PETER HENDERSON & CO.— VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



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jm BEANS, Dwarf or Bush. 



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BLACK-EYED "WAX. Introduced by us five years ago, this distinct and val- 

 uable variety has already made a most favorable impression. It is a cross 

 between the Black Wax and 1 he Golden Wax Beans, and in our trials we 

 found it to be the earliest Wax variety in cultivation. It is a robust 

 grower, very productive, very tender, and of exceptionally fine flavor. 

 The pods closely resemble those of the Black Wax, the Beed beans being 

 white, marked around the eye with black spots. -25 cts. pt., 40 cts. qt., 

 $2.00 peck, $6.50 bushel. 



FLAGEOLET WAX. This is really one of the most valuable varieties for 

 either private or market garden purposes. It is as early as either the 

 Black or Golden Wax sorts, and has a peculiar value in the fact that it is 

 nearly always exempt from rust. The pods are of very large size, often a 

 foot in length, exceedingly succulent and tender. It is an enormously 

 productive variety. 25 cts. pt., 40 cts. qt., $2.00 peck. $6.50 bushel. 



YOSEMITE MAMMOTH WAX. (See Novelties, page 13.) 10 cts. packet, 

 30 cts. % pint, 50 cts. pt., 75 cts. qt., $4.50 peck. 



BLACK WAX. When ripe the pods are yellow, averaging 7 inches in 

 length, very tender and of the best quality. Seeds when ripe glossy black. 

 20 cts. pt.. 35 cts. qt., SI. 50 peck, $5.50 bushel. 



POLS LIMA BEANS. 



FORD'S MAMMOTH. This is undoubted- 

 ly one of the best of all the climbing Limas, 



the individual beans being of enormous 



size and averaging from five to eight 



beans to a pod. Although the Bush Lima 



Bean has in many localities displaced the 



Polo Lima for private use, yet wherever 



Pole Beans are grown Ford's Mammoth 



can be recommended. Price, 40 cts. pt., 



70 cts. qt, $4.00 peck, $14.00 bushel. 

 DREER S IMPROVED LIMA. The dis- 



tinctive features of this are early matur- 

 ity, large yield and extra quality. The 



bean itself is thick and round, rather than 



oval shaped, as most other Limas are. 



30 cts. pt., 50 cts. qt., $3.00 peck. $10.00 



busheL 



WAX POD VARIETIES. 



Add 15 eta. per qL extra if to be sent by mail 



IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX (See Novelties,- page 13.) 

 I 30 cts. pt., 50 cts. qt., S2 25 peck, $8.00 bushel. 



GOLDEN WAX A strong growing, distinct variety, 

 at least a week earlier than the Black Wax. The pods 

 are long, brittle and entirely stringless. As a snap 

 bean it perhaps excels all others in tenderness and 

 richness of flavor. Seeds when ripe purple and white. 

 25 cts. pt., 40 cts. qt., $2.00 peck, $6.50 busheL 



WARD WELL'S DWARF KIDNEY WAX This 

 variety is very hardy, 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, being 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 Ave years ago. Price, 25 cts. pt., 40 cts. 

 qt., $2.00 peck, $7.00 busheL 



GOLDEN-EYED WAX This is an early and vigorous 

 growing variety, yielding a great profusion of tender 

 pods of a beautiful waxy appearance. The vine grows 

 about one and a half feet high, holding the pods well 

 off the ground, thus keeping them clean and attractive. 

 It Is singularly free from blight and rust ; in this respect 

 it 6tood the test well in our trial grounds last year. 

 The pods are flat, larger than the Golden Wax, and 

 very nearly as large as the Flageolet Wax. (See cut.) 

 30 cts. pt., 50 cts. qt., $2.25 peck, $7.50 busheL 



CYLINDER BLACK WAX. This is an improved stock 

 of Black Wax, so superior to the ordinary strains as to 

 be worthy of a new name. By a comparative test In our 

 trial grounds, we proved beyond question that it was 

 earlier than any other stock, was perfectly round pod- 

 ded, and of an even rich golden color. Enormously 

 productive. Price, 30 cts. pt., 50 cts. qt., $2.25 peck, 

 $7.50 bushel. 



White Seeded Wax. a variety with wax-like pods sim- 

 ilar to the Black Wax, except in the color of the seed. 

 25 cts. pt., 40 cts. qt.. $2 00 peck, $7.00 busheL 



LARGE "WHITE LIMA With nearly 

 every one the seeds, either green or ripe, 

 of this variety, are considered the most 

 tender and delicious of all the bean 

 family, and it is therefore universally 

 grown both for market and family use. 

 The ripe seeds are a flattish kidney shape, 

 and have a dull white color. 30 cts. pt., 

 50 cts. qt., $3.00 peck, $9.00 busheL 



SMALL LIMA OR SIEVA. A variety 

 of the large White Lima. The pods, how- 

 ever, are much smaller, usually about 

 three inches long. It i3 a little earlier 

 and more hardy. The seeds also are 

 smaller, but of the same color as the 

 Large White Lima. 25 cts. pt., 40 cts. 

 qt., $2.75 peck, $9.00 busheL 



JERSEY EXTRA EARLY EIJIA. 



In our experience with it from year to year, we have found it invariablv ten days 

 to two weeks earlier than auy other Pole Lima The pods of it have "been large 

 enough to pick July 24th, and have been sold in the New York markets a week later. 

 The beans are a trifle smaller than those of the Large While Lima, but ate all the better 

 ■on that account, as small beans are always considered preferable, being more tender 

 and delicious. Everyone desiring a Pole'Lima Bean should plant the Jersey Extra 

 Early, as it combines, better than anv other, quantity, quality and eariiness. (See cut.) 

 Price, 40 cts. pt.. 70 cts. qt., $4.00 perk. $14.00 bushel. 



I cannot refrain from expressing to you my appreciation of the superior quality of your seeds and the 

 product of the same. The past spriug I vlmtnl uono but Peter Henderson & Co.'s seeds, and am pleased 

 to tay that I was most agreeably surprised. If i single seed filled to {ermlnate I do not know iC and the 

 fruit proved quite true to nameand variety. I deem it a duty I owe your house, in consideration of the 

 quality of your goods and the very gentlemanly manner in which you have always treated me. to make 

 this fact known to my friends.— Hesbt L. Grant. . W. Va , Oct. 16. 1801 



