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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables and fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_20 (find matches)
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: John Lewis Childs (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Commercial catalogs Seeds; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Seeds; Flowers; Vegetables; Fruit
Publisher: Floral Park, N. Y. : John Lewis Childs
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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New Everbearing Blackberry, "Macatawa" Originated in Michigan, and has had five or six years' test all over the country. The Macatawa is a continual Truiter; spring, summer and fall. It is sweet, even in a green state; in Tact, it's the sweetest Blackberry grown, and the only true Everbearing Blackberry grown, to my knowledge. Its rruit is very large, uniform in size, jet black, oblong, with no core, and very slightly seeded; very solid and will ship looo miles. It is a grand can- ning berry and fine for dessert, jams and jellies, juice and wine. It is an upright, self-branching grower and needs no support. Half of its year's growth should be pruned back, and all the dead Truiting wood removed. The first year from planting it makes a growth or two to four reet: It blooms and bears both green and ripe fruit all at the same time. The bloom is very large, the size of a silver dollar, and some are semi-double and Dure white. Plant five feet apart in rows eight feet apart. Docs well in any soil, but prefers one of a. heavy, moist nature. We consider this to be one of the great- est small fruit novelties ever brought out, and have stocked up well Tor an enormous demand at the low price of 20c each; 3 Tor 50c; 7 for $1.00; 15 for $2.00; 50 for $5.oo, prepaid. New Rochester Peach A remarkable new Peach which bears heavily when very young. One may expect fruit the second year from small trees. Trees compact, bushy, very vigorous and hardy and bear enormously. Has stood sixteen degrees below zero and produced a rull crop, Fruit large, yellow and red rree-stone: nesh yellow, very highly flavored; stone very small. To eat out or hand or canned it can- not be equalled as a table delicacy. For the small gar- den where one has room Tor only a rew trees this is the most desirable or all PeaUics to plant. Everybody should have one or two. PRICE — By Parcel Post prepaid, ioc each; 3 Tor $1.00: 12 for $3.50. Choice Seed Potatoes We are able to offer the following choice seed pota- toes at $8.00 per barrel, F. o. B.. New York City. Thej are double headed barrels of 170 pounds net. Early Rose, Irish Cobbler, Beauty of Hebron. New Queen. Green Mountain, Carman No. 3. Sir Waltef Raleigh, First four are early sorts; last three late sorts

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