8 PETER HENDERSON & CO—VEGETABLE SEED NOVELTIES. 
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NEW PES, “HEROINE.” 
E consider this new variety well worthy of the prominence we give it. It first came under our 
CU notice in 1888, and it favorably impressed us at that time. Since then we have grown it 
under all conditions both in field and garden culture, and side by side with all known 
varieties, and we say without hesitation that we consider it by far the greatest acquisition 
we have had in new Peas in the past decade. 
It is a medium early, green wrinkled Pea, and grows uniformly two to two and a half feet high, 
coming in between Advancer and Champion of England, and bears a profusion of large, long, slightly 
curved, pointed pods, containing from nine to ten large Peas of finest quality. This 
new Pea is destined to eclipse Stratagem and Pride of the Market for either private use or market 
purposes, and being nearly as early as Advancer, will also be more desirable than that well known 
variety. It is well known by all who have grown these varieties that it is difficult to keep them true 
and pure, the trouble being that they have been introduced before the types were sufficiently fixed; 
but in Heroine we have a variety that after careful test has been found to run true and very even, and 
when we say that in field culture we have found it to ripen and yield double the quantity of peas that 
the ordinary varieties do, it will be readily seen that in addition to its good quality, it is an immense 
cropper. 
Like many of our most valuable Peas, it is a variety of English origin. It is a cross between 
Fame and Veitch’s Perfection, and Fame, though an unknown sort in this country, came from a cross 
between Ne Plus Ultra and Stratagem, hence the large, long pointed pods of Heroine. All these 
varieties produce peas of the finest quality, but Heroine excels them all. One of our most 
experienced growers, who raised last year’s crop, is also a great lover of bees, and he at once pronounced 
Heroine the “Queen” of Peas, for the graceful, slender outline of the pod of this variety is as distinct 
a feature among Peas as is the form of the graceful ruler in the apiary. 
Price, 15 cts. per pkt.; 40 cts. per 14 pt.; 75 cts. per pt.; $1.25 per qt. 
NEW TOMATO, “TABLE QUEEN.’ 
This is the great premium variety which we offered last year, not a single packet of which was 
sold, but every one of the fifty thousand (50,000) packets sent out went as a premium on orders for 
other seeds. Our idea in making this unique distribution was to introduce this superb variety into 
general use at once, and that this object was attained, the enormous number of packets disposed of plainly 
tells. We doubt if any novelty that we have ever introduced has given more general satisfaction, or 
has caused us to receive so many flattering letters from all sections of the country. Our judgment in 
regard to this variety being endorsed by thousands of our customers who tried it last season, we have 
this year given it a place on the colored plate opposite. The “Table Queen” Tomato is the largest 
and heaviest smooth Tomato ever offered, being as large as the Mikado, but perfectly smooth and 
round. For slicing it is the Tomato “PAR EXCELLENCE,” as it is wonderfully solid and contains 
comparatively few seeds. The color of the “Table Queen,” as shown in the plate, is a rich shade of 
crimson, and of a most agreeable acid flavor. This will doubtless prove to be the most satisfactory Tomato 
for private gardens that has been sent out in many years. 
Price, 20 cts. per pkt.; $100 per oz.; $3.00 per 14 lb. 
