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Title: Childs' seeds that satisfy bulbs that bloom plants that please
Identifier: childsseedsthats00john_0 (find matches)
Year: 1920 (1920s)
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, Inc.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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72 John Lewis Childs, Inc., Floral Park, N. Y. FINEST FIELD CORNS KNOWN in all these new Liberty is great. Customers will find great merit and beauty Corns which include Red, White and Blue varieties (663) GOLDEN SUPERB, The Reliable an enormous Golden Dent variety, so early that it ripens in 90 to 100 days and out-yields any other sort. It originated in Con- necticut. Ears very large and handsome, mostly twenty-four rows of deep kernels. It is enormously proline, producing over 200 bushels to the acre in very dry seasons with ordinary cultivation. Its great vigor enables it to stand dry weather remarkably, and give a good crop, where other sorts fail. Often two or three ears are borne on one stalk and they run as uniform as though they were made in the same mold. Fodder so excessively sweet and nu- tritious that cattle eat it in preference to any other. Suckers very little. May be harvested early. 10c per pkt.; 3 5c per lb.; 3 lbs., 90c; 7 lbs., ;1.60, prepaid. By express or freight not- prepaid, per peck, §1.00; bushel, $3.50; 2 bushels, §6.00. LUCE'S FAVORITE or LIBERTY, Greatest Corn on Earth (664) A hybrid between the Yellow Flint and Early Golden Dent, which we believe is the most valuable Corn of any kind grown. It is in all respects like a Flint, with a slight dent. Ears large and two are usually borne to each stalk. The plant is robust with large luxuriant foliage ,which is exceedingly sweet and tender, making it superior for ensilage. For the last few years immense quantities of this Corn have been grown on Long Island and sent at fancy prices up-State for ensilage planting. A farmer who has grown it will have no other. As a shell Corn for feeding it has no superior, possessing as it does all the good qualities of the best Flint sorts. For family use it also makes a meal equal to the very best. It is a most tremendous cropper. For either ensilage or dry Corn it has no rival, and even for eating green like Sweet Corn it is valuable, being sweet, rich in flavor and very tender. Ripens in one hundred days from planting time. We consider this the most valuable Corn on earth. Entirely free from suckers, all strength going to ears. Pkt., 10c; lb., 40c; 3 lbs., SI.00; 71bs., $2.00, postpaid. By express at buyer's expense, peck, Si.00; bushel, S3.50. Bags free. (665) YARDSTICK, Finest Yellow Flint Far better than any other Longfellow type. Possesses great beauty, enormous productiveness and earliness. It gets its name from the enormous length of ears, which though not a yard in length are often one-half of it; by far the longest-eared Corn we have ever seen, and the most beautiful color, golden-yellow. Quality like that of all the fine flint Corns, which is much superior to any Dent variety. There is no doubt but that Yardstick is twice as productive as the common varieties of flint Corn. Its superb quality will be appreciated by those who grind it into meal for home consumption. Pkt., 10c; lb., 40c; 3 lbs., $1.00; 7 bs., $1.75, prepaid. Peck, $1.00; bushel, $3.50; 2 bushels, $6.00, not prepaid. MAMMOTH FLOUR, A Great Bread Corn This looks like a big snow-white Flint Corn but it has a soft floury grain which grinds into a fine pure white flour. As a substitute for wheat flour, or for mixing with flour for bread it is the best thing we have ever used. Ears a foot long with eight to twelve rows, and each stalk bears two or three full sized perfect ears. It is early, ripening in 90 to 100 days. A very valuable new Corn, which we can strongly recommend. Pkt., 15c; lb., 50c; 3 lbs., $1.25, postpaid. By express, peck, $2.00. (667) KING PHILIP IMPROVED, Extra Early Red The earliest Flint Corn grown and a great beauty, being a deep brilliant red color. Ears long and very produc- tive. Makes a meal of exceptional quality, equal to Double Cap which is considered the best. It produces no suckers, can be planted closer than most field Corns. Pkt., 10c; lb., 40c; 3 lbs., $1.00; 7 lbs., $2.00, postpaid. By express not prepaid, peck, $1-25; bushel, $4.00. (668) NEW FIELD CORN, NEBRASKA BLUE-BLACK A Most Beautiful, Distinct and Valuable Corn. A long-ear Flint Corn of an attractive deep blue-black color. It is remarkably early and enormously produc- tive, as it suckers so freely. In fact, it stools out like wheat and every stalk has an ear. Exceptionally good for fodder, or for ensilage, as it produces such an enormous amount of foliage. Where grown in Nebraska, particu- larly in the Sand Hill regions.it is said to be the earliest and most productive field Corn. It is often planted for the purpose of turning stock into the field in autumn to fatten upon it, saving trouble of harvesting. Pkt., 10c; lb., 40c; 3 lbs., $1.00, postpaid. By express not prepaid, peck, $2.00; bushel, $7.00. (669) Field Corn, RHODE ISLAND DOUBLE-CAPPED This is the most productive white Flint Corn grown and the best for table use. It is the Tar-famed Rhode Island Johnny Cake Corn. It grinds into meal that is superior to any other Corn on earth for culinary purposes. Cobs small and rounded out with large plump kernels at both ends. Matures in about seventy days, very early. Enor- mously productive, often bearing three ears to a stalk. Pkt., 10c; lb., 40c; 3 Ins., $1.00, postpaid; peck, $2.00; bushel, $7.00, by express not prepaid.
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