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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
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Grapes. 
Everyone that has a bare fence, wall or out-building or 
a few feet of vacant ground, can plant, a few grape vines and 
reap an annual harvest of luscious fruit. Owners of country 
places, or oven of city lots, need never be without an abund¬ 
ant supply of Grapes in season. There is no fruit that yields 
a more prompt or generous return. Everybody can grow 
it. and everybody should have it in abundance. The 
following sorts are the very.cream of the hundreds of varie¬ 
ties which are before the public; they are mostly varieties 
of recent introduction and of improved quality. 
Brighton. A very early sort ana also a very beautiful one. 
as it Is of a bright red color, and most sweet and delicious 
in quality, hardy and vigorous. 15c. each. 31.68 dozen. 
Concord. The old standard variety. It is of fine flavor and 
iron-clad hardiness, and there is no locality where it will 
not succeed. 15c. each ; $1.25 per dozen. , 
Colden Pookllngton. A very sweet and delicious Grape of 
a beautiful amber color. Hardy, vigorous and produc¬ 
tive. A magnificent sort. 15c.; $1.50 per dozen. 
Moore’s Early. A seedling from Concord, and as rugged, 
robust and hardy in every respect. The berry is much 
larger, but a less number are borne in a bunch. It ripens 
fully two weeks earlier than Concord, and is one of the 
most valuable early varieties. 15c. each: $1.50per dozen. 
Moore's Diamond. This is probably the finest of all white 
Grapes. The vine is hardy and healthy in growth, vigor¬ 
ous and perfectly free from mildew. Berries large and of 
a beautiful light straw color—al most white—and of a most, 
delicious quality, having few seeds, and a pulp which 
melts in one’s mouth like snow. 20c. each; $2.08 per dozen. 
Moyer. An extra early Grape, about the size and color of 
the old Delaware, hut with a larger hunch. It is, perhaps, 
sweeter and more delicious than any other Grape grown, 
in this respect being superior to the Delaware. It has 
beautiful red berries, which are very handsome, and I lie 
vine is a hardy, robust grower, vigorous and productive. 
Originated in Canada. 20c. each; $2.00 per dozen. 
Niagara. No Grape has been so largely advertised as this, 
and none so extensively planted during the first few 
years and. we may say. none have proved more profitable. 
It is the leading white Grape of the day. Berries very 
largo.borne in large bunches. Flavor sweet and delicious, 
there being but very few varieties which can equal it. It 
isexoeedingly productive and as hardy and robustin uny 
locality as the Concord. 15c. each : $1.25 per dozen. 
Worden. A splendid large Grape of the Concord type, but 
earlier and larger in bunch and berry, and usually of 
much better quality. Vine healthy, hardy and robust. 
A really magnificent variety. I5c. each; $1.50 per dozen. 
Wyoming Red. Color of berry similar to Delaware, bin 
possildya brighter red. and in size it equals the Concord. 
Vine healthy and robust, with thick, leathery foliage. 
Withstands mildew and diseases, and is a sure cropper in 
every locality. Flesh tender, juicy, sweet, with a strong 
native aroma. Medium early. 15c. each : $1.50 dozen. 
Vergennes. Berries light amber, rich and delicious in qual¬ 
ity ; large, and hold firmly to the stem. Originated in 
Vermont, and is a vine of iron-clad hardiness. It is in 
every way a very choice variety. 15c. each ; $1.25 dozen. 
SPECIAL OFFER. For vnln $l.w we will Itgeiul one tine, rinr 
each of these ten hast, Grape*. 
Ttye Idaho pear. 
The Icing of Pears. Fruit grows to an enormous size, 
often weighing a pound and a half, and entirely cureless 
and seedless. It is yellowish in color, outside, while the 
flesh is nearly snow-white and of the very richestqnnlitv 
found among Pears. Its wonderful size, luscious qualitv. 
phenomenal bearing qualities, even when trees are verv 
young, and the fact that the fruit is entirely coreless, 
brought it at once into great prominence. It is hardv and 
vigorous, flourishing alike In hot and cold climates, price. 
58c. each; 3 for $1.25. 
\ T e\V QWarf Juqeberry. 
VVe were first to'call attention to this excellent fruit 
threp yeurs ago. and can claim the largest share of ereditfor 
having brought before the public this superb new berry. It 
is a native of Alaska, and therefore of the most iron-clad 
hardiness. It is a quick grower, forming dense clumps of 
bushos which seldom grow higher than a man’s head, 
though they bloom and l>enr heavily when only one or two 
feet in height. The berrios are the size of ordinary cherries 
being green in an unripe state, changing to bright scarlet, 
and. when fully ripe, to a dark purple blue; and as the three 
colors hang in clusters upon a bush they present a most 
charming and appetizing sight. After the berry is fully ripe 
it will keep on the bush in perfect condition for twoor three 
weeks without decaying or dropping. It is exceedingly 
sweet and has a peculiarly rich and luscious flavor. We do 
not hesitate to pronounce it the most charming fruit to eat 
raw from the hand we have ever tasted. Aside from its 
value as a fruit it is one of the most showy flowering shrubs, 
as it blooms very early in the spring before leaves start 
and every stem and branch of the bush is a solid wreath of 
delicate feathery whiteness, so numerous are the flowers. 
No garden is complete without this magnificent fruit. 
Price, 20c. each: 3 for 50c.; 7 for $1.00. 
KENTISH 
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Filbert, Kentish Gob. 
This is a most desirable nut. and the largest, and finest of 
Filberts. The hushes are of somewhat low growth and oc¬ 
cupy little room and may be planted in any out-of-the-way 
I place, I hey produce annually large crops of the choicest 
nuts. This is one of the choicest, scarcest and highest priced 
nuts you can find in the market. Plant a few by all means. 
1 They will be sure to do well. 20c. each: 3 for 60c.; 7 for $1.00. 
