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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, & fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_4 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (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 1899. 105
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A delicious table vegetable, and when cooked like pumpkins, makes verv superior pies. Ford Hook A long, golden yellow Squash, with very dry and finegrained flesh. This is one of the best winter Squashes, and an extra fine keeper, and the plants are so robust that failure is very rare. Resists the attacks of the Squash borer better than most kinds; matures early and is everywhere a sure cropper, Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; lb., $1,25. S! bley— Another fine winter Squash that keeps well nearly all winter. Shell hard and flinty : pale green in color. Flesh a brilliant orange-red; very dry and rich in flavor. A fine baking variety. Pkt, 10c.- oz., 15c; lb,. 75c. Metcalf—A Maine variety of extra tine quality, finegrained and dry. No better eating Squash can be found any- where. A long winter keeper, good till spring. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; lb., $1.25. Perfect Cem—This sort is good both for summer and win- ter use. Tbin-skjmied, fine grained and of very pleasant flavor. Will keep almost any length of time. Pkt., 5c; oz.. 10c; lb., 70c. Mammoth Chill—Specimens of this have been grown to reach 300 pounds in weight. Notwithstanding its enor- mous size, this Squash is of very fair quality and keeps well. Pkt., 10c; oz„ 20c Mammoth Whale—A new French variety of the enormous weight of one hundred or more pounds. Fruit thick and an ashy-gray color and tapers toward the end. Flesh solid, beautiful orange-yellow and of excellent quality. It has also the advantage of being a long keeper and a variety which does well in any soil or climate. It is a splendid variety in all respects, especially for exhibiting at fairs, Pkt., 20c; 3 pkts., 50c Clant Summer Crookneck—A new Orookneck. which is a little earlier than the old variety, and fully twice as large, being nearly two feet in length. It is of extra fine quality, handsome in appearance and finds a ready sale at good prices in any market. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; lb., $1.00. Japanese Alphabet—Its peculiar characteristic from which it derives its name is in the fact that its seeds are distinctly marked on both sides with characters which appear to he Japanese letters, and it is said that the Japanese alphabet may be selected from a handful of seed. Be this as it may, it is certainly curious and in- teresting, but this is not all. We find the Squash to be superior to the old Hubbard in quality, and a much stronger and freer grower, as easily raised in short as Pumpkins. For pies this variety excels all other Squashes or Pumpkins. It is a great novelty in every respect. Pkt., 15c; 3 pkts., 35c.

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