PETER HENDERSON /k CO.. MEW YORK 



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STT VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



PRICES 



For free delivery of Peaa in 



the U. S. add to prices, 



5c. pt., 10c. qt. 



PEAS, SUGAR or EDIBLE PODDED. The pods are cooked like String Beans; 

 if used when about half grown they are deliciously tender and sweet. 

 Melting Sugar, Henderson's. 5 feet. The " Mammoth " variety pro- 

 ducing abundantly immense brittle pods that " snap " without string; very 



sweet and tender 



FIELD PEAS. (See Farm Seed Department, pages 61 and 63.) 

 COW PEAS. •' " " " 61. 



PEPPER, (for plants, see page 166.) 



Cardinal. Sweet, thick-fleshed, glossy, bright red. slim, horn-shaped pods, 5 to 

 6 inches long by 1 inch broad at top slightly curved 



Chinese Giant. (See special description, page 31.) The best, mildest, and 

 largest red Pepper; very early and productive of uniformly giant fruits, aver- 

 aging 4 inches in length and breadth; very meaty, having but few seeds, and 

 excellent for eating sliced when green, and for stuffing 



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 



Red 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, often bearing 1,000 peppers. Small 

 t hin pods borne upright in clusters; red and pungent 



Ruby King. (See special description, page 31 .) The most popular large-fruited 

 Pepper; a prolific bearer of ruby-red pods, 5 to 6 inches long by 3 to 4 inches 

 in diameter; flesh exceedingly thick, sweet and so mild that it is often eaten 

 sliced as salad; splendid for stuffing, etc 



Sweet Mountain, or Mammoth. Nearly the same as the "Bull Nose." 

 though usually larger in size and of deeper shape; of very mild flavor; fine for 

 ' ' mangoes " 



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

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



Purchaser pays freight or express charges 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 special description, page 36.) The earliest of all 

 varieties; above medium size, very smooth, uniform and perfect in shape, with 

 shallow eyes; skin light straw color; flesh white, dry and floury and of superb 

 quality; a big yielder and a healthy grower 



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 Number 1. Rose-colored; a good yielder.of fine table quality; a leading 

 potato for early market. It resembles the Early Rose in color 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. A distinct and valuable early variety; both 

 skin and flesh white; quality superb, dry and floury 



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

 and fine quality 



Rochester Rose. A seedling of Early Rose, which it resembles, but is an im- 

 provement over it; averages larger, heavier yielder, but not quite so early. . 



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. 



Cambridge Russet. A handsome, main crop variety; a healthy, strong 

 grower; skin russet colored, heavily netted; cooking qualities superb 



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

 uniform in shape, white skinned, few and shallow eyes, flesh snow-w T hite and 

 of exceptionally fine cooking qualities 



Improved Green Mountain. A heavy-cropping, medium-season variety of 

 fine quality, free from blight and rot; good keeper; skin smooth and 

 white; shape, roundish-flat ; eyes few and shallow 



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 special description, page 37.) A 



grand, main crop Potato; shape very uniform, large and oval; flesh fine grain- 

 ed, snow-white, cooking dry and floury; splendid keeper 



Uncle Sam, Henderson's. (See special description, page 37.) One of the 

 handsomest Potatoes grown; luxuriant, healthy grower, outyielding all other 

 varieties; shape and size wonderfully uniform; a superior keeper, quality extra 



SWEET POTATO PLANTS. (See page 166.) 



i Pt. Pint. , Quart. 



15c. 



Peck. 



40c. S2.50 



Delivered free in U. S., 

 excepting otherwise noted. 



Pkt. 



5c. 



10c. 

 10c. 



5c. 



5c. 



5c. 

 5c. 



5c. 



10c. 



10c. 

 5c. 



Oz. 



40c. 



60c. 

 30c. 



25c. 



25c. 



25c. 

 25c. 



J Lb. 



SI. 25 



2.00 



1.00 



75c. 



75c. 



75c. 

 75c. 



25c. 75c. 

 30c. SI. 00 



30c. 



25c. 



1.00 



Lb. 



$6.50 



2.50 

 2.50 

 2.50 



3.00 



75c. 2.50 



PRICES 



Including barrels, cartage 

 and delivery to transporta- 

 tion companies in N. Y. City 

 Purchaser pays freight 

 or express charges. 



Peck. 



75c. 



60c. 



60c. 



70c. 



60c. 



70c. 



60c. 



60c. 



60c. 



60c. 



60c. 



70c. 



70c. 



75c. 



70c. 



Bush. 



Bbl. 



of 



165 Lbs 



S2.50 , S5.00 



2.00 



2.00 



2.25 



2.00 



2.25 



2.00 

 2.00 



2.00 



2.00 



2.00 



2.25 



2.25 



2.25 



2.25 



4.25 



4.25 



4.50 



4.25 



4.25 



4.25 



4.25 



4.25 



4.25 



4.50 



4.50 



4.50 



BOVEE POTATOES 

 (AS THEY GROW IN THE HILL). 



8IR WALTER RALEIGH POTATO. 



UNCLE SAM I 



Our New 



L^fiet. Best Methods of Growing Potatoes, 



including Preventing Scab, Prp»z» +rk Clia+nmeki-c if asked 



Combating Insects, Keeping, etc., r ICC LU ^UalUITlcrS | or . 



