PETER HENDERSON & CO.— VEGETABLE SEED NOVELTIES. 31 



CORN, Egyptian Sweet. 



A comparatively new variety that has been grown near Balti- 

 more, Md., for some time. The earia of large size, and the flavor 

 peculiarly rich and sweet, and so superior to other sorts of 

 Sweet Corn, that hotels and families using it will have no other 

 kind as long as this variety is to be had. The introducer, who 

 is a large grower and canner of corn, states that the superiority 

 of this variety is so well understood in his neighborhood, that 

 the prices he receives for it, both in the canned and green state, 

 will average nearly one-half more than what he can obtain for 

 any other sort he grows. Like all other large sorts it matures 

 late. 



30c. per qt., $2.00 per peck. 



DANDELION, Large-leaved. 



Its name partly describes this new variety, although we 

 would add that its leaves are fully double the size of the com- 

 mon Dandelion. It is such a great advance over the old variety, 

 so largely used for salads, etc., that it will soon entirely super- 

 sede it. 



20c. per pkt., $1.00 per oz. 



LETTUCE, Black- Seeded Simpson. 



This Lettuce we offered last season for the first time, and from 

 every side we hear the'most satisfactory reports in regard to it. 

 Like the ordinary Curled Simpson, it does not properly form a 

 head, but a compact mass of leaves ; but differs in being very 

 much lighter colored, the leaves being almost white; stands 

 the summer heat excellent, and attains a size nearly double that 

 of Curled Simpson. It is equally suited for forcing; but, on ac- 

 count of its large size, it might not prove to be as profitable 

 under some circumstances as the strictly forcing varieties, such 

 as Boston Market or Tennis Ball. It was represented in our 

 colored plate last year. 



25c. per pkt., $2.00 per oz. 



LETTUCE, Green Fringed. 



This very ornamental sort was also shown in our colored 

 plate last season. It certainly surpasses all other sorts in its 

 handsome appearance; for, out of some forty varieties of Lettuce 

 growing in our Trial Grounds last year, we found the Green 

 Fringed to be the most distinct and beautiful of all. It is of a 

 very delicate and peculiar shade of green, the inner parts of the 

 leaves white, with the edges beautifully cut and fringed. It 

 not only furnishes an abundance of tender leaves fit for use 

 nearly all the summer, but its ornamental character makes it 

 very desirable for table decoration. 



25c. per pkt., $2.00 per. oz. 



MUSK MELON, The Hackensack. 



The most popular variety of Musk Melon grown for market 

 by gardeners in this vicinity. It attains a large size, is round 

 in shape, flattened at the ends, is of most delicious flavor, and 

 wonderfully productive. It somewhat resembles the Green 

 Citron, on which, however, it is a decided improvement. 

 10c. per pkt., 20c. per oz., 60c. per X lb. 



MUSK MELON, Surprise. 



This new sort is described as having a thin, cream-colored 

 skin, and thick, salmon-colored flesh; is an early variet y, ex- 

 ceedingly productive, and of delicious flavor. 

 15c. per pkt., 50c. per oz. 



PEA, Laxton's Marvel. 



A very prolific bearer, attaining a height of three feet, produc- 

 ing white, wrinkled peas in handsome curved pods. It is a main 

 crop variety, and of unequaled flavor, and is said to be the best 

 Pea (as it is the most recent) ever introduced by Mr. Laxton. 

 60c. per pint., $1.00 per quart. 



AMEKICAN WOND3EK PEA. 



PEA, American Wonder. 



One of the earliest wrinkled Peas in cultivation, exceedingly 

 productive, and of very dwarf and compact growth, growing 

 only from 10 to 18 inches high. Its quality is of the very best,, 

 and we are sure it will prove a real acquisition. 



40 cents per pint, 75 cents per quart. 



NEW POTATO, North River Beauty. 



A new seedling, of which the entire ctock has been sent us by 

 E. L. Coy, of Washington Co., N. Y., with whom also originated 

 the Beauty of Hebron, one of the most valuable Potatoes of re- 

 cent introduction. Mr. Coy describes North River Beauty as 

 being " a seedling of Compton's Surprise; it is very white and 

 almost as smooth as if turned out in a lathe; they cook 

 quickly, are dry and of excellent flavor; they are of medium 

 earliness, ripening with the Snowflake. Hey grow compact in 

 the hill, and are thus easily dug. In yield they are fully up to 

 the average ; on one piece of ordinary soil.with ordinary culturf 

 I grew 130 bushels from 2 barrels." 



35 cents per lb., by mail; $1.25 per peck, $4.00 per bushel, 

 $12.00 per barrel. 



SPINACH, Savoy-Leaved. 



A most valuable variety of Spinach, and one that is compara- 

 tively new, and which produces nearly twice the weight of crop as 

 the ordinary sorts, and which has another most important 

 value in the fact, that it is the hardiest of all varieties of Spinach, 

 as we have proved, to our entire satisfaction, by a comparative 

 test in our grounds for the past two winters. In appearance the 

 leaf is wrinkled in the same way peculiar to the Savoy Cabbage, 

 hence the name. There is little doubt but what it will even- 

 tually be grown to the exclusion of all other sorts, and as evi- 

 dence of the increased demand for it, we would state that in 

 1879, we sold ten times the quantity of seed over that of 1878,. 

 which was the first year we offered it. 



10 cents per oz., 20 cents per }i lb., 75 cents per lb. 



