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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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7B JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y.
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Squash A delicious table vegetable, and when cooked like Pump- kins, makes superior pies. Ford Hook—A long, golden vellow Squash, with very dry and line-grained llesh. 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 a sure cropper. Pkt, loc.: oz.. 13;.: lb., S1.25. Sibley—Another fine winter Sqnash that keeps well nearly all winter. Shell hard and llinty: pale green in color. Flesh a brilliant orange-red; very dry and rich navor. A fine baking varietv. Pkt.. cc : oz., 10c.; lb.. 75c Metcalf -A Maine variety of extra flue quality, line grained and dry. No better eating Squash can be found any- where. A long winter keeper, good till spring. Pkt.. loc.: oz.. 20e.; lb.. S1.25 Perfect Gem — This sort is good for summer and winter use. Thin skinned, fine grained and of very pleasant flavor. Will keep any length of time. Pkt.. 5c.; oz.. 10c.: lb., fioc. Mammoth Chili—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.. loc.: oz.. 2oc. Mammoth Whale—A new French variety of the enormous weight of one hundred or more pounds. Fruit thick ami an ashv-gray color, and tapering 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 slender variety in all respects, espeeiallyjfor exhibiting at fairs. Pkt.. 10c.: oz.. 30c. Giant Summer Crookneck—A new crookneck. 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. Early Scallop—An early summer sort. Yery fine and pop- ular. Pkt. 5c; oz.ioc: lb.. 60c. . - Japanese Alphabet-Its peculiar characteristic, from which it derives its name, is in the fact that its seeds are dis- tinctly marked on both sides with characters which ap- pear to be Japanese letters, and it is said that the Japan- ese alphabet may be selected from a handful of seed. Be this as it may, it is certainly curious and interesting, but that 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. Pkt., 10b. : 3 pkts.. for 25c. Improved Hubbard—(Piirvate Stock)—No more popular Squash than the Hubbard has ever been grown. Of late years it has largely lost flavor because stocks have be- come badly mixed with inferior strains. Our stock is quite limited, but is absolutely true and will produce the old-fashioned, deliciously sweet Squash wo all remem- ber. Pkt.. 10c.; oz.. 30c.; lb.. $1.75. One ftacket each of the ten sorts. 7*c.

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