12 PETER HENDERSON & CO—-VEGETABLE SEED NOVELTIES. 
which has become so popular in the last few years; it partakes of the best 
qualities of that variety, but is much larger and a better keeper. It is of 
a fine, nutty flavor, being entirely free from any bitter taste. It grows about 
two feet high; the stalks are very broad, thick and crisp, and entirely 
#tringless; the width and thickness of the stalks are distinctive features 
of this variety. It bleaches with but slight ‘‘earthing up,’’ and very 
‘guickly, usually in five or six days. Likely to prove a most valuable variety 
for both second early and midwinter use. (See cut.) 15 cts. per pkt. ; 75 cts. 
:per oz. ; $2.50 per 14 lb. ; $8.00 per Ib. 
Barteldes’ Denver Market Lettuce. 
This novelty comes~-to us highly recommended and 
we append the introducer’s description of same: 
‘““We obtained a few seeds of this new Lettue¢e some 
years ago from a market gardener in Denver, Colorado, 
and succeeded this year in raising a limited supply of the 
seed. It is an early variety of Head Lettuce, either for 
forcing or open ground. It forms large, solid heads, of 
a good, light green color and is very slow to run to seed. 
The leaves are beautifully curled and crimped (like the 
Savoy Cabbages), and are very tender, crisp and of 
excellent flavor. The crimped leaves distinguish it from 
any other kind of Lettuce now grown. The shape of 
the head resembles somewhat the Hanson, but is more 
oblong. C. C. Morse & Co., seed growers, California, 
say: ‘It is the best novelty ever sent to us, and tried in 
our trial grounds, together with ninety-six other vari- 
eties of Lettuce, we found it to be the best.’” 15 ets. 
per pkt. ; 8 pkts. for $1.00. S ef 
NEW COS OR CELERY LETTUCE, 
Sc’ TRIANON.” oe 
This is the favorite class of Lettuces in Europe, and this 
variety is the very finest of its class; already they are 
becoming more popular here. The Jong, narrow leaves, 
which form solid heads, almost like a Wakefield Cabbage, 
bleach and quickly become snowy white. They excel all 
other Lettuces in quality, having a taste and crispness 
unequaled. The leaves when bleached are stiff like 
Celery stalks and can be eaten in the same manner. (See 
cut.) Price, 15 cts. per pkt.; 80 cts. per oz. ; $2.50 per 4 lb. 
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GIANT PASCAL CELERY. 
INEFOW. CELERY, 
‘‘ Giant Pascal.” 
This variety is a selection from the New Golden Self-blanching Celery 
The dollar’s worth of Bush Lima Beans purchased from you last spring did remarkably 
well. They were ready for the table I think three weeks before the Pole Limas planted at 
the same time, and continued bearing until killed with frost. I consider them very valu- 
able. Iexhibited them in bearing at our Farmers’ Club, and each member wished some 
for seed, which I furnished them.—EDWIN WALTON, Ercildoun, Pa., March 14th, 1890. 
I tried last season your Bush Lima Beans; found them all you represented them ; 
the most wonderful producers and greatest novelty Lever heard of. Think you deserve 
all the praises you have received, and more too, for introducing this wonder.—Mrs, SALLIE 
E. RussELL, Winchester, Va., Jan. 29th, 1890. 
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= | New Foreing Lettuee, 
we Ss ONEW FoR CiNG LerTuce : A very anaes ai eee of a most 
pleasing golden yellow color, that shade which is 
always most desirable in a Lettuce. It is of dwarf, 
compact growth, and produces so few outer leaves 
that it may be planted close together as shown in the 
engraving. Itis one of the most deceptive varieties 
we have ever seen, as at first glance it seems to be 
a veritable miniature Lettuce; but it forms all solid 
heads with little or no waste, so that there is really 
more to it than in many Lettuces double the size. 
This variety will prove equally valuable for forcing 
in greenhouses or frames or for out-door use, but if 
grown in the open ground it should be sown early in 
the season. 
The ‘‘Golden Queen” Lettuce is very crisp, tender 
and juicy, and of particularly delicate flavor even 
when grown in the open ground, resembling in its 
tender quality the Bosten Market Lettuce when that 
variety is forced with artificial heat under glass. (See 
cut.) 20 cts. per pkt.; 50 cts. per oz.; $1.50 per 4 lb. 
