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EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES— Continued 



Henderson's Famous Early Pea 



♦PROSPERITY OR GRADUS 



The Largest Highly Flavored Early Pea Grown in the United States 



The problem of good early Peas was finally and completely solved many years ago 

 when we introduced Prosperity. Some of our customers pick them as early as June 

 3d. Others have gathered Peas on May 26th, 55 days from the time of sowing. 



Prosperity should be planted a little thicker than other large-podded sorts, as the 

 vine is singly stemmed and consequently occupies less room than the heavier grow- 

 ing, branching varieties. This is one of its valuable features, for a large crop is pro- 

 duced in a comparatively small space. The vines are three feet high, light green in 

 color; the pods are borne singly and freely from top to bottom of the vine and contain 

 from six to nine Peas as large and as rich in flavor as the Telephone and weeks earlier. 

 (See engraving.) Price, qt. 60c, peck $3.25, bush. $12.00. 



* r phomaS Laxton. An extra early, wrinkled Marrow Pea of great merit. It 

 grows about 3 feet high, resembling Prosperity. It is of 

 vigorous, hardy constitution, enabling it to be planted with first earliest, coming in a 

 few days later than the round, hard-shell sorts. It produces a heavy crop of long, straight, 

 square-ended, dark green pods, well filled with 7 to 8 large, rich-flavored deep green 



wrinkled rrfarrow peas. It is a good 

 reliable pea, uniformly constant type 

 and about as early as Prosperity. 

 Price, qt. 60c, peck $3.25, bush. 

 $12.00. 



"World's Record." A recent 



develop- 

 ment — -the most improved of the 

 Gradus type. The vines are two ft. 

 high, very productive. The pods 

 are four inches long, very dark green. 

 Price, qt. 60c, peck $3.25, bush. 

 $12.00. 



"7 had fine success last year with Henderson's 

 Seeds. I had Peas, the Prosperity, on June 5th 

 — 50 davs after planting." 



CHAS. F. COMFORT, Moline, 111. 



"The seeds purchased from, you last year 

 were satisfactory in every respect. I wish to 

 especially commend your Prosperity Peas, 

 which yielded a wonderful crop." 



MR. P. C. AHERN, Greenwich, Conn. 



"I am very pleased with your seeds. Your 

 Prosperity Peas last year were the finest I ever 

 grew." 



MRS. E. TORBERC, Worcester, Mass. 



MEDIUM EARLY VARIETIES 



*LAXTONIAN 



The Most Productive of All Dwarf Early Peas. The Largest Pods 



This valuable variety represents the highest advance in dwarf early Pea breeding. 



The dark, green vines grow only 16 to 18 inches in height, are hardy, vigorous and 



healthy, require no supporting trellis, and bear in abundance giant dark green pods, 



averaging 4^ inches in length with 8 to 10 large wrinkled blue-green Peas double 



the size of any other early dwarf variety and having the true rich marrow flavor, 



of the best of the tall main crop English Marrowfat Peas. Ready for market in 



from 40 to 45 days or a few days earlier than Prosperity. The deep green color 



of the pods and Peas is maintained for several days rendering it exceptionally 



desirable for market gardener's trade. Price, qt. 75c, peck $3.75, bush. $14.00. 



LaxtOll's Progress. A fine early dwarf pea. Vines strong and only 

 = about eighteen inches in height. Ihisisoneot 



the Laxtonian type, but an improvement on the varieties first introduced, 

 as the pods are larger and dark green in color, and well-filled with peas 

 of excellent quality. Laxton's Progress is a good shipper and an ex- 

 cellent sort for all purposes. Price, qt. 75c, peck $3.75, bush. $14.00. 



It is the opinion of some authorities that aphis are the primary cause for 

 the introduction of blight on Pea vines. They devitalize the plants and the 

 perforations made by them allow entrance to the blight fungi. 



If your seed order amounts to Ten Dollars or more and at least Half the value is in small seeds we will pay the delivery charges to 

 any freight, express or post office in the United States (see special offer page 1) 



