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



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SWEET CORN 



MEDIUM EARLY 

 VARIETIES 



Henderson's 



Golden Country Gentleman 



"I am pleased to report a yield of 14,200 ears of 

 your Metropolitan Sweet Corn from one acre. 



P. W. FAGEN, E. Norton, Mass. 



"Your Metropolitan Sweet Corn is the most satis- 

 factory variety I have ever grown, being almost as 

 early as any others. The ears were large and 

 delicious." J. D. MANOR, New Market, Va. 



We have only offered this variety at retail 

 up to the present time, owing to the small 

 supply of seed available. This year we will 

 have enough seed to enable us to offer 

 Golden Country Gentleman to our Market 

 Garden trade. Judging from our experience 

 with it and reports from our critical private 

 trade we are confident this variety will be a 

 winner for the Market trade as well. 



Golden Country Gentleman is a cross be- 

 tween the white Country Gentleman and a 

 sweet yellow variety, therefore the quality is 

 a great improvement on the white variety; 

 noted as that is for its nectar-like sweetness. 

 It is quite a prolific variety, most stalks pro- 

 ducing two good ears. (See engraving.) 

 Price, qt. 80c, pk. $5.00, bush. $18.00. 



Early Champion. This standard sort 



has stood the test 

 of many years of cultivation. It is grown 

 extensively both by private and market 

 gardeners as it comes into bearing immedi- 

 ately after the early sorts. It is a sure crop- 

 per, ears are medium to large in size, pure 

 white. Price, qt. 55c, pk. $2.50, bush. $9.00. 



Early Mammoth. Vei 7 i ar g e dee P; 



grained ears, well 

 filled at tip and butt; of fine quality, and a 

 good shipper. Price, qt. 55c, pk. $2.50, 

 bush. $9.00. 



Golden Rod, Henderson's, o 2 e 



of the 

 best of the yellow varieties — a cross between 

 Golden Bantam and Stowell's Evergreen, 

 having the merits of both parents. The 

 plants are 6 to 7 feet high, strong, profuse 

 leaved, and bear on each stalk, at a conve- 

 nient height, two ears lavishly packed with 

 delicious golden grained, ears 8 to 9 in. long — 

 deliriously sweet. Price, qt. 55c, pk. $2.50, 

 bush. $9.00. 



HENDERSONS 



Metropolitan 



A Great Favorite on the Market. Ready 

 Right After the Extra Early Sorts 



There has never been any one variety 

 of Corn besides Metropolitan that combined 

 the essential features of earliness, productive- 

 ness, and good flavor in a satisfactory degree. 

 In these important characteristics, Metro- 

 politan certainly outclasses any other variety. 



Metropolitan is just about a week later 

 than the very early sorts, and is equal in 

 quality to the main crop varieties. It grows 

 about 53^2 ft. high. The ears are 9 inches 

 long, 10 to 12 rowed, well filled to the tip 

 with large grains of excellent quality. It is 

 a sturdy plant and grows easily. The best, 

 the largest, the sweetest and the biggest 

 yielder of all Early Sweet Corn. The ears 

 have a liberal husk, which insures a fresh 

 condition on reaching the market. (See en- 

 graving.) Price, qt. 55c, pk. $2.50, bush. 

 $9.00. 





The American Public is Sweet Corn hungry. Grow enough — extend the season to its limits by growing early medium and late sorts. 



