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Title: Childs' spring 1922 : seeds that satisfy plants that please bulbs that bloom berries that bear
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: John Lewis Childs (Firm) Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Commercial catalogs Seeds Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs Vegetables Seeds Catalogs Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs Seeds Catalogs Flowers Catalogs Fruit trees Catalogs John Lewis Childs (Firm) Commercial catalogs Nurseries (Horticulture) Vegetables Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Flowers Fruit trees
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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LEEK, GIANT ITALIAN 782 The Leek is a very hardy, easily-grown vege-table, of mild, agreeable flavor, and is much used forsoups, stews, etc., as its flavor is more delicate thanthat of the Onion. This is a new and very large variety,the best for general cultivation. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; lb., $3.00
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LETTUCE An indispensable vegetable—certainly the finest saladplant known. Easily grown, either in hot-bed or gar-den, and can be sown very early. South of Mason andDixons line it can be sown in the open ground in fall,and needs only a slight protection of straw or looselitter to be perfectly hardy. CHILDS HALF-CENTURY CRISPHEAD LETTUCE—THE PERFECT 783 A sport from our famous Half-Century Lettucethat produces a large, solid head. It has muchthe samecharacteristics of the Half-Century, being exceedinglycrisp, brittle and unsurpassed in flavor: but it is a trueheading variety, forming a solid head as large as a smallCabbage. It is superior to all other head varieties in>uperb quality, a quick grower and long keeper. TheCalifornia expert growers of Lettuce say that Crisp-head* is the longest keeping head variety in cultivation.The value of this cannot be overestimated. Its superbquality makes it the finest Lettucp for the home gar-den, which, with its long-keeping quality, must mak

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