be produced. Mod- 
ern, scientific breeding methods are employed both in main- 
taining and improving seed stocks. New products are carefully 
tested under Florida conditions, and superior stocks are then 
sent to our seed production fields in the North and West. Care- 
ful notes are kept on all experimental farm results which en- 
able us to check up with the constant improvements which are 
being made in standard varieties of vegetables. Our principal 
objective is to breed, develop or select strains and varieties of 
vegetable seeds in Florida in order that we may offer our cus- 
tomers seeds adapted to Florida growing conditions, which 
differ materially from those found elsewhere in the United 
States. A well trained and experienced plant breeder super- 
vises this work. Remember Kilgore’s Bred-Rite vegetable seeds 
are bred, selected and improved in Florida for Florida. 
In addition, the Kilgore Seed Company personnel is in con- 
stant contact with the scientific research workers of the main 
Florida Agricultural Experiment Station at Gainesville, Fla., 
and with the many sub-experiment stations and field labora- 
tories throughout the state where plant pathologists, horti- 
culturists and plant breeders are doing a splendid work in 
developing new and improved vegetable varieties especially 
adapted to the climate and growing conditions of Florida, 
which we introduce to Florida growers as soon as available. 
High Vitality Seed Must Be Planted To Secure A Good Stand 
Kilgore’s vegetable seeds are air-conditioned and tested. This means higher vitality, better germination and stronger plants. 
The Kilgore Seed Company, the leader in all new things pertaining to seeds, has installed in its central warehouse at Plant 
City, Florida, the most up-to-date dehumidifying machinery in order to maintain high vitality in all Kilgore seeds. Surplus 
seed supplies in our stores are also kept in specially constructed dry rooms where the humidity is maintained at a uniformly 
low degree by use of chemicals. 
This year for the first time we are putting up certain kinds of vegetable seeds which naturally lose their germination rather 
rapidly, such as celery, eggplant, pepper, as well as tomato and hybrid onion, in special containers after the seed has been 
treated and the moisture content of the seed has been artificially reduced by a special process. The seed so treated and 
packed will be sold in hermetically sealed tin cans labeled “Vigorpack” to protect the quality of this seed. This special new 
process offers protection against disease germs, insects, atmospheric moisture and mechanical injury. 
Tests on “Vigorpack” seeds showed practically no germination drop in periods up to five years. “Vigorpack” means the 
highest vitality seed not only put up in hermetically sealed cans, but it means in addition that the seed has received special 
treatment to kill seed-borne diseases and insects and to reduce the moisture content of the seed before it is packed in cans. 
“Vigorpack” seed will not only consistently be of high germination, but in addition it will be of high vigor, which means it will 
give a quick and perfect stand of uniform, strong, vigorous, disease-free seedlings. 
In addition to keeping our seeds in artificially dried store-rooms, we have one of the most up-to-date seed testing laboratories, 
where samples of all of our seed stocks are tested at regular intervals to further insure our customers against planting low 
vitality seeds. In our laboratory, tests are made every six weeks of all seed stocks in our warehouse, mail order department 
and fourteen Florida stores. We know at all times the correct germination of all seed stocks we have on hand. If any seed 
stocks are found to be dropping in germination they are immediately removed from our warehouse and stores and are 
destroyed. 
We are taking all these precautions and giving our customers this extra service without any additional cost, in order to provide 
in Kilgore’s Bred-Rite seeds the best that money can buy. Play safe and get your seed from the Kilgore Seed Company, 
Florida’s Leading Seedsmen. 
34 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 
