P PETER HENDERSON /k CO.. NEW YORK 



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Complete 

 List 



r VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



PRICES 



For free delivery of Peas 

 the U. S. add to prices, 

 Be. pt., 10c. qt. 



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

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

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

 * duringy<ft>undantly immense brittle pods that " snap " without string; very 

 sweejfand tender 



2LD PEAS and COW PEAS, see Farm Seeds, pages 65 and 67. 



PEPPER, (fob plants, see page 170.) 



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 page 35.) The best, mildest, and largest red Pepper; 

 very early and productive of uniformly giant fruits, averaging 4 inches in 

 length and breadth; very meaty, having but few seeds, and excellent for eat- 

 ing 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, 

 thin pods borne upright in clusters; red and pungent 



Ruby King. (See page 35.) The most popular large-fruited Pepper; a pro- 

 lific 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 for Seed, (l 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 page 40.) 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 No. 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-white 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 qualitie: 

 superior 



Sir Walter Raleigh, Henderson's. (See page 41.) A grand, main crop 

 Potato; shape very uniform, large and oval; flesh fine grained, snow-white 

 cooking dry and floury; splendid keeper 



Uncle Sam, Henderson's. (See page 41.) One of the handsomest Pota- 

 toes grown; luxuriant, healthy grower, outyielding all other varieties; shape 

 and size wonderfully uniform; a superior keeper, quality extra 



SWEET POTATO PLANTS. (See page 170.) 



Pt. 



Pint. 



Quart. Peck 



25c. 40c. S2.50 



Delivered free in U. S., 

 excepting otherwise noted. 



Pkt. 



10c. 

 10c. 



5c. 



oc. 



5c. 

 5c. 



5c. 



10c. 



10c. 

 5c. 



Oz. 



40c. 



60c. 



30c. 



25c. 



25c. 



25c. 

 25c. 



25c. 



30c. 



30c. 

 25c. 



i Lb. 



SI. 25 



1.75 



1.00 



75c. 



75c. 



75c. 

 75c. 



75c. 



SI. 00 



1.00 

 75c. 



Lb. 



S6.00 



2.50 

 2.50 

 -2.50 



3.00 

 2.50 



PRICES 



Including barrels, cartage 

 and delivery to transporta- 

 tion companies in N. Y. City 

 Purchaser pays freight 

 or express charges. 



Peck. 



Bush. 



75c. S2.50 



70c. 

 70c. 



70c. 



2.25 

 2.25 



2.25 



70c. 



2.25 



4.50 



70c. 



2.25 



4.75 



70c. 



2.25 



4.50 



70c. 



2.25 



4.50 



70c. 



2.25 



4.50 



70c. 



2.25 



4.50 



70c. 



2.25 



4.50 



70c. 



2.25 



4.50 



70c. 



2.25 



4.75 



75c. 



2.25 



4.75 



75c. 



2.25 



4.75 



Bbl. 



of 



165 Lbs 



S5.00 

 4.50 

 4.50 



4.75 



BOVEE POTATOES 

 (AS THEY GROW IN THE HILL). 



SIB WALTEB BALEIQH POTATO. 



UNCLE SAM POTATO. 



Our New 

 Leaflet, 



Best Methods of Growing Potatoes, combaunrin^cts^Ke^pin^tc., Free to Customers "£*•* 



