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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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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS,
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Pepper. :\o trouble whatever to grow. Useful for culinary pur- poses, ornamental as pot plants and useful in many ways G,ant ExcelsiorâA ci;o?s between the Chinese Giant and ^TJSSF'i?0/.8?, lar*e as the former but larger than the latter it is the earliest of Peppers.and outgrows other kinds. Growth exceedingly vigorous, and each plant produces from 17 to 20 mammoth sized peppers SfStL keep^r Rul^ Kin&- Half hot. The most valuable market Pepper yet introduced, selling quickly ^?,y,am:T pr-lc.e.s- PkT- 10c-: oz-> 30c.; lb., S3.00 Ch£s'Celestial !mPâ¢vedâA well-grown plant will show ff?P,eintin, e!very stage of growth, and in three or four different colors, according to the stage of ripeness lrtehn^y wtule« pink ancl vivklscarlet-311 on the bush to-' gether, a most novel and wonderful sight. Beautiful pot plants; in fact few pot plants make such an attractive fH^TLj? d?es Thl3 PePPer when in full bearing. It is perfectly charming, showing such quantities of fruit of £30 many different colors. Pkt..ioc; oz., r-oc; lb.. s".oo Childs KaleidoscopeâOne of these Pepper plants, with its dark green leaves, and hanging full of charm ng pink! yellow, rose and red fruits, is exceedingly beautiful It is enormously prolific, plants branching freely and weeping with their load of jewel-like fruit. Pkt., 5c.; Ruby KingâThe beautiful plants are crowded with lar°-e handsome fruit of a bright ruby-red color, Vhirh grow' four to six inches long by three to four inches through They are remarkably mild and pleasant to the taste I hey can even be sliced and eaten with vinegar Tike Tomatoes or Cucumbers. Pkt., :,c ⢠oz inc Chinese MammothâA grand sweet sort, bearing enormous ^oPvC^Hn"0,n,pepp,irs- as ,ar^ as turnips. BrinTs in market double the price of others. Pkt., 10c: oz 75S ^vP?^ev^Th,'^ SpJendid pepper originated with us jeveral .\ears ago. it is so sweet and palatable tint it may be eaten from the hand like a RadisnT Cut; into strfps and cooked with meat or stews it is simply ereat ? ln^dtandr,de,i^e navor we know no otn⢠sort like Ik rh.1., IOC; 3 for 2oC. ()kva or G^n>bo. very popular for making soups, stews, etc. Our New jfgivct is suy^pnt). New White VelvetâA great improvement on the old White Velvet In every way. it is undeniably the best vanetv grown. Its large thick puds are round and smooth ami of an ivory-white color, it is a very profuse bearer and is^rnamental as well as useful. Pkt.. ioc.; oz., IKammoth Long PoddedâA most superb new Okra which produces an abundance of fine large pods that a*v> of ^superior quality, for soups, etc. Plants grow four reel Mtuuh but begin to bear pods when 8 to 12 inches hitrh â These pods last long in a fresh prime state and are â¢S^il0 great entities all summer. Pkt., sr' ⢠ni MOc; lb., 80c. !/h IMP

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