HENDERSON'S TESTED SEEDS FOR MARKET GARDENERS 



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Henderson's Black Valentine Bean. 



Ready for picking in 45 days from planting. Yields prodigiously. 

 Full, round, meaty pods of unsurpassed quality. 



Since we introduced this Bean it has been used very exten- 

 sively by the largest planters. In the South it is grown in 

 enormous quantities for shipment to the Northern Markets, and 

 it has become equally popular for growing on smaller areas. In 

 some respects it excels all other varieties; there is none that 

 bears so heavy a crop, and none which presents a more salable 

 appearance after long shipping. Moreover, the crop is produced 

 so quickly and the pods mature so uniformly, that the entire crop 

 can be gathered at one picking, a few weeks after planting which 

 is, of course, a great saving of labor. 



It should be picked as soon as the Beans have attained their 

 full size, as they are liable to develop more string than some sorts. 

 The pods are very long, almost round, pale green in color, and 

 are always most attractive in appearance. 



Price 50c. qt., S3. 60 peck, $14.00 bush. 



REFUGEE OR 1,000 TO 1. 



The best dwarf late, green-podded Snap Bean. 



A very popular market gardener's variety on account of its 

 exceeding productiveness. It is extensively grown for a fall 

 crop in both the north and south. The plants are strong, healthy, 

 and robust about 15 inches high, branching and bushy in growth. 

 The pods are of attractive appearance, round, long and slim, 

 light green in color, fleshy, solid and brittle, with but slight 

 string; tender and well flavored. This bean is the most popular 

 of all in the markets of large cities and is extensively used for 

 picking. Our strain is very fine, and will be found free from flat 

 pods. Price, 50c. qt, $3.60 pk., $14.00 bush. 



The Hodson Long-Pod Wax Bush Bean. 



Enormous Plants. Enormous Pods. Enormous Yielder. 

 Never Affected by Rust and Blight. 



This distinctive new type of bean is remarkable for great size 

 of plant and pod and wonderful productiveness. Outyielding 

 any other bush bean two to one on a given area. The strong, 

 sturdy plants often attain dimensions 2Yi feet in height, and 

 bear great quantities of long, meaty pods, measuring 7 to 8 

 inches in length. The ample foliage sheltering the pods from the 

 hot sun renders them exceptionally tender, brittle, and if picked 

 before too old they are stringless, and of fine quality. 



This variety is absolutely immune from bean diseases. Not a 

 trace of rust, blight or mildew has ever appeared on a plant 

 or pod in our trial grounds or fields during the years we have 

 been growing them. The Hodson Bush Bean comes in about 

 2 weeks after the earliest dwarf varieties, and for main crop is 

 now considered very important for both the private table and 

 for market growers on account of its phenomenal vigor and 

 productiveness. The plants should be thinned out to at least 

 6 inches apart in the rows on account of their great size. 



Price, 55c. qt., $4.20 peck, $16.00 bu. 



There is also a Hodson Green Pod Bush Bean. (See page 17). 



GOLDEN EYED WAX BEAN. 



An early, vigorous variety free from rust and blight, bearing 

 abundantly beautiful, tender, large flat, waxy-golden pods. It 

 grows \ l /2 feet high, holding the pods well off the ground. Price, 

 55c. qt., $4.20 peck, $16.00 bu. 



EGYPTIAN BEET. 



A standard extra early sort, being 10 to 12 days earlier than 

 the old Blood Turnip. The roots are round and flattened, of 

 good size and deep crimson in color; tops unusually small, making 

 it a good bunching sort. Our stock is specially selected for shape 

 and color, with even tops. Price, 20c. oz., 60c. \ lb., $2.00 lb. 



HENDERSON'S EXTRA EARLY ELECTRIC BEET. 



With the utmost confidence we urge the use of Electric for 

 earliest crops, it is not only early, but superior in every respect. 



The short, slender tops grow so erect, that it takes less room than 

 any other sort. It is supplanting other sorts as a greenhouse 

 crop. Large areas are sown in frames very early in spring, and 

 the frames removed to mature the crop. The roots are round, 

 smooth, clean and of fine color. It makes a perfect bunch and 

 the quality is excellent. Price, 25c. oz., 85c. | lb., $3.00 lb. 



ECLIPSE BEET. 



One of the best to follow after the very early sorts. When 

 young it may be bunched, but it is also used as a basket beet, 

 and is known and sells freely on every market. It is medium in 

 size, the tops small for size of root, the outer color is dark and 

 the flesh strongly ringed in two shades of red. Price, 20c. oz., 

 70c. | lb., $2.60 lb. 



DETROIT DARK RED BEET 



A fine strain of turnip-shaped Beet. Valuable for its remark- 

 able uniformity and smoothness, size, medium flesh fine-grained 

 tender and remaining so for a long time; admirable for either 

 summer or fall use. The flesh is of good color, roots smooth, 

 uniformly round and never woody. The tops are dark-colored 

 and vigorous. It is not much used for bunching but will be 

 found good to store for winter marketing, for when topped and 

 headed in measures it is very showy. Price, 20c. oz., 70c. \ lb., 

 $2.60 lb. 



Note: It is an excellent variety for winter storage, and to 

 market in the basket, where its attractive appearance commands 

 a ready sale. It is not much used for bunching. 



CROSBY'S EGYPTIAN BEET. 



One of the best for the first open ground crop. The tops are 

 medium in size, the root round and slightly flattened. The flesh 

 is strongly marked in two shades of red. It bunches well, and is 

 of good quality. This variety produces a proportion of pale 

 fleshed roots. These have lighter colored tops and may be taken 

 out when thinning. (See engraving.) Price, 20c. oz., 45c. J lb., 

 $2.50 lb. 



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