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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, & fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_9 (find matches)
Year: 1904 (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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SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1904.
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The following are the cream-of all sorts. Earliest Forcing—Earlier than any other sort, by a week. Bright scarlet turnip Radish, very smooth and round, with small tops, allowing it to he drawn closely together in hot-bed or forcing bench. Fine also for out-of-door sowing. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 15c.: lb., $1.35. Early Mammoth—Known also as " Shepherd " and " Char" tier." This variety sometimes reaches the enormous length of two or three feet and is sometimes eight inches through at the top. A very quick growing variety, crisp, juicy and tender, and mild in flavor. Its color is a fresh pink and white, and for market has no superior among summer Radishes. It remains tender and good for sev- eral weeks after it is ready for use and is a splendid all around Radish. Pkt, 5c.; oz., 10c.; lb., 70e. French Breakfast —A very attractive pink and white Radish, olive-shaped and with delicate flavored flesh, free from coarseness or any biting quality. A grand little table sort, Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; lb., 60c. White Vienna—Finest of all long white radishes. Skin and flesh pure white, beautiful shape and fine flavor. Pkt., 5c.; oz., IOC.; lb, 75c. Early Scarlet Turnip—A fine quick-growing early Radish* of fine eating qualities. See page48. jShlnese Rose, Winter—A handsome and superior mid- summer, fall and winter sort, of a lovely scarlet-rose color and large size. Flesh, meaty, crisp and tender. Keep roots in soil for winter use.. Pkt,, 5c,: oz., 10c.; lb., 90c. 20 Days Express—Is fit for the table in twenty days from the time of sowing the seed and is fully grown in twenty- five days, at which time the Radish is about one inch in diameter at the top, three inches in length and tapering to a point. Color, brightest, richest scarlet, tipped with white. Quality very mild, crisp and delicious. By far the best flavored Radish we have yet seen, and the most desirable for table use. The finest, and, without doubt, the earliest Radish in cultivation. It contains all good I / points. Pkt., 10c.: oz., 30c.; lb., $2.00. , Baku rajl ma Mammoth—One of the good new tilings from Japan. It is of very quick growth, reaching an enormous size in a short time. Color pure white; crisp and tender, and of remarkably mild and pleasant flavor. An ideal table Radish. Pkt,, 10c.: oz., 40c. Twelve Months* Radish Mixture—A superb mixture of all kinds of Radishes, early, medium, fall, winter, Chinese, etc. Sow a row of it and it will furnish you delicious Radishes throughout the year. The early and medium ones, as they mature and are pulled, make room for the larger growth of the fall and winter varieties. This mixture is made up of twenty-five best varieties, and with it, it is necessary to make but one sowing for the entire year.This novel mixture was introduced by us some years ago, and our customers liked it so well that last sea- son we sold tons of it-Pkt., 10.C; oz., 15c.; Mlb., 30c.; lb., 90c. One packet each of the above 10 sorts, 50c. I^Fr. j Eai -ft eW Radish Icicle. A long Radish of almost transparent whiteness, which has no rival among all existing varieties. It is so early that the roots are 4 to 5 inches long.in 20 days from the time of sowing the seed in the open ground, and ready for the table. As to quality, it is has no superior, and is the most beautilul Radish yet seen. A long, white, alabaster-like,, early vari- ety, has not previously existed. This is a real jewel. Fkt., 10c.; oz., 20c.; lb., $1.25.

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