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Title: Childs' rare flowers, fruits and vegetables
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_17 (find matches)
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N- Y
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Early l&ASE-BALG TOMATO Tomatoes. Tomatoes are indispensable a«nong Y^etobtes. jS? dwelten with almost no room can tram them to the r o walls and raise quantities of line, fesh frnit Ior tneir own use. Start early in the house or hot-bed. trauawlaavjjust after a gentle rain, and tie plants to stake or rteUi*. iney stand drouth remarkably well. Just before^f^*^! well developed fruits, spread.them.singly ma light.:rose proof place, and they will continue ripening for two months. Childs' Early Baseball-In many ways this is about as fine a vegetable novelty as we ever introduced, not excepting the Everlasting CacumW, Half Century and^risphead I ettoee, Rosy Nugget Watermelon, and Long loaded UX$?*WZ will noTsay it U the earliest of a 1 Tomatoes, bur it is as early as any and very much earl e than any other large first-class sort. Unlike other early Tomatoes Baseball is not small but extra large: one of the very Largest, and by all odds the smoothest, heayiestand most Solid variety in cultivation. It has very little seed cavity but has solid flesh pulp, tender, and free from ad traces of coarseness or green core. It is a rich crimson color throughout and of unsurpassed quality. By all odds tne Tomato for both the home garden and the market gar- dener. 10c. per pkt. i oz., 40c.; lb., $4.00. Childs' Ruby QueenâTomato of enormous size, and as smooth *fi an apple. Its color is the deepest and darkest crlmson-redi yet? rich and beautiful. It is very solid, very thin -kin, and its flesh throughout is most ten der. It has not a particle of eoar-ene-s or toughness. Much like Gulden Jubilee, except in color. Pkt., ioc : oz., 30c. Childs' Picture Rock-Early, smooth, uniform, prolific long bearing, long keeping and fine in quality. In all these es- -pnrial points this Tomato is superior. Fruit bright scar- let, fairsize and so perfect and uniform that they look as though each one was moulded with the same stamp. On account of this perfect shape and great beauty it is un- surpassed for market. Its quality is extra fine and it commences to ripen its fruit early and continues in bear- ing until frost, a most remarkable quality. Its keeping qualities are, however, the most wonderful. Ri.pe fruit, fr ^h from the vine*, have kept in perfect condition from three to four weeks during the warm summer weather- Pkt.. loc; oz., 25c: lb., $2 50. Childs' Golden Jubilee â A fit companion to the Ruby Queen and like it, of enormous size, specimensâ having fc^, that welshed over two pounds each. The fiesh meaty been grown that weighed over two poui frnit^ are round and so id, with few seeds . and like^ a?l yellow varieties, very sweet and mi dm flavor \ beautiful table sort especially when arranged with the"deep, rich slices of Ruby Queen on the same dish. 'TheSkin of this sort parts readily from the fruit without scalding. An important feature. Pkt,,.10c. Ga^e^^r-Th^greatmeritoi this new Tomato is that it is so early and such a hardy, sturdy grower that it ?not necessary to start seed in the house or hot-beds that it is so early and such a hardy, sturdy grower not nece^ary to start seed in the house or hoi u it ma ?be sown in hills directly in the garden, at corn- bVnrin *time Plants from these gardenrgrown seed iSke very qSicifgrowth showing ripe fruit almost as e earliest varieties which are started in hot- I fsda feature that will save>a vast amount of Mrs. F. L- Wii.t.taj«s. Lincoln, Neb., says: **I raised a Tomato from your Baseball seed which weighed 21 ounces. make very quid early as the &leTinToma^ appreciated by m°any . jftit ofmedTum si/e, bright red in co or an g feet in shape. Of course fruit may behad^a lit tieear ler bv starting the plants inside in which ease it i^ar'ie^t nf allearivvarieties, but it ripens so quickly and giows so well from girdln sowing that we recommend it being grown in that way. Pkt., 10c.: 3 n.kts , 25c. Preserving Fig-Fruit small, beautifully-smooth,,ar>d ai- most incredibly productive. The *#lq^s<LJS$£ mpated verv sweet and pleasant, and is just ngnt roi ?reterve- and sweet pickles, or for drying in sugarJike Fn factit dries well and is an admirable fruit when dry, fully equal to the fig. Pkt., 5C,; oz., 30c. A. M. CiiEMENS. Paris, Texas, says: ^Your receipts giving 116 ways of using the Toma to, w well worth a rlol ar to me! and I got it free with a packet of Eespleudent Tonia- t0SM«; Johs D. Brink, Maine. N. says : JI tried the Earlv BaseballTomato last season and will say I never had anything to beat them. They are a good seller,, goodI yield- er, and a fine flavored, solid meat Tomato, in fact they are all you claim them to be." . »T v.ad Mrs W L Phflps, New Ipswich, N. H., says, a <»<*u great success whh ySr EartyBaseball Tomato We began picking them the 12th of July. They are the nicest Tomatoes we have ever had. Fine flavored and very solid. We are very much pleased with them, as they are about three weeks ahead of other early varieties. C. N. Lauer, 1924 Forestdale Ave., Cleveland. Ohio,say». "I grew in my hack yard trained upon a wall a picture Rock Tomato which was IT feet high with 32 full grown To- matoes on at one time."

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