36 PETER HENDERSON & CO.— VEGETABLE SEED NOVELTIES. 



Novelties and Specialties 



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The following vegetables, to which we give special space and mention, are not all new by any 

 means ; but nearly all have been fully tried, and their great value and superiority clearly shown ; not 

 only in our trials, but by thousands who have purchased from us. 



If by Mail in quantities of }£ lb. and upwards, postage mnst be added at the rate of 16 cts. per lb. 



BEAN. Crystal White Wax. 



A beautiful and distinct variety of Bush Bean, offered 

 for the first time in 1879. It produces pods of fair size, of 

 exceedingly rich and tender flavor ; in color -waxy white, 

 and almost as transparent as glass. It is a stringless va- 

 riety, very productive, and the pods, though quiet to de- 

 velop, are slow to harden, and thus retain their tenderness 

 on the hush for a long time. 



50 cts. per quart. 

 {If by Mail, add 30 ets. per quart for postage.) 



BEAN. Gallega (or Large Refugee). 



For many years the well-known Refugee Bush Bean has 

 been a standard sort, whether grown for market or for pri- 

 vate use. This variety, Gallega (or as we should prefer to 

 call it, Large Refugee), is an improved form of the parent 

 variety, being not only much more prolific, but both pods 

 and beans are much larger in size than in the old sort. 

 30 cts. per qt. ; $1.75 per pk. ; $6.00 per bush. 

 (If by Mail, add 30 cts. per quart for postage.) 



BEAN. Golden Wax Dwarf. 



A thorough trial of this new sort has shown it to be one 

 of the most valuable acquisitions made in late years to our 

 list of Bush Beans. It is an entirely distinct variety, a 

 week or ten days earlier than the Dwarf Black Wax; the 

 pods are large, long, and brittle, and entirely stringless. 

 As a Snap bean it excels all others in richness and tender- 

 ness of flavor, and has the further merit of being one of 

 the best shell beans grown for winter use. 



40 cts. per qt ; £2.50 per pk. ; §9.00 per bush. 



(If by Mail, add 30 els. per quart for postage.) 



CABBAGE. Netted Savoy. 



An improved selection of the Savoy Cabbage, crimpled 



and netted to an unusual degree, making a compact and 



solid head. It should be generally known that the Savoy 



varieties are the finest flavored of all the cabbage tribe. 



15 cts. per pkt. ; $1.00 per oz. 



CABBAGE. Early Jersey Wakefield. 



This variety was originated over 30 years ago by one of 

 our New Jersey Market Gardeners, who held almost a 

 monopoly of it until our work "Gardening for Profit" was 

 published in 1866. From that time it has been diffused 

 over every part of the Union, and in nearly every section 

 is clxssed as being the best Early Cabbage in cultivation. 

 The stock we offer is grown by one of the original cultiva- 

 tors of it, and it is undoubtedly one of the best strains ex- 

 isting. 

 10 cts.' per pkt. ; 50 cts. per 07..; $1.75 per y lb.; $6.50 per lb. 



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DAJJVERS HALF LONG SCARLET 



CARROT. CABENTAN CARROT. 



CARROTS. Newer Sorts. 



Danvers, A new variety, of great promise; in form 

 midway between the Long Orange and Early Horn 

 class. In color it is of a rich shade of orange, grow- 

 ing very smooth and handsome. Itis claimed that 

 this variety will yield the greatest bulk, with the 

 smallest length of root, of any now grown. Under 

 the best cultivation, it has yielded from twenty- 

 five to thirty tons per acre. (/See Cut.) 



5 cts. per pkt. ; 20cts.peroz. ; 60cts. per }ilh.; $2.00perlb. 



Early Half Long Scarlet Carentan, A new early 

 variety, without core. It is an excellent sort for 

 forcing, or used as an early kind for planting in the 

 open ground. (See Cut.) 



5 cts. per pkt.; 20 cts. per oz.; 60 cts. per }4 lb.; $2.00 per lb. 



