PETER HENDERSON & CO.'S VEGETABLE NOVELTIES. 



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SPINACH, Savoy-Leaved. 



A most valuable variety of Spinach, and one that is 

 comparatively new, and which produces nearly ticiee 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 three 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 eventually be grown to the exclusion of all 

 other sorts, except perhaps the New Thick-Leaved. 

 10c. per i lb.. 30c. per lb. 



SPINACH, New Thick-Leaved. 



One of the very best Market varieties. It produces a 

 large, thick dark green leaf, somewhat crumpled, and 

 possesses the valuable quality of standing a long time 

 before running to seed. 



10c. per £lb. ; 30c per lb. 



NEW SQUASH, Perfect Gem. 



A remarkable variety, inasmuch as it is equally de- 

 sirable either as a summer or a winter Squash, and pos- 

 sessing the best features of both classes. It is a strong 

 grower and a large yielder, as many as twenty-four 

 Squashes having been produced on a single vine. The 

 Squashes are from four to six inches in diameter, of a 

 creamy white, with thin, smooth shell, slightly ribbed, 

 The flesh, cooked, is dry, sweet and rich in flavor, and 

 free from the strong taste peculiar to the winter sorts. 

 It is a splendid keeper ; in a cool, dry room, free from 

 frost, they may be kept until spring. (See cut ) 

 25c, per oz. ; 90c per ± lb. ; $3.25 per lb. 



TURNIP, Extra Early Purple Top 

 Munich. 



Tha chief value of this new variety consists in its 

 earliness, being from two to three weeks earlier than any 

 other variety in cultivation. It is, however, a very 

 handsome Turnip, with purplish red top, flesh as white 

 as snow, and of the most delicate flavor. 



20c per oz.; 75c per £ lb. ; $2.75 per lb. 



POTATO, Late Beauty of Hebron. 



A late variety of the well-known Beauty of Hebron, 

 standing in the same relation to that variety as the Late 

 Eose to its famous parent. The tubers are oblong, and 

 of large size, skin and flesh both white, an excellent 

 keeper, and table quality of the very best. A very 

 heavy yielder. 



By express or freight, 60c. per pk. ; $2.50 per bus. ; 

 $5.00 per bbl. 



POTATO, Mammoth Pearl. 



A large growing, white-skinned and white-fleshed 

 sort, grown for general crop. It is an enormous yielder, 

 withstands rot, and is never hollow, while its table 

 quality is of the best This sort has given verj' general 

 satisfaction in all parts of the country. 

 By express or freight, 60c per pk. ; $2.50 per bus. ; 

 $5.00 per bbl 



NEW POTATO, St. Patrick. 



This variety, first introduced by us in 1879, and now a 

 popular sort in this country, has been thoroughly tested in 

 England the past two seasons, where it carried off the 

 first premium at several Agricultural shows where it was 

 exhibited. The St. Patrick Potato is a direct descendant 

 of the Garnet Chili and Early Rose, and is the best re- 

 sult of the raiser's (Mr. Goodale) careful experiments for 

 the past twelve years in the production of new varieties. 

 In appearance the St. Patrick is undoubtedly one of the 

 handsomest Potatoes ever grown ; it has a smooth white 

 skin, and white flesh, few and shallow eyes ; in shape it 

 is rather oblong than round, and has no core, neither is it 

 hollow; it is a strong and hardy grower, and from all 

 accounts, has withstood the rot so prevalent last season 

 better than any other sort. It produced but few small 

 tubers, ripens medium early, and is enormously productive 

 and of fine quality. 



Bv express or freight, 75c per pk. ; $3.00 per bus. ; 

 $6.00 per bbl. 



POTATO, Queen of the Valley. 



Every season we are treated to a long list of New Po- 

 tatoes, very few of which merit, or even attain more than 

 an annual prominence. Of the many new sorts offered 

 recently through various sources, we found after a 

 thorough comparative test, that this variety, Queen of 

 the Yalley, was a really fine sort and possessed of many 

 good qualities. It makes a large tuber (the illustration 

 being less than half the natural size), is enormously pro- 

 ductive, and of very fine quality, cooking mealy without 

 falling to pieces. As will be seen, the tuber is somewhat 

 square cut at the ends, color pink at seed end, gradually 

 changing to white near the stem. 



By express or freight, 75c per pk. ; $3.00 per bus, ; 

 $6.00 per bbl. 



POTATO, White Elephant. 



We have excellent reports of this variety, which was 

 first sent out last season. It seems to combine in a marked 

 degree, great productiveness, fino qnality and flavor, with 

 freedom from rot. It is a large variety, and the tubers, 

 notwithstanding their enormous size, are always solid, 

 and are proof against decay until far into the spring. 

 The vines are stout and vigorous, and so far have re- 

 sisted all manner of blight. 



By express or freight, 75c per pk. ; $3.00 per bus. ; 

 $6.00 per bbl. 



