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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
(fHOIGE AND*1^ARE JRUITS. 
The Fruit Garden is an indispensable part of any rural home. It is a delight, a satisfaction, a conven¬ 
ience, 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- 
0 No. ISO. $ 
& STATE OF NEW YORK 
^ Department of Agriculture. 
v Certificate of Inspection of 
$ Nursery Stock. 
& This is to certify that the stock in 
j the nursery of John Lewis Childs, of 
^ Floral Park, County of Queens, State 
f of New York, was duly examined in 
£ compliance with the pi-ovisions of 
5 Chapter U82 of the Laivs of 1898, and it 
Q was found to be apparently free in all 
x respects from any contagious or infec- 
tious plant disease or diseases, or the 
M San Jose scale or other dangerously & 
\ injurious insect pest or pests. x 
5 Dated, August 04, 1898, Albany, N.Y. jk 
? C. A. WIETING, 
<F Commissioner of Agriculture. F 
berries, Cherries, Raspberries, Wineberries, Currants, Blackberries, 
Plums, Peaches, Pears, Grapes, etc., follow successively. They save ex¬ 
pense, are luscious and convenient, and any place well stocked with 
fruits always finds a ready sale at a good price; they enhance its value 
often many times in excess of its cost. 
We have for years made a specialty of Choice Fruit Novelties, and 
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 oftered are y-oung and thrifty- 
and will make a very rapid growth and bear quickly r. When fruit trees 
or shrubs are received before they can be planted they may be safely- 
kept for any length of time by having the roots packed in boxes of moist 
soil and stored in a cool cellar or shed. It is important to order fruit 
early that they may be planted out before the foliage starts. 
At prices named we send strong, robust young stock by mail, 
postpaid, but by express we can send much larger trees, especially 
Peaches, Apples, Plums, etc. Strawberries, Raspberries, Dewberries, 
Grapes, etc., are of course as well sent by mail as by- express, as far as 
size is concerned. Our fruit stock is all vigorous and healthy, and 
whether you have it sent by mail or express it will be sure to please you 
by its rapid and vigorous growth and early bearing. We have never 
had the San Jose Scale or other dangerous pests in our nurseries. See 
Certificate of last year. 
Choice Strawberries. 
fl l 1 i its kno T n to cultivation the Strawberry is 
l be the P ost ^cious, and is a universal favorite; 
nc $ svown by one-half the people who might grow it 
Strawberrv Xt iS L rat 5 ho ’,rs’ work to pktnt a 
^rawberry bed and care for it during the year, and no work 
the yield a better return. Strawberries bought in 
V no i t( ? be compared with the luscious rubv 
beauties, fresh and ripe from the vines. The following are 
best varieties in cultivation—the cream of alf—in¬ 
cluding extra early medium and late sorts: 
is a most important new berrv, inas- 
1S earliest and mist of all early varie- 
andif^Vai? week .ahead of any other in ripening. 
2?” ° f lar ? e s,z ®- flne quality and very nroduc- 
mn«V nYa ^ber early variety can compare with it', and it 
S‘p.r d 10of»ia^r e ro3, «*>. P..- ao» n; 
Mit1 ih?« l ?7nl 0 tnt f b ener i al a, i-a r qund Strawberry, we believe 
tins to be the finest variety m cultivation. It originated 
on Long Island and has 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, xi 
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 m 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. bOc. per dozen; $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1,000. 
Ocean City— A new berry of wonderful value. Its great 
points ot 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 bharpless. 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, 
V} cll ^ s , each of the above three and Crim's Double 
it S nn tS ^'ni°- r ■ $h 00 L JS P lavfs each for $1.50; loo plants 
possible iff hav %s collection of Strawberries it is 
