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HENDERSON'S FAMOUS. 



/PROSPERITY PEA. 



The Earliest 



T homas | axton pgA. 



A FINE NEW EARLY WRINKLED MARROW. 



An extra early wrinkled Marrow Pea that has 

 proven to be a valuable addition to this class. The 

 plant grows about 3 feet high, resembling that of 

 Prosperity, though a little darker in color and of 

 vigorous hardy constitution, enabling it to be sown 

 with first earlies, coming in but three or 

 four days later than these round, hard-shell sorts. 

 It is a heavy and reliable cropper, of uniform, long, 

 straight, square-ended, dark green pods, which are 

 well filled with 7 to 8 large, rich-flavored, wrinkled 

 marrow peas, which are also of a deep green color, 

 adding to their attractiveness when served on the 

 table. Thomas Laxton is a good, reliable pea. 

 uniformly constant to type and about as early as 

 Prosperity, though some report it 3 or 4 days 

 later. Price, 15c. J pt., 25c. pt., 40c. qt., $2.75 pk., 

 $9.50 bush. 



Wrinkled or Marrow Pea 

 ==Grown.=^ 



SWEET, LUSCIOUS, TENDER, 

 ENORMOUS MARROW PEAS IN 



...Early June... 



AS SOON AS YOU HAVE HERE- 

 TOFORE HAD THE ORDINARY 

 EARLY KINDS. 



THIS grand, extra early, large-podded 

 wrinkled marrow Pea — introduced 

 into America by us in 1897 — has 

 each year increased in popular favor, not 

 only steadily but with whirlwind rapidity. 

 "Once grown it is thereafter indispensable," 

 is the way one of our customers puts it, 

 and it would seem as if every one who 

 plants our Prosperity Pea recommends it 

 to his neighbors, for the demand upon 

 us for the seed has annually increased to 

 such an extent that we have never yet 

 been able to reserve a sufficient supply 

 for stock seed purposes to allow us to 

 catch up with the demand. 



The distinctive merits of Henderson's 



Prosperity Pea over any other variety are 



its extreme earliness combined with its 



abundant production of immense pods, 



each filled with from 6 to 10 true, large, 



wrinkled marrow peas of the most delicious 



flavor — as large, as sweet and as tender 



as the finest late wrinkled marrow pea 



grown. When one considers that peas of this superior size and quality are 



ready for picking only a day or two later than the little round-seeded 



hard-shell "Extra Earlies," one realizes what a valuable acquisition 



our Prosperity Pea really is. 



The vine of Prosperity is of vigorous, robust growth, about 2i feet 

 high, heavy-stemmed with luxuriant healthy foliage; it bears uniformly 

 large, handsome pods of large and luscious peas, and although it commences 

 bearing so very early it continues for a long time; the peas also remain 

 sweet and tender for some time after thev are fit to pick. (See cut.) 

 15c. J pt., 25c. pt., 45c. qt., $2.75 pk., $10.00 bush. 



PURCHASERS PRAISE PROSPERITY PEAS: 



" We think your Prosperity Peas are grand, and every one that has eaten them thinks so, too? 1 



Miss IDA A. MELLEN, McLean, N. Y. 

 "Henderson's Prosperity Peas are most delicious to taste and beautiful to look upon. 1 

 never saw such peas. Don't think we shall plant any other hereafter." 



Mrs. J. E. R1NGLAND, W. Woodstock, Conn, 

 "I have beaten my whole neighborhood with the Prosperity Peas I got from you two months 

 ago." LLOYD M. MAYER, Linden Farm, Portsmouth, R. I. 



" I really feel that it is due you to tell you that we had our first peas of the season — your Pros- 

 perity — for dinner on Decoration Day — which we think remarkable considering the dry spring, 

 and the northwest exposure of our garden. The pods were fat and full." 



Mrs. FRANCES DARR, Gladstone, N.J. 

 "I had a full crop of Prosperity Peas in exactly 48 days from planting last spring, and, 

 unlike the usual ' Extra Early,' they were as full, wrinkled, and sweet as any late pea I ever tasted, 

 better than even the Champion of England, which has always been my 'hobby. 1 They are all you 

 claim, and in future I do not intend to plant any other kind." 



CHARLES W. BOW MAN, Brownsville, Pa. 

 "My Prosperity Peas are a sight to behold. I picked my first on the 7th of June (a small 

 extra early one, just one day ahead). I planted them the same day. When they become known 

 they will displace all other early peas. As good as the best lates and as early as the earliest." 



ROBERT BIRCH, Market Gardener, Plymouth, Mich. 

 " Your Prosperity Peas proved prolific; the many pods developed a length of 4 Vi inches, 

 and, when shelled, turned out from eight to ten large peas from a pod; they were a surprise; the 

 earliest large pea I ever knew. It is the sweetest, tenderest and most delicious Pea I ever ate." 



JAMES R. SLAUSON, Racine, Wis. 



Soil-Inoculating Germs For Garden Peas: 



We can supply Customers 

 who wish to experiment. 



Garden-Size Package directions, 50c. Tee? 



