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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
Ton} a toes. 
An indispensable vegetable. City dwellers with almost 
no room can train their Tomatoes to their back wall and 
raise quantities of fine, fresh fruit for their own use. Start 
early in house or hot-bed; transplant just after a gentle rain, 
and tie plants to stake or trellis. They stand drought re¬ 
markably well. Just before frost pick all the well developed 
fruits, spread them singly in a light, frost-proof place, and 
they will continue ripening for two months or more. 
Childs' Picture Rock The grandest Tomato ever intro¬ 
duced. Early, smooth, uniform, prolific, longest bearing, 
longest keeping, and the finest in quality. In all these 
essential points this Tomato is superior to any other 
kind. Fruit bright Scarlet, of fair size, and so perfect 
and uniform that they look as though each one was 
moulded with the same stamp. On account of this per¬ 
fect shape and great beauty it is unsurpassed for market. 
Its quality is extra fine, and it commences to ripen its 
fruit very early and continues in bearing until frost, a 
most remarkable quality. Its keeping qualities are, 
however, the most wonderful. Ripe fruit fresh from 
the vines have been kept in perfect condition from three 
to four weeks during warm summer weather. It origin¬ 
ated in the Picture Rock region of Wisconsin, hence its 
name. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 30c.; lb., $3.00. 
Childs’ Ruby Queen -Tomato of enormous size, and as 
smooth as an apple. Its color is the deepest and darkest 
crimson red, very rich and beautiful. It is very solid, 
with few seeds and of the very finest quality. It has a 
very thin skin, and its fiesh throughout is most tender. 
It has not a particle of coarseness or toughness. It is 
just the sort you would choose for vour own table above 
all others. It, is much like the Golden Jubilee, except in 
color, and is perhaps rounder and smoother in shape. 
Pkt., 10c.; 3 pkts., 25c.; oz., 50c. 
