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JONN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
Vegeta b i iE 
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H'/iflt ire s/i.v nbonl our /'lower Seeds, on page 41 , may be said about our Vegetable Seeds. W> grow 
anil offer but a limited number of varieties only those which possess the greatest value for the home 
garden and for the markets. These varieties are also speeial stocks, cultivated, selected and improved 
until they have reached the highest mark of perfection which it is possible to attain. 
Heets and Turnijts, round, smooth, uniform, tender; Cabbage, large, solid, crisp, sure-heading and 
long-keeping; Tomatoes, large, smooth, uniform, perfect in color, shape and quality; Lettuce, crisp, beau¬ 
tiful and delicious; Corn, rich, sugary, tender and perfect; Melons, of high flavor, quick and robust 
growth, perfect and luscious; Onions, uniform in site, perfect in shape, delicate in taste; Squashes, curly 
and late, of high quality ; Radishes, crisp, mild, perfect in shape and color, anil of quick growth. These 
are all points which ire have brought to perfection in our prize strains of Harden Vegetables. Our 
thousands of customers in every nook and corner of the country know this, anil to them ire refer those 
who have never used our Seeds. They can be found everywhere, for ire supply nearly half a million 
planters direct, which is more than the combined output of any other tiro houses in the world, and is in 
itself the best possible endorsement of the high quality of our Seeds. 
Asparagus. 
The earliest vegetable of spring, with a delicious flavor 
as of screen 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 
permanent beds, setting plants two feet apart. Have the 
ground very rich and mellow, and give the soil an annual 
topdressing of rotten manure. Nothing more delicious t han 
Asparagus tips stewed until tender, then season with butter, 
pepper and salt. 
New Mammoth. 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 in cutting condition eight weeks. The largest and 
finest sort grown. Seed. 5c. per pkt.: 15c. peroz.; $1.00 per 
ft*. Fine two-year-old roots. HOc. per dozen; $3.00 per 1«>. 
Artichoke. 
Clobe. This is cultivated for its unopened flower-buds, 
which are cooked like Asparagus. On established plants 
these buds are born econstantly from September until 
frost, when tender succulent vegetables are getting 
scarce. Hardy perennial, easily grown in any good 
garden soil, and lasts for many years. Protect by light 
litt er the first w inter, Pkt., 10c.; oz.. 80c. 
Reaps— {Pole). 
A standard vegetable, fine for either ■'snap" or "shell." 
green or dry beans. Easily grown. Do not. nlant until the 
ground begins to gel. warm, and never hoe while the leaves 
are wet, as it tends to rust. Give pole sorts support early. 
Golden Wax Flageolet. Deservedly a popular variety. 
Robust vines crowded with clusters of wax-like, golden- 
yellow pods. full, fleshy and stringiess, and quality of 
the very best. A handsome light color when cooked. 
Pkt.. 10c.: pint, 35c.; quart. «0c. 
Lazy Wife's. The old standby. A good cornfield Dean, and 
unsurpassed as a general garden sort. Never fails to 
produce loads of round, thick-fleshed pods, flue for snaps, 
and last long in perfect condition. 1* ine as a shell Rcan 
also, and of superior quality. Pkt.. 10c.; pt..30c.; qt.. 50r. 
Yard Long or Cuban Asparagus. This is a real curiosity. 
Wo have measured pods over three feet. long, though two 
feet is a more common length. Quality very good, ami 
pods freely home. Pkt.. 15c.; pint, 50c. 
Childs’ Horticultural. The old Horticultural, with the 
exception of the Limas, enjoyed the distinction of being 
the finest-flavored Shell Bean known, and was also 
considered very fine as a Snap Bean. Unfortunately it 
was a poor bearer; but we have come into possession 
of a strain where this defect has been bred out. This 
new strain will he found to be as prolific and many- 
seeded to the pod as any other first-class sort, while 
st ill retaining its rich flavor. Beans thick, large u nd 
round, white specked and blotched with bright scarlet. 
A flue dry Bean for baking or for stewing and serving 
with butter or cream. Pkt.. 10c.; pint, 35c.: quart. Wk*. 
Early Colden Cluster. This hears a profusion or handsome 
golden pods, six to eight inches long, and continues in 
bearing a long rime. Pkt.. 10c.: pint. 25c.: quart. 50c. 
Mammoth Podded Lima Kix<; ok tiib Oaiidkx). The 
Limas have a distinct, rich, buttery flavor, very different 
from all other sorts, and are much liked by most people, 
either to use green or dry. Used as Shell Beans only. 
We consider this variety the finest of all. with enormous 
pods containing four to six immense beans in each. (Jive 
a hot, sunny location. Boil until tender; pour off the 
water, and season with butter, salt and a little cream. 
Limas cook much quicker than any other Beans and 
are incomparably richer. Pkt., 15c.: pint., 30c.; quart, 55c. 
Childs' Horticultural Lima. This novelty is a cross be¬ 
tween the old Horticultural Bean- the finest flavored of 
all common pole beans and the pole Lima: the richest 
and most buttery flavored of all beans. In color and 
markings this new cross resembles the Horticultural, 
hut is flat like the Lima, while the flavor is a com¬ 
bination of these two finest of till beans. This bean 
is fully three weeks earlier than any other Lima, 
and is also much more prolific. An extra good vari¬ 
ety lor Canada and the Northern States, where the 
seasons are too short, for the tropical Lima to do well. 
It bears five to seven beans in a pod, and as the pod- arc 
numerous, it. is exceedingly prolific, which, added to its 
extreme earliness and the combination of rich flavors, 
makes it. one of the most important Limas. I*kr.. 10c.; 
pint, 35c.; quart, WOc. 
Willow Leaf Lima. On account of its unique appearance, 
great productivenessand beauty, this is an extraordinary 
new bean. It differs from all other beans in its fine, 
dceply-cut. willow-like foliage, wonderful rapidity of 
growt h and enormous productiveness. Its slender, grace¬ 
ful growth and beautiful wavy green foliage make it 
quite an ornamental vine, while its rapidity of growth 
adapts it to positions on porches, verandas, etc., where 
shade is needed. In such a position it is not only doubly 
useful, but ornamental. One can form some idea of Us 
great productiveness when we state that us many as 1,729 
pods have been counted on one vine. They are produced 
from early until late, are pure white in color and of extra 
flue flavor. Pkt., 10c.; pint, 30c.; quart. 50c. 
