PETER HENDERSON & GO., NEW YORK.—VECGETABLE SEED NOVELTIES. 9 
HENDERSON’S NEW CELERY, 
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@ HIS NEW VARIETY is an advance in celeries 
The most beautiful Celery 
that ever graced a table. 
Flavor most delicious, 
crisp and nutty. 
The first and the last Celery 
that is fit to use. 
Absolutely solid and free 
from stringiness. 
So brittle that a stalk held 
in the hand will almost 
that merits more than ordinary praise; it is 
an intermediate between white and red cele- 
ries, combining the good qualities of both. 
The ‘““PINK PLUME” is practically identi- 
eal with our famous ‘‘ White Plume,” but with the 
added merit of the stalks being exquisitely suffused 
with pink and possessing the crispness, rich nutty 
flavor and long-keeping qualities for which red cele- 
ries are noted. ‘‘PINK PLUME” is also remarkably 
attractive when trimmed for the table. The solid 
succulent stalks are IVORY WHITE SUFFUSED 
WITH DAINTY PINK, which not only delight the 
eye but tempt the palate of the epicure. 
Henderson’s New ‘Pink Plume”’ Celery is a 
strong, healthy, compact grower, with no tendency to 
rust; stems very solid and crisp, extra early and a 
long keeper, remaining, when properly trenched, in 
perfect condition away into the spring. The variega- 
tion on the tops does not show quite as early as the 
““White Plume,” but the celery blanches and matures 
really a little earlier. It is a self-blanching variety in 
the same sense that ‘‘ White Plume,” and Golden Self- 
Blanching are—that is, it requires but a slight earth- 
ing up or banking to prepare this variety for the table. 
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SON’S NEW “PINK PLUME” CELERY. (See cut.) YY f ey 7 Ue 
Price, 20c. per packet, $1.50 0z., $5.00 1-4 Ib. 
Thave still (April 26th) some very fine Pink Plume Celery of last season’s growth. Iinducedmy customers to try it at my expense, and it was 
not long before it began to be called for, and nearly all winter I supplied our club several pounds each week and when I refused to sell more there 
A few of many letters Y, was mourning in that club. J. WESTON SWIFT, Cottage City, Mass. 
i ~ Your Pink Plume Celery is most captivating, it having a flavor peculiar to itself that is fine. I shall want more than a packet another 
of Praise for Season. ‘ Dias! i vy “ O. B. STAUFFER, Rocky Ford, Colo. 
Henderson’s * Pink We had some of your Pink Plume Celery last year and we thought it the nicest Celery we ever raised. All who ate it thought it was very tender 
and of such good flavor, besides its handsome appearance. AGNES HUMPHREY, Afton, N. Y. 
The new Pink Plume, introduced by Henderson d: Co. last spring comes out grandly. There ts to me a peculiar charm 
about all pinkish varieties. The color is attractive while the stalks are usually characterized by especial crispness 
and nutty flavor. I think highly of the new introduction.—AMERICAN GARDENING. 
New Lettuce, “ MIGNONETTE.” 
a). © CY SMALL, sturdy, russet-colored Lettuce, distinct 
: S| and unique, and of great value. The entire plant 
measures only seven inches in diameter, and is 
more solid and compact than any existing va- 
riety. The outer leaves are few, and these cling so 
closely to the head that it is almost all head. The few 
outside leaves are as deeply crumpled as aSavoy Cabbage 
and richly colored with russet-red and bronze-green of 
varying shades. The cut section shows the character of 
the solid heart, which is of a creamy yellow waved with 
pale greenish white. It is wonderfully hardy, resists 
drought and excessive moisture—a most valuable feature 
in our climate. It is fit for use five days after Boston 
Market, which, combined with its long-standing character, 
constitutes it an all-seasons variety in asuperlative degree. 
(See cut.) 
Plume ”’ Celery. 
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Price, 15c. per packet, $1.50 oz. 
EVERY PACKAGE OF SEEDS, large or small, sent out by us, bears our RED TRADE-MARK, Whether you purchase directly trom ug 
or from other dealers, see that every package is so stamped. 
