14 PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.—VECGETABLE SEED NOVELTIES. 
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HENDERSON'S ‘‘COOL AND CRISP’? CUCUMBER. 
Henderson’s New Cucumber, “Cool and Crisp.” 
Tue cut gives a good idea of the shape of this valuable variety. It will be noticed that it is inclined to taper off at the stem end, 
and is generally a little pointed at the other end also. This is the most desirable shape for pickles. At the pickling stage the 
Cucumbers are straight, long, even and slim, and until they reach their full size they are of a very dark green color, so dark that it 
might be almost called ‘‘black.” The peculiar feature of this variety is the knobs or protuberances, upon which the spines are 
placed, are prominent at all stages of growth, giving the Cucumber a very attractive appearance. This variety is the earliest and most 
prolific of all pickling Cucumbers, and is certain to become a standard sort. While primarily a pickling variety, it is also most useful for 
slicing, the Cucumbers, when fully matured, being of good size and exceedingly tender and crisp. (Seecut.) 15c. per pkt., 8 pkts. for $1.00. 
Red Winningstadt Cabbage. 
The name tells exactly what this is. It is identical in size and form with the old favorite § 
Winningstadt Cabbage, but it is deep blood-red in color, equaling in this respect the best stocks of ‘ 
late Flat Red Cabbages. The advantages possessed by the Red Winningstadt are its earliness and 
short outer leaves,which enable it to be planted very close together. There is no question but that 
it will produce a greater weight of crop per acre than any of the large, leafy, flat varieties, 
and hence is more profitable to the grower. (See cut.) 20c. per pkt., 6 pkts. for $1.00. 
Copyrighted, 1893, by Peter Henderson & Co. 
New Japanese Climbing Gucumber. 
While all Cucnmbers are running vines, yet this variety is much 
more creeping or climbing in its habit, so much so that it quickly 
climbs on poles or trellises in the same manner as the Pole 
Lima Bean. It is entirely distinct, being much more rugged in its 
constitution and less susceptible to disease than the ordinary “u- 
cumbers, and is immensely more prolific, each vine producing from 
25 to 30 splendid Cucumbers, even on poor soil. The quality is 
splendid, and is pronounced by connoisseurs to be superior to the 
ordinary varieties of Cucumbers. It is well adapted for pickling 
as wellas slicingforsalads. Like many of our most valuable hor- 
ticultural products it comes to us from Japan. 
Having only secured the stock of this variety last fall, we have 
: Hi not hadan opportunity of testing it yet ourselves, but the deserip- 
tion given above is furnished us bya most reliable seed house, and we have no doubt that it is correct in every particular. The great 
advantage of having a Cucumber which can be trained on a pole or a fence will beapparent to all. (Seecut.) 15c. per pkt., 8 pkts. for$1.00. 
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