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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables and fruits, 1900 : 25th anniversary
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_5 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: John Lewis Childs (Firm); Wall, H. M. ltg; 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 : The Mayflower Presses (printer) ; Brooklyn, N. Y. : H. M. Wall (lithographer)
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 1900. 153
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T^ree Grandest pilings. Since the introduction of our Wineberry and Mayberry, nothing has been offered in the way of new fruits which can compare in value and im- portance to these new PlumsâBurbank's greatest productions. They are crosses with Japan varieties, and possess the most distinct characteristics, are the most beautiful, most luscious, best bearers and keepers, hardiest F~W/n ""VL/r v^/ anc^ best adapted to all soils and climates. W*lfAI> --"""eD Delaware or Dwarf Weeping PlumâA superb and highly ornamental X\yi/*irccDfiâ /» tree of short, symmetrical growth and long blanches which droop to ffj" â iA/EtllNG the ground. Owing to its dwarf habit it can be grown in space that /»?* t^-w* would not admit of a larger kind. The best Plum in existence, with a most exquisite flavor, like that of the Delaware Grape. It is described by some as possessing the flavor of the Apricot. Grape, Plum and Watermelon combined. Fruit of good size, purple flesh and skin, with white bloom. It is exceedingly productive and ripens very early. Tree hardy and healthy, bearing when but two feet high. A perfect gem of a fruit and ornamental tree combined, and should be on every lawn and in every garden. It is destined to be the most popular Plum of the future, as it is certainly the most beautiful and luscious. ShipperâTree a large, rank grower, and enormously prolific. Fruit of large size, rich, juicy and sweet. Form and color of Imperial Gage, but handsomer, and the best Plum for shipping yet introduced. Hardy, robust and heavy annual cropper. The most profitable for market, as it is of the best quality, largest size, most, prolific and best shipper. JuicyâThis glorious new Plum is a cross between Botan and Robinson. The fruit is the size of the former and three times larger than the latter, and of perfect shape. Skin thin and transparent, light yellow, underlaid with scarletâas beautiful as wax. Inqualityit seems to us that there is no other fruit which can approach it. It has a delicious sweetness, mingled with a sprightly acid1 and a high, melting Plum flavor, surpassing anything we over saw. When fully ripe it is so juicy that, when the skin is broken, its delicious pulp flows out like honey. The tree is a hardy, rank, luxuriant grower, though of dwarfish habit. It blooms so late in spring that frost never injures the crop. In this respect it is valuable beyond estimate. It begins to bear when very small â trees scarcely three feet high often producing large crops. When of fair size it is an enormous yielder, and the fruit ripens early. The fruit keeps a long time arter ripening, often fifteen to twenty days, in hot weather, before decaying, J^clPC pcirjCy pCclCl^CS PriceoftheS6threefinePlurn^~5c-each: 3 far 60c.\ $2.00 per dozen. CxcelsiorâA wonderfully good new Peach, which originated near Lowell, Mass. The tree is a dwarf, of low-spread- ing, willow-like habit of growth, and the fruit buds are so hardy that it produces a full annual crop when all others fail. Fruit medium to large, rich orange-yellow, 6plashed with carmine on the sunny side : flesh yellow, juicy, very sweet, tender and rich. Pit small and a per- fect freestone. The low growth and great beauty of this tree make it a desirable ornament for the lawn or garden. ChampionâFruit very large, often 10 inches in circumfer- ence. Flavor most delicious, juicy, sweet and rich, sur- passing most other varieties. Color, a beautiful creamy white, with a bright red cheek, most strikingly hand- some in appearance. Its season of ripening is very early. The Lemon PeachâA most unique variety, and a tree in bearing looks as though it was full of Lemons instead of Peaches. Extra fine and entirely distinct fruit, being oblong or lemon-shaped, pointed at the apex. Color, pale lemon when ripe. It is of large size, fine specimens meas- uring over 13 inches in circumference ; medium early. The Orange PeachâThis glorious Peach is a highly valu- able and distinct variety, its enormous fruits closely re- sembling large, luscious Oranges, and a tree in bearing reminds one of the Orange groves of Florida. Owarf JapaneseâThis is the earliest of all Peaches, matur- ing in about eight weeks from time of blooming. It is a <1 warf-growing, very stocky variety from Japan, bearing when three or four feet high ; a little tree, one year planted, matured twenty-four fine specimens. The blooming season is late, making it free from damage by fronts. Fruit large, beautiful crimson and yellow, heavily overlaid with red. The flesh is rich, juicy and of most excellent quality, and of blood-red color. It is the most fragrant of all Peaches, a single specimen being so sweet as to fill a whole room with the delightful fra- grance. The trees are very productive. It requires so little room that it may be grown on the lawn or in any nook and corner which would not accommodate a larger variety. It is a perfect gem of a fruit. Price, Soc. each; the 5 for 80c; or $1.00 per dozen.

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