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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. 109
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Tkrijips. STATION TREE. Station Tree—This variety originated by crossing the French Tree with Alpha, the result being a very distinct variety, with thick, curly, almost black-green foliage and great numbers of handsome, solid fruit, with the fewest seeds of any known variety. Tomatoes are of very fine quality, and this sort is especially recommended for forcing, as it does extra well in pots, the earliest of all, and being of fine upright growth it requires but little room. Pkt., 10c; 3 pkt., 25c. Ponderosa—A Tomato of large size, solid, of fine quality. Claimed to be the largest known sort. Pkt., 5c; oz., 25c. Childs' Golden Jubilee-A fit companion to the fcRuby Queen, and, like it, of enormous size, specimens having been grown that weighed over two pounds each. The fruits are round and solid, with very few seeds; flesh meaty and, like all yellow varieties, verv sweet and mild in flavor, A beautiful table sort, especially when ar- ranged with the deep rich slices of Rubv Queen on the same dish. The skin of this sort parts readily from the fruit without scalding. An important feature. Pkt., 10c; 3 pkts., 2oc*; oz., 50c. Ignotum—Esteemed as the perfection of a Tomato. Ex- tremely early and a great cropper. Fruits large, smooth, without green spots or cores, and almost entirely free from cracks or rotten spots. Delicious flavor, very ineatv L b# few se£ds- ^FiS£ £?r slicing, cooking or canning*. Pkt., 10c; oz., 2oc; B>., $2.00. Volunteer — E verybod y praises the Volunteer. Heavy continuous bearer of smooth, plump, solid flavor. Extra fine for either home or market garden. Pkt., 10c: oz., 30c; lb., $2.25. Climbing Tomato—A nov- el Tomato of a Climbing habit, that, if supported, climbs to a considerable height. A very unique ornament to the kitchen doorway or window when hanging full of its many large red fruits. Fruit smooth, solid and of fine flavor. Pkt., 10c.' Colden Fig—Fruit small, beautifully smooth and al- most incredibly produc- tive. The flesh is solid, thick-meated, very sweet and pleasant, and are just right for preserves or sweet pickles, or for dry- ing in sugar like figs. _ Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c. Peach—A distinct, medium sized Tomato, of very peculiar but pleasant flavor. The fruit of this Tomato is about the size and shape of a peach, and is of a soft peachy-red color. Pkt„ 10c.; ozM 30c.

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