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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, & fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_3 (find matches)
Year: 1898 (1890s)
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 trees Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Seeds; Flowers; Vegetables; Fruit trees
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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SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1898. 91
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Chi Ids' Ivory Monarch—The king of all Cucumbers, grow- ing nearly two feet in length and weighing five or six pounds. Six times larger than any other sort. It is really a monster, and when half grown exceedingly fine in quality. Its enormous size, great beauty and oddity make it one of the finest vegetables for exhibiting at fairs, and it never fails to caoture first prize. Its flesh is thick and solid, with a very small seed cavity, and notwithstanding its size, it has fewer seeds than any other Cucumber we ever saw. Pkt., 15c; 3 pkts., 30c, Improved Early Russian—One of the most valuable, es- pecially in the South. It is so very dwarf,Shills need be only three feet apart, yet it is one of the most prolific varieties of all, bearing its short, plump fruits in clus- ters, and if not allowed to ripen seed will bear from June until October, and that in hot, dry weather that crisps almost every other variety, root and branch. It needs deep, rich hills to do this, but is certain then to succeed. We believe there is no variety superior to this. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; ft., $1.00. ennett's White Spine—(Private Stock.) Our seed of this is saved from one of the finest stocks on Long Island, and Long Island leads the world on choice garden vege- tables. These Cucumbers grow seven to ten inches lonpr, uniformly plump and full to the very ends, a glossy dark green in color. A superior quality in every respect. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; B>., $1.00. Early Creen Cluster—A prolific variety, with crisp, brittle fruit. A fine pickling variety. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; ft., 80c.

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