. 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. SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1898. 31. Figs. A popular and easily kept tub plant that will beautify the lawn or veranda all summer and winter safely in the cellar. Good growers, with a luxuriant growth of large, wide leaves, and bearing at a year old an abundance of sweet, pulp
. 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. SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1898. 31. Figs. A popular and easily kept tub plant that will beautify the lawn or veranda all summer and winter safely in the cellar. Good growers, with a luxuriant growth of large, wide leaves, and bearing at a year old an abundance of sweet, pulpy fruit, unsurpassed for eating fresh. They are also very fine for preserving or pickling, or to dry. South of the Middle States can be grown in the open ground. Her* on Long Island they are hardy outdoors if protected during win- ter. Nothing ia more luscious than Figs fresh from the tree, especially when eaten with cream, like Strawberries. BrownTurkey—Large, oblong, dark brown; rich and deli- cate flavor; very productive, often bearing three crops in a season. A two-year-old tree of this sort bore over two hundred fine figs this season. Best Fig for pots. 25c. each. Extra large^ by express, 50c. each, |. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original John Lewis Childs (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Floral Park, N. Y. : John Lewis Childs
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