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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE. 



HENDERSON'S IMPROVED 

 New York Spineless Egg Plant. 



A vastly superior type; the plants are of low stocky, branching 

 habit and absolutely free from spines. It is very early and pro- 

 duces a large crop of handsome purple fruits of the largest size 

 and finest quality; the plants usually bear 8 to 10 immense 

 fruits. Price, 45c. oz., $1.60 \ lb., $5.00 lb. 



Kale Siberian. 



Green, curly leaves, tender and of delicate flavor. 



Our stock of this well-known variety is carefully selected to a 

 uniform type, which is far superior to the strains usually sold. 

 In color it cannot be surpassed. Its uniformly dwarf habit 

 renders it particularly valuable for wintering over in the South 

 for spring marketing. Price, 15c. oz., 45c. \ lb., $1.50 lb. 



Black Beauty Egg Plant. 



A handsome, early, large variety of great merit, a prolific 

 producer of uniformly large, purple black fruits of fine quality, 

 developing with rapidity and ready about two weeks earlier 

 than other large sorts. Price, 45c. oz., $1.60 \ lb., $6.00 lb. 



Dwarf Green Curled Scotch Kale. 



Largely grown for supplying "greens" during the fall, winter 

 and spring; also used small, like spinach; also useful in garnish- 

 ing. The plants are hardy above zero; frost improves the 

 quality. The leaves are very large, deeply curled and fringed, 

 and of that desirable rich bright green color; the plants are of 

 very dwarf, even growth, the leaves hugging the ground, so 

 that they are not broken off by heavy, wet snow, as often happens 

 with taller types. Price, 20c. oz., 55c. | lb., $1.75 lb. 



HENDERSON'S BIG BOSTON LETTUCE. 



A GRAND LARGE CABBAGE LETTUCE 



For either Early Summer or Fall use. Big, Compact, Tender and Crisp, White Heads. 



This grand variety, introduced into cultivation by us several years ago, has proved to be most valuable, steadily gaining in 

 popularity until it is now more extensively grown than any other kind of lettuce, either for the private table or for sale, North, 

 South, East or West; whether grown in the open ground for summer and fall use, or in frames for spring, or forced cool in 

 greenhouse for winter use, it invariably gives both grower and user the utmost satisfaction, producing during all seasons, under 

 ordinarily favorable conditions, splendid, large, buttery-yellow heads, packed with thoroughly blanched leaves crisp, tender and 

 sweet, delighting both the palate and the eye. This grand variety makes a handsome plant, with but few outside leaves, 

 and stands long before bolting to seed. Although Big Boston is one of our best large-heading midsummer lettuces, it is also 

 peculiarly adapted for late Fall culture; large areas of it may be seen in the vicinity of New York as late as Nov. 15th; a slight 

 covering of salt marsh hay amply protects the plants from hard frosts, and when cut for market the leaves are as fresh, bright 

 and untinged as if in midsummer. Thousands of acres of it are grown during the winter in Florida and other Southern States for 

 shipping to Northern markets; as far north as Maine it is a won- 

 derfully popular summer lettuce; in fact, we know of no other 

 variety that gives such general satisfaction under so many varied 

 conditions. (See engraving.) Price, 20c. oz., 50c. \ lb., $1.50 lb., 

 10 lbs. and upwards, $1.40 lb. 



American "Pure Culture" Mushroom Spawn. 



Recent discoveries in the production of Mushroom 

 Spawn enable pure cultures to be taken direct from selected 

 specimens of specific varieties, insuring a greater yield of 

 more uniform and marketable product than spawn "run" 

 from hit-and-miss large, small and unevenly shaped and -^ 

 colored varieties of mushrooms. It is sold in bricks meas 

 uring about 8^ 



jxlj inches. Each brick weighs 

 from lj to \\ lbs. sufficient to spawn an area of 9 square 

 feet. Price "per brick, 27c, 50 bricks $12.00, 100 bricks 

 $23.00. Purchaser pays transportation. 



Henderson's Superior English Mushroom Spawn. 



Mushrooms may be grown by any one having a supply of 

 fresh horse manure and a tight shed or cellar, or under a 

 greenhouse bench where a temperature of 50 to 60 degrees 

 can be evenly maintained. They make a most profitable 

 crop when successfully grown, and the 

 American market is the best in the world 

 for this most delicious of foods. Frequent 

 importation of our Superior English Spawn 

 insure freshness and active mycelium. It is 

 sold in bricks weighing about lj lb.; 

 enough to plant a bed about 9 square feet. 



Price, 23c. brick., 50 bricks, $10.50, 

 100 bricks, $20.00. Purchaser pays trans- 

 portation. 



Ruby King Pepper. 



A popular, large-fruiting variety very 

 prolific and very early. The peppers aver- 

 age 5 to 6 inches long by 9 to 10 inches in 

 girth; color glossy ruby-crimson when ripe; 

 flesh, thick, mild and sweet. It is the most 

 desirable sort to grow for Northern Mar- 

 kets. Price, 40c. oz., $1.40 J lb., $5.00 lb. 



