52 PETER HENDERSON & CO. S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 



Oz. 



Jilb. 



Lb. 



75c. 



$2 00 



$6 00 



75c. 

 20c. 

 20c. 



2 00 



75 

 50 



6 00 

 2 00 

 1 50 



20c. 

 30c. 



50 

 1 00 



1 50 



3 00 



50c. 



1 50 



5 00 



30c. 



1 00 



3 00 



30c. 



1 00 



3 00 



30c. 



1 00 



3 00 



40c. 



1 25 



4 00 



75c. 



2 00 



6 00 



75c. 



2 00 



6 00 



CABBAGE— Continued. 



Per pkt. 



Early Flat Dutch. (True. ) A valuable early variety ; largely 



grown in the vicinity of New York 15c. 



Early Wyman. A valuable early market variety; beads of 



large size and fine quality 15c. 



Early Battersea. An early variety of excellent quality. ..... 10c. 



Early York, {See cut.) A well-known favorite variety 5c. 



Large Early York. {See cut.) Larger and later tban the pre- 

 ceding 5c. 



Early Ox Heart. A favorite market variety 10c. 



Large Early Schweinfurt. A large early variety; fine for 



summer and fail use '. . 10c. 



Large Late Drumhead, Grows to a large size, with round, 



compact heads 10c. 



Large Bergen Drumhead. One of the latest; heads of large 



size and fine quality 10c. 



Premium Flat Dutch. (Extra selected stock.) A popular and 



much esteemed variety, of superior quality 10c. 



Stone Mason. An improved variety of the Mason Drumhead, 



of sweet and tender quality 10c. 



Marblehead Mammoth Drumhead. This is a late variety, 

 and the largest of all cabbages; heads have been grown 

 weighing sixty pounds 15c. 



Fattier' s Improved Brunswick. An excellent second early 



and late variety 15c. 



Silver-Leaf Drumhead. This valuable variety has a wide 

 reputation amongst market gardeners around New York. 

 It is a late cropper, and is considered one of the best ship- 

 ping and market kinds. It forms a very solid head, seldom 

 bursts open when ripe, and is an excellent keeper 20c. 



Red Dutch. Used almost exclusively for pickling 10c. 



Early Blood-Red Erfurt. Earlier than the preceding; valu- 

 able for pickling 10c. 



Savoy Cabbage, Drumhead, {American.) The largest head- 

 ing sort, of excellent flavor 10c. 



Green Globe. Smaller than the above, of good quality. . 10c. 



Early Dwarf TJlm. {See cut.) A superior dwarf variety, 



of fine flavor 10c. 40c. 125 4 00 



CARBOOM. 



German, Kardon. — French, Gardon. — Spanish, Gardo Hortense. 



Cardoon is grown for the mid-rib of the leaf, which requires to be blanched in the same 

 manner as Celery. Sow early in spring, where the plants are to remain in drills three feet apart, 

 an inch and a half deep, and thin out the young plants to a foot apart in the drills. 

 Large Spanish 10c. per pkt . 40c. per oz. $1.25 per I lb. $4.00 per lb. 



CARROT. 



German, Mohre. — French, Garotte. — Spanish, Zanahoria. 



The Carrot, like other root crops, delights in a sandy loam, deeply tilled. For early crops 

 sow in spring, as soon as the ground is in good workiug order ; for later crops they may be sown 

 any time until the middle of June. Sow in rows about fifteen inches apart, thinning out to three 

 or four inches between the plants. 



Per pkt. Oz. 34 lb. Lb. 



Early French Forcing. The earliest variety ; valuable for 



forcing; root small and of fine flavor 5c. 15c. 40c. $1 25 



Early Horn. {See cut.) An old and favorite sort, much es- 

 teemed for early summer use 5c. 15c. 40c. 1 25 



Half-Long Red. {See cut.) A variety intermediate in size and 



period of maturity, between the preceding and Long Orange. 5c. 15c. 40c. 125 



Long Orange. — {Improved.) — {See cut.) Roots of large size; 



equally adapted for garden or farm culture 5c. 15c. 40c. 1 25 



Altringham. Large and fine flavored; an excellent sort 5c. 10c. 35c. 100 



Large White Belgian. A very productive kind, grown almost 



exclusively for stock; grows one-third out of the ground; 



lower part of the root white, that above ground green 5c. 10c. 25c. 85 



Yellow Belgian. When young, the roots are mild, delicate and 



of good flavor; when full grown, valuable for stock 5c. 15c. 40c. 1 25 



75c. 

 30c. 



2 00 

 1 00 



6 0O 

 3 00 



40c. 



1 25 



4 00 



40c. 

 30c. 



1 25 



1 00 



4 00 

 3 00 



