PETER HENDERSON & CO.'S CATALOGUE OP SEEDS. 



POTATOES.-GENERAL COLLECTION. 



Prices subject to Variation. 

 ALPHA. 



EARLIEST VARIETY IN CULTIVATION. 



A very early dwarf variety adapted to garden culture and to forcing under glass ; fit for the 

 table ten of fifteen days before the Early Rose. Quality first-rate in every respect. 



Price. — Per pound, 75c ; 3 pounds to one address, $2.00, by mail prepaid. By express or 

 freight, charges paid by the purchaser, 1 peck, $2.00; half bushel, $3.00; 1 bushel, $5.00- 1 barrel, 

 $12.00. 



SNOWFLAKE. 



The most beautiful variety in cultivation ; early, very superior in quality, and very produc- 

 tive; a most excellent keeper, retaining all its good qualities until the new crop is ready foruse. 

 We unhesitatingly pronounce this variety as the best second early variety in cultivation. 



Price. — By mail , postpaid, 1 pound, 60c ; 2 pounds, $1 ; 3 pound, $1. 25. By express or freight, 

 charges paid by the purchases, 1 peck, $1.50; half bushel, $2.50; 1 bushel, $100; 1 barrel, $8.00. 



Any of the following older varieties mailed at the rate ot 

 Sixty cents for one pound, two pounds for $1. 



Peck. Bush. Bbl. 



Extra Early Vermont $1 00 $2 50 $6 00 



Early Rose 75 2 25 5 00 



Brownell's Beauty . . l 00 2 50 6 00 



Compton's Surprise 1 00 2 50 6 00 



Peachblow (Jersey) 75 2 25 5 00 



White Peachblow 75 2 25 5 00 



Peerless 75 2 25 5 00 



Late Rose 75 2 25 5 00 



PUMPKIN. 



German, Kilrbis. — French, Gourge. — Spanish, Caldbaza. 



Pumpkins are now principally cultivated for agricultural purposes. They are usually 



planted in fields of Corn or Potatoes, bu -1 " may be profitably raised in fields by themselves. Sow 



first of May, in hills eight feet apart. 



Perpkt. Peroz. % lb. Lb. 



Large Cheese. The best variety for cooking purposes 5c. 10c. $0 25 $0 60 



Large Tours, or Mammoth. Grows to an immense size, often 



weighing over one hundred pounds 10c. 30c. 1 00 3 00 



Connecticut Field. Very productive ; largely grown for feed- 

 ing stock 5c. 1.5 40 



RHUBARB. 



German, Rhabarber. — French, Rhubarb. — Spanish, Ruibarbo Bastardo. 



Sow in April, in drills a foot apart, thinning out to about the same distance apart in the 

 rows when a few inches high. In fall, or the following spring, transplant into deep, rich soil, 

 about three feet apart each way. If propagated by dividing the roots, it may be done either in 

 fall or spring, planting it at the same distance apart, as given above. 



Perpkt. Peroz. $4 lb. Lb. 



Linnseus. {See cut.) Early, large and tender 10c. 25c. 75c. $2 00 



Victoria. Very large, later than Linnaeus 10c. 25c. 75c. 2 00 



For price of Rhubarb Roots, see Vegetable Plants. 



SALSIFY, or OYSTER PLANT. 



German, Bocksbart. — French, Salsifis. — Spanish, Ostra Vegetal. 



The Oyster Plant succeeds best in light, well enriched mellow soil, which, previous to sowing 

 the seeds, should be stirred to a depth of eighteen inches. Sow early in spring, in drills fifteen 

 inches apart; cover the seeds with fine soil, an inch and a half in depth, and when the plants are 

 strong enough, thin out to six inches apart. (See Gut.) Per pkt., 5c. ; per oz., 20c. , per i lb., 40c. 

 per lb., 1 50. 



SCORZONERA, or BLACK OYSTER PLANT. 



This vegetable requires the same treatment as Salsify, which it nearly resembles ; it is not, 

 however, so generally esteemed. Sow in drills, eighteen inches apart, and thin out to nine in- 

 ches from plant to plant. Per pkt., 10c. ; per oz. , 25c. ; per £ lb., 75c. ; per lb , $2. 



