PETER HENDERBOW & CO/S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 



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NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES 



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FOR 1877. 



Henderson's Early Summer Cabbage. 



Of the numerous novelties introduced by us in past years, many of which are now 

 ranked as standard sorts, none have called forth such strong commendations or are more 

 likely to hold a permanent place in cultivation, than this EAELY SUMMER. CAB- 

 BAGE ; and we have therefore great satisfaction in being able to offer this season, for 

 the first time, seed of it in bulk. 



The merits we claim for it, are its being the LARGEST EARLY VARIETY: 

 whole crops of it frequently averaging twelve pounds per head, its great uniformity in 

 heading, and together with its valuable quality of keeping after being fit for market, a 

 greater length of time than any other sort, before bursting or cracking open. 



We have only room for a few testimonials taken from hundreds we are constantly re- 

 ceiving : 



Hartford, Ct., Aug. 1, 1876. 

 Gentlemen: — The early Summer Cabbage, of which you 

 sent me sample for trial last January, has proved all you 

 claim for it, being early, large and solid— every plant 



-— jV _— 



JAMES CULVER. 



heading. 



Richmond, Va., July 1, 1876. 

 Dear Sirs:-— 'The package of Early Summer Cabbage 

 which you sent me, was at once carefully sown in hot bed, 

 and planted out about middle of March, with me has 

 proved equally early as the Wakefield, and of double the 

 size, producing the most uniform crop I have ever seen 

 in a cabbage. JOHN MORTON. 



Pittsburgh, Pa., July 1, 1876. 

 Gentlemen:—! write to inquire if you will have any of 

 the Early Summer Cabbage seed to sell in bulk. The few 

 I had on trial last season having proved very satisfactory. 



H. A. FARR. 



Atlanta, Ga., July 19, 1876. 

 Your popular Northern Cabbage, the Wakefield, has 

 never been a favorite here, but your new sort, you call the 

 Early Summer, if it continues to do as well as it has the 

 past two seasons, I shall grow exclusively as our best 

 early sort. WM. HARPER. 



Omaha, July 27, 1876. 

 I beg to report on the Early Summer Cabbage Seed sent 

 me for trial last January, and I am glad to be able to say 

 that it proves to be a most excellent variety — early, large, 

 and of good flavor. JOHN T. BRYANT. 



Baltimore, Md., July 28, 1875. 

 Our main crop of early cabbage here has been Early 

 York, but if another season's trial proves to be as suc- 

 cessful as the present, with your Early Summer, I think 

 it will supersede it. The great advantage of your new 

 variety being its larger size and uniformity of heading. 



G. O. JOHNSON. 



Wheeling, W. Va., July 25, 1876. 

 I purchased from you, early this Spring, six packages of 

 your Early Summer Cabbage; sowed them in my hot bed 

 in February, and set them out about the same time as my 

 wintered Wakefield, and find them but little behind them 

 in earliness, heading more uniformly and averaging three 

 times the weight. D. K. FRENCH. 



Columbus, O., Aug. 14, 1875. 

 I received a dozen papers of your early Summer Cab- 

 bage Heed by mail. Previously, I had thought that there 

 was no variety as good as the Wakefield, but I am con- 



vinced that yoar new sort (though not quite so early) is 

 better in every other respect. As soon as you can sell the 

 seed low enough I shall use it for my main crop. 



GEO. SAWYER. 



Indianapolis, Sept. 2, 1875. 

 Gentlemen /—The variety of cabbage named Early Sum- 

 mer which you sent me has nor, proved so early as the 

 , but its size and solidity, I think, in this neigh 



Wakefield 



borhood, will make it moi 

 any sort. We began cutting 

 July, and had the whole off 



profitable for market than, 

 sulid heads the first week in 

 in time for our celerv crop. 

 W. H. SMITH. 



Chicago, Aug. 15, 1875. 

 Peter Henderson & Co..'— Amongst other seeds you sent 

 me a packet of the Early Summer Cabbage, asking me to 

 reporc on ita merits. I am happy to say, it haslurned 

 oat an excellent variety— earl v, large and solid— some 

 heads weighing 16 lbs. LEWIS PUTNAM. 



St. Paul, July 10, 1876. 

 Gentlemen: — The Early Summer Cabbage of which you 

 gave me a sample to try — the package contained enough 

 to give us about 200 plants, every one of which will form 

 a solid head. LEWIS PUTNAM. 



Louisville, July 11, 1876. 

 Gentlemen: — Your early Summer variety of cabbage, 

 on which you asked me to report, I find similar in appear- 

 ance to the early Flat Dutch, but is fully ten days earlier 

 than that variety; in fact, nearly equal to the Wakefield. 



E. PACKARD. 



Trenton, N. J , July 24, 1876. 

 Owing to the hot and intensely dry weather in the lat- , 

 ter part of June and beginning of July, thousands of 

 Cabbages failed to bear in this section, so that my report 

 of your Early Summer Cabbage cannot be as satisfactory 

 as it might be; still, in three varieties that I have grown, 

 it has turned out the mest satisfactory. 



WM. CULLEN. 



La Harpe, Ills., July 31, 1876. 

 I am very much pleased with your Early Summer Cab- 

 bage. I find it early, solid, and of the very best quality. 



R. INGRAHAM. 



E. Rockport, O., August 7, 1876. 

 I got a dozen papers of your Early Summer Cabbage, 

 last Spring, for trial, and I am very much pleased with 

 it. Will you have it to sell by the lb. or ounce this Fall, 

 and if so, what price? " 1i " 



E. P. THOMPSON. 



PRICE OF EARLY SUMMER CABBAGE. 



Per pkt. , 25c. Per ounce, $2.00. Per } lb., $6.00. Per lb., $20.00. 



