PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE 



BEETS 



Henderson's Selected Money Making 

 Strains for Market Gardeners 



Crosby's Egyptian, Henderson's Special 



This is one of the earliest beets on the market, and it is undoubtedly the most 

 desirable small beet for early market purposes, because it attains a presentable 

 shape in a shorter space of time than any other variety. 



The color is an intense, deep red, almost black; and the flesh is sweet and 

 tender. The root is smooth, round, and slightly flattened and the tops are small 

 in size. "Crosby's Special" is a very rapid grower, and can be sown as late as 

 July with a good return. 



The strain we offer is very fine and uniform in shape and color. {See engrav- 

 ing.) Price, oz. 20c, J£ lb. 40c, lb. $1.25, 25 lb. lots @ $1.00 lb. 



Early Wonder 



It keeps well, and is especially suitable for fall sowing because it 

 matures two weeks earlier than any other marketable beet. One of 

 its best points is that entire fields of it are harvested at one operation 

 because all the roots mature at the same time. {See engraving.) Price, 

 oz. 20c, y± lb. 40c, lb. $1.25, 25 lb. lots @ $1.00 lb. 



Henderson's 

 Detroit Dark Red Special Stock 



tt is very valuable to the market gardener on account of the uni- 

 formity in shape of its very smooth roots, and its consistently dark 

 red color; there being no light colored roots in this stock, often found 

 in some selections of Detroit Dark Red. As a market sort it is unsur- 



Price, oz. 20c, ]4 lb. 40c, lb. $1.25, 25 



passable, 

 lb. lots (3 



{See engraving.) 

 $1.00. 



Henderson's Crimson Globe. 



It needs no recommenda- 

 tion to those who have 

 grown it. It is of medium size, generally about 3 inches in diameter 

 very handsome in shape, a little deeper than round, with a smooth, 

 even surface. The leaves are rich crimson in color, borne on slender 

 stems, which grow quite compactly, and are thus easily removed. The 

 flesh is deep crimson, ringed and zoned in varying shades. A grand 

 second early and main crop variety. Price, oz. 20c, }4 lb. 40c, 

 lb. $1.10, 25 lb. lots @ 90c lb. 



A leading variety of good color and of fine quality- 

 oz. 20c, \i lb. 40c, lb. $1.10, 25 lb. lots @ 



Hendersons 

 . Special 



Crosby's Egyptian. *££ 



95c lb. 



t" i« One of the best to follow after the very early sorts. When young 



HCJipse. £ t ma y b e bunched, but it is also used as a basket beet, and is 

 known and sells freely on every market. It is medium in size, the tops small 

 for size of root, the outer color is dark and the flesh strongly ringed in two shades 

 of red. Price, oz. 15c, M lb. 35c, lb. $1.00, 25 lb. lots @ 90c lb. 

 pj j> A handsome, uniform, turnip-shaped Beet, smooth and of 



tamana S. g00( j s j ze . tops sma n ; nes h red; fine for late crop. Price, oz. 

 15c, M lb. 35c, lb. $1.00. 



FvtM F ar l v Fo-u-rktiar. An excellent early variety and considered by 

 LXLrd Ei«ny cgypiidn. many to be the best of the early gar den beets. 



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. Price, oz. 20c, % lb. 40c, lb. $1.10, 25 lb. lots 



@ 95c lb. 



65c- 



70c, 



Beet for "Greens" (Red Top). £f&JVE& @ feciS 

 Beet for "Greens" (Green Top) . £jBtoY& @ &?& 



I ~„~ C^„„tl, Rl,wwl 0«J An excellent late variety, a great im- 

 Long Smooth i5lOOd-KeCi. provem ent on ordinary stocks, and of 

 Price, oz. 15c, % lb. 35c, lb. 90c, 25 lb. lots @ 80c lb. 



intense dark red color. 



Less grading required and more attractive bunches are obtained from Henderson's Selected Stock of Beets. 



