PETER HENDERSON'S & CO.'S VEGETABLE SEED NOVELTIES. 



NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES 



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VEGETABLE SEEDS FOR 1884. 



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Copyright, 1883. 



HENDERSON'S SELECTED EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD 

 CABBAGE. (AMERICAN GROWN.) 



Henderson's Selected Early 

 Jersey Wakefield Cabbage. 



To most growers for market the great value and 

 characteristics of this variety are well understood. 

 To those who may not, however, be familiar with 

 it, we would say that it is justly considered the best 

 Early Cabbage in cultivation. Among its merits, 

 may be mentioned, its large size of head, small 

 outside foliage, and its uniformity in producing a 

 crop. The heads are pyramidal in shape, having 

 a blunted or rounded peak. Last fall and spring 

 seed of Jersey Wakefield Cabbage sold readily for 

 $10.00 and $12.00 per lb., owing to its scarcity. 

 This season we are enabled to offer the same fine 

 stock at following rates ; 



10 cts. per pkt.; 40 cts. per oz. 

 $1.25 per ^ lb. ; S4.00 per lb. 



Henderson's Premier Cab- 

 bage. 



We sold out of Jersey Wakefield Cabbage Seed 

 last spring by the end of February, and quite a num- 

 ber of customers were induced to sow in its stead 

 this variety, " Premier." 



So far as we can learn, it gave very general satis- 

 faction. It forms a solid head about a week earlier 

 than all other kinds tried, the next to it in earliness 

 being the well-known Jersey Wakefield. In size it 

 is somewhat smaller than the Wakefield, but as it 

 forms very small outer leaves, it can be planted 

 one-third closer, 15 or 16 inches apart, each way. 

 10 cts. per pkt.; 30 cts. per oz. 

 $1.00 per ^ lb.; $3.50 per lb. 



Copj right, 1S83. 



henders'on's early summer cabbage, 

 (american grown.) 



Henderson's Early Summer 

 Cabbage. 



Nine years ago we first disseminated this variety, 

 and with the many really good new things with 

 which we have become identified we consider this, 

 perhaps, the best. The Early Summer is about ten 

 days later than the Wakefield, but being of over 

 double the size, it may be classed as the best large 

 early cabbage. In weight it is equal to most of the 

 late varieties, and its short outer leaves enable it to 

 be planted nearly as close as the Jersey Wakefield, 

 about 12,000 to the acre, while Early Flat Dutch, 

 Winningstadt, etc., producing no larger heads, can 

 only be produced at the rate of 8,000 to the acre. 

 Another excellent quality of the Early Summer 

 Cabbage is that it keeps longer without bursting 

 open after heading, than any variety we know of. 

 We would, however, caution those of our customers 

 who intend to grow it in cold frames (to winter 

 over) to sow it at least ten days later than the 

 Wakefield, or other early varieties, as it has son^ 

 tendency to run to seed if sown at the dates suit- 

 able for other early sorts. In this latitude we sow 

 Early Summer on the 25th of September. 



10 cts. per pkt. ; 30 cts. per oz. 

 $1.00 per 1^ lb.; $3.50 per lb. 



See description of the NEW CELERY, " HENDERSON'S WHITE PLUME," page 8. 



