•PETER HENDERSON «tCO., IMEW YORK- 



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fJENDERSON^S . . . 

 . . . SUPERIOR 



ROOT CROPS 



FOR . . . 

 FARM STOCK. 



tHENDERSOP 



CARROTS. 



There is no more profitable root crop on the farm than Carrots, especially on deep, sandy soils. When grown as a field crop the 

 finest and most shapely roots can be sold at a handsome profit, the balance fed to stock with the most beneficial results. Horses are 

 particularly fond of them, and besides the nutritive value they seem to be a sort of tonic to horses, keeping them in the best of condition 

 with sleek-looking coats. They can be stored or pitted in the same way as potatoes and marketed or used during the winter. The best 

 plan is to prepare the ground in April and harrow twice before sowing the seed the latter part of May. This will kill most of the weeds, 

 and sown at this time the Carrots will come along quickly and be easily cultivated and kept clean. The rows should be 18 inches to 24 

 inches apart, and to secure large, shapely roots they should be thinned to 5 or 6 inches apart. 



Any farmer who once grows a good crop will appreciate their value and never be without them. 



WHITE VOSGES.— The heaviest-cropping field Carrot, producing 

 thick, shapely carrots, which are easily harvested. They ai'e used for 

 stock feeding. They grow clean and free from side roots, and are easily 

 harvested. 10c. oz., 25c. }^ lb., 70e. lb. 



LONG- ORANGE IMPROVED.— Of large size, fair specimens 

 averaging 12 inches in length, with a diameter of 3 inches at the top. 

 Color orange-red. Fed to milch cows it imparts to the butter a delicious 

 flavor and rich golden color. 10c. oz., 25c. V^lb., 80c. lb. 



HENDERSON'S HALF-LONG DANVERS.— A handsome cylin- 

 drical-shaped Carrot of good size and stump rooted. Under the best 

 cultivation it has yielded from 25 to 30 tons per acre. {Seecut.) 10c. oz., 

 30c. 1^ lb., 90c. lb. 



LARGE WHITE BELGIAN.— Exclusively grown for stock. 10c. 

 oz., 20c. I4 lb., oOc. lb. 



LARGE YELLOW BELGIAN.— Similar to above except in color. 

 10c. oz., 20c. I4 lb., 50c. lb. 



BIG CARROTS. 



From the Watkins Express, Watkins, N. T. 



"Mr. Bowers has on exhibition in his store a, bushel-basket of carrots grown by Mr. 

 Craft, Dr. S. B. Allen's fiardener. The combined weight of twelve of these carrots 

 makes a bushel. One of the carrots is fifteen inches and three-quarters of an inch in 

 circumference, one foot long, and weighs nearly seven pounds. Upon being asked the 

 reason of his success in gardening. Dr. Allen said it was due to the use of good seed, 

 which for the last fifteen years he had purchased of Peter Henderson & Co., of New York. 

 Dr. Allen farther remarked that he thought farmers were generally too indifferent in 

 regard to the quality of seed which they used, and that he had found it most economical 

 in the end to purchase the best." 



PARSNIP, LONG SMOOTH. — Excellent for dairy cows, possessing 

 nutritive properties of the highest quality. {Seecut.) 10c. oz., 15c. I4 lb., 

 45c. lb. 



LONG SMOOTH PARSNIP. 



