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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, & fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_9 (find matches)
Year: 1904 (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 1904. 55
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All-Seasons--As the name would indicate, good for all seasons—early, medium or late. A sure header and long keeping; quality very fine. It is a remarkably good new sort. Head large and solid, round with flat top, finest quality, and ready for marketing almost as early as the standard early sorts. See page 48. l/Vandergaw—A highly bred Cabbage that could hardly be improved in any respect. Compact, short-stemmed, sure to head, with heads very uniform and hard, few outer leaves, and quality of the very best; crisp, fine-grained and delicate and delicious flavor. Can be used as second . early, main crop, or as late Cabbage, by sowing seed in •y succession. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 20c.: lb., $2.00, Danish—A remarkably fine Cabbage from Denmark, having qualities which are lacking in any standard American variety. Heads medium size, uniform, round, and re- markably solid. It is a fine shipper. For a late Cabbage for winter use it has no superior, being of good size for family use and of extra good, quality; crisp and tender, better than any Cabbage with a less solid head can possibly be. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 25c,; lb., $3.00. r Perfection Drumhead Savoy — The Savoy Cabbages are not nearly as much grown as they ought to be. Easily distinguished by their crisped, wrinkled leaves and their distinct marrow-like flavor when cooked, approaching the taste of Cauliflower more nearly tban any other Cabbage. This is one of the best Savoys. Pkt., 5c.; oz., ,20c; lb., $200. , Marvin's Savoy—An extra fine Savoy. A sure header, with Y large, wrinkled heads, that are delightfully tender and crisp. A tall and winter cabbage, keeping well and not losing its flavor. The best of all Savoys, which have the ost delicious flavor and are more crisp and tender than Cabbages. A superb sort for the home garden, oz., 30c.; lb., $2.00. Red Dutch — The most popular pickling Cabbage- Large, deep red. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; lb., $2.00. One pkt. each of these lh sorts for 70c. Kohl Rabi. Extra Early Vienna — A curious vegetable, in ap- pearance half-way be- tween a Turnip and a Cabbage, with a turnip- like swelling of the stems above ground, w h i c h, while young and tender, has a delicious Cauliflow- er-like flavor, very appe- tizing and pleasant. Tery easily grown. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c.; lb., $2.00. losing its na most delicio / other Cabbe , / Pkt., 10c.; oz < Red Dutch —

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