TOMATO 
eS 
Jefferson (Wilt Resistant) 
This year again, like last year, tomato fields planted 
to Kilgore’s Bred-Rite tomato seeds won first and sec- 
ond place in the judging of tomato fields at the annual 
Florida Tomato Festival at Ruskin, Fla. This year, 
the new Kokomo variety grown on Elsbury Farms 
at Ruskin won the coveted tomato sweepstakes award 
as the championship tomato field. Last year a field of 
our Improved Rutgers grown by W. D. Miller at Ruskin 
won this honor. Both years second place went to a field 
of Jefferson tomato, last year on the Powell & Braman 
Farms, and this year on the Beaudette Farms at Ruskin. 
Culture. Tomatoes are grown on all kinds of soil, from 
a light sand to a muck. The land should be put in good 
condition. Lay off rows 31% to 5 feet apart, open a fur- 
row, and drill in 1200 pounds per acre of high grade 
fertilizer such as 4-7-5, and mix thoroughly with the 
soil. It is good policy to let this stand for seven to ten 
days and then plant the seed or set the plants. Seed may 
be planted direct in the field or preferably in a cloth- 
covered seedbed. Plants started in a seedbed should be 
6 to 8 inches high when ready to transplant to the field 
in 4 to 7 foot rows and 2% to 3 feet apart in a row, 
or if staked 16 to 20 inches in the row, rows 4 feet apart. 
On the east coast of Florida, first plantings are made 
during August and continue until January. North and 
central Florida begin planting for a spring crop the 
middle to the latter part of December and continue to 
the middle of February. For a fall crop in central Flor- 
ida, plantings are made in July and August. 
For control of insects and diseases of Tomatoes see 
page 56. Spraying or dusting tomato plants with 
Dithane before the disease appears will help prevent 
the destructive late blight disease from developing. 
The number of days indicated after each variety 
represents the time required from setting of plants in 
the field or garden to produce marketable fruits. It 
usually takes four or five weeks to produce plants for 
field setting. 
All prices quoted are postpaid. 
Write for special prices on larger quantities. 
PONDEROSA (Brimmer). (88 days.) A large, pink- 
fruited variety. Fruits semi-flat, solid with few seeds, 
and of splendid edible quality. Recommended only for 
home gardens. 
Pkt. 10c:; % oz. 45c; oz. 85c; % lb. $2.75; 
5 to 25 lbs. $9.90 per lb. 
1 lb. $10.00 
OXHEART. (90 days.) A smooth, thick, tender and al- 
most seedless pink-fruited tomato of delicious flavor. 
An ideal variety for the home garden and for the local 
market. 
Pkt. 15c:; Y%0z.65c; oz. $1.25; 1% lb. $4.00; 
5 to 25 lbs. $14.90 per lb. 
1 Ib. $15.00 
Sow 4 pound in seedbed to plant an acre, or ¥2 pound p2r acre in field. 
For the garden sow one packet in a seedbed for 50 plants to set 150 feet of row. 
If plants are staked, sow one packet in seedbed for 50 plants to set 75 feet of row. 
PRITCHARD. (75 days.) Vines medium dense, compact, 
erect, self-topping. Fruit matures very early, large, 
smooth, meaty, globular in shape. This variety is a 
heavy cropper and therefore requires rich or liberally 
fertilized soil. Does especially well on Everglades muck. , 
Pkt. 10c; 4% oz. 30c: oz. 55c; Y% Ib. $1.65; 1 lb. $6.00 
5 to 25 lbs. $5.90 per Ib. 
JEFFERSON (Fusarium Wilt Resistant). (76 days.) The 
plant is very vigorous and makes densely-leaved tall 
vines. It is more open and less subject to bunching than 
Rutgers. Produces well under favorable growing con- 
ditions, and well suited as a spring tomato and for 
staking in wilt infested soils. Under good growing con- 
ditions the fruits are globe-shaped, ripening to a uni- 
form, attractive dark red color, with a good flavor, 
thick walled with a small core, and relatively free 
from cracking and catfacing. Fruits of this variety 
are slow-ripening so care must be used not to harvest 
them too immature. This variety holds up under ad- 
verse growing conditions better than any other variety. 
During each of the last two years our strain of this 
variety won second place in the judging of tomato 
fields at the annual Florida Tomato Festival at Ruskin, 
Florida. 
Pkt. 10c; 2 oz. 40c; oz. 75c:; % lb. $2.50; 
5 to 25 lbs. $8.90 per lb. 
1 Ib. $9.00 
RUTGERS. (82 days.) Our improved strain of this im- 
portant variety is uniform in plant growth and pro- 
duces uniform, smooth, thick wall, deep globe-shaped 
fruits. The plant is vigorous and a heavy producer of 
firm green tomatoes which ripen to a bright red, pro- 
ducing heavy, large yields over a long season. Very 
firm and free of puffs. Fruits of this strain size up 
well clear out to the end of the vine, and are smooth 
and free of cracks at the stem end. This variety is 
especially recommended for a spring crop in Florida 
and is well suited for light sandy soils and also for 
shallow, dry pine land on the lower east coast of Flor- 
ida. Not suitable for deep, wet glade lands where it 
makes too much vegetative growth. Stands more rain 
as well as more drouth than other varieties. Many 
growers claim our Improved Rutgers makes the smooth- 
est as well as the fanciest fruits of any strain of this 
variety on the market today. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 30c; oz. 55c; %4 lb. $1.65: 1 lb. $6.00 
5 to 25 lbs. $5.90 per lb. 
Rutgers Tomato 
32 THE KILGORE SEED COMPANY, Florida’s Leading Seedsmen 
