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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, and fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_16 (find matches)
Year: 1913 (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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16 JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N- Y. Superior Lawn Grass and Vegetable Roots* Childs' Floral Park Lawn Grass—Quick Growing, Dense and Velvety* Not even fine trees and beautiful flowers add as much beauty to the home surroundings as does a fine, velvety lawn. To secure a fine, close, even sward, it is absolutely necessary to use proper grasses, Good. deep, rich color and turfy, compact habit, stooling out well from the bottom, and they must be able to stand the sun well, and a considerably amount of drouth, without injury. We have a mixture of grasses that meets all these requirements. We use it at Floral Park, where it has been much admired. We have sold it in every State and Territory in the United States, and it has given entire satisfaction in every location. It grows quickly, making a fine green sward in a few weeks. A whole season's drouth will not kill out this grass. It may dry and burn as brown as possible, but the first good rain will im- mediately bring it up green and velvety. Pint, 20c; quart, 35c: peck, $2. 00; per bushel, $5.00, prepaid.
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New Sweet Potato, Early Triumph. The finest all around Sweet Potato and is so early it can be grown in the North. Ripens in 60 days from time of setting the plants. Tubers, large, oval, oblong, very handsome. Flesh creamy yellow and extra fine quality, dry and highly flavored. Tubers keep very late, in this respect superior to any other. Yine short, dense and vig- orous. Plant in warm sandy soil if possible, and it will succeed anywhere in the North. We can supply green plants any time after May first. We will have vigorous vines ready for planting out end of May. Green plants (May to July) 5 for 50c.; 12 for $1-00; 30 for $2.00. NEW GIANT CRIMSON WINTER RHUBARB. Grows to cooking size in 3 months or less from seed or roots. See page 71. HELIANTI. The showy new flower and fine winter "vegetable, offer elsewhere in cotalogue.

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