. Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, & fruits. Commercial catalogs Seeds; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Seeds; Flowers; Vegetables; Fruit trees. 138. Grarjdall Vree G*irpai}t. We were the first to call general attention to this most excellent fruit, and for the last six years it hasjhad with us a tremendous sale, and as far as we have heard has in every instance proved greatly satisfactory. It is a strong and rapid grower, attaining a hei
. Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, & fruits. Commercial catalogs Seeds; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Seeds; Flowers; Vegetables; Fruit trees. 138. Grarjdall Vree G*irpai}t. We were the first to call general attention to this most excellent fruit, and for the last six years it hasjhad with us a tremendous sale, and as far as we have heard has in every instance proved greatly satisfactory. It is a strong and rapid grower, attaining a height of seven to nine feet and branch- ing freely into a fine symmetrical tree form; single shoots often grow four to five feet in one season. It bears every year :i tremendous crop of large black fruit nearly the size of a grape, the quality of which is entirely unlike that of any other Black Currant, as it has none of the odor or disagree- able flavor common to black sorts. Its quality is very fine indeed, and is not excelled for cooking in any form, either for pies, jelly, jam or sauce. Its flavor is that of the Sweet Currant, combined with the acid of the Cherry Currant. It is almost sure to commence bearing the first year and cer- tainly will yield abig crop the second year. The fruitbegins to ripen the middle of July and continues to the middle of August, the large berries being borne in clusters of four to twelve and cling to the tree a long time after they are ripe and it is, in fact, entirely exempt from all insect ravages, either in foliage or fruit. It is of iron-clad hardiness and will stand the most severe climate without a particle of injury in any respect. The Departmentof Agriculture at "Washington has taken a great interest in this new Currant, and the Agricultural Report of 1889, contains a fine colored plate of it, and among other things the report says: "It is an enormous bearer, the fruit being large, about one-half inch in diameter. In quality, ra
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