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TWO GRAND EARLY TABLE BEETS 



{Shown in Colors on Plate opposite) 



Our booklet "HENDERSON'S GARDEN CULTURE OF ROOT CROPS" gives full instructions for planting, cultivating and 

 also storing for winter, beets and all other root crops. It is written in plain language, easily understood by the amateur gardener. 



Sent free if asked for when ordering. 



Extra Early Egyptian Beet 



(Shown in colors on opposite page) 

 First in Flavor, First in^Color. First on the Table in Early Summer 

 An exceedingly early variety and considered by many to be the 

 best of the early garden beets. When sown in the open ground in 

 favorable weather, the roots may be pulled for table use in June 

 at which time they are as big as a small apple and their flavor is at 

 its best. The root is rounded and flattened, especially underneath; 

 grows almost entirely out of the ground, to which it is held by a 

 slender tap-root. The skin is very smooth; violet-red in color; 

 flesh of a dark blood color; leaves brownish-red, more or less mixed 

 with green. Every garden should contain a few rows of this first 

 early beet, an additional advantage of which is that the roots may 

 be grown very close together. (See colored illustration.) Price, 

 10c. pkt., 40c. oz., $1.40 H lb., $5.00 lb. 



HENDERSON'S 



Early Blood Turnip Beet 



(Shown in colors on opposite page) 

 This is a groat improvement upon the good old standard variety^ 

 Early Blood Turnip Beet. It is a great favorite with many 

 gardeners and is very attractive in appearance, the roots being 

 smooth and uniform, and the color deep blood rod. The flesh 

 is tender and swoet and it is an excellent variety for canning. 



This variety should be sown for a late crop on account of its 

 quickness in maturing. For winter storage it is unexcelled. 

 Price, 10c. pkt., 35c. oz., $1.20 \i lb., $4.00 lb. 



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ROOT CROPS SHOULD RECEIVE THE SPECIAL ATTENTION OF HOME GARDENERS 

 because by storing them in cellars, or in pits outside, a bountiful supply of vegetable food for the winter may be secured. 



Ghantenay Carrot 



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This splendid Carrot belongs to the half-long "stump" or blunt- 

 rooted type, but differs from all others of this class by its greater girth, 

 bulk and consequent yield. It averages 6 to 7 inches in length, is broad 

 at the neck, narrowing gradually to the round, blunt base, therefore is 

 easily harvested. The flesh, almost free from core, is of rich orange-red 

 and of the finest table quality; fine-grained, tender, juicy and delicately 

 flavored. Chantenay Carrot is an excellent variety for use either for 

 an early crop or a main crop. In the latitude of New York sow as 

 early as possible for early carrots, certainly not later than the end of 

 April, so that the roots will mature before July. The roots of course 

 are best when used young. For a main crop sow Chantenay from 

 June 1st to June 20th. Carrots split and grow rooty if checked in 

 growth. This may be avoided by water- 

 ing when dry, and by an occasional ap- 

 plication of liquid manure. 



Price, 10c. pkt., 35c. oz., $1.20 -*d^^H 

 \i lb., $4.00 lb. 



HENDERSON'S SELECTED 



Half-Long Danvers Carrot 



(Shown in colors on opposite page) 

 A handsome, half-long cylindrical, stump-rooted Carrot of good 

 size and of a rich, dark orange color; it grows to a large size; is 

 smooth, and the flesh very close in texture with very little core. 

 It is a first-class Carrot for all soils and has yielded 25 to 30 tons 

 per acre, with the smallest length of root of any now grown. It is 

 more easily harvested than the longer types and is excellent to 

 store for winter, for stock or table use. Price, 10c. pkt., 35c. oz., 

 $1.20 )i lb., $4.00 lb. 



"From Henderson's seeds I raised the finest lot of vegetables in this part 

 of the country. I wish you could see my cellar, I have Carrots eight inches 

 long and three inches in diameter, big round beets and celery eighteen inches 

 to two feet high. Everything grew fine." 



Oct. 30, 1917. MAXWELL HILL, Skillman, N. J. 



" Your Carrots are way ahead of any others that I know about." 

 Mrs. ELIZABETH IIARNSBERGER. 

 April 6, 1917. Prescotl, Wis. 



" The seeds we received were very fine and we want especially 

 to mention the Carrot." II. J. DONAVIN, 



Aug. 7, 1917. 4915 N. Sawyer Ave., Chicago, III. 



Your Carrots were the best I ever saw. My crop 



g made some new customers for you after I told them 



where I got the seed." MARTIN GINERTY. 



Jan. 10, 1917. Tyngsboro, Mass. 



should boom your Carrots, 

 deserve more recognition." 

 FRANK B. ENGEL, 

 , 234 West Main St., 

 msterdam, N. Y 

 "Previous to eating 

 Henderson s Car- 

 rots I did not care 

 for that kind of 

 vegetable, but since 

 we raised some of 

 those last year and 

 learned their flavor I 

 cannot get enough of 

 them." 



DEN BURGH, 

 ' Allen St., 



Albany, N. Y. 



Mail Your Orders Early, say in January or February. 



Supplies of many varieties are short, and the demand will 

 probably be greater than ever. 



