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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., 
Choice 
UITS. 
The Fruit Garden is an indispensable part of any rural home. It is a delight, a satisfaction, a conven 
iettce a profit, and a source of the most healthful and delicious food supply any family can have. Beginning 
with the Strawberry in May, the supply is never exhausted until the last winter Apples have gone. June- 
berries, Cherries, Raspberries, Wineberries, Currants, Blackberries, 
Plums, Peaches, Pears, Grapes, etc., follow successively. They save ex¬ 
pense, arc luscious and convenient, and any place well stocked with 
A STATE OF NEW YORK # fruits always finds a ready sale at a good price; they enhance its value 
> „ , „ . n- lir « i often many times in excess of its cost. 
T De P artm _ _ 8 ‘ J jVe have for years made a specialty of Choice Fruit Novelties, and 
W Certificate of Inspection of* have introduced nearly all of the leading ones for ten years past. The 
varieties here offered are all of recent introduction, and each and every 
one possesses great merit. The trees here oflcred are young and thrifty 
and will make a very rapid growth and bear quickly. When fruit trees 
or shrubs are received before they can be planted they may be safely 
$ compliance wllh me provision* o, m kept for any length of time by having the roots packed in boxes of moist 
Chapter 48* of the Laws of 1898, and it \ soil and stored in a cool cellar or shed. It is important to order fruit 
mas found to be apparently free in all F early that they may he planted out before the foliage starts. 
i .. . "’ 0 ."u>nr or inf, c- m At prices named we send strong, robust young stock by mail, 
senses, or the, \ postpaid, but by express we can send much larger trees, especially 
) San .fuse scale or other dangerously f Peaches, Apples, Plums, etc. Strawberries, Raspberries, Dewberries, 
. injurious insect pest or pests. A Grapes, etc., are of course as well sent by mail as by express, as far as 
' Tinted Arnold *1. 1898 Albany. N.Y. t size is concerned. Our fruit stock is all vigorous and healthy, and 
> lx te , A iqi , . j whether you have it sent by mail or express it will be sure to please you 
~ by its rapid and vigorous growth anti early bearing. We have never 
had the San Jose Scale or other dangerous pests in our nurseries. See 
Certificate of last year. 
f No. ISO. f 
STATE OF NEW YORK £ 
Department of Agriculture, F 
Certificate of Inspection of < 
t Nursery Stock. 
t This is to certify that the stock in 
6 the, nursery of John Lewis Childs, of i 
\ Floral Park, County of Queens, State 
f of New York, was duly examined in 1 
i compliance with the provisions of , 
Chapter IAS of the Laws of 1898, and it, 
1 was found to be apparently free in all 
respects from any contagious or infec- 
' lions plant disease or diseases, or the 
C. A. WIET1NO, - 
Commissioner of Agriculture. F 
Choice Strawberries. 
Of all the fruits known to cultivation the Strawberry i6 
conceded to be the most luscious, and is a universal favorite: 
yet, it is not grown by one-half the people who might grow' it 
just as well as not. It is but a few hours’ work to plant, a 
btrawberrv bed and care for it during the year, and no work 
can possibly yield a better return. Strawberries bought in 
the market are not to be compared with the luscious ruby 
beauties, fresh and ripe from the vines. The following are 
the very best varieties in cultivation-the cream of all—in¬ 
cluding extra early medium and late sorts: 
Meek's Early— This is a most important new berry, inas¬ 
much as it is the earliest ana best of all early varie- 
tios. It is a good week ahead of any other in ripening. 
a : * fc xT a * so ^ ar>,fe size, line quality and very produc¬ 
tive. No other early variety can compare with it, and it 
must find its way to every collection. 50c. per dozen; 
$3.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1,000. 
Mlneola— For a general all-around Strawberry, we believe 
this to be the finest variety in cultivation. It originated 
on Long Island and lias been cultivated here for ten or a 
dozen years by a few growers, and was first introduced 
into general cultivation by us last year. The fruit is of 
very large size and exceedingly sweet and luscious in 
quality, in this respect surpassing any other variety. It 
is a most vigorous grower, its foliage being of great size 
and wonderfully healthy and luxuriant. The fruit is 
borne on tall stems which hold them well up from the 
sand and dirt below. The berries are perfect in shape, 
beautiful in color, enormous in size and exceedingly pro¬ 
lific, succeeding well on all soils. Either as a market, 
home or exhibition berry it is par excellence. Could we 
grow but one variety this would be our choice. Fine 
plants, 60c. per dozen; $3.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1,000. 
Ocean City— A new berry of wonderful value. Its great 
points of value are, enormous size, surpassing almost any 
other known sort, and enormously productive. Unlike 
all large berries, which are usually shy bearers, this one 
is very prolific. In beauty it has no equal, and always 
brings a larger price in market than any other. It is a 
hardy and vigorous grower, supposed to be a cross be¬ 
tween Wilson and Sharpless. From what we know of it 
we believe it is a variety of pronounced value. Fine 
plants, 60c. per dozen; $2.00 per 100; $16.00 per 1,000. 
SPECIAL OFFER. 
Star plants each of the above three and Grim's Double 
Cropper (4 sorts), for $1.00: IS plants each for $1.60; 100 plants 
each for $ 6 . 00 . This is the finest collection of Strawberries it it 
possible to have. 
