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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables & fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_19 (find matches)
Year: 1916 (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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52 JOHN LEWIS CHILDS; INC-, FLORAL PARK, N. Y.
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Cabbage. There is no garden vegetable grown that success or failure so plainly depends upon the quality of seeds sown. Poor seed of Cabbage is poor at any price. Our seed is all raised on Long Island, w«ere the finest Cab- bages in the world are grown. We could buy common Cabbage seed for very much less, but we know our cus- tomers would rajher pay a little more and get seeds they can rely upon. Three things are necessary to raise fine Cabbage—extra good seed, rich mellow soil and thorough cultivation. Copenhagen Market—Absolutely the earliest and the very I best round headed early Cabbage for summer; short stemmed, compact with broad leaves and perfect heads of about 10 lbs. in weight. Remarkably uniform in size and maturing. The most remarkable new Cab- bage in 20 years. Pkt., 15c; oz., 40c. Early Long Island Wakefield—A standard variety, early and of fine quality. By all odds the best and most pro- fitable early sort to grow in any part of the country. Our strain is perfect. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 25c; lb., $3.00. Winningstadt—This is a German variety; very distinct with large pointed heads, solid and closely packed. Very fine quality and popular. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 20c • lb., $2.00. Danish—A remarkably fine Cabbage from Denmark having qualities that are lacking in any standard American variety. Meads medium size, uniform, round, remark- ably solid. It is a fine shipper. For late Cabbage for winter use it has no superior, being of good s£e tor family use and of extra good quality; crisp andX£' All Seasons—As the name would indicate, good for all seasons—early, medium or late. A sure header and long keper; quality very fine. It is a remarkably good new sort. Head large and solid, round with flat ton finest quality, and ready for marketing almost as earlv as the standard early sorts. Pkt., 5c.; oz lb., $2.50. Volga—This is, without exception, the nearest approach to perfection of any variety. Heads uniformly solid. In this respect it is a wonder, as the heads are of about equal size and shape, weighing from 12 to 15 lbs. each. In one field of three acres there was not a single plant thrown out, or showed, in any respect, any variation from a true and valuable type. Unlike most types the heads are perfectly solid and the stem does not run into the head nearly as far as in other types, and the flesh is exceedingly firm, tender and white, making it a most desirable form for krout, as well as for all other purposes. The most severe winter known in this section did not inflict the slightest injury on the Volga, not a leaf was lost, while all other kinds suffered terribly. This type is remarkable for its quick- growing habit. We have noticed particular^ this sort ^?i-?n«tllat n wli1J mature its heads fully two weeks earlier ^than^any^of^ur late growing kinds. Pkt., 10c.; 20c.

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