THE BARLIEST WRINKLED PEA GROWN! 
Henderson’s S 
You may now have LARGE TENDER 
PEAS, Sweet and Delicious, .. . 
ENORMOUS PEAS. 
ty 
i — a0 = f 
WE HAVE RECEIVED ...... 
== 2,806== 
Letters of Praise 
FOR THE ‘1897”’ OR 
«« PROSPERITY” PEA 
This season. Many of them 
were warmly enthusiastic 
over its merits. 
Space only permits us to print 
the following: 
Hyde Park, N. Y. 
“T picked 1897" Pea on the 18th 
of June, It is far superior to any 
early Pea I have ever grown; there 
areeight and nine fine large peas to 
a pod. It certainly is a very fine 
Pea.” JAMES HORROCKS, 
Manager Crumwold Farms. 
Springfield, Mass. 
“While inspecting several of the 
finest estates at Lenox, Mass., I 
was much impressed with what I 
saw of your new early Pea, ‘ 1897.’ 
Would you kindly favor me with a 
small packet of seed? If they do 
with me as they did at Lenox, 
would like to illustrate them in 
FARM AND Home.”’ 
Fr. H. PLUMB, 
Agricultural Editor. 
Rhinecliff, N. Y. 
Pea—eight to ten large peas to a 
pod, uniform in ripening, very ten- 
der, good flavor, good cropper. 
T. HARRISON, 
Gardener to Hon. Levi P. Morton, 
“* Your new Pea, ‘ 1897,’ I consider 
the best Pea I have ever grown in 
the past twenty-five years. I have 
picked 3% bushels out of one quart 
of seed.” M. J. CONNORS, 
Irvington-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
“The ‘1897’ Pea combines ‘ex- 
TI I I I IN I I I I I YN YY II YI INN I NY I I I I I NN I I I I I IN I mS I I I I fod fod od fd I I dy 
treme earliness, quantity and qual- 
ity.’ The plant is robust and vig- 
orous, and the peas rich in flavor.”’ 
ELMA M. BROWN, 
Buffalo, N. Y. 
MASS. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
Awarded George D. Moore, of Arling- 
ton, Mass., First Prize for ‘‘ Hender- 
son’s 1897’’ Pea over all other peas, 
and Mr. Moore writes us: 
“Your early ‘1897’ Pea took first 
prize and tops anything I have 
ever seen exhibited at the Mass. 
Horticultural Society, and _ the 
Society is open to all the world. 
I have given four quarts to several 
of our Vegetable Commissioners, 
and they all agree that so far it 
: i leads anything yet offered.” 
So J oS So ao 
NOOOEX 
(-) {-) {>} {s) {2) 
BOAO! 
“T consider the ‘1897’ a first-class q 
VIIIIIIIZIAS=S 
(—f——l— 
J N—NHHna 
—J fb f—If—d 
(—J—J (—J 
Si — I 
FOR SUCH IS NOW THE NAME OF «1897.”’ 
(SEE COLORED PLATE ON OPPOSITE PAGE.) 
-IN EARLY JUNE, 
ENORMOUS PODS. 
We have never yet been able to offer to our patrons an early 
Pea which possesses in a marked degree more desirable quali- 
ties. On both sides of the Atlantic, specialists in Pea culture 
have been struggling with the problem how to combine fine 
quality and productiveness with earliness. It must be conceded 
that hitherto all these efforts have failed, inasmuch as we have 
only been able to offer for very early use the round or hard-shell 
types of ‘‘ Extra Early Peas.” These have a value peculiarly 
their own, but the quality is far below what we would wish. 
We feel confident that at last a variety has been secured which 
combines earliness with all the good features of the later 
““marrow ”’ varieties, viz.: delicious flavor, tenderness, sweet- 
ness, size and productiveness. 
This variety has had very thorough and exhaustive trials con- 
ducted in various latitudes and under varied conditions, there- 
fore we have no hesitancy in making the most extravagant 
claims for its merits, which are supported by the opinions of 
expert gardeners. 
‘«Prosperity ”’ Pea grows about 2'6 feet in height; the vine 
is robust, and the foliage is large and vigorous, closely resem- 
bling Telephone i in general appearance, though dwarfer and very 
much earlier. The pods, which are as large as Telephone, are 
produced in great abundance, and are well filled with from six 
to eight peas of enormous size, but, as we have stated, its chief 
value lies in its earliness, and when we consider that a pea so 
large and as rich in flavor as any of the later wrinkled sorts can 
be had three days after Henderson’s First of All, the best and 
earliest round or hard-shell variety, its value can be readily seen. 
Among those who grow peas for their own use exclusively, 
there are many who plant only the extra early types, because 
our short spring and hot summers are not conducive to the free 
growth of the later varieties. It is to this class of growers that 
we recommend this variety with confidence. They can now 
obtain early in the season, while climatic conditions are favor- 
able, as delicious peas as is possible under any conditions in 
this country or any other. 20c. 14 pt., 35c, pt., 60c. qt., 
$4.00 pk. 
© 
THE... 
RIZE WINNERS. .:. .:. 
When we introduced the ‘1897’ Pea the past year we offered $200 in cash 
for what we considered the best name for it. We decided on the name 
““Prosperity,’’ which was sent in by twenty-nine persons, among whom 
the prize money was equally divided. Their names and addresses follow: 
NAME AND ADDRESS. NAME AND ADDRESS, 
Mrs. F. R. Sykes.......-... Glendora, Cal. Mr. L. H. Sage, Jr....... Hackensack, N. J. 
Mrs. Mary A. Hawk....... Leon, Iowa. Mrs. G. E. Bender....... Chicago, Ill. 
Mr. R. W. Rogers....... ..MeVill, Pa. Mrs. D. M. Hertzog...... Uniontown, Pa. 
Miss Bertha Mead. ...Pittsburgh, Pa. Mr. W. Watson... ...... Hazleton, Iowa. 
Miss M. L. Fitch........... Shields, Pa. Mr. P. P. Chase.......... Exton, Pa, 
Kate A. Maxwell. Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. M. K. Walker....... No. Temescal, Cal. 
Mr, J. C. Drake.... .- Scarsdale, N. Y. Mrs. A. E. Kuester,.....St. Paul, Minn. 
Delia King.............-... Fayette, Mo. Mr. Charles S. Eaton....Olympia, Wash. 
Mr. S. W. Linebaugh...... Russellville, Ky. Mrs. H. E. Theis......... Dayton, Ohio. 
Isabel Blair...............- Princeton, Ind. PRE 1S (OF On Mcononoteod Athens, Ga. 
Mr. T. J. Butcher.. .--Narcissa, Pa. Mr. J. A. Pollard........ Sedalia, Mo. 
Mr. J. F. Egan....... .. Lakeville, Conn. Mr. D. O. Laughlin...... Paris, Ill. 
Mr. Wm. H. McCann. ..Glenside, Pa. Mr. N. B. Dana.......... Radnor, Pa. 
Mr. E. C. Le Roy...... ...No. Adams, Mass. 
Mrs. M. B, Rouse.......... Aneka, Minn. 
“PROSPERITY ” e225" 
ENORMOUS YIELDER. 
INTRODUCED BY US LAST SEASON 
AS ‘1897,”" AND FOR WHICH WE 
OFFERED $200 FOR A NAME. 
Or as soon as you have heretofore 
had the ordinary early kinds... . 
u 
l 
S f= r=! 
(—J—i—J 
(YVeafa/2l2ve 
Peer 
ICICI OROR 
f— fafa" =I ml f aN fH mel fm md I I 
IN OUR EXPERIENCE ask 
As seedsmen, for OVER HALF 
A CENTURY, we have never 
received so many eulogistic 
letters in one season about 
any one vegetable as for the 
“ 1897,” or 
«« PROSPERITY’”’ PEA 
during the past season. 
Space only permits us to print 
the following: u 
“Yournew Pea, ‘1897,’ was planted 
April 20th; and in just forty-seven 
days I had well-filled pods ready 
for the table, 
earlier than American i 
planted on the same day.” 
A. I. ROSS, 
Omaha, Neb. 
four to six days 
Wonder 
“T planted your new Pea, ‘ 1897,” 
alongside of several others. ‘1897’ 
is superior to all or either of them 
—early, large and luscious, and 
quite prolific.” 
ISAAC G. COPE, 
Barton, Ohio. nT 
** ©1897’ was sown on April 18th a 
alongside of ‘First of All” We 
gathered the first mess of peas on u 
June 19th, same day as ‘ First of u 
All?” FRANK J. KROBOTH, & 
Nyack, N. Y. q 
“T have raised garden peas for 
market for forty-one years, but 
have never seen any Pea to ap- 
proach in quality, size and yield il 
your ‘18&97.’”’ 
DAVID GREGG, 
Waterford, N. Y. 
STI] 
U 
y 
“ Your ‘1897’ Pea is a wonder— 
the earliest wrinkled Pea in ex- 
istence to-day, as early as Alaska 
and far superior in every respect, 
Jarge pods, large peas, sweet and 
delicious.’ 
AMOS H. LOVEJOY, ji 
Littleton, N. H. 4 
eae, u 
“T find your ‘ 1897” Pea satistac- [ 
tory in every respect. I planted 
them May 18th, and they were Ul 
ready to Dick July 5th, just 4 days 
from date ofplantug u 
. SLADE, tu 
Bristol, R.I. 
“T don’t see how your ‘1897’ Pea 
can be improved upon. It is per- 
fect in growth, quantity and quali- q 
ty. Planted at the same time as UU 
Nott’s Excelsior, it ripened a week 
earlier, producing four times the ( 
yield as that variety.’ u 
CHAS. VAN BRUNT, Jr., on 
n 
Long Branch City, N. . 
