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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
YoBQatoes. 
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 bear- • 
mg, 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 continue 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.; $3.00. 
Childs’ Ruby Queen— Tomato of enormous size, and as 
smooth as an axiple. Its color is the deepest and darkest 
crimson red, very rich and beautiful. It is very solid, 
very thin skin, and its flesh throughout is most tender. 
It has not a particle of coarseness or toughness. It is I 
just the sort you would choose for your own table above 
all others. It is much like the Golden Jubilee, except in 
colcTr, and is perhaps rounder and smoother in shape. 
Pkt., 10c.; 3pkts., 25c.; oz„ 50c. 
Childs’ Diadem— -The most novel and beautiful Tomato in 
cultivation. It is of full, beautiful round and perfect 
shape, with a dark ruby red skin which is streaked and 
speckled with bright golden yellow. For quality and 
productiveness there is no better sort than this Pkt 
10c.; 3 pkts. for 25c. ” 
STATION TREE. 
Station Tree— This variety originated by crossing the 
French Tree with Alpha, the result being a very distinct 
variety, with thick, curly, almost black-green foliage and 
great numbers of handsome, solid fruit, with the fewest 
seeds of any known variety. Tomatoes are of very fine 
quality and this sort is especially recommended for 
forcing, as it does extra well in pots, the earliest of all, 
and being of fine upright growth it requires but little 
room. Pkt,, 10c.; 3 pkts., 25c. 
Ponderosa —A Tomato of large size, solid, of fine quality. 
Claimed to be the largest known sort. Pkt., Ec.; oz., 25c. 
Childs’ Golden Jubilee— A fit companion to the Ruby 
Queen, and like it of enormous size, specimens having 
been grown that weighed over two pounds each. The 
fruits are round and solid, with very few seeds: flesh 
meaty and, like all yellow varieties, very sv'eet and mild 
in flavor A beautiful table sort, especially when ar¬ 
ranged w itb the deep rich slices of Ruby Queen on the 
same dish. The skin of this sort parts readily from the 
fruit without scalding. An important feature. Pkt., 
10c ; 3 pkts., 25c.; oz., 50c. 
Ignotum —Esteemed as the perfection of a Tomato. Ex¬ 
tremely early and a great cropper. Fruits large.smooth, 
without green spots or cores, and almost entirely free 
from cracks or rotten spots. Delicious flavor, very meaty 
and but few seeds. Fine for slicing, cooking or canning. 
Pkt., 5c., oz., 20c.; lb., $2.00. 
Volunteer— E ve rybo dy 
praises the Volunteer. 
Heavy continuous bearer 
of smooth, plump, solid 
flavor. Extra fine for 
either home or market 
garden. Pkt., 10c.; oz„ 
30c.; lb„ $2.25. 
Climbing Tomato— A nov¬ 
el Tomato of a climbing 
habit, that, if supported, 
climbs to a considerable 
height. A very unique 
ornament to the kitchen 
doorway or window 7 when 
hanging full of its many 
large red fruits. Fruit 
smooth, solid and of fine 
flavor. Pkt., 10c. 
Golden Fig —Fruit small, 
beautifully smooth and al¬ 
most incredibly produc¬ 
tive. The flesh is solid, 
thick-meated, very sw-eet 
and pleasant, and are just 
right for preserves or 
sweet pickles, or for dry¬ 
ing in sugar like figs. 
_„ h . Pkt., 10c.; oz., 50c. 
acn A distinct, medium sized Tomato, of very peculiar 
but, pleasant flavor. The fruit of this Tomato is about 
the size and shape of a peach, and is of a soft peachy-red 
color. Pkt,, 10c.; oz., 30c. 
One packet each of these 11 sorts for 50c. 
