PEPPER 
Culture. Peppers, like eggplants, are usually started in 
cloth-covered seedbeds. For a fall crop in central Flor- 
ida 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 Decemebr or January. 
High temperature is needed to germinate either pep- 
per or eggplant seed satisfactorily, and it is 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 fertilizer, 
using 400 pounds per acre about every three weeks until 
at least a ton has been used. 
For the control of insects and diseases see page 55. 
The number of days in parentheses after each variety 
indicates the relative time from setting out plants in 
the field or garden to picking of marketable green pep- 
pers. 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 popular, 
especially on the west coast of Florida where is has 
been grown the past few seasons. The vigorous grow- 
ing plant is more spreading and does not grow tall as 
Florida Giant. Developed and selected for uniformity 
in plant and fruit type and productivity. The blocky 
fruits borne upright on the plant are mostly 4-lobed, 
with sweet, thick flesh, of deep glossy green color, 
making an attractive pack. 
Pkt. 10c: oz. 60c; %4 lb. $1.90; 
5 to 25 lbs. $6.90 per lb. 
1 lb. $7.00 
YOLO WONDER (Mosaic Resistant Pendent California 
Wonder Type) (New). (70 days.) This new variety of 
thick meat pepper possesses a combination of two de- 
sirable qualities not found in any other California 
Wonder type pepper, namely high resistance to tobacco 
mosaic disease, and in addition it produces almost 100% 
pendent fruits. With the fruit hanging down they are 
protected to a great extent by the large, deep green 
leaves, and hence do not sunburn so badly as other 
strains of thick meat pepper which produce upright 
fruits exposed to the sun, A rather short bush, which 
makes it well adapted to muck soil. The fruit is rather 
short and blocky, with a tendency to be indented at the 
blossom end, resembles California Wonder. Under mo- 
saic conditions it will produce large yields of high qual- 
ity, dark green, fancy fruits when other varieties pro- 
duce low yields of malformed and poor color fruits. 
This promising new disease resistant variety deserves 
a trial this season. 
V4 |b. $2.25; 
Pkt. 10c: oz. 70c; 1 lb. $8.50 
5 to 25 lbs. $8.40 per lb. 
Yolo Wonder 
Sow 12 to 1 pound of seed in seedbed to plant an acre. 
For the garden sow 1 packet in a protected seedbed for 
24 plants to set 40 feet of row. 
Harvesting Kilgore’s Florida Giant Pepper at Plant City 
Prices quoted are postpaid. 
Write for special prices on larger quantities. 
FLORIDA GIANT. (75 days.) This variety, introduced 
by us, produces an abundant yield of large, heavy, thick 
walled, fleshy, dark green fruits, over a long period, 
but requires heavier and more frequent fertilization, 
and a richer, more moist soil than thin fleshed varieties 
of the World Beater type. The tall plants are compact 
but very vigorous and upright in growth. Slightly later 
than World Beater, they are heavy producers, often 
bearing six to eight large fruits at one time. The fruits 
are longer than California Wonder and other thick- 
meated peppers, about 4 to 4% inches long, and 3 to 
3% inches in diameter, usually with four lobes, are 
smooth and well filled at the blossom end. Makes a 
very attractive pack and carries well to distant markets. 
Pkt. 10c; Y% lb. $1.90; 1 1b. $7.00 
5 to 25 lbs. $6.90 per lb. 
oz. 60c: 
CALIFORNIA WONDER. (75 days.) An outstanding 
medium-late variety. Plant is vigorous, upright, pro- 
lific. The thick meated, smooth, large, heavy fruits 
average about four inches in length and about the same 
in diameter. This is an excellent shipping type, hold- 
ing up well in transit and on the market, and is in great 
demand by truckers because of its good holding-up 
qualities. Solid thick walls and very sweet and mild. 
Blocky in shape. Color an attractive, glossy dark green. 
On poor soil, devoid of plant food and moisture, fruits 
after the first harvest may tend to “button” or be of 
small size. For best results, and to produce large, fancy 
fruits over a long season, it requires heavier fertiliza- 
tion and continuous soil moisture. 
Pkt. 10c; Y% Ib. $1.90; 
5 to 25 lbs. $6.90 per lb. 
oz. 60c; 1 lb. $7.00 
26 THE KILGORE SEED COMPANY, Florida’s Leading Seedsmen 
