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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, and fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_13 (find matches)
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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 1908
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Italian Or*loi)s. During the past few years Italian Onions have come into favor with astonishing rapidity. Where a few years ago they were grown only as fancy garden crops, they are now planted extensively for market, andtheyare, too, a profitable crop. They are of rapid growth and attain a very large size in a wonderfully short time. They are not only large, but very uniform, perfect in shape and exceedingly handsome in appearance. In Quality they are acknowledged on all sides to be the best, having an exceedingly mild, delicate and pleasant flavor. For eating raw. they are, of course, greatly superior to other Onions, owing to the mildness of their flavor. These Onions do best in a rich, light or sandy soil, in a warm and, if possible, sheltered situation. Mammoth Silver King—A superb Onion, that sometimes grows to weigh two to four pounds. Silver-skinned, white fleshed, very mild and tender—so mild, sweet and tender that it can be eaten raw like an apple. It has an average diameter of Ave to seven inches, making a cir- cumference of 15 to 20 inches. It is probably the most popular Italian Onion known to cultivation. A grand seller in all markets. Pkt., 10c.; oz.. 20c.; lb.. $2.25 Prize Taker—A very large yellow Globe Onion, very hand- some, fine flavor and a grand sort for market. Immensely productive, producing 700 bushels to the acre, and is claimed by the introducer to bo the largest, handsomest, finest flavored yellow Globe Onion ever introduced. It is a good keeper. Pkt., loe.; oz., 20c.: lb., S2.00, Mammoth Pompeii—A most remarkable Onion on account of its enormous size and fine quality. They often grow to the weight of four or five pounds, with a very thin and delicate skin, which is of a handsome reddish or reddish- brown color. Notwithstanding its great size, it is ex- ceedingly mild and fine grained. Extra fine, easy cult- ure ; good keeper. Pkt.. loe.: oz., 20c.: lb.. $2.00, Early Radish.," or Barletta-The prettiest button-like little Onions imaginable. Small, flatand silver-skinned, so mild in flavor that they can be eaten raw, like a stalk of Celery, and for pickling are far ahead of any other Onion. Leaves almost no odor on the breath, and is liked by all. Three weeks earlier than any other Onion and grows very readily from seed. Is used largely for eating raw, like a radish, yet when cooked it has the most delicate flavor of any Onion. Introduced by us several years ago as Early Eadish, about the time it was intro- duced into France as Barletta. Pkt,, 10c.; oa„ 20c.; lb., $2.00, foeek. Italia p. The Leek is a very hardy easily grown vegetable, of, mild, agreeable flavor and is' much used for soups, stews, ete.. as its flavor is more del- icate than that of the Onion. This is a new and very large variety, the best for general cultivation. Pkt., 5c.: oz., 25c.; lb., $2.00. COPYFUCHTED BY ,SA_.CHtUJS

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