LONG BROTHERS' CATALOGUE — SPRING, 1S7S. 
IS 
with the inexperienced the chances of failure are yet 
greater; therefore, with this statement, our deciding not 
it seeds cannot but seem reasonable, we think. 
• Notice.— At quoted rates we forward all SEEDS free 
by mail, on receipt of nrices here given, except in the 
cases of BEANS. CORN. PEAS, and HEDGE, 
GRASS and CLOVER SLEDS. When these articles 
are wanted by Mail, postage mu-t be added to the 
— * as set down under their respective heads; but 
e these will be sent at Catalogue rates by Ex- 
press, at the cost of the purchaser. Half-pounds fur- 
nished at pound r 
Flowering Pea. (Sec opposite page. ) 
ASPARAGUS, Conover's Colossal, very 
Urge and productive; the best, 
BEAN, early China, very early; line quality; 
per qt.. 25c, 
Early Valentine, early and tender; contin- 
ues long in the cooking state; per qt., 30c., 
Mohawk, early, hardy, productive; per qt., 
30c 
Dwarf Butter, waxy yellow pods; tender 
and very delicious; per qt., 40c. 
White Marrowfat, fair as a string 'bean. 
excellent for shelling cither green or dry; 
per qt.. 25c 
Yellow Six Weeks, hardy and prolific; 
per qt., toe 
Large White Kidney, superb shell bean; 
per qt., 30c 
Large Lima, per qt., 50c, . 
Giant Wax, per qt., 60c, .... 
(Add 35 cents per quart extra if to be 
seat I'Y mail. Pints furnished at qt. rates. J 
BEET, Early Bassano. very early, . 
Dark Egyptian, very early ; fine ; color 
deep crimson 
Dewing's, handsome and good, . 
Early Blood Red, good both early and late, 
Long Blood Red, excellent; keeps well, in 
winter; a standard sort 
Long Red Wurtzel, per lb , 75c, 
Yellow Globe Wurtzel, per lb. . 75c. , 
Norbiton's Giant Wurtzel, per lb., Si. 00, 
White Sugar, per lb., 75c 
Lane's Imperial Sugar Beet, %-ery fine, 
per lb., $1.00, 
BROCCOLI. Purple Cape, early; reliable. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS, bevt imported. . 
CABBAGE, Early Dwarf York, very earls , 
Early Wakefield, very early; fine market 
«Ort, 
Fottler's Early Drumhead, fine early, . 
Schweinfurth, carlv; large, compact, 
Winningstadt, very fine; a standard sort 
for family use 
Marblehead Mammoth, immense in si;c, . 
Large Late Drumhead, large winter 
variety 
Premium Flat Dutch, perhaps the best for 
Silver-leaf Drumhead, excellent, 
Drumhead Savoy, very tender and deli- 
Red Pickling, !!'.!'.! 
Filderkraut, very fine 
CARROT, Early French Forcing, very 
early 
Early Horn, an old favorite, 
Long Orange, per lb., $1.35, 
Half Long, intermediate in "size and lime of 
Altringham, large; per lb., S1.50, 
White Belgian, large and very productive, 
CAULIFLOWER, Early Paris,' excellent; 1 
Erfurt Earliest Dwarf, compact heads, 
fine quality a 
Nonpariel, one of the best, . . . 1 
Lenormand, a large late sort: reliable, .1 
CELERY, Incomparable Dwarf White, 
solid, crisp and ltiicv, very excellent, 
Giant White Solid, best of the large, 
Boston Market, a favorite market variety 
about Boston: excellent 
Sandrlnghani Dwarf, fine flavor, 
Dwarf Crimson, exceedingly solid, fine 
criinsnn color 
CELERIAC, or Turmp-rootcd Celery, 
CORN, Stowell's Evergreen, very line lale 
sort, perql., 30c. 
Crosby's Early Sugar, early; per qt., ;oc, 
Mammoth Sugar, large, per qt., 30c, 
Early Minnesota, very early and excel- 
lent: per quart, 30c 
Pop Corn, per pi., 30c 
(Add as cents /,<■ quart extra if to fie 
scittfiv mail. J 'inls furnished a t qt. ra tes. I 
CRESS, Curled Leaf, very line; may be cut 
CUCUMBER, Early Green Cluster,' early 
and productive 
Early Frame, cM cllcnt 
Improved Long Green, excellent, 
Improved White Spine, an improvement 
on the excellent old White Spine, . 
EGG-PLANT, New York Purple, . . 1 
ENDIVE, Green Curled, hardy and crisp, 
KOHL-RABI, Large Green, . . . 
KALE, Green Curled 
LETTUCE, Drumhead, very large; crisp, 
lender, . . . . 
Boston Curled, of superior quality, quite 
Paris Cos White, tender and crisp, . 
Early Curled Simpson, the earliest; a very 
fine sort 
Early Tennis Ball, close, hard head, 
White Silcsian, a line sort, 
LEEK, Large London, large, 
Large Rouen, large and excellent, . 
MUSK MELON, Nutmeg, greenish yell. 
rich and sug-iry: a favorilc, 
Sill's Hybrid, very fine new sort, 
White Japan, creamy while skin; early; 
fine flavored, . . . _ 
Green Citron, flesh green: delicious, . 
Casaba, large and delicious flavor, 
Christiana, very early and fine, . 
WATER MELON, Mountain Sweet, fruit 
oblong, dark green: flesh solid and sweet, 
Black Spanish, large, almost round, . 
Citron, small sized, round, used for prc- 
Mountain Sprout, large and very fine, 
Phinney, excellent market s-.n, . 
Strawberry or White Seeded, 
MUSTARD, White London, . . . 
NASTURTIUM, Tall, ornamental and use- 
ful, .. . .... 
