HENDERSON'S SELECTED EARLY 

 JERSEY WAKEFIELD CABBAGE. 



The first notoriety that this variety received was when our 

 Mr. Peter Henderson extolled it in his book, "Gardening for 

 Profit." That was nearly eighteen years ago, and since then it 

 has deservedly taken the first place as an early market variety. 

 To most growers the merits and characteristics of the variety 

 are so well known as to hardly need repeating here, but for the 

 benefit of those who may not be familiar with it, we would say 

 that it is universally considered the best early Cabbage in culti- 

 vation. Among its merits may be mentioned its large size of 

 head, small outside foliage, and its uniformity in producing a 

 crop. The heads are pyramidal in shape, having a blunted or 

 rounded peak. The true Wakefield Cabbage is always a shy 

 seeder, and, as a consequence, the seed is always higher in 

 price than other kinds. We are in a position this year, however, 

 to offer our unequaled strain at the following reasonable 

 prices : 



10 cts. per pkt; 50 ets. per oz.; $1.50 per V t lb. : $5.00 per lb. 



HENDERSON'S EARLY SUMMER CAB- 

 BAGE. 



This peerless Cabbage was named and first offered for sale by 

 us in 1874, and every year since we have used the utmost care 

 in the selection of heads for seed purposes, and have so im- 

 proved the varietv that to-day we are selling a far better strain 

 of the Early Summer than we sent out in the year of its intro- 



duction. Our stock of this variety we believe to be the best and 

 purest in the country, and that our customers also so consider it 

 the testimonials scattered throughout this catalogue will con- 

 firm. Henderson's Early Summer is about ten days later than 

 the Jersey Wakefield, but being of over double the size, it may 

 be classed as the best large early Cabbage. In weight it is equal 

 to most of the late varieties, and its short outer leaves enable it 

 to be planted nearly as close as the Jersey Wakefield, about 

 12.000 to the acre, while the Early Flat Dutch, Winningstadt, 

 etc., producing no larger heads, can only be grown at the rate 

 of 8,000 to the acre. Another excellent quality of the Early 

 Summer Cabbage is that it keeps longer without bursting open 

 after heading than any variety we know of. We would, how- 

 ever, caution those of our customers who intend to grow it in- 

 cold frames to winter over, to sow it at least ten days later than 

 the Wakefield or other early varieties, as it has a tendency to- 

 run to seed if sown at the dates suitable for other early sorts. 

 It will be noticed that we this year offer seed of the Early- 

 Summer Cabbage lower than we have ever before been able to 

 sell it at. 



10 cts. per pkt. ; 40 cts. per oz. ; $1.25 per % lb. ; $4. 50 per lb. 



HENDERSON'S NEW ROSE CELERY. 



We still hold the entire stock of this New Rose Celery, which 

 we offered last year for the first time. Celery is now one of the 

 leading table ornaments, not only in the best hotels, but on 

 private tables as well, and this New Rose variety combined 

 with the White Plume (sent out by us in 1884), must add 

 greatly to the adornment of the table. As our patrons know, 

 we have for several years been trying to induce them to grow 

 some of the pink or red varieties of Celery, not only because 

 they are hardier and more solid, and hence better keepers in 

 winter, but they are always, under the same conditions, more 

 crisp and superior in flavor to the varieties that blanch yellow 

 or white. In Henderson's New Rose Celery we have a com- 

 bination of all these best qualities, and a delicacy of shading 

 in the beautiful rose coloring of the heart and stems that give 

 us something entirely distinct and valuable in this variety. 

 15 cts. per pkt; 4 pkts. for 50 cts.; $2.00 per oz. 



