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Title: Childs' seeds that satisfy bulbs that bloom plants that please
Identifier: childsseedsthats00john_0 (find matches)
Year: 1920 (1920s)
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 Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Seeds; Flowers; Vegetables; Fruit
Publisher: Floral Park, N. Y. : John Lewis Childs, Inc.
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 Catalog of Seeds. Bulbs and Plants for 1920 81 IMPROVED HUBY SWEET
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SWEET CORN Every family garden ought to have a selection of Sweet Corn, from the earliest to the latest varieties. Fine for drying-, as well as for summer table use. Golden Cream (673;—This is a hybrid between the Country Gentleman and Golden Bantam, combining the superior qualities of both. Golden Bantam is famous . for its high quality. Country Gentleman is famous for its high quality, with larger ears and deep kernels. Golden Cream has medium ears, rich cream color, deeper and narrower kernels. It is the one glorious good Corn for family use. It is very early, and it does not harden quickly. Pkt., IOC; pint, 50c; quart, 90c Childs' Honey Dew (07 4)—Not only very early, but has good sized ear, white cob and large pearly kernels of the very finest quality; tender, sweet and nutritious. It also keeps in good condition a long time before hardening. It grows to medium height and the ears are formed low and two to three on each stalk. Pkt.. 10c; pint, 40c; quart, 75c. postpaid; peck. $2.50, by express collect. Evergreen (675)—The standard late sort and probably the all-around best Sweet Corn grown. It has mag- nificent large ears, deep kernels, small cob, and pos- sesses the finest flavor, being tender and juicy. A favorite with everybody, and must have a place in every garden. Pkt., 10c; pint, 3 5c; quart, 6 5c; post- paid; peck, §2.00, by express collect OUR HOME GROWN GOLDEN BANTAM SWEET CORN (670) This is our own special private strain, of Golden Bantam, grown here on Long Island, hand picked, care- fully sorted and cured. It will germinate about 100 per cent and is a special improved strain of this most popular Sweet Corn. Pkt., 10c; pint, 40c; quart, 75c, potspaid. Peck, by express, .$2.50; bushel, $10.00. Improved RUBY SWEET CORN Beauinul and Luscious (677) This is the largest Sweet Corn g;rown, in plant, ear and kernel. It is a beautiful deep rich red color when dry, but when green in the eating .state is a pearly white. Ears ten inches long, very large. Duality rich and sugary. It is extra early and in every way extra fine. We can recommend this superb Corn with the greatest confidence. Pkt., 10c; pint, 50c; quart, 90c. A vegetable at once healthful, toothsome and beautiful. Said by physicians to be of great benefit in all diseases of the" nerves and kidneys. Deliciously fresh, crisp and nutty to the taste, and the broad stalks, ivory white, waxy yellow or rose-red, tipped with finely composed leaflets , of pale, glaucous-green are ornamental to the finest tables. Sow in hot-bed and transplant, or sow out- doors when the ground becomes warm. When plants are four or five inches high transplant, giving six inches between plants in the row. Have the soil very firm and rich, plant in trenches, and as the plants grow draw the earth .closely around them to blanch the stems or, better yet. bleach them between boards. Never do this in wet weather, or the stems will rust. South of the Ohio, Celery can remain in the ground all winter with a little protection. In the North plants should be taken up and stacked closely together, with soil firmed around the roots, and kept in the cellar or a pit for use. Winter Queen (716)—Grows thick, solid and heavy stalks and large-heart. A close, compact grower and when blanched is creamv white. Pkt., luc; oz., 20c; lb., $2.00. Golden Self-3ianching (747^—Fine to follow White Plume. An exceedingly fine-flavored sort; blanches easily to a beautiful golden-yellow, and is very brittle and crisp. No garden complete without it. Pkt., 10C; oz., 75C; lb., $10.00. White Plume (7 IS)—One of the most beautiful of all, and the earliest. Brittle, fine-grained and the easiest known sort to blanch. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; lb., $3.00. Giant Pascal (719)—A sport from the Golden Self- Blanching. of immense size; broad, thick, stringless stalks, remarkably crisp and nutty, early to branch, and the very best keeper of any Celery. The huge stalks of this kind will "snap" like glass, they are so tender, and they never are watery or strong. Fine market sort, and one of the very best for the home garden. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; lb., $2.50. Celeriac, Perfection (720) An improved Turnip rooted Celery of superb qua ity. It is the finest thing evei grown for soups, giving ; flavor which Celery itself can not furnish. When boiled an( sliced like Turnips and servec with butter and salt it makes a most delicious dish. Per pfct., 10c; oz.. 30C; lb., $2.50.

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