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Elm Ftuil-farm Calalope aad Price-List, 
TERMS CASH IN ADVANCE.—Goods are sent C. 0. D., if desired, pro- 
cisa/.Sode'‘or«'',;i':fi‘^ - - somewh.t'47e 
Viinety will be euppjied at dozen hundred, and thousand rates respectively un°Ls 
otherwise quoted. Sing e plants will not be supplied at dozen rates-where no^ quo “d 
they will be furnished at docdle the rate per dozen. quotea 
executed with the utmost care. Special pains are taken to 
pack thereby reducing the expense of transportation to a minimum. All goods 
are packed free of charge, i/verything is carefully labeled ® 
on^N?ii'Hartford, or draft 
Should we be out of any variety ordered, we will substitute others of equal or 
greater value, unless otherwise ordered. ^ 
MAIL.—Parties living at a distance from railroad or express 
office often find it a convenience to have plants sent by mail. JFe pack safely so 
as to go to any part of the United States, at the following rates: Strawber^i^ 
at the price per dozen, and Grapes at rates of single vine, free: Strawberries at S 
cents per 50, 3o cents per 100; Raspberries and Blackberries, 15 cents per doze^ 
Gooseberries and Currants, 1 year, 20 cents per dozen. ^ aozen, 
A- otherwise ordered we ship all plants 
direct from here by Adams Express. However, as we have direct steamboat con¬ 
nection daily with ^ew \ork City, our forwarding agent there can reship all goods 
at Wstrates."”'^ Express Companies or Fast Friight fines, 
fz freight.—E arly in the season when the weather is cool, plants can 
often be sent quite cheaply by fast freight; but we take no responsibility in sS^h 
cases, as there is often great delay. ^ xu eucn 
^ Dip the plants, as soon as received, in water, and bury the roots in moist 
shady ground, till you are ready to set them out ^ moist, 
PEDIGREE IN PLANTS. 
Fully appreciating the importance of PEDIGUEE IN' PLANTS as -well as in 
STOCk'i.’OR PIl^)TAr ATmv“‘ OAUBFUJu SELECTION OF ALL 
oxy t-ii. lOit PKOPAGATION, and we now’ offer for sale a stock of nlanta 
which we^^lieve to be equal, if not SUPERIOR, IN HEALTH VIGOR 
^ 7 ^*? Pi^ODUCTIVENESS TO ANY IN THE COUNTRY.’ This 
cSff fniit-groivtr would do well to consider before purchasing cheap slock. 
Some men w’lll spend much time and money to properly prepare the "round and 
themcheap.^'' ‘^^ inferior or almost worthless plants, simply ^^ecause th°ey can buy 
worn-out varieties (that have served us so well in the past) were 
rapidly discarded to make room for the newer and more profilahle varieties and that 
all intelligent and progressive fruit-growers are now testing (in a small way) all new 
and promising varieties as soon as obtainable, thus keeping fully abreast of the times 
and so be ready fo reap Me ^real^r pro/Uhat comes from being the first in anv market 
to introduce new and improved sorts of real value, for in fruits as well as L evfiy 
other busmess, the greatest profits are made by those who lead, or keep very near ‘Hhe 
head of the procession " _ There is neither fun or profit in following aUng two o? 
three years behind and simply imitatingthose who have gone before 
^rowthe best, and thus lead the market, 
^ Vu jri proportion. We liave in mind now a number of our 
^ v? ago paici us $100 per 1000 for Souhegan Raspberries and ^ 
rnrnmSc I^Hochester Strawberries, and by so doing have more than doubled th^ 
fruit alone, to say nothing of plants sold to neighbors, and many more 
ill! nl f ^this and future years by planting some of the more promis- 
C^rmnn n Comelia, Daisey, Dan Boone and Mrs. Garfield Strawberries • 
Carnaan and Marlbom Raspberries; Fay Currant; Early Harvest, or Early Cluster 
Blackberry ; Niagara Grape, or others of like promise. ^ ^mster, 
The best is good enough for us all.*’ 
