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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
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132 JOHN LEWIS CHILDo, FLORAL PARK, N. Y.
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Eleagqtis j^oDgipes. This is a new fruit from Japan, and was, we think, first seen in fruit at the summer residence of Mr. Chas. A. Dana, late editor of the New York Sun. For two or three years many people have been to see it and to taste it, and it seems that no one ever tires of praising it. It has fruited elegantly in our own grounds now for four summers, and as a rare or fancy fruit it is one which is sure to delight its possessor. It is a shrub fruiting when only three or four feet high, and probably never exceeds five or six feet when full grown, The fruit is borne in quantity the wbole length of the branches, is oblong or olive shape, and about the color of a â dark red cherry. It has a small pit and an excellent flavor, being rich, juicy, sprightly, and more luscious than the cherry. It ripens in July and August, and the fruit remains in good condition a long time before dropping. The bush is perfectly hardy and robust. Price 20c. each: 6 for $1.00. GtyestQUt, Japap Giar*t. Introduced recently from Japan, and a chestnut of enor- mous size, the nuts averaging .^ur to six times larger than our American variety, and i: is not unusual lov burrs to con- tain four to seven of these arge perfect nuts. They are al- most sure to commence bearing the second year after plant- ing, no matter how 3mall the tree maybi. They mature their fruit early and it drops at the first touch of frost. Enormously proline, tree highly ornamental and will prove an attractive and n vel thing on anyon 's ace. 30c. each. The GbUds' Qaipce. This is a most remarkable new sort, as it is such an im- provement over all varieties of Quince. The fruit grows to an enormous size, larger than the largest apples. In shape it is nearly round resembling an apple very much, with smooth skin. It is of very mild, pleasant flavor, so much so that when ripe it is delicious to eat raw from the hand, as one would eat a good apple. For cooking it is superb. Its flesh is so tender that it will bake or stew as readily as an apple, and in less time. The tree is a luxurious grower, with heavy foliage, and bears enormously, be- ginning when they stand in the nursery rows. 50c. each'- 5 for $2.00. NeW Hybrid pitinjs. These are crosses with Japan varieties, and possess the most distinct characteristics, are the most beautiful, most luscious, best bearers and keepers, hardiest and best adap- ted to all soils and climates. JuicyâSkin thin and transparent, light yellow, underlaid with scarletâas beautiful as wax. In quality it seems to us th t there is no other fruit that can approach it. It has a de icious sweetness, mingled with a slightly acid and a high, melting Plum flavor, surpassing anything we ever saw. Tree is a hardy, luxuriant grower, though of dwarfish habit. It ..dooms so late in spring that frost never injures the crop, It begins to bear when very small âtrees scarcely three feet high often producing large crops. When of fair size it is an enormous yielder. and the fruit ripen* early. ShipperâTree lai-ge.rank grower.and enormously prolific. Fruit of 'arge size, rich, juicy and sweet. Hardy, robust and heavy annual cropper. 25c. each 'â the 2 for UOc. $2.00 per dozen. Tree Stre.w'berry. x The largest and most beautiful berry of any kind. It comes to us from Japan and is of the Raspberry family, though in many respects it resembles a Strawberry, grow- ing on b -sh two feet high. The plant is entirely hardy in any location, and a most profuse yielder. ripening an enor- mous crop of fruit. The canes or shoots die in winter, new ones bein thrown up the following spring, which bcg4n bloominc: anc setting fruit at once. The berries are slightly oblong in form, ^nstrous in size, a rich, glossy ruby-red color, sweet and meiting. 15c. each; 6 for 50c. Dw'arf Jdneberry The berries are the size of ordinary cherries, being green in an unripe state, changing to bright scarlet, and when fully ripe to a dark purple-blue; and as the three colors hang in clusters upon a bush they present a most charming and ap- petizing sight. It is exceedingly sweet and'has a peculiarly rich and luscious flavor: a most charming fruit to eat from the hand. It is also one of the most showy flowering shrubs. 20c. each; 3 for »0c. kucretia De^'berry. It is a climbing Blackberry, the vine growing very large, and may be allowed to trail over the ground, or may oe trained up to trellises like Grapes. It is a sure annual grow- er, the berries being larger, sweeter and superior in every way to Blackberries. The fruit is borne in great quantities, and is of a soft, pulpy nature, sugary and delicate. 15c. each; 6 for 50c.

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