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PETER HENDERSON & CO.— SEEDS OF SPECIAL MERIT. 



BLAGK-EYED WAX BUSH BEAN. 



Although introduced by us only two years 

 ago, this distinct and valuable variety has al- 

 ready made a most favorable impression. It is 

 a cross between the 

 Black "Wax and the 

 Golden "Was Beans, 

 and in our trials we 

 found it to be the 

 earliest "Wax variety 

 in cultivation. It is a 

 robust grower, very 

 proiuctive, very tend- 

 er, and of exception- 

 ally fine flavor. The 

 pods closely resemble 

 those of the Black 

 "Wax, the seed beans 

 being white, marked 

 around the eye with 

 black spots, such as 

 are shown in the illus- 

 tration. 



Price, 20 cts. per pint. 

 35 " " quart. 

 $1.80 " peck. 

 7.00 " bush. 



Wardwell's Dwarf 

 KIDNEy m\ BUN 



This variety is very 



hardj', and both pod 



and plants are more 



robust than usual for a "Wax bean. The shape of 



the beans is distinct from all other "Wax varieties, wabi.weli.'s dwaef kidney wax bkah. 

 bemg of a perfect kidney shape. It produces a 



heavy crop of purely "Wax pods, which are very long, flat, showy, and not liable 

 to rust or blister. It has been claimed that this variety was earlier than any 

 other, but it is generally admitted that while certainly early it is not so early 

 by several days as Henderson's Black Eyed "Wax, which we introduced two years ago. (Se^ cut.) 

 Price, 20 cts. per pint; 35 cts. per quart ; $1.80 per peck ; $7.00 per bushel. 



HBSOH'S SELECTED EIIBII JERSEI WflKEHELD GflBBflE 



The merits and characteristics of the Early Jersey "Wakefield Cabbage are now so well known as to 

 hardly need repeating here ; still as our Catalogue annually falls into the hands of thousands who have not before seen it, we may state 

 that it is universally considered the best early Cabbage in cultivation. Among its merits mav 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. The true 

 "Wakefield Cabbage is always a shy seeder, and, as a consequence, the seed is always higher in price than most other kinds. This variety 

 •was first brought into general notice by our Mr. Peter Henderson in his book, "Gardening for Profit," when it was first published twenty 

 years ago. {See cut.) Price, 10 cts. per pkt. ; 30 cts. per oz. ; $1.00 per }4 lb. ; S3. 50 per lb. 



Henderson's Early Summer Cabbage. 



This peerless Cabbage was named and first offered for sale by us in IbTi, and every 

 year since we have used the utmost caie m the selection of heads for seed purposes, 

 and have so improved the variety 

 that to-day we are selling a far bet- 

 ter strain of the Early Summer than 

 we sent out in the year of its intro- 

 duction. Henderson's Early Sum- 

 mer is about ten days later than the 

 Jersey "V\'^akefield, but being of over 

 double the size, it may be classed as 

 the best large early Cabbage. In i 

 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 the 

 Early Flat Dutch, Winningstadt, 

 etc. , producing no larger heads, can 



HENDEBSON'B BHXECTED EAELY JERSEY WAKEnELD CABBAGE. QfilV bC "rOWU at thC 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 win- 

 ter over, to sow it at least ten days later than the "Wakefield or other earlj- varieties, 

 as it has a tendency to run to seed if sown at the dates suitable for other early sorts. 

 Price, 10 cts. per pkt. ; 30 cts. per oz. ; $1.00 per ).( lb. ; $3.50 per lb. 



HKNDEEbO> b EAKLY STilMF 



