PETER HENDERSON & CO-VEGETABLE SEED NOVELTIES. 





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Mr. John Nix, of this city, who. is widely known as perhaps the largest commission dealer in fruits and vegetables; 

 in the country, has called our attention to the merits of this new Asparagus. Mr. Six has a farm in South Carolina where- 

 - he grows vegetables for the New York market, Asparagus being a very important crop. Of this he has always planted the? 

 Conover's Colossal, .until several years ago he noticed- that-, his neighbor's Asparagus, under the same-conditions, was. 

 invariably better than his own, being not only much earlier, yielding better, but more even and regular in its growth. 

 The difference, in fact, was so marked! that Mr. Nix deemed it advisable to purchase a supply of the roots of the new sort,. 

 and since then he';,has been able to hold bis own with any one on this crop. Mr. Nix thinks so highly of the Palmetto- 

 Asparagus, that he isr anxious that it shall have the widest distribution, and has kindly placed a limited quantity of bothi 

 roots and seeds with us. The Palmetto variety is equally well adapted for planting Norths or South, and to sum up, has the 

 essential advantages of earliness, yield, quality and evenness of growth over all other-imown varieties. 



Price of Boots, $2.50 per 100 (50 at 100 rate); $20.00 per 1,000 (500 at 1,000 «fe|te). I Price of- Seed, 15 cts. per pkt.; 



50 cts. per oz.; $1.50 per \{ lb.; $5.00 per lb. 



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Henderson's New York. 



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In Henderson's New York Lettuce we have a vaiiety that we believe a single season's trial will place in the same hlgli 

 rank that the Salamander and Black Seeded Simpson occupy, varieties both of which were introduced by us. Henderson's 

 New York is a remarkable summer Lettuce, with no tendency to run to seed, as was clearly shown in our trial grounds- 

 during 1885, where we grew 36 kinds of Lettuce, all of which were allowed to stand, and while other varieties on every 

 side ran to seed, we failed to find a single plant in the row of the New York that threw up a flowering spike. It is also- 

 unusual for size and solidity of head. We have seen plants of the New York Lettuce eighteen inches in diameter, which weighed 

 nearly four pounds, with heads almost as solid as an Early Summer Cabbage, which, by the way, in general form it 

 somewhat resembles. It blanches itself naturally, is crisp, tender, and of excellent flavor, and entirely free from bitterness. 

 The color on the outside we consider to be distinct in shade from any other Lettuce that we are familiar with, and may be 

 described as a clear deep apple green, on the inside yellowish white. Seeds white. We do not claim any forcing qualities, 

 for this Lettuce, but we do believe it is not only most distinct, but also one of the very best summer varieties ever introduced. 



20 cts. per pkt.; 75 cts. peroz. ; $2.50 per ]4, lb. 



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Wi think so well of this new Cucumber that we have given it a place on our colored piate. We had it growing for 

 seed purposes the past season in several States, and thus had every opportunity to observe its characteristics. As a- 

 pickle sort it will be found unequaled, and for early forcing purposes or for slicing tnere is no better variety. It is 

 exceedingly productive, of medium size, and always straight and smooth. The color is dark green, the flesh tender and crisp. 

 Altogether it is a most welcome addition ; in fact, since the advent of the Green Prolific variety, no other new Cucumber that 

 we have had experience with has pleased us so much. 



10 cts. per pkt.; 25 cts. per oz.: 75 cts. per % lb.; S2."0 per lb. 



