Childs' spring 1922 - seeds that satisfy plants that please bulbs that bloom berries that bear (1922) (14586565458)

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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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In a recent letter Mr. C. D. Wedrick, of Nanticoke,Ontario, Canada, says: I never had such tomatoes asI have had this year of the Diener variety, purchasedfrom you. There must be at least a bushel to a plantand of a size and flavor I never saw equalled. NEW TOMATO, EARLIEST PRODUCER 897 We grew a> large crop of this the past seasonin order to test it thoroughly and were very muchpleased with its fine quality and productiveness. Itpossesses possibly the greatest merit of any tomatogrown. Not quite so early as Top Notch, but a large,very smooth and handsome solid meated Tomato. It isshort jointed, producing only short vines, which arevery stout, and the foliage is luxuriant and handsome.For quality it is in the first rank. As a main croptomato it has no superior, and with Top Notch forextra early and Diener for late, we have the three mostvaluable standard sorts, in our opinion. Pkt., 15c; oz., $1.00; lb., $10.00
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TOP NOTCH 887 Top Notch has been one of the most generallysatisfactory Tomatoes we have ever offered. It seemsto have every desirable quality—early, large, round andsmooth, uniform in size and shape, and rich, ruby color.It makes very little vine, but bears enormous quanti-ties of fruit, fifty to seventy large, perfect Tomatoes toa plant which covers very little area. In quality it far ex-ceeds most other varieties, for it lacks the objectionableacid of most other sorts. Persons who suffer bad effectsfrom the acid of Tomatoes will enjoy Top Notch. Beginsripening very early and continues all the season. Itis most decidedly the finest Tomato for market anafor the home garden it is all that could be desired. Pep pkt,, 15c; 1 ozM 80c; !b., $8.00 895 Orange Sunrise—A. cross between the best ofred and yellow varieties, and bears fruit of a brightorange color. Possessing ail the popular qualities ofrounded form, medium size, and earliness, and appear-ing in large clusters. It is exceedin