PETER HENDERSON & CO.'S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 65 



ONIOH SETS— Continued. 

 Potato and Top Onions are grown only from bulbs. The Potato Onion is increased by the bulb 

 splitting up and dividing itself into six or eight smaller bulbs, which in turn form the sets to 

 plant for the next crop. The Top Onion forms clusters of small bulbs on the stem, which are 

 broken apart, and planted in the same manner as the sets referred to above. 



Add 20 cents per quart extra if to be sent by mail. 



White Onion Sets 1 f 



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Top, or Button Onions. J [ 



Per qt. 



Per bush. 



30c. 



$7 00 



25c. 



6 00 



20c. 



5 00 



30c. 



6 00 



10c. 



25c. 



75c. 



10c. 



25c. 



75c. 



10c. 



25c. 



75c. 



PAESMIP. 



German, Pastinake. — French, Panais. — Spanish, Pastinaca. 



Sow as early in spring as the weather will admit, in drills fifteen inches apart, covering half 

 an inch deep. When well up, thin out to five or six inches apart in the rows. Unlike Carrots, 

 they are improved by frost, and it is usual to take up in fall a certain quantity for winter use, 

 leaving the rest in the ground until spring, to be dug up as required. 



Per pkt. Per oz. % lb. Lb. 

 Long Smooth, or Hollow Crown. (See Cut.) Best for general 



use 5c. 



The Student. A fine flavored variety 5c. 



Early Short Round. An early variety, but of small size 5c. 



PARSLEY. 



German, Petersilie. — French, Persil. — Spanish, Peregil. 

 Parsley succeeds best in a rich, mellow soil. As the seeds germinate very slowly, three or 



four weeks elapsing sometimes before it makes its appearance, it should be sown early in spring, 



previously soaking the seeds for a few hours in tepid water. Sow thickly in rows a foot apart, 



and half an inch deep. For winter use protect in a frame or light cellar. 



Per pkt. Per oz. J£ lb. Lb. 



Double Curled. A fine dwarf variety, beautifully curled ; excel- 

 lent for garnishing 5c. 10c. 30c. $1 00 



Champion Moss Curled. {See Out.) A very select stock, beauti- 

 fully crimped and curled 5c. 15c. 40c. 1 25 



Plain Parsley. The leaves of this sort are plain ; it is hardier than 



the curled variety; good for flavoring 5c. 10c. 25c. 75 



Hamburg, or Turnip-Rooted. A fleshy rooted kind ; the roots 



used for flavoring soups 5c. 15c. 50c. 1 50 



PEAS. 



German, Erbse. — French, Pois. — Spanish, Ouizante. 

 Peas come earliest to maturity in light rich soil. For general crop, a deep rich loam, or a 

 strong inclining to clay, is best. For early crops, decomposed leaves or leaf -mold should be used, 

 or if the soil is very poor, stronger manure may be employed. For general crops, a good dress- 

 ing should be applied, and for the dwarf growing kinds, the soil can hardly be too rich. When 

 grown as a market crop, Peas are never staked, and are sown in single rows, two to three inches 

 deep, and from two to three feet apart, according to the variety or the strength of the soil. When 

 grown in small quantities for private use, they are generally sown in double rows, six or eight 

 inches apart, and the tall varieties staked up by brush. For an early crop sow in February or 

 March, as soon as the ground can be worked ; and make repeated sowings every two weeks for 

 succession. After the first of June, sowing should be discontinued until the middle of August, 

 When a good crop may generally be secured by sowing an early sort. 



Add 25 cents per quart extra it to be sent by Ittaii. 

 Pints turnislied at quart rates. 



Extra Early. 



■ Perqt. Peck. Bush. 



Carter's First Crop. One of the earliest varieties; 2* feet 40 $2 50 $8 00 



Improved Daniel O'Rourke. A favorite early variety 30 2 00 7 00 



Philadelphia Extra Early. A very desirable early variety ; largely 



grown South 40 2 25 8 00 



Caractacus. An early productive Pea, of good flavor; one of the best ear- 

 ly round kinds 40 2 25 8 00 



McLean's Little Gem. A dwarf, green wrinkled marrow, "very prolific. 



of superior flavor, and a first early; 1 foot 40 2 25 8 00 



McLean's "Blue Peter." This may be called a larger, better, and earlier 

 form of Tom Thumb, having blue seed. It is remarkably dwarf, very 

 early; a capital bearer, and of excellent quality 50 3 50 12 00 



