Childs' seeds that satisfy bulbs that bloom plants that please (1919) (14740238396)

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Title: Childs' seeds that satisfy bulbs that bloom plants that please

Year: 1919 (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, 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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r low edgings. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c. PARSNIP One of the few winter vegetables. The roots are per-fectly hardy and are improved in flavor by the action ofthe frost. Roots can be dug- during thaws in winter orvery early in spring-, when a chang-e of food is most rel-ished. They are boiled whole, then sliced thin and friedbrown with salt pork. Improved Guernsey—This is not the coarse Stock Guern-sey, but the table variety of that name, the sweetest,finest-grained Parsnip grown. Smooth, thick roots,about twelve inches long. Very fine stewed, fried, etc.Pkt., 5c; OZ., 20c; lb., $1.75. Childs Smooth Hollow Crown Parsnip The very finest strain of Parsnip grown. We harvesteda crop of more than a ton of this seed last season. Allhand picked and carefully cured. We are glad to havethis magnificent stock to offer our patrons, as no reallyg-ood seed Parsnip was to be had last year at any price.This improved strain is the largest, handsomest and bestParsnip grown. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; lb., $2.00.

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This wonderful strain of Parsnip is in great de-mand and our own private stock consists of morethan a ton of finest seed of 1913 crop. Spring Catalogue of Seeds, Bulbs and Plants for 1919 37

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