. Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, and 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. caF*§; ^LP,NIusH*r CtULDS* Alpine Everbearing Strawberry. These grow freely from seed and fruit the first summer. Our experience with them is as follows: In March or April we sow seed (under glass). The young plants appear in a short time and grow well, and in May are transplanted to the op


. Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, and 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. caF*§; ^LP,NIusH*r CtULDS* Alpine Everbearing Strawberry. These grow freely from seed and fruit the first summer. Our experience with them is as follows: In March or April we sow seed (under glass). The young plants appear in a short time and grow well, and in May are transplanted to the open ground. By the first of July theycommence bloom- ing, and the first fruit ripens about the 14th of that month. From that time there is ripe fruit continually until late in October, The berries, while not quite so large as the garden varieties, are much higher flavored. In fact, they are in quality far^superior to all others. A few of them will per- fume a whole room, so great is their delicious aroma. Who could desire a more unique novelty than this? Grow Straw- berries from seed, like Pansies. and have delicious fruit all summer, some white, some red, some black, and some (the bush varieties,) which produce no Runner Varieties, Mixed—White, crimson and black fruited. These are everbearing, fruiting freely from June till October, The plants increase rapidly by run- ners, like ordinary sorts. All perfectly hardy in any climate la Bush. Varieties—Wonderful berries, having no runners, but growing into immense stool plants; fruit similar to other Aipine; enormous yielder. single plants in this State having yielded one pint of berries at a pick- ing in November. Fine tor borders, as they throw out no runners, and are slightly beautiful when loaded with their dense crops of fruit: grow easily from seed, the seedlings bearing well the first summer. Perfect- ly hardy and of exquisite flavor. City people, or others, who desire do so, can grow the bush varieties admir-


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