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PETER HENDERSON & CO.— VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



HENDERSON'S EARLIEST RED VALENTINE. This va- 

 riety is at least 10 days earlier than the Early Red Valentine, 

 and is usually ready to pick in 35 days from time of planting. 

 On account of its great earliness it is largely grown by market 

 gardeners, but except in the characteristic of extreme earliness, 

 it differs in no other way from the Early Red Valentine described 

 below. By a competitive test made in 1887 by one of the highest 

 authorities on the subject in this country, Henderson's Earliest Red 

 Valentine was proven to be 10 days earlier than any other stock. 

 Sold only in sealed packages. 30 cts. pt., 50 cts. qt., $2.25 peck, 

 $7.00 bush. 



ROUND EARLY SIX WEEKS. A decided acquisition, being 

 an improved form -of the old favorite Long Yellow Six Weeks. It 

 is slightly shorter in the pod but round, and is almost destitute 

 of string at all stages of growth. We can recommend it, either 

 as a string or shelled bean. 25 cts. v pt., 40 cts. qt., $2.00 peck, 

 $6.50 bush. 



RHODE ISLAND DWARF CASEKNIFE. A continual bearer 

 during the summer. .Exceedingly early, and when young the 

 beans are tender and of very fine flavor. 15 cts.'pt., 25 cts. qt., 

 $1.25 peck, $4.00 bush. 



REFUGEE OR THOUSAND TO ONE. A very productive 

 medium or late variety. The young pods are tender and of fine 

 flavor. Is extensively grown for pickling.. Seeds dull yellow 

 speckled with purple. 15 cts. pt., 25 cts. qt., $1.25 peck, $4.50 

 bush. 



LONG YELLOW SIX WEEKS. Early, very productive and of 

 excellent quality. Pods often eighteen inches long. Seeds, 

 when ripe, yellow or dun color. 20 cts. pt., 35 cts. qt., $1.75 

 peck, $5.50 bush. 



EARLY RED VALENTINE. Desirable for either market or 

 family use, being early, productive, tender, and of excellent 

 flavor. The pods are round, somewhat curled; and the seeds, 

 when ripe, salmon speckled with purplish rose. 20 cts. pt., 30 

 cts. qt., $1.25 peck, $4.00 bush. 



Dwarf Horticultural. A bush variety of the well-known Horti- 

 cultural Pole Bean.' 25 cts. pt., 40 cts. qt., $2.00 peck, $6.50 

 bush. 



EXTRA EARLY REFUGEE. (See Novelties; page 13. ) 20 cts. pt., 

 35 cts. qt., $1.75 peck, $6.00 bush. (See cut.) • 



EARLY MOHAWK. Very early and will stand more cold than 

 most of the bush varieties. Both this and the succeeding sort 

 are largely grown in the Southern States for Northern markets. 

 The pods are from five to six inches long ; the seeds, when ripe, 

 drab with purple spots. 15 cts. pt.; 25 cts. qt., $1.25 peck, 

 $4.00 bush. 



DREER'S BUSH LIMA. (See Novelties, page 12.) 20 cts. pkt. 



BURPEE'S BUSH LIMA. (See Novelties, page 12.) 20 cts. pkt. 



BEANS, gree s n »r p t°s dded DWARF or BUSH. 



German, Bohne. — French, Haricot. — Spanish, Frijorenano. 

 1 quart to 100 feet in drills ; 2 bushels to the acre, in drills. 



A succession of sowings can be made from the first week in May until Septem- 

 ber. These dates are for the latitude of New York : further south tbe sowing niunt 

 be done earlier, further north later. Plant in drills about two inches deep, and 

 from eighteen inches to two feet apart, according to the richness of the soil : tbe 

 poorer the soil the closer they can be planted. The seeds should be dropped about 

 two inches apart, 



Add 15 cts. per quart extra if to be sent by mail. 

 HENDERSONS NEW BUSH LIMA. (See full description on 



page 12.) 10 cts. pkt., 30 cts. y z pt., 50 cts. pt., 75 cts. qt. 

 EARLY WARWICK GREEN BUSH BEAN. This 'is a 

 variety that came under our notice two years ago, and which 

 has proven itself to be one of the earliest, if not the earliest 

 Green Bush Bean that we have. Our repeated tests show that 

 this Bean will give a picking of pods, four inches and over, in 

 forty-three days from the date of planting ; this we have never 

 known any other green Bush Bean to do except it be the Emperor 

 William. The pods 

 may be said to be 

 stringless until 

 they reach a stage 

 at which they are 

 past maturity for 

 marketing. As this 

 Bean is so remark- 

 ably early and like- 

 wise suitable for 

 shipping long dis- 

 tances, we believ 

 it will be found to 

 be a valuable ac- 

 quisition, espe- 

 cially to the South- 

 ern trucker, to 

 whom it is of the 

 utmost impor- 

 tance that he get 

 something that 

 will come in ahead 

 of existing sorts. 



It is a heavy 

 cropper, produc 

 ing an abundance 

 of pods wh 

 average about 5% 

 inches in 

 length. (See 

 cut.) 



30 cts. perpt., 

 50 cts. perqt., 

 S2.25 per peck, 

 $7.00 per bush. 



We can also supply the following standard varieties of Beans, which are too 

 well known to need description, at the uniform price of 15 cts. per pt., 25 cts. 

 pel- qt., $1.25 per peck, $4.00 per bushel : 



Ne Plus Ultra, White Valentine, Gallega or Large Refugee, 



Best of All, White Marrow, Large White Kidney, 



Golden Refugee, Emperor William, Early China. 



