WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 
Pole Bean, Old Homestead 
BROCCOLI 
BROCCOLI. Broculi. 
10 cts., oz. 50 ets. 
Purple Cape. <A greenish purple variety of the preceding. 
It is also hardier. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 40 cts. 
Walcheren. A valuable variety, with very large firm heads. 
Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 50 cts. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
CHOU DE BRUXELLES Berza de Brusels. 
One oz. will sow 200 teet of row and produce about 3000 plants. 
This delicious vegetable is a species of the Cabbage family, 
growing about two to three feet high, producing from the 
sides of the stalks small sprouts one to two inches in diameter, 
resembling Cabbage heads. The leaves should be broken off 
in the fall to give the little heads more room to grow. The 
seed should be sown about the middle of May, and the plants 
afterward set in rows two feet or more apart and cultivated 
like Cabbage. 
Tall French. Very fine tall sort. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., 
% lb. 50 ets. 
Spargelfoht. 
Nearly allied to the Cauliflower, but more hardy and surer 
to head. For cultural directions see Cauliflower. 
White Cape. Heads medium size, close, compact, and of a 
creamy white color. One of the most certain to head. Pkt. 
3 Dwarf Lima and Pole Beans 
DWARE LIMA BEANS 
Elliott’s Bush Lima. A perfect bush form of the Large Lima; grows 18 
to 20 inches high, robust and always erect. Pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 ets., pk. $2.75. 
Sieva Bush Lima. Very popular on account of its great productiveness 
and earliness. Beans small, but of the true Lima flavor. Pt. 20 ets., qt. 40 
cts., pk. $2.75. 
POLE, OR RUNNING BEANS 
Haricots A RAMEs. Frijole de Bejuco. Stangen-Bobhnen. 
One quart will plant 100 hills; 10 to 12 quarts required for an acre. 
For pole varieties drive stout poles 4 feet apart each way, leaving them 
from 6 to § feet high when set. Make a slightly raised hill about the base 
and plant 5 or 6 seeds, placing the eye downward when planting large flat 
varieties like the Limas. 
If to be forwarded by mail, add 15 cents per quart for postage. 
King of the Garden Lima. <A vigorous grower, bearing an abundance of 
large pods, varying in length from 5 to 8 inches, and containing from 4 to 
6 perfectly formed beans of superior quality. Pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 ets., pk. $2.75. 
Elliott’s Improved Pole Lima. <A very superior early variety of excellent 
quality and great productiveness. Pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 ets., pk. $2.75. 
Early Jersey Lima. About two weeks earlier than Large Lima, but in 
other respects the same. Pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts., pk. $2.75. 
Large White Lima. The most highly esteemed Bean in cultivation. Pt. 
20 ets., qt. 40 cts., pk. $2.75. 
Golden Carmine-Podded Horticultural. An early and prolific yielder of 
large, fleshy, stringless pods of a handsome golden color mottled with car- 
mine; unsurpassed both as a snap or shell bean. Pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts., pk. 
$2.00. 
Golden Cluster. Pods a beautiful golden yellow color; of large size, aver- 
aging from 7 to 8 inches long and % inch in width. Fleshy, absolutely 
stringless and very brittle, while the flavor is delicious. Pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 
ets., pk. $2.75. 
Old Homestead, or Improved Kentucky Wonder. A very prolific sort, pro- 
ducing large clusters of round, fleshy, stringless pods of excellent flavor. A 
fine old Bean, not yet surpassed by any newer sort. Pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 ets., 
k. $2.75. 
Horticultural Cranberry. One of the best for family use. The pods are 
very tender and of fine quality. Pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.75. 
Early Dutch Case Knife. Very early and prolific, fine shelled, green or 
dry. Pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.75. 
Searlet Runner. Ornamental as well as useful. Has bright scarlet flowers. 
Used both as a string and shell Bean. Pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts., pk. $2.50. 
White Dutch Runner. Similar to the preceding, except that the flowers 
are white instead of scarlet. Pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts., pk. $2.00. 
ENGLISH BROAD BEANS 
They are as hardy as peas, and should be planted in spring as early as 
the ground can be worked, in order to get them into pod before hot weather. 
Plant in drills four feet apart, placing the beans two inches deep, and allow- 
ing from four to six inches between each. _To insure well-filled pods, pinch 
off the tops as soon as the lower pods begin to set. If to be forwarded by 
maul, add 15 cents per quart for postage. 
Broad Windsor. The largest variety grown. Can only be used as a shell 
Bean. Pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts., pk. $2.50. 
Nofenfohl. 
Improved Dwarf. Produces compact sprouts of superior Broccoli 
quality. Pkt. 10 ects., oz. 25 ets., % Ib. 75 cts. 
