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Peter Henderson k Co., about 1878, and which has 

 become very popular. Gregory, in 1890, said that 

 it was not excelled by any other variety, unless it 

 was Thorbum's Gilt Edge, and that it combined 

 the best characteristics of Berlin Dwarf, Extra 

 Early Erfurt, and Sea Foam. Henderson <t Co. 

 state that it is now grown for forcing more largely 

 than any other variety. It is also considerably 

 grown in field culture, not only for the early crop, 

 for which it is especially suited, but also for the 

 late crop, the plants being set out as late as the 

 fii'st of August. Its small size and reliability of 

 heading are valuable features where suitable soil 

 and culture are given. The high price of the seed 

 and the lack of vigor in much of the seed of this 

 and other Dwarf Erfurt varieties, have prevented 

 their cultivation on as large a scale as they would 

 otherwise be grown. 



This variety was formerly sold by many seedsmen 

 simply as Early Snowball, and it is the one now 

 usually referred to when the name Early Snowball 

 is used, (See Early Snowball. ) 



AV. J. Green, of the Ohio experiment station, 

 says of Henderson's Snowball: " This justly cel- 

 ebrated strain of Early [Extra Early] Erfurt is 

 probably better known than the parent variety. 

 The true Henderson's Early Snowball is unexcelled, 

 but there are other strains, and other varieties even, 



