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ELLIS BBOTHEBS’ CATALO&UE. 
VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
Our vegetable seeds comprise the best standard and new sorts. We might offer 
a much larger list of varieties, but it seems useless, as the kinds offered are of the 
greatest merit, and, in our estimation, all that can be desired. We have taken the 
greatest pains to produce seeds of the choicest quality, and can assure our customers 
that the stock here offered, is, in freshness and purity, second to none in the country. 
Alt prepaid at prices given, except as noted. 
Asparagus, Conover's Colossal. Best of all. Price 5 < 5 ls. ; oz., 10 ( 5 ts. 
Beet, Stinson. True dark red variety. Excellent for the open garden, this is 
particularly valuable for forcing, because it produces less foliage than any other 
variety. Fine table beets of two and a half inches in diameter will have foliage 
scarcely five inches high, the leaves proper being only three inches long, of a deep, 
rich red color. The roots are smooth and regular in form ; the skin is dark blood-red. 
The flesh is fine grained and free from woodiness. Of a rich color, the beets cook 
dark blood-red, remain in fine condition a long time. Price 5 dts. ; per oz., 10 <Ss. 
Beet, Crimson Early. This Beet is the earliest variety in cultivation, and is ready 
to market in six weeks from time of sowing. The tops are short and green, and the 
bulbs of beautiful shape. The skin is deep blood-red in color; the flesh being also 
very dark, of the finest quality, tender and sweet at all times. The beets are of good 
size and very uniform, and never become tough and stringy with age. As an early 
Beet it has no equal, and for late sowing its quick, rapid growth, makes it also 
valuable. Price 5 dls. ; oz., 10 < 5 ls. 
Beet, Edmund's Early Turnip. This is the most uniformly “ thoroughbred ” of 
all Beets; with very small tops, the neat short foliage being of a bronzy red. The 
beets are of a handsome round shape, very smooth and of good marketable size. It 
does not grow very large and coarse where room is permitted, as do most varieties of 
the Turnip Beet. Price 5 <fts. ; oz., 10 (Sts. 
Beet, Egyptian. Early ; fine for summer use ; turnip shape. 
Price 5 (Sts. ; oz., 10 < 5 ls. ; i lb., 50 (Sts. 
Beet, Eclipse. Intense, deep blood-red, small top. Sow late for winter use. 
Price 5 (Sts. ; oz., 10 (Sts. ; i lb., 60 (Sts. 
Beet, Dewing's Improved Blood Turnip. Fine turnip form, very symmetrical in 
shape, and free from any fibrous roots. Flesh deep blood-red, very tender and sweet; 
grows uniformly to a good size. Early, and when sown late, desirable for 
winter. Price 5 (Sts. ; oz., 10 (Sts. ; lb., 15 (Sts. ; i lb., 50 (Sts. 
Beet, Swiss Chard (Silver or Sea-Kale). This variety is grown for its leaves 
only; the middle of the leaf is cooked and served like Asparagus; the other portions 
of the leaf are used like Spinach. Price, pkt., 5 ( 5 ls. ; oz., 10 ( 5 ls. 
Beet, Mangel Wurzels. For stock. The three following sorts are among the 
best: Norbitan Giant, improved long red, an immense yielder; Lane's Imperial 
Sugar, not as large as above, but very sweet ; Golden Tankard, an improved yellow 
globe, a great yielder. Price, either sort, oz., 5 (Ss. ; 1-4 lb., 15 ( 5 ls. ; lb., 40 ( 5 ts., 
prepaid ; by express, not prepaid, 30 ( 5 ls. per lb. 
Cabbage, Succession. About one week later than the “ Early Summer,” but it is 
double the size, and is so finely bred that in a field of ten acres every head was a per- 
fect specimen, fit for exhibition purposes. Its earliness, uniform large size, solidity 
and sure heading qualities, makes it the most valuable Cabbage either for private use 
or market purposes. Price 5 (fts. ; oz., 15 ( 5 ts. 
Cabbage, Early Winningstadt. A well known and very popular second-early 
variety; heads large, decidedly conical ; leaves bright, glossy green ; heads very solid 
