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EARLY HACKEN5ACK 

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BUSH 

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LONG SEASON 

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SILVER MOON 

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DR.W.VAN FLEET 

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RADIANCE 

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MAMMOTH 

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BIG 

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It has been justly said that "he who makes two blades of grass grow, 

 where only one grew before, is a greater benefactor to mankind than the greatest 

 conqueror who ever drew sword." 



Our firm, since its foundation by the late Peter Henderson in 1847, has 

 played no inconsiderable part in improving — what are to the human race — the 

 most important of all plants, edible vegetables. 



By means of this symbolic design which we call our Honor Arch we desire to 

 recall to the recollection of our friends both old and new — and we have some old 

 friends who have dealt with us for more than half a century — some of the good things 

 in vegetables, grains and flowers which we have introduced. Scarcely a year has 

 passed since our business was founded that has not witnessed some new introduction 

 or improvement by us in seeds, plants and bulbs. Naturally some of them have 

 been much more important than others and therefore have created a greater stir 

 in horticultural circles. 



Among them we may mention Henderson's Snowball Cauliflower, Henderson's 

 Early Jersey Wakefield and Succession Cabbages, Henderson's White Plume 

 Celery, Japanese Buckwheat, and Henderson's First of All Pea. In later years we 

 introduced Henderson's Ponderosa Tomato, Henderson's Country Gentleman 

 Sweet Corn, Henderson's Bountiful Bean, and Henderson's Prosperity Pea. 



In all these endeavors, spread over a long series of years, we have always kept 

 one guiding principle before us, viz., to improve and enhance the QUALITY of all 

 our products. 



We have not striven blindly for size alone, irrespective of the nature of the 

 plant we were trying to improve. 



A very good example is to be found in Henderson's Ponderosa Tomato, noted 

 for its great size. This we have, by constant care in selecting for seed, also greatly 

 improved in quality and increased in solidity. 



Our Honor Arch would need to be drawn twice the size to contain the names of 

 all the varieties of vegetables, flowers and grains that we have introduced, but those 

 we have placed there are such as have been, and are likely to remain, standard sorts. 



The books on gardening written by the late Peter Henderson are used as 

 the foundation stones of our honor arch, because they have enabled thousands of 

 amateurs to embark in business as market gardeners and florists, and by thus pointing 

 out the way to successful culture, have added millions of dollars to the wealth of 

 the nation. 



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