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PETER HENDERSON & CO., MEW YORK 



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Hendersons Vegetable Seeds 



Novelties and Specialties 



THE GRANDEST TOMATO ON EARTH. 



HENDERSON'S PONDEROSA 



(ILLUSTRATED ON OPPOSITE PAGE.) 



HAS RECEIVED MORE ENTHUSIASTIC PRAISE AND HAS TAKEN MORE FIRST PREMIUMS 

 THAN ANY OTHER SIX VEGETABLES COMBINED. 



It is Grown From the Atlantic to the Pacific, and From Canada to the Gulf. 



"It is impossible to exaggerate the merits of your 

 Ponderosa Tomatoes. They are magnificent, simply per- 

 fect. I had dozens 18 inches in circumference." 



E. W. HILLY ER, Decatur, Ga. 



" I have been cultivating tomatoes for 50 years, for 

 4 years have been growing Ponderosas. They are grand. 

 I think I have the finest specimens on earth. One day 

 I picked 50 fruits none less than 2 pounds in weight 

 and one 3% pounds, as perfect as ever g-ew." 



Dr. E. J. PERDEW, Keokuk, Iowa. 



" Your Ponderosa Tomatoes were the wonder of my 

 neighbors. It was no unusual occurrence to pick a 

 dozen for a friend, weighing from 15 to 18 pounds to the 

 dozen." J. G. BRITTAIN, Hagerstown, Md. 



" Your Ponderosa Tomatoes are the finest for flavor 

 and zize of any I ever grew. Several weighed 2 pounds 

 each and many 1\ pounds." 



LUELLA RICHARDS, Alton, III. 



"Ponderosa, I think, the best tomato on earth. 

 Have grown it every year since introduced." 



JAKE ECHTERMAN, Sterling, 111. 



"Why don't you tell the whole truth about your Pon- 

 derosa Tomato and say that it is the best garden vege- 

 table introduced in SO years — for it is?" 



THOS. A. DOANE, Chicago, III. 



"We have planted the Ponderosa every season since 

 you brought it out, and we find there is no tomato that 

 equals it. To cut up one weighing ?J to 2 lbs. is like 

 carving a nice slice of steak, and then the flavor is so 

 fine." S. S. ROCKWELL, Vermontville, Mich. 



"The Ponderosa Tomato cannot be beaten for quality, 

 quantity and size; it seems as if they grow better every 

 year." Mrs. M. J. DEXTER, Mountain View, Cal. 



"I will not attempt to praise Ponderosa, as I could 

 find no language to express my high appreciation of 

 this tomato. It is the one we grow to eat at Woodbine 

 Farm — that's all." 



CAMPBELL & WEST, Hartstown, Pa. 



"I, loo, have a good word forfyour Ponderosa. I 

 have raised it every year since you introduced it and 

 shall continue to do so. It is the finest tomato grown." 

 W. F. PARKER, West Plains, Mo. 



"I cannot refrain from speaking a word of praise 

 of your Ponderosa Tomato. Without any special care 

 we had them weigh 4 lbs. 2 oz. People came for 

 miles to see them." 



WM. GAMMEL, Detroit, Mich. 



"Dear old Ponderosa! I have only room for one 

 dozen plants, but they supply my table every day with 

 delicious fruit; we think there is no tomato like Pon- 

 derosa." 



Mrs. J. B. THOMPSON, Waverly, N. Y. 



"I never liked the taste of tomatoes until we raised 

 Ponderosa, and now I never get tired of them." 



Miss G. BA TES, Minneapolis, Minn. 



HENDERSON'S PONDEROSA TOMATO ha oSnt,n 7 uo^sIPc f cess , 



IT is now planted in both hemispheres. There is no State in the Union, no civilized 

 country on the globe where Henderson's Ponderosa is not grown; and from every- 

 where it receives nothing but praise — enthusiastic praise. Eulogistic letters regarding 

 it are received by us in annually increasing numbers, and our sales of Ponderosa seed 

 last season were nearly double those of any previous year, thus convincingly proving 

 that the marvelous success and popularity it has achieved are due to the fact that 



BETTER AND BETTER 



EVERY YEAR I 



HENDERSON'S PONDEROSA TOMATO 



IT is now so highly bred, so free from seeds, that we only get ten pounds of seed 

 from an acre, where formerly we harvested twenty to thirty pounds, while ordi- 

 nary tomatoes yield one hundred pounds or more of seed per acre ; this fact alone 

 shows that Henderson's Ponderosa is almost all solid meat, and as nearly seedless as is 

 possible to perpetuateit. Our strain of seed for 1909 has attained the zenith of perfection. 



IS IN EVERY 



WAY SPLENDID I 



HENDERSON'S PONDEROSA TOMATO 



IT excels in magnificent size, often attaining a circumference of eighteen inches, 

 frequently weighing two, three and four pounds each, perfect in form, free from 

 wrinkles and fissures, perfectly smooth and as solid and meaty as beefsteak, free 

 from watery cavities and almost seedless ; it ripens thoroughly from center to skin, 

 its glowing crimson color permeating the flesh to the heart ; it is free from rot ; but 

 above all, the delicious quality and flavor are its crowning merits — toothsome and 

 rich when sliced, savory and delicious when canned, very little boiling being required 

 for it to thicken. 



The plants of Henderson's Ponderosa Tomato are luxuriant, healthy in growth, 

 independent of droughts, free from blight, and are prodigious, early and continuous 

 bearers. First ripe fruits are often picked in ten weeks from seed sowing, while late 

 fruits may be gathered until frost. Some of our customers store the immature late 

 fruits, which ripen and are served at Thanksgiving dinner. 



HENDERSON'S PONDEROSA TOMATO SEED 



PURCHASED FROM US DIRECT INSURES YOUR 

 GETTING OUR PERFECTED AND GENUINE STRAIN. 



" We know there is no true Ponderosa seed but yours; tomatoes raised from others so-called do not begin to 

 compare with yours." J. B. MEACHAM, Rockville, Ind. 



"I have been disappointed in the Ponderosa Tomato the last two years. I got the seed from other parties, and 

 they are not like the ones I got from you. Please send me your true seed." ROBERT HARM, Denton, Texas. 



EXPLANATION : Henderson's Genuine Ponderosa Tomato seeds too sparingly 

 to be profitable for most sellers of seeds; that is why many degenerate strains are being 

 offered as Ponderosa. 



Price, Henderson's Genuine Ponderosa Tomato Seed, 10c. pkt., 60c. oz., $2.00 }4 lb. 



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