PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK—VEGETABLE SEEDS 1 
Make Your Garden Work Full Time 
The seeds you have purchased from us so far were in all probability intended for spring 
sowing only. 
We want to remind you that you can make your garden work for you both in the 
SPRING, in the SUMMER, and in the FALL and keep right on up to frost, the good work of 
providing an abundant supply of fresh vegetabies for your table. 
who formerly purchased their vegetables from the nearest store, have been driven by 
prices and the scarcity to raise their own supplies of vegetable foods. 
Thousands of suburban dwelle 
the high 
And further than that they 
now appreciate the fact that there is the greatest difference in the world between home-grown 
vegetables gathered fresh in the morning, crisp and tender, and those that have made a long 
journey in wagons to the wholesale market, and 
completing the last lap to the consumer. 
Early planting is of course necessary for 
varieties which need a long season in which to 
mature, but there are varieties which need only 
a short growing period and these should be 
chosen for summer or fall planting. They are 
designated in our catalogue as “‘early” and are 
the result of experimental work in our trial 
grounds extending over a period of seventy-five 
years. It will be found that all of these may 
safely be planted in the summer and early fall. 
then in the grocer’s wagon to his store before 
Below we print a list of vegetable seeds especi- 
ally suitable for sowing in June, July, August and 
September in the latitude of New York. Note 
that we give the last date on which they may be 
sown in one column and in the next the number 
of days they require for maturity. 
If you know about what date the first killing 
frost comes in your section, you can easily de- 
termine what kinds to sow to succeed your 
first crops. 
LIST OF VEGETABLES AND DATES 
UP TO WHICH SEEDS MAY BE SOWN IN THE LATITUDE OF NEW YORK 
PERIOD 
VARIETIES LAST DATE FOR SOWING OF GROWTH 
Bests. wii so Up to June 25th 110 days 
Beans, Dwarf or Bush. . Every 2 weeks until Aug. 55 days 
ope a ae pees ie Upto Aug. 15th 60 days 
Brussels Sprouts..Up to June (in bed seed) 120 days 
esppaee t.. oss Up to early June 95 days 
ey Sr eS oer = Upto Aug. 15th 70 days 
CaniWower =... <2. tsk Up to early June 110 days 
Gelert ata s <b aaae Up to June 10th 125 days 
Chinese Cabbage.......... Up to Aug. 10th 90 days 
2 hi eae ee eee Up to July 5th 100 days 
Fo i a rr Up to Aug. 10th 65 days 
Corn, Sweet... Every 2 weeks until July 15th 70 days 
Cress, Garden... Every 2 weeks until Sept. — 20 days 
Cress, Water..... Every 2 weeks until Aug. 
CPST pee ae rar Up to July 15th 65 days 
made. HOU P-to- Aug ts 75 days 
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A COMMUTER’S GARDEN FROM SUMMER SOWN SEEDS 
PERIOD 
VARIMTIES LAST DATE FOR SOWING OF GROWTH 
LS See ore pe eee eee Up to June 100 days 
KonlPani;ice so sas os dss Up to July 15th 65 days 
Wertices...- ea sae oa Up to Aug. 15th 65 days 
Mustard....... Every 2 weeks until Aug. 15th- 60 days 
Onion Sets (Perennial)..... Up to Oct. 30th 
Pawiey- <3. ee ae = oe Up to Aug. 1 112 days 
Parcs coo. wee ea oo a Up to June 5th 126 days 
| USS = a en ao eee Up to Aug. 15th 65 days 
Pasipkist io ies seme. < see Up to June 100 days 
Radish, Spring. . Every 2 weeks until Sept. 30 days 
Radish, WwW imtet, Sonn ese sale Up to Aug. 60 days 
Ruta Baga..... Fro pee alae: Up to Ju®e 100 days 
SHS ee oe oer oe Up to Sept. 15th 65 days 
Swiss Chard.... Every 4 weeks until Aug. 1st 50 days 
CH. . daes nos ee ea Up to Aug. 1st 60 days 
Our Booklet, “GARDEN CULTURE OF ROOT CROPS,” sent free if requested when ordering. 
