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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS COUNTY, N. Y. 
CHOICE VEGETABLE NOVELTIES. 
Scores of worthless Vegetable Novelties sire yearly put upon the market; scores of old varieties arc also 
re-named and offered as new or “ improved.• * Genuine Novelties of real merit sire few. Our list of New Veg¬ 
etables is a small one, but every variety is honest, new and meritorious and our customers will find them to be 
lust whsit we claim for them. The Honey Dew Corn, Picture Rock Tomato and Morning Star Rea sire the most 
valuable varieties of their kind, the earliest and finest in every - respect. Good varieties sire as easily’ grown as 
poor ones, and to get the best returns we should plsmt the best varieties. 
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S^Vcet —Childs’ Honey Dew. 
THE EARLIEST AND FINEST EARLY SORT. 
Vy/ A suporl> novelty. For years seedsmen have been 
nL working to (tot a corn as early as the Cory, with large 
M rt ear, white ebb and superb quality of the latter varie- 
ties. We at last have it. 01111118' Honey Dew is not 
\hSK 9 only the earliest, but has a good sized ear. white cob. 
BiSEh. and large, pearly kernels of the very finest quality, 
tenner, sweet and nutritious. It also keeps a long time In 
good condition before hardening and runs perfectly uniform, 
every ear exactly alike. In all-round good qualities it is the 
finest of all Sweet Corns. It grows to u. medium height and 
the ears are formed low, and two or three on each stalk. Mr. 
Wilbur, the extensive seed-corn grower of Weathersflcld. 
Conn., who grew an acre of the Honey Dew the past season, 
says: “ It is the finest Early Corn." This is undoubtedly the 
most important vegetable novelty of last year, and we are 
now prepared to supply it in quantity for the use of market 
gardeners. It is the most profitable corn to plant, combining 
as it does good size and color, luscious quality, handsome 
appearance and long keeping, and earliest to mature. Pkt., 
10c.; pint, quart, SOc. We will send a peek by express 
for $1 .no, or a bushel for $5.00. 
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CHILDS' CALIFORNIA. 
W0 A fit companion for our Honey Dew. and with 
S- these two varieties one can wish for nothing further 
fpfjnSii’* in the line of Sweet Corn. This is a late variety of 
enormous size and great beauty of ear. It is the 
yy* 2 /largest and handsomest Sweet. Corn grown and one 
Tragic of the most prolific, while its quality is equal to the 
old Shoe Peg variet y or the Improved Ruby. Nothing fur¬ 
ther need be said. Don't neglect to plant the Honey Dew 
for early, and this for late. Pkt,., ICk\; pint, 30c.; quart, 50c. 
By express, peck. $1.50; bushel, $5.00. 
