70 PETER HENDERSON & CO.— VEGETABLE PLANTS AND ROOTS. 



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Nearly all the Vegetable Plants here described we raise in enormous quantities, on our grounds at 

 Jersey City Heights, N. J., and we always have them in their proper seasons in splendid condition. 

 By our light system of packing, we can safely guarantee their safe arrival when sent by express, if 

 the time in transit does not exceed three days. As will be seen, we also offer to send by mail ; and 

 although we forward many Vegetable Plants by this mode, and have them arrive in good condition, 

 yet their safe arrival is not so certain as when sent by express. Whenever possible, then, customers 

 should always order them sent by express, as we not only insure their safe arrival, but we are able to 

 send larger and finer plants. 



Owing to their perishable nature, Vegetable Plants cannot be sent C. O. D., unless one-half the 

 amount accompanies the order. Remittances should be sent us in the form of a Draft or P. O. Order. 



We make no charge for either packing or boxes. i 



Prices on all Vegetable Plants, for larger quantities than here given, made hnown 



on application. 



ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 



The preparation of the Asparagus bed should be made 

 with more care than for most vegetables, from the fact that 

 it is a permanent crop, which ought to yield as well at the 

 end of twenty-five as of five years, if the soil has been well 

 prepared. To start with, it should be on ground thoroughly 

 drained, either naturally or artificially, and if choice can be 

 had, on a rather light sandy loam. This should be trenched 

 and mixed with sufficient manure to form a coating of at 

 least six inches thick over the bed ; this manure should be 

 worked into the soil by trenching to the depth of two feet, as 

 the roots of the plants will reach quite that depth in a few 

 years. In setting, the crowns of the plants should be placed 

 at least three inches below the surface. It makes but little 

 difference whether it is planted in spring or fall; if in spring, 

 it should be done as early as the ground is dry enough to 

 work; and if in fall, just as soon as the plants can be had, 

 which is usually in the early part of October. For an ordi- 

 nary family, a bed of six rows, fifty or sixty feet in length 

 and three feet apart, will be sufficient, the plants in the rows 

 being set nine inches apart. 

 Colossal. Two-year old roots. By mail, $2.25 per 100. By 



express, per 100, $1.25; per 1,000, $10.00; per 5,000, $40.00. 

 One-year old roots. By mail, $2.00 per 100. By ex- 

 press, per 100, $1.00; per 1,000, $7.50; per 5,000, $30.00. 



CABBAGE AND CAULIFLOWER 



PLANTS 



that have been wintered over in cold frames, and are ready 



to plant out at any time from February to end of April, of 

 the following varieties: 



If by mail, add 25c. to 100 price. 

 Cabbage. Henderson's Early Summer. (Cold Frame. ) 

 Per 100, $1.00; per 1000, $7.50 



Early Jersey Wakefield. (Cold Frame.) Per 100, $1.00; 



per 1000, $7.50 



Early York. (Cold Frame.) Per 100, $1.00; per 1000. 



$7.50. 



Early Flat Dutch. (Cold Frame.) Per 100, $1.00; per 



1000, $7.50. 



Cauliflower. Early Dwarf Erfurt. (Cold Frame.) Per 

 100, $2.00; per 1000, $15.00. 



Early Snowball. (Cold Frame.) Per 100, $2.00; per 



1000, $15.00. 



(Grown in pots in Cold Frame.) 75c. per 



dozen; $5.00 -per 100. 

 E^Hot Bed Plants ol'all the above sorts readr 



about May 1st, at naif tlie above rates. 



CABBAGE AND CAULIFLOWER 



PLANTS, 

 For Fall and Winter Crops.— Ready .July 1st. 



Cabbage. Large Drumhead. Per 100, 40c.; per 1000, 

 $3.50. 



Premium Flat Dutch. Per 100, 40c. ; per 1000, $3.50. 



Drumhead Savoy. Per 100, 40c. ; per 1000, $3.50. 



Red (for pickling.) Per 100, 50c. ; per 1000, $4.00. 



Cauliflower. Early Dwarf Erfurt. Per 100, $1.00; per 



1000, $7.50. 

 - Algiers. Per 100, $1.00; per 1000, $7.50. 



