48 PETER HENDERSON & CO.S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 



CABBAGE— Continued. 



Per oz. X lb. Lb. 



Early Battersea. A second early variety of fine quality 30 $1 00 $3 00 



Large Early Schweinfurt. The largest early variety ; fine for 



Summer and Fall use 75 2 50 8 00 



Early Wyman. A valuable eariv market variety ; Leads of large 



size and fine quality. Fer pkt., *!5ets 150 6 00 20 00 



Atkins' Matchless. Very dwarf and compact ; excellent for small 



gardens 30 1 00 3 00 



Large Late Drumhead. Grows to a large size, -with round, com- 

 pact heads 30 1 00 3 00 



Large Bergen. One of the latest ; heads of large size and fine 



quality 30 1 00 3 00 



Premium Fiat Dutch. A popular and much esteemed variety, 



tender, aud of superior qualify 30 1 00 3 00 



Stone Mason. An improved variety of the Mason Drumhead, of 



sweet and tender quality 40 1 25 4 00 



Marblehead Mammoth Drumhead. The largest of all cabbages ; 



heads have beeu grown weighing sixty pounds. Far 



packei,25a 100 3 00 10 00 



Fottler's Improved Brunswick. An excellent second early and 



late variety, producing heads of large size aud fine quality. 75 2 50 8 00 



Red Dutch. Used almost exclusively for pickling 30 1 00 3 00 



Savoy Cabbage, Drumhead (American). The largest heading sort, 



of excellent flavor 40c. 125 4 00 



Drumhead (Imported) 30c. 100 3 00 



Green Globe. Smaller thau the above, heads quickly, of 



good quality 30c. 100 3 00 



Early Dwarf Ulm. A superior dwarf variety, of fine flavor 40c. 1 25 4 00 



COUVE TBONCHUDA or SEA-KALE CABBAGE. 



Per. pkt Oz. J£ lb. 

 A delicious vegetable, of sweet and delicate flavor, the leaf- 

 stalks forming a substitute for Sea-Kale. Sow early, and trans- 

 plant into rows two feet apart 15c. 75c. $2 50 



0AED00N. 



German, Kardon. — French, Cardon. — Spanish, Cm-do Hortense. 



Cardoon is grown for the mid-rib of the leaf, which requires to be blanched in the 

 same manner as Celery. Sow early in Spring, where the plants are to remain in drills 

 three feet apart, an inch and a half deep, and thin out the young plants to a foot apart 

 in the drills. 



Per oz. % lb. Lb. 



Large Spanish 50c. $2 00 $6 00 



CAEROT. 

 German, Mohre. — French, Carotte. — Spanish, Zanahoria. 



The Carrot, like all other root crops, delights in a sandy loam, deeply tilled. For 



early crops sow in Spring, as soon as the ground is in fair working order ; for later crops 



they may be sown any time until the middle of June. Sow in rows about fifteen inches 



apart, thinning out to three or four inches between the plants. 



Per oz. U lb. Lb. 



Early French Forcing. The earliest variety ; valuable for forcing ; 



root small, and of fine flavor 20c. 60c. $2 00 



Early Horn. An old and favorite sort, much esteemed for early 



Summer use 15c. 50c. 150 



Half Long Red. A variety intermediate in size and period of ma- 

 turity, between the preceding and Long Orange 15c. 50c. 150 



Long Orange. Roots of large size, equally adapted for garden or 



farm culture 15c. 50c. 1 50 



Altringham. Large and fine flavored ; an excellent sort 15c. 50c. 1 50 



Large White Belgian. A very productive kind, grown almost ex- 

 clusively for stock ; grows one-third out of the ground ; lower 

 part of the root white, that above ground greeu 10c. 30c. 1 00 



Yellow Belgian. When young, the roots are mild, delicate, and 



of good flavor; when full grown, valuable for stock 15c. 50c. 150 



