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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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fosSPHEAD LETTUCE r* 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 the open ground in fall, and needs only a slight protection of straw or loose litter to be perfectly hardy. CHILDS' HALF-CENTURY LETTUCE —THE FAR-FAMED This Lettuce was grown and selected for fifty years by one family. Its leaves fold together, forming a long, loose head, remarkable for its delicate flavor. For tenderness, brittleness and delicious quality this Lettuce grown in the open ground surpasses any other sort. 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 condi- tion for a long time. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; lb., $1.40. CHILDS' HALF-CENTURY CRISPHEAD LETTUCE— THE PERFECT A sport from our famous Half-Century Lettuce that produces a large, solid head. It has much the same characteristics of the Half-Century, being exceed- ingly crisp, brittle and unsurpassed in flavor; but it is a true heading variety, forming a solid head as large as a small Cabbage. It is superior to all other head varieties in superb quality, a quick grower and long keeper. The Cali- fornia expert growers of Lettuce say that "Crisphead" is the longest-keeping iiead variety in cultivation. The value of this cannot be overestimated. Its superb quality makes it the finest Lettuce for the home garden, which, with its long-keeping quality, must make it the best and most popular sort Tor market growing. PkL, 10c; oz., 25c; lb., £2.00. Your Hair-Century Crlsphead Lettuce Is the finest thing ever. Had good bed or it last year and delighted the neighbors us well as ourselves.—F. S. Reader, New Brighton, Pa. Tor years I have grown your Half-Century Lettuce, and have round none equal to it.—Mrs. Hairy White, Nortb Andover. Mass. Your Hair-Century Crlsphead is the be.-t header or any Lettuce I ever grew. —Q. Nelson Lyon, Nelson, Neb. We have used Childs' Hair-Century Lettuce for twenty-five years—our friends also. All agree there Is none to equal it.—Mis. A. Favencomb, New- castle, Out. Crlsphead is decidedly the best Lettuce we have ever raised.—Mrs. D. W. Gardner, Salyersville, Ky. I m\\<t add my word or praise for your Half-Century Lettuce. It is the finest I ever grew.—G. F. Bartholomew, Stroudsburg, pa. i I CHIPHEAD CROWN RV NELSON LYON, NELSON, NEB.

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