64 PETER HENDERSON & CO. -VEGETABLE PLANTS AND ROOTS. 



Nearly g.11 the Vegetable Plants here described we raise in enormous quantities, on our grounds at Jersey 

 City Heights, N. J., and we always have them in their proper seasons in splendid condition. By our light 

 system of packing, we can safely guarantee their safe arrival when sent by express, if the time in transit does 

 not exceed three days. As will be seen, we also offer to send by mail; and although we forward many Vegeta- 

 ble Plants by this mode, and have them arrive in good condition, yet their safe arrival is not so certain as when 

 sent by express. Whenever possible, then, customers should always order them sent by express, as we not 

 only insure their safe arrival; but we are able to send larger and finer plants. 



Owing to their perishable nature, Vegetable Plants cannot be sent C. O. D., unless one-half the amount 

 accompanies the order. Remittances should be sent us in the form of a draft or P. O. Order. 



"We make no charge for either packing or boxes. 

 ■ (Prices on all Vegetable Plants, for larger quantities than here given, made known on application.') 



ASPARAGUS HOOTS. 



The preparation of the Asparagus bed should be made with 

 more care than for most vegetables, from the fact that it is a 

 permanent crop which ought to yield as well at the end of 

 twenty-five as of five years, if the Soil has been well prepared. 

 To start with, it should be on ground thoroughly drained, 

 either naturally or artificially, and if choice can be had, on a 

 rather light sandy loam. This should be trenched and mixed 

 with sufficient manure to form a coating of at least six inches 

 thick over the bed; this manure should be worked into the soil 

 by trenching to the depth of two feet, as the roots of the plants 

 will reach quite that depth in a few years. In setting, the 

 crowns of the plants should be placed at least three inches below 

 the surface. It makes but little difference whether it is planted 

 in spring or fall; if in spring, it should be done as early as the 

 ground is dry enough to work; andif in fall, just as soon as the 

 plants can be had, which is usually in the early part of October., 

 For an ordinary family, a bed of six rows, fifty or sixty feet in 

 length and three feet apart will be sufficient, the plants in the 

 rows being set nine inches apart. 

 Colossal. Two-year old roots. By mail, $2.25 per 100. By 



express, per 100, $1.25; per 1000, $10.00; per 5,000, $40.00. 

 One year old roots. By mail, $2.00 per 100. By ex- 

 press, per 100, $1.00; per 1000, $7.50; per 5000, $30.00. 



CABBAGE AND CAULIFLOWER PLANTS 



that have been wintered over in cold frames, and are ready to 



plant out at any time from February to end of April, of the fol- 

 lowing varieties. 



If by mail add 25c. to 100 price. 

 Cabbage. Henderson's Early Summer. (Cold Frame.) Per 

 100, $1.25; per 1000, $10.00. 



Early Jersey Wakefield. (Cold Frame.) Per 100, $1.25; 



per 1,000, $10.00. 



Early York. (Cold Frame.) Per 100, $1.25; per 1000, $10.00. 



Early Flat Dutch. (Cold Frame.) Per 100, $1.25; per 



1000, $10.00. 



Cauliflower. Early Dwarf Erfurt. (Cold Frame.) Per 100, 

 $3.00; per 1000, $20.00. 



Early Snowball. (Cold Frame.) Per 100, $3.00; per 1000, 



$20.00. 



(Grown in pots in Cold Frame.) $1.00 per 



dozen; $6.00 per 1000. 



^g= Hot Bed Plants of all tbe above sorts ready- 

 about May 1st, at half tlie above rates. 



CABB.riTE AND CAULIFLOWER PLANTS, 



For Fa • and "Winter Crops. — Ready July 1st. 

 Cabbage. Large Drumhead. Per 100, 50c; per 1000, $4.00. 



Premium Flat Dutch. Per 100, 50c; per 1000, $4.00. 



. Drumhead Savoy. Per 100, 50c. ; per 1000, $4.00. 



Bed (for pickling). Per 100, 75c; per 1000, $5.00. 



Cauliflower. Early Dwarf Erfurt. Per 100, $1.00; per 1,000, 



$7.50. 



Algiers. Per 100, $1.00; per 1,000, $7.50. 



