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PETER HENDERSON & CO.-SEEDS OF SPECIAL MERIT. 



EXTRA EARLY PEA— HENDERSON'S FIRST OF ALL 



(See illustration on colored plate.) 



We do not think we can offer any better testimony as to the value of our First of All 

 Pea, than the simple fact that we sold of it in 1884 ten times the quantity of seed that we 

 disposed of during 1883, the year we first catalogued it. 'This large and increased demand 

 was brought about because those who tried it found it to be the best extra early Pea they 

 had ever grown. It is always difficult to induce customers to send in their experience with 

 .seeds, but all the reports we have received in regard to Henderson's First of All are unanimous 

 as to its extreme earliness and great yield. It is fully six inches dwarfer than the Improved 

 Daniel O'Rourke, produces pods of good size, which are well filled with round, smooth peas 

 of splendid flavor. It is a prodigious bearer, and ripens up so thoroughly as not to require 

 more than two pickings to clear off the crop. In this last feature and its earliness consist 

 its exceptional value to market gardeners or truckers. For the last three years our trial book 

 shows that in comparative trials with other early Peas, Henderson's First of All was fit to pick 

 a week ahead of all others. So sure are we of the merit of this Pea, that we risk nothing in 

 saying that whether you are an amateur or a market gardener, it is certain to please you. 



30 cts. per quart ; $2.00 per peck ; $7.00 per bushel. 



DWARF PEA— AMERICAN WONDER. 



We do not remember any new variety among vegetables that has sprung into popularity 

 in so short a time as this most desirable Pea. It is so well and favorably known now as to 

 scarcely need a description. To those who are not familiar with the variety we would say, 

 that the American Wonder is a seedling, the result of a cross between the Champion of Eng- 

 land and the Little Gem. It is one of the earliest wrinkled peas in cultivation, of the finest 

 quality and wonderfully productive. Its great distinctive feature, however, is its compact and 

 dwarf growth, seldom exceeding ten inches in height. The supply of American Wonder Pea 

 this season is quite short, but we are able to offer it at the following reasonable prices: 

 40 cts. per quart; $2.50 per peck; $9.00 per bushel. 



Eatontowu, N. J., August 27th, 1884. 

 I would like to say that I used one of your packets of " White Plume " Celery with great success, raising 350 plants from one packet. I 

 sold 200 plants for $2.00, and the balance I have sold for table use at the rate of five cts. per root, making over $9.00 from one packet. It is 89 

 early that we can use it for the cottage trade at Long Branch to good advantage. D. F. WOLCOTT & OO. 



