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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, and fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_15 (find matches)
Year: 1911 (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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70 JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y.
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IjetUice. An indispensable vegetable—certainly the finest salad plant known. Easily grown, either in hot-bed or garden, and can be sown very early. South of Mason and Dixon's line can be sown in open ground in fall, and needs only a slight protection of straw or loose litter to be perfectly hardy. Childs'Half Century — We all know how much careful selection year after year has to do with the quality of our vegetables, but there are few things that can claim a half-ceuturv descent from only the choicest and best specimens of one type. This lettuce can do so, however, and we are not surprised, therefore, at its superior qualities. Its leaves fold together, forming a long, loose head, remarkable for tenderness and delicious flavor. It may seem a good deal to say, but it- is, nevertheless, a fact that for tenderness, brittleness and delicious quality this Lettuce grown in the open ground surpasses any other sort grown under glass- Nothing can approach it in quality. It is so brittle and tender that its leaves break to pieces in handling, if care is not used. It is a quick grower, attaining its full size in forty to fifty days, and remains in fine condition for a very longtime. Pkt., ioc,: oz., 25c; lb , $2.00.

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