WM. 
ELLIOTT & SONS’ 
LIST OF CHOICE 
VEGETABLE 
We desire to call the particular attention of our friends and patrons to the 
following List of Vegetable Seeds, which will be found to embrace all the leading 
and most popular varieties in cultivation, including all novelties of merit. 
We exercise the greatest care in the selection of our stocks of Vegetable Seeds, 
discarding all varieties that in our experience have proved unworthy of cultivation. 
All our Vegetable Seeds are true to name, and their germinating qualities having 
been effectually tested, they are confidently offered as being THE VERY BEST 
THAT CAN BE PROCURED. 
/&~See pages I to VIII for Novelties and Specialties. 
VEGETABLE SEEDS BY MAIL. 
We forward Vegetable Seeds FREE BY MAIL, when desired, at prices quoted 
excepting PEAS, BEANS and CORN. For Peas and Beans add 15 CENTS a quart, and 
for Corn lO CENTS A QUART, to Catalogue rates when the Seed is to be sent by mail. 
Unless postage is sent with mail orders for these items we shall be obliged to reduce 
quantities to make up the deficiency. 
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Conover’s colossal. 
ASPARAGUS. 
One ounce will sow 40 feet of drill. 
Sow the seed early in spring in drills 15 inches apart, 
and about a dozen to the foot in the drill; keep the soil 
mellow and free from weeds during the summer, and in 
the succeeding spring transplant to permanent beds. In 
planting for private use, set out in rows 0 feet apart, 
and allow 12 inches in the row. Set the plants at least 
6 inches below the surface. For market on a large 
scale, set 4 feet apart one way and 2 the other, which will 
allow the use of a horse and cultivator to keep the 
weeds under. 
If the plot is made sufficiently rich when the plants are 
set, they will make a large growth the first summer, and 
the shoots may be cut from them the succeeding year. 
Any well-treated plot ought to produce a moderate crop 
the second year after planting. Remove the dead brush 
late in the fall or early in the spring of each year, and 
apply broadcast a dressing of manure. A plot of Aspara¬ 
gus will reach its maturity in its fifth or sixth year; after 
that the size of the shoots will diminish, but their num¬ 
bers will increase. 
Conover’s Colossal. Of excellent quality. Per pkt., 
5 cts.; oz., lOcts.; ‘4 lb., 20 cts.; lb., 50 cts. Fine 
two-year old roots, $1.00 per 100; $'.00 p er pooo. 
Barr's Mammoth. Extra large and fine variety. Per 
pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; *4' lb., 60 cts.; lb., $1.50. 
Two-year old roots, $1.25 per 100; $9.00 per 1,000. 
ARTICHOKE. 
Sow early in spring in drills an inch and a half deep, 
and 1 foot apart. The next spring transplant to per¬ 
manent beds, in rows or hills, 2 feet apart, and 2 feet be¬ 
tween the plants. It likes a deep, rich, moist loam, and 
the plants should be protected in winter by a covering 
of leaves or coarse manure. A bed will continue in bear¬ 
ing for several years. 
Large Green Globe. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 30 cts. 
Large Paris. Per pkt., it cts.; oz.. 40 cts. 
