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



HENDERSON'S SPECIALTIES IN 



Vegetable Seeds^Market Gardeners 



IMPORTANT NOTICE. — -The prices herein quoted on vegetable seeds are based on customers paying delivery charges when sent either by express or freight, but 

 here is a plan whereby it rests with you whether WE pay the freight or YOU. If you send the order to us direct WE WILL on purchases of vegetable seeds from this list 

 4o the value of $10.00 and upwards. DELIVER FREE by freight or express, at our option, to any railroad station in the United States, PROVIDED, that at least 

 naif of the order is composed of small seeds — that is, any vegetable seeds in the list other than Peas, Beans, Corn, Onion Sets and Potatoes. If your own order 

 does not amount to $10.00, you can avail yourself of this offer by combining your order with one or more of your neighbors, 



WHEN SEEDS ARE DESIRED BY MAIL, Postage must be added at the rate of 8c. per lb. On Peas, Beans and Corn, 10c. per quart. Packets, ounces and 

 quarter pounds are mailed free. Half pounds will be supplied at pound rates; half pecks at peck rates; half bushels at bushel rates. We allow 25% off packet prices. 

 "but prices of all other quantities are net. 



THis List Cancels All Previous Offers Not Accepted September 1st, 1913. 



PALMETTO ASPARAGUS KOOTS. 



'(Ready in November for the South, in March and April for the North.) 

 The Palmetto is much earlier, is a better yielder and is more even and 

 Tegular in. its growth than Conover's Colossal. The Palmetto has now 

 been planted in all parts of the country, and the reports prove that it is 

 •equally well adapted for all sections, North and South, although it was 

 •originally a variety of southern origin. Its quality is even better than 

 the Colossal. (See cut.) Price of two-year old roots, $1.00 per 100, 

 *6.00 per 1000 (500 at 1000 rates). 



Conover's Colossal Asparagus Roots. 



Price of two-year-old roots, 75c. per 100, S4.50 per 1000. (500 at 

 1000 rates.) (For Asparagus Seed, see page 33.) 



H enderson's Earhest R ec j Valentine Bean. 



America's Standard Green-Podded Dwarf Snap Bean. 



This grand variety is a great improvement over the original 

 Red Valentine, which it has now entirely supplanted, being fully 

 ten days earlier; often ready to pick in forty-five days from sowing. 

 The healthy, vigorous plants are unusually hardy, withstanding 

 frosts that kill other varieties; it may therefore be planted very 

 early. This, with its quick development, makes it the earliest 

 large-podded variety, and on this account it is extensively grown 

 by truckers, over wide sections of the country. 



It produces a large crop of handsome, long, round, fleshy pods, rich 

 green in color and of unsurpassed tenderness and quality when 

 gathered young, when it is practically stringless. It is the Standard 

 Snap Bean, not only for the earliest but for successive plantings, 

 bearing up to frost. (See cut.) Price, 25c. qt., $1.40 pk., $5.00 bush. 



H enderson's B) ac k Valentine Bean. 



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

 Full, round, meaty pods of unsurpassed tenderness and quality. 



Possesses all the merits of our old favorite Red Valentine, and, 

 in addition has other valuable points. The pod is fully one-third 

 longer than the Red Valentine. Perfectly round and straight, 

 and of a beautiful soft green color. It is also equally early, but 

 has another advantage in that it is more suitable for late planting. 

 In a test conducted in the fall, we found that Black Valentine was 

 fully as useful as Extra Early Refugee, being equally as hardy 

 while the beans were produced in enormous quantities. For any 

 purpose, or at any time of the year, this bean will be found exceed- 

 ingly valuable to all classes of growers. Price, 



