80 PETER HENDERSON & CO.'S CATALOGUE OP VEGETABLE PLANTS. 



HORSE RADISH ROOTS. 



Now Beady. 

 This is one of the most important and profitable of our market garden roots, and the demand 

 for it is annually increasing. The sets may be planted at any time during spring, in rows two 

 feet apart, and about 18 inches apart in the tows. The planting is performed by making a 

 hole about 18 inches deep with a long planting stick, into which the set is dropped, so that its 

 top will be about two inches under the surface. It requires no further care, except an occasional 

 hoeing between the rows. For winter use, take up in November, and pack in moist sand in the 

 cellar or outhouse, where it will be out of the reach of frost. About 12,000 sets are required to 

 plant an acre. 



Per dozen, 20 cents; per hundred, 75 cents; per thousand, $6.00. 



JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES. 



Strong tubers 25 cents per quart; $1.50 per peck; $5 per bushel. A 3-lb. package, by mail, 

 for $1.00. 



LETTUCE PLANTS. 



Now Ready. 



Early Curled Simpson (cold frame) Per 100 $1 00 



Black Seeded Butter (cold frame) " 1 00 



Hot Bed Plants of above, ready 1st May, at half above rates. 



PEPPER PLANTS. 



Ready May loth. 



Each. Per doz. Per 100. 



Large Bell, or Bull Nose 10c. $1 00 $6 00 



Sweet Mountain 10c. 1 00 6 00 



RHUBARB ROOTS. 



Khubarb Roots may be planted early in spring, or in fall, setting the roots three feet apart 

 each way; if planted in spring on ground well prepared, a full crop may be gathered the suc- 

 ceeding season. It requires but little labor; once planted, it will remain in bearing condition for 

 three or four years, only requiring a top dressing of manure dug in, in spring or fall. 



25 cents each; $2 00 per dozen. 



SWEET POTATO PLANTS. 



Ready May 25th. 

 Nansemond. The best sort for planting North , 75c. per 100. $6 00 per 1000. 



TOMATO PLANTS. 



Ready May 1st. 



Per doz. Per 100. 



The Trophy (from Head Quarters' Seed.) , 40c. $2 00 



Early Smooth Red 40c. 2 00 



New York Market 40c. 2 00 



Gen. Grant 40c. 2 00 



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STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 



«ULTIYATIOISr. — Our system of preparing Strawberry Plants for planting is that known as 

 " layering in pots. n This we do by placing the ' ' runner, " or young plant, in a small flower 

 pot, which is sunk to the level of the soil, the runner being kept in its place by a small stone 

 placed on it. Plants so grown, if planted in this section before middle of October, will give a 

 crop of fruit the next summer. Our plants are ready by middle of August, and of course the 

 sooner they are planted the stronger the plant will become, and the greater the quantity of fruit. 

 Last season we planted out what we grew for our own use from 15th . August to loth September, 

 and every plant set out averaged a quart, many of the berries weighing an ounce. From this 

 system of culture we took eight separate premiums at the Exhibition of the New York Horticul- 

 tural Society, in June of 1876, from plants set out in pot layers in September of 1875. They may 

 be set out in beds of four rows each, at about eighteen inches between the plants, or in rows two 

 feet apart and one foot between plants. When Strawberries are set out from those layered in 

 pots, every plant will live. Plants of this description are much safer, even when planted in 

 spring, though, of course, they will give but little fruit the season planted. The ground 

 must be deepty dug and thoroughly manured— say a dressing of three inches of well-rotted cow 



