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ELM FRUIT-FARM CATALOGUE AND PRICE-LiHEW YORK 3 
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Elm Fruit-Farm Catalogue and Price-List, 
TERMS CASH IN ADVANCE.—Goods are sent C. 0 . D. if desired, providing 
one-quarter of the amount is sent with the order; but this is a somewhat more costly mode of 
remitting. 
THE PRICES of this Catalogue abrogate previous quotations. The prices affixed are 
for the quantities specified, but half-dozen, fifty, and five hundred of a variety will be supplied at 
dozen, hundred, and thousand rates respectively, unless otherwise quoted. Single plants will not 
be supplied at dozen rales—where not quoted they will be furnished at double the rate per dozen. 
ALL PACKING is executed with the utmost care. Special pains are taken to pack 
lightly, thereby reducing the expense of transportation to a minimum. All goods are packed free 
of charge. Everything is carefully labeled. 
Remit by registered letter, P. O. order on Hartford, or draft on 
New York. 
Should we be out of any variety ordered, we will substitute others of .equal or greater value 
unless otherwise ordered. ’ 
PLANTS BY MAIL.—Parties living at a distance from railroad or express office often 
find it a conveniehce to have plants sent by mail. Wc pacic safehjt so as to f/o to any 
part of the XJnited at the following rates: Strawberries at the price per dozen 
and Grapes at rates of single vine, free ; Strawberries at 20 cents per 50, 35 cents per 100; 
Raspberries and Blackberries, 15 cents per dozen; Gooseberries and Currants, i year, 20 cents per 
dozen. Of course, larger and better plants are usually sent by express. 
SHIPPING FACILITIES.—Unless othenvise ordered we ship all plants direct from 
here, by Adams* Exi)reSS. How’ever, as we have direct steamboat connection daily with 
-^New York City, our forwarding agent thqre can re-ship all goods promptly by any of the 
leading Express Conijianies or Fast Freight Lines, at lowest rates. 
FAST FREIGHT.—Early in the season, when the weather is cool, plants can often be 
sent quite cheaply by fast freight; but we take no responsibility in such cases, as there is often 
great delay. 
I^“Dip the plants, as soon as received, in water, and bury the roots in pioist, shady ground, 
till you are ready to set them out. 
STRAWBERRIES. 
The three things necessary to produce a perfect crop of fine, large Strawberries, are manure, 
moisture, and thorough cultivation, and it is almost impossible to get too much of either, provided 
they are judiciously applied. Almost any soil that will produce good crops of corn, and is well 
drained, either naturally or artificially, will give abundant returns, if the above requirements are 
complied with. \Yell rotted stable manure is a good fertilizer, but in the cultivation of our large 
fields, we have been obliged to experiment with commercial fertilizers, and have become convinced 
that stable manure or nitrogenous commercial fertilizers are taken up greedily by the plants; and 
a too rank foliage is obtained, and the fruit is soft and of inferior flavor to that obtained by the use 
of raw, ground bone and potash in some forth, (wood ashes or muriate of potash being ihe 
cheapest forms in which to buy it). For the best results, use 2,000 pounds fine ground bone, and 
300 to 400 pounds of muriate of potash per acre, applying it broadcast after ploughing and harrow¬ 
ing it in before setting the plants. 
For garden culture, set plants from 15 to 18 inches apart each way. For field culture we 
usually plant in rows three feet apart, plants one foot in the row, the distance depending somewhat 
on the varieties to be grown, some requiring much more room than others. Keep thoroughly 
hoed and cultivated till the ground freezes up, and then 
MULCH, 
covering the whole surface thoroughly with old hay, cornstalks, leaves, coarse stable manure, or in 
fact anything that will keep the plants well protected through the winter, and being bleached and 
beaten close to the ground by the winter’s snow and rain, do not prevent the young growth coming 
through in the spring, but serve to keep the fruit clean in summer and the ground moist. 
