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Title: Childs' rare flowers vegetables and fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_21 (find matches)
Year: 1918 (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 Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Seeds; Flowers; Vegetables; Fruit
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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Finest Garden Peas This delicious vegetable is so much finer when freshly gathered than when allowed to shrivel for days In the market, that every family, if possible, should grow their own Peas. For early crop, plant as soon as the ground -ran possibly be worked in the spring, and plant every two weeks thereafter for succession until summer. Childs' Morning Star — A new wrinkled Pea, earlier than any of the small, round varieties. It is the earliest Pea grown. It is a fair-sizea, wrinkled variety, and, therefore, possesses the same delicious quality or the late wrinkled kinds. l or the first time the fine quality or the late varieties is combined with extreme earli- neas. Added to its other qualities it is exceedingly prolific, and continues to bear longer than any other early sort. It grows eighteen to twenty inches high, an I does not require bushing. It is the most reliable wrinkied Pea Tor fall use—sown August 1—that 1 have ever grown. Mr. J. Goody, or Clare, Suffolk, England, writes: "Your 'Morning Star,' beats any Pea in Eng- land for a first crop." Pkt., 10c; pint, iOc; quart, 7 5c. by express, per peck, not prepaid, $-2.50. Gradus, or Prosperity — A new, large-podded, strong growing Pea, which Is only a lew days later than the earliest small round sort-. It has all the fine qualities of the large late varieties, yet is extra early. So vig- orous and strong Is its growth that it effectually resists the Pea aphis, which do so much damage to early crops nowadays. Largest Peas and very finest quality, stock very scarce. Pkt., 10c; pint, 45c; quart, 80c; per peck, by express not prepaid, $3.50. Prices of Peas, Corn and Beans are very high this year and are now generally sold by the pound, instead of by the measure (pint, quart, peck, etc.). Write for special prices if you need any of these in quantity. Champion of England — Still able to hold its own among all new-comers as a Pea or superlatively fine quality. Late and heavy cropper. Pkt., iOc; pint, 30c; quart. 50C r . , American Wonder — An early wrinkled Pea of exquisite flavor, ready for the table In thirty to forty days arter planting. Grows only a few inches high. Pkt., 10c; pint, 30c; quart, 50c. McLean's Little Gem — An old standard Tom Thumb va- riety, still among the very best for a first crop Pea. Very hardy. Pkt., 10c; pint, 30C; quart, 50c. Everbearing — A fine sort for the home garden, as it does not ripen Its pods at one crop, but continues in hearing a long time. Fine Flavor. Pkt.. IOc; pint, 30c; quart, 50c Alaska — The best or all early round varietie's, ripening ahead or all others, except Chuds' Morning Star, and hearing great quantities of line Peas, richly flavored. A line market Pea, as the whole crop materes almost at one time. Pkt., 10c; pint, 35c; quarVJIOc. By express not prepaid, peck. *2.:>0; bushel, ffc.00.

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