PETER HENDERSON & CO.— SEEDS OF SPECIAL MERIT. 



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FIELD VIEW OF SCALY BARK WATER MELON. 



SCALY BARK WATER MELON. 



Although this variety was introduced only two years ago, it has quickly become a standard sort. The rind is very 

 thin, yet so tough and strong that the melons will bear any amount of handling without bursting or cracking open. 

 This characteristic shows the peculiar fitness of the variety for shipping purposes. The flesh is light crimson in color^ 

 very tender, and of excellent flavor. The average weight of the Scaly Bark Water Melon is thirty-five pounds. 

 10 cts. per pkt. ; 25 cts. per oz. ; 75 cts. per J^ lb. ; $2.50 per lb. 



BLISS'S EVER-BEARING PEA. 



We append below the introducers' description of this new Pea, 

 which is particularly recommended for summer and autumn 

 use : 



"Season late to very late. Height of vines, eighteen inches 

 to two feet; foliage, very large; pods, three to four inches long 

 on the average, each pod producing six to eight wrinkled peas; 

 size of peas very large, half an inch and over in diameter; 

 quality, unsurpassed in sweetness as well as flavor; in fact, it 

 possesses a peculiar richness and marrowy flavor not found in 

 any other variety. Its habit of growth is of a peculiar branch- 

 ing character, forming as many as ten stalks from a single root 

 stalk. One hundred pods have been counted on a single vine. 

 The individual branches are of extraordinary strength and sub- 

 stance, so that when hilled up properly, they stand up well with- 

 out brushing. We do not hesitate to say that for continuance of 

 bearing, this variety is unexcelled if equaled, a characteristic 

 which gives it especial value for late summer and autumn use. 

 After repeated pickings of quantities of full sized pods, the vines 

 continue to be covered with blossoms and buds developing to 

 maturity in turn, and making it practically as perpetual a bearer 

 as can be found in the Pea tribe. 



' ' Owing to the branching habit of the plant, the seed should 

 be sown considerably thinner than is customary with other kinds, 

 else the vines will become too crowded and straggling, to the 

 detriment of the crop. We have obtained best results by 



six inches apart in the rows, covering those planted in early spring three inches, and those 



to five inches." 



40 cts. per pint; 75 cts. per quart; $5 per peck. 



BLOOMTNGTON. ILL., January 23d, 1884. 

 Your First of All Peas were the best I had last year, and I can heartily recommend them as being the earliest and heaviest yielder of any 

 ' First Early " I -jver raised. J. H. LEATON. 



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 ^GIBING PE4' 



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planting the single peas 

 planted in summer four 



Single Punt 

 Drawn From Ufel 



