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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables & fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_6 (find matches)
Year: 1901 (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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1 4-8 JOHN LEWIS CHILD5, FLORAL PARK, N. Y. " (VERBENA Peach.
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There is no tree which makes a more rapid growth anil comes into bearing sooner after planting than the Peach Trees small enough to go by mail will bear in three years, and their cost is so little that everv home in our land should be abundantly supplied with this most valuable fruit. The Everbearing Peach. This is one of the most remarkable of Peaches, as it combines many desirable qual- ities which make it of great value fur family use. 1.—Its long-continued bearing period. The first ripening begins about in Julv. and successive crops are produced until the begin- ning of November. Fruit in all stages of de- velopment—ripe and half-grown—may be seen upon the tree at the same time. Two-year-old trees bear freely. 2.—As the tree blossoms during a long period, a complete failure of fruit has never happened since the original tree first began to bear, ten years ago. 3.—The fruit is creamy white, mottled and striped with light purple and with pink veins: oblong in shape, ana tapering to the apex: flesh white, with red veins near the skin: very juicy, vinous and of excellent flavor: quality very best. Freestone, of the Indian type. No praise can do justice to this magnificent nov- elty. It is really one of the finest things we ever offered. Good size, prolific, best quality and bears continually for three months. "Wliat more can be desired? Fine trees for fruiting next year, by mail. 3oe. each; 3 for 75c.: 7 for $1.50. Holderbaum Peach. This Champion of all Peaches originated in isso in Somerset, Pennsylvania, one of the highest and coldest points on the Alleghany Mountains, where the mercury often drops to 28 degrees be- ), w zero. Tin- original tree is now 25 feet high and to inches in diameter at the base, with foliage surpassing anything ever before seen in the nature of a Peach. The leaves arc of a dark, heaw green, measuring from 8 toio inches in length. It has one valuable advantage in the peculiar characterof its blossoms, which never open out like those of other varieties, but remain closed, with a heavy growth of moss-like fuzz covering the young Peach anil protecting it from heavy spring frosts. The size of the matured fruit i- immense, many specimens measuring from 12 to u inches in circum- ference. In color it is of a light eream-vellow. with a beautiful red cheek on the sunny side. In texture it is very firm, of fine duality, and a perfect freestone. The pit is very small and the flesh light yellow, streaked with red from the surface to th > center, and of most exquisite flavor. It ripens about August is. thus making it one of the earliest of all freestone varieties. For hardiness, vigorous growth and long life, it is certainly the Champion of all Peaches. 25c. each: S for $1.00.

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