PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK- 



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COMPLETE 

 LIST OF 



Vegetable Seeds. 



PEPPER, (for plants, see page 175.) 



Chinese Giant. (.See Specialties, page 37.) 



County Fair, Henderson's. A handsome, medium-sized, sweet, mild and 

 meaty, horn-shaped Pepper; enormously productive; flesh very thick 



Golden Dawn. Similar to the popular Bell, or Bull Nose, excepting being 

 of golden-yellow color and of very sweet and delicate flavor 



Large Bell, or Bull Nose. A large, early, bright red variety of mild flavor; a 

 favorite for pickling and "mangoes" when green 



Long Red Cayenne. A late variety. Small, bright scarlet, cone-shaped, pun- 

 gent pods, as much used for pickling when green as when ripe 



Neapolitan. Earlier than other large peppers. The fruits average H inches 

 in circumference by 4 inches long ; they are thick meated and unusually 

 mild and sweet ; flesh and skin bright red. The plants are sturdy, about 

 18 inches high, and remarkably productive, continue fruiting throughout 

 the season 



Bed Cherry. Small round, scarlet cherry-like fruits 



Red Chili. Small bright red peppers, very hot and pungent, and generally 

 used for making Pepper Sauce; very prolific 



Red Cluster. Dwarf, compact plants, enormously productive. Small, thin 

 pods borne upright in clusters; red and pungent 



Ruby King. (See Specialties, page 37.) 



Sweet Mountain, or Mammoth. Similar to Bull Nose, though usually 

 larger in size and of deeper shape; of very mild flavor; fine for "mangoes" 



POTATOES. Superior Northern-grown, especially for Seed. (/ peck will 



plant about 125 hills; 10 to 12 bushels per acre, in drills 3 feet apart.) 



Purchaser pays freight or express charges on Potatoes and assumes risk from 

 freezing or heating. The barrel is 165 lbs. net weight. Prices subject to 

 change without notice. 



EARLY VARIETIES. 



Bovee, Henderson's. (See Specialties, page 43.) 



Beauty Of Hebron. A popular early sort and one of the best; red and white 

 skin and pure white flesh; quality excellent; productive and a good keeper. . . . 



Clark's No. 1. Rose-colored; a good yielder, of fine table quality; a leading 

 potato for early market, it resembles the Early Rose in coior and shape. . 



Early Ohio. Extra early, maturing about two weeks before the Early Rose; 

 almost round ; flesh solid, cooks dry and mealy. Largely grown in the 

 South for shipping to Northern markets 



Early Norther. A splendid, extra early; earlier than Early Rose, which it re- 

 sembles, and exceedingly prolific; eyes few and shallow; unexcelled cooking 

 qualities, dry and floury 



Early Puritan, Henderson's. (See Specialties, page 43.) 



Early Rose. The popular standard early; noted for earliness, productiveness 

 and fine quality 



Early Russet, Henderson's. (See Specialties, page 42.) 40c. lb.; 3 lbs. 

 $1.00 (postage paid) . By freight or express at purchaser's expense 



Irish Cobbler. (See Specialties, page 43.) 



Queen. A grand, early Potato, resembling Beauty of Hebron in color, shape 

 and size, but is much earlier and a heavy cropper 



MAIN-CROP VARIETIES. 



Carman No. 3. Enormously prolific, averaging nearly a pound apiece; very 

 uniform in shape, white skinned, few and shallow eyes; flesh snow-white and 

 of exceptionally fine cooking qualities 



Green Mountain, Improved. (See Specialties, page 44-1 



Late Puritan, Henderson's. A handsome, large, white-skinned Potato, and 

 one of the best lates grown; heavy yielder, good keeper; cooking qualities 

 superior , 



Sir Walter Raleigh, Henderson's. (See Specialties, page 44.) 



Uncle Sam, Henderson's. (See Specialties, page 44.) 



PUMPKIN. (1 oz. for SO to 50 hills.) 



Calhoun, Henderson's. A good-sized, almost round Pumpkin, with creamy- 

 brown skin; flesh deep salmon-yellow, wonderfully thick, fine grained, and of 

 the finest quality for rich-colored pies 



Cheese. The most popular for pies and table use; large, flat-round; creamy- 

 yellow skin; thick, orange flesh of fine quality; a splendid keeper 



Connecticut Field. A productive, large, orange-colored, field Pumpkin, usu- 

 ally grown for stock feeding, but it also makes good pies 



Jumbo, or King Of the Mammoths. This strain produces the " biggest 

 pumpkins " grown, sometimes measuring 6 feet in circumference and weigh- 

 ing 200 to 250 lbs.; outside color, deep orange-yellow; flesh very thick, fine 

 grained, tender, of bright yellow color, and of excellent quality for pies and 

 other uses 



Large or Mammoth Tours. An old, well-known variety, productive and 

 growing to a large size, often weighing 100 lbs 



Sugar. A handsome and productive small Pumpkin, 10 to 12 inches in diam- 

 eter; round-flattened, skin orange, flesh deep yellow, fine grained and very 

 sweet 



Winter Luxury. A superior pie Pumpkin, small, but enormously productive 



and an excellent keeper; shape slightly oval, about 10 inches in diameter; 



color, golden-russet, finely netted; flesh deep golden, sweet and tender 



PRICES 

 Delivered free in U. S. 



(excepting otherwise noted.) 



Pkt. 



15c. 

 10c. 

 10c. 



5c. 



5c. 



10c. 

 5c. 



5c. 



10c. 

 10c. 



5c. 



Oz. 



i Lb. 



65c. 



$1.75 



30c. 



1.00 



30c. 



1.00 



30c. 



1.00 



30c. 



1.00 



50c. 



1.50 



30c. 



1 00 



30c. 



1.00 



30c. 



1.00 



35c. 



1.25 



30c. 



1.00 



$3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 



5.00 



4.50 

 3.00 



Purchaser pays freight or 

 express charges on Potatoes. 



Peck. 



75c. 

 70c. 

 70c. 



75c. 



70c. 

 75c. 



75c. 



U.75 



75c. 



70c. 



70c. 

 70c. 



75c. 

 75c. 

 75c. 



Bush. 



$2.50 

 2.25 

 2.25 



2.50 



2.25 

 2.50 



2.50 



6.00 

 2.50 



2.25 



2.25 

 2.25 



2.50 

 2.50 

 2.50 



Bbl. 



$5.00 

 4.50 

 4.50 



4.75 



4.50 

 4.75 



4.75 



12.50 



4.75 



4.50 



4.50 

 4.50 



4.75 

 4.75 

 4.75 



Pkt. 



Oz. 



iLb. 



5c. 



10c. 



35c. 



5c. 



10c. 



25c. 



5c. 



10c. 



20c. 



10c. 



20c. 



50c. 



5c. 



15c. 



35c. 



5c. 



10c. 



25c. 



10c. 



15c. 



35c. 



Lb. 



$1.00 

 75c. 

 50c. 



1.50 

 1.00 



80c. 



1.00 



RUBY KINQ 

 PEPPER 



SIR WALTE 



BOVEE POTATOES. 



CALHOUN PUMPKIN. 



° urN L :: flet , Best Methods of Growing Potatoes, co^^KS^. Free to Customers *£* 



