. Drumm Seed and Floral Company . cided not to of- fer it this sea- son , as the time was so short be- fore going to press with our catalogue as not to leave an op- portunity for a thorough inves- tigation of its merits Subse- quent corres- pondence with the introducer, the references given by him, and an actual trial on our part, during which we ourselves took the green berry, Roasted it aiid made the Cof- fee, has estab- lished our confi- dence in it to sucn a degree that we feel war- ranted in bring- ing it to the at tention of our customers as an article well worthy of trial. The i n t ro-
. Drumm Seed and Floral Company . cided not to of- fer it this sea- son , as the time was so short be- fore going to press with our catalogue as not to leave an op- portunity for a thorough inves- tigation of its merits Subse- quent corres- pondence with the introducer, the references given by him, and an actual trial on our part, during which we ourselves took the green berry, Roasted it aiid made the Cof- fee, has estab- lished our confi- dence in it to sucn a degree that we feel war- ranted in bring- ing it to the at tention of our customers as an article well worthy of trial. The i n t ro- ducer's descrip- tion is as fol- lows: "The Cof- fee Berry while growing is a sight to be- ; It fruits from the ground up and on the limbs in every direction. The pods, of which there are from 150 to 250 on a plant, touch each other. It grows from two to three feet in heigt-t, and when planted in rows three feet apart, meet in the middle of the rows, ihus forming one mass of pods. rJ he pods contain on an average from two to three seeds, some- what resembling a Marrowfat Pea. and when dry, can be Roasted, Ground and prepared like Coffee. We append extracts taken from the numerous testimonials furnished by the introducer: "I have used it and consider it equal to imported ; "Scarcely distinguishable from imported coffee when prepared the same ; "A gentle- man who dined with me said it was as good coffee as he ever tasted " "I can recommend ; "1 am delighted with ; "It is one of the most wonderful discoveries of the age, and will gladden the hearts of those who are unable to have the luxury as often as they would like to. We have used it and never tasted anything which comes so near the ; (Extracts from the Christian Advocate of St. Louis, Mo.) It is claimed that owing to the extraordinary productive- ness of this plant, that coffee can be made from it at a cost of less than one ce
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