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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y. 
VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
What we say about our Flower Seeds, on page 41, may be said about our Vegetable Seeds. We grow and 
offer but a limited number of varieties , only those which possess the greatest value for the home garden and 
the markets. These varieties are also special stocks, cultivated, selected and improved until they have 
reached the highest mark of perfection which it is possible to attain. 
Beets and Turnips, round, smooth, uniform, tender; Cabbage, large, solid, crisp, sure^-heading and long- 
keeping; Tomatoes, large, smooth, uniform, perfect in color, shape and quality; Jfettuce, crisp, beautiful 
and delicious; Corn, rich, sugary, tender and perfect; Melons, of high flavor, quick and robust growth, per¬ 
fect and luscious ; Onions, uniform in size, perfect in shape, delicate in taste; Squashes, early and late, of 
high quality; Radishes, crisp, mild, perfect in shape and color, and of quick growth. These are all points 
which we have brought to perfection in our prize strains of Garden Vegetables. Our thousands of customers 
in every nook and corner of the country know this, and to them we refer those who have never used our Seeds. 
They can be found everywhere, for we supply nearly a half a million planters direct, which is more than the 
combined output of any other two houses in the world, and is in itself the best possible endorsement of the 
high quality of our Seeds. 
■Asparagus. 
CQPYR\GA-Y\B.U 
BY 
J.L,CH\LDS 
The earliest vegetable of spring, with a delicious flavor 
as of green peas. Every family should have a large bed full. 
Seed grows very readily. Sow in rows one foot apart, and 
keep free from weeds. Transplant the second year into per¬ 
manent beds, setting plants two feet apart. Have the ground 
very rich and mellow and give the soil an annual top-dress- 
mg of rotten manure Nothing more delicious than Aspar¬ 
agus tips stewed until tender, then season with butter, pep- 
j) 0 ir and salt. 
Wew fiflammoth— The tender shoots used for cutting are 
freely produced, and are of enormous size, very tender 
rich and delicate.. It starts very early in spring and lasts 
m cutting condition eight weeks. The largest and finest 
sort grown. • Seed, 10 c. per pkt.; 20c. per oz.; $ 1.50 per lb. 
fine two-year-old roots, 50c. per dozen; $2.50 per Too. 
Artichoke, 
Globe. 
This is cultivated for its 
unopened flower-buds, which 
are cooked like Asparagus. 
On established plants these 
buds are borne constantly 
from September until frost, 
when tender succulent vege¬ 
tables are getting scarce. 
Hardy perennial, easily grown 
in any garden soil and lasts 
for many years. Sow seed in 
drills and transplant the next 
spring into permanent beds. 
Protect by light litter the first 
winter. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 30e. 
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<ARTICH0Kp 
Carrot. 
Popular both for table and stock. A heavy cropper. 
Roots can be kept for winter like Beets and Turnips. 
Danvers— (Private Stock.) The true strain. Nobettertobe 
found, anywhere. All gardeners know the importance of 
securing the best seed to grow really fine crops. This can 
P® r ?J. ie d upon as the best seed to be obtained at any price. 
It will yield 30 tons per acre. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c. ; lb., 80c. 
Improved Long Grange— 4 . 
feeding. Heavy cropper. 
very popular variety for stock 
Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c. ; lb., 70c. 
Oxheart— An early table sort; small and short, but fine 
grained and tender. Can,be forced or sown in the garden 
for early use. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; lb., 75c. 
