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PETER HENDERSON & CO-VEGETABLE SEED NOVELTIES. 



The colored plate gives an excellent representation of the three great novelties described below, and which 

 we regard as t he most valuable vegetables we have ever had the pleasure of introducing. 



HENDERSON'S NEW BUSH LlMA BEAN. 



A MATCHLESS RECORD! 



175,000 Packets Sold in 1889, Hundreds of Flattering Testimonials. 



Our FULL SIZED SEALED Packets this season contain 50 Beans each. Beware of smaller packets offered at cheaper rates. 



This wonderful innovation created a greater fui'ore last season than any vegetable novelty that has ever been offered. Those who 

 never had a vegetable garden before were induced to plant the Henderson Bush Lima Bean, because it enabled them to have the most 

 delicious of all vegetables without the trouble and expense of the unsightly poles. We received hundreds of most nattering letters 

 from every State telling of its wondei-ful success. The specimen shown on colored plate was taken from the prize plant sent in last 

 season, which had 271 pods on it at one time. Henderson's New Bush Lima grows without the aid of stakes or poles in compact bush 

 form, about 18 inches high, and produces enormous crops of delicious Lima Beans, which can be as easily gathered as the common 

 garden Bush sorts. Henderson's New Bush Lima is at least two weeks earlier than any of the climbing Limas. 

 This fact alone would stamp it as the most valuable novelty of recent years, but when, in addition to this, we consider that it is a true 

 Bush Bean, requiring no supports, some idea of its great value can be realized. 



Henderson's Bush Lima produces a continuous crop from the time it comes into bearing (it is fit for the table in the 

 latitude of New York middle of July) until frost, and being enormously productive, a very small patch will keep a family supplied with 

 this splendid vegetable through the season. The Beans are of the size of the Sieva or Small Lima, and of delicious quality. 



Henderson's Bush Lima was a grand success last season. It can and should be grown in every garden. We are glad 

 to now be able to offer it in bulk at the following reasonable prices : 



25 cts. per packet of about 50 beans; 75 ets. per % pint; $1.00 per pint; SI. 50 per quail. 



TWO CROPS A YEAR ! 



The Bu9h Lima Beans I bought of you this spring I planted on March 31st, and 

 on May 31st began to pick and use. I have never seen any bean so prolific ; we have 

 had plenty for home use. and I have already saved seed and planted 6 rows, each 100 

 feet long. I count it the best thing in the Vegetable line that has been sent out for 

 the past twenty years, and just what we need for this portion of Texas, where we 

 have such high winds. — James Maxwell, care of Richird Kl\"g, Jr., Puerta Ranch, 

 Collins P. O., Nueces Co., Texas, June 29th, 1889. 



UNEQUALED IN QUALITY. 



I bought of you last spring four packages of your Bush Lima Bean, from which 

 I got a total of one hundred beans. A cold spell just after planting rotted some, 

 so I had only sixty-eight plants in all. In spite of the very dry weather I picked 

 about half the ripe seed and found I had 1,900 ripe pods, and the other half are 

 not yet ripe. From one plant I picked 150 pods, and there are about 50 more unripe 

 pods on the same plant. This is indeed very satisfactory. I wishlcould introduce it 

 here in Wisconsin, at our State Fair, for all farmers and gardeners ought to grow 

 it, as there is no bean to equal it in taste or productiveness and it does not require 

 eo long cooking. — Petee Fagg, Madison, Wis., September 9th, 1889. 



HIGH PRAISE FROM ONE WHO KNOWS. 



Among the many testimonials received from parties who tested this great novelty 

 last season, there was none that we valued more than the following from the pen of 

 Mr. Wm. Falconer, the accomplished gardener of Chas. A. Dana, Esq., of the New 

 York Sun, and which appeared in the Rural New Yorker, August, 1889. Mr. Falconer 

 says: " Peter Henderson hit me hard last week. I was his guest at dinner, and we 

 had some of those Bush Limas, and I had to admit that as a tender, delicious bean 

 they are unsurpassed. He assures me that the great majority of amateurs will no 

 longer be bothered with poles, and now they have gotten a dwarf form, thousands 

 will grow l.imas who never would before." 



AN OPINION FROM SEEDSMEN. 



We are pleased to say that we consider your Bu9h Lima Bean to be one of the most 

 wonderful and valuable additions to the vegetable family that has been brought 

 out in many years, All of our customers who have tried it are pleased with the 

 results. We should be pleased to hear from you at once, as to what price you will 

 be able to put upon the Bush Lima Bean in bulk this coming season, etc. — Pabkeb 

 & Wood, Seedsmen, Boston, Mass., October 19th, 1889. 



Mammoth Wax Bush Bean. 



A GIANT AMONG BEANS. 



This is the prototype of a new race of Wax Bush Beans, and is 

 regarded by eminent authorities as second only in value and dis- 

 tinctiveness to the Bush Lima. The name was suggested to 

 us for this splendid new Bean on account of its enormous size. 

 The pods.as shown in the colored plate, frequently attain a length of 

 ten to fourteen inches, with the thickness of a man's finger. The pods 

 are nearly all solid pulp, the seeds being very small when the pods 

 are fit for use. The pods are a rich golden color, and are absolutely 

 stringless, cooking tender and delicious. This is the coming Wax 

 Bean for family or market purposes. It is enormously productive, 

 as many as 50 of its monster pods having been counted on one 

 bush. Price, per pkt., 15 cts. ; % pint, 75 cts. ; per pint, $1.25 ; 

 per quart, $2.00. 



HANDSOME, LARGE, AND A SURE HEADER. 



It is now two years since we first offered Henderson's 

 Succession Cabbage, and in that time it. has probably 

 been more thoroughly and critically tested than any other 

 variety. On page 10 we give a few testimonials from prac- 

 tical growers, and which are samples of hundreds which 

 we have received. The Succession is about one week later 

 than the Early Summer, but is double the size, and is so finely bred 

 that in a field of ten acres every head was a magnificent, perfect 

 specimen, fit for exhibition purposes. Despite the low prices 

 realized by the Cabbage crop last season, the Succession brought 

 paying prices wherever grown, and may well be regarded as a 

 boon to the gardening community. Owing to the scarcity of the 

 seed, it has heretofore been very expensive, but we are now in a 

 position to supply it at greatly reduced prices. (Shown on colored 

 plate.) Price, 15c. pkt. ; 8 pkts. $1.00 ; 80c. oz. ; $2.50 y± lb. ; $8.00 lb. 



