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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, & fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_8 (find matches)
Year: 1903 (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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One of the most wholesome foods known, and much relished by most people. Most physicians agree that the free use of Onions as a food is a healthful and beneficial stimulant to the system. In eases of colds, coughs and lung troubles they are often better tham medicine. Certain it is that they are the' best remedy for that new disease. "La Grippe," and their use is one of the best preventatives from taking it. The Onion is one of these vegetables with which success or failure depends largely upon the quality of seed sown. The best Onion seed i3 always the cheapest. We are ?ertain that ours is as good as can be found anywhere. Have :he ground made very fine, deep and rich for Onions, and keep free from weeds. We also offer a new Onion Set on r>agp 45. Large Red Wethersfleld—A favorite red-skinned sort, of large size and handsome appearance. Onions somewhat flattened, flesh purplish-white, high-flavored, and keeps well without rotting. A standard sort and a great favor- ite with market gardeners. Pkt., 5c.: oz., 15c.: lb., $1.20. fellow Globe Danvers—Another popular Onion, widely grown for market. Plump, handsome, yellow-skinned bulbs, very uniform, round and perfect. We have an extra fine strain of this. More seed of this Onion i<kj p,.?.- Tak«»r_j annually sold than any other variety. It does wellw. everywhere, in all soils and in all climates, and is every- where a popular market sort. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; lb., $1.20. ; Extra Early Red—A quick-growing variety, much liked in the North, as it grows well in cold, mucky soils where other sorts fail. Pkt,, 5c.; oz., 15c.; lb.. $1.25. louthport White Globe—A globular, mild-flavored Onion of fine appearance and superior quality. A great favorite in most localities, and probably the most popular White Globe variety. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 20c.; lb., $2. Italiai) O^ioi^s. During the past few years Italian Onions have come into favor with astonishing rapidity. Where a few years ago they were grown only as fancy garden crops, they are now planted extensively for market, and they are, too, a profit- able crop. They are of rapid growth and attain a very large size in a wonderfully short time. They are not only large but very uniform, perfect in shape, aiid exceedingly hand- some in appearance. In quality they are acknowledged on all sides to be the best, having an exceedingly mild, delicate and pleasant flavor. For eating raw, they are. of eouse. greatly superior to other Onions, owing to the mildness of their flavor. These Onions do best on a rich, light or sandy aoil, in a warm and, if possible, sheltered situation. e;cti^ EARLY

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