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



Henderson's Perfected Salamander Lettuce. 



Extra Selected Market Gardeners Strain. 



f ^This is one of the standard vegetables introduced by us, and the de- 

 mand for it has steadily increased until it is the leading variety grown 

 by market gardeners for summer heading. 



Lettuces naturally thrive better during the cooler weather or spring 

 and fall than in a torrid summer, the season really when such crisp, cool- 

 ing salad is in great demand, consequently there has been bred a num- 

 ber of heat-resisting or summer lettuces, among which our Perfected 

 Salamander is the acknowledged leader. It forms good-sized, compact 

 and tender heads, creamy-white inside and of that desirable rich buttery 

 flavor, outer color, light green; 

 it remains longer in head without 

 running to seed than any other va- 

 riety and stands a great amount 

 of heat without burning. We 

 recommend it to critical market 

 gardeners. {See cut.) Price, 20c. 

 02., 50c. i lb., $1.50 lb. 



" The Salamander Lettuce I bought from 

 you last season produced the be'st Lettuce I 

 luive ei'er grown notwithstanding a very dry 

 season. ERNEST WESTOX. Xewpori. RJ 



" When my neighbors see your Sala- 

 mander Lettuce, they think they are cab- 

 bages. It's a grand Littuce here " 



.11. A. G.\RRETT. Patterson. La. 



GRAND KAPIDS 

 LETTUCE. 



C This does not form compact 

 heads but a large mass of beauti- 

 fully curly crisp leaves, tender 

 and delicious; it is the best of the 

 loose-leaved sorts. A rapid grower 

 and admirable for field or indoor- 

 ctdture, its upright habit pre- 

 vents leaf-rot when grown under 

 glass. Price, 15c. oz., 40c. \ lb., 

 $1.25 lb. 



Hendersons fsj^^ Tenderhcart Lettuce 



This is similar to the old Boston Market in general appearance, but 

 s superior to it in every way. The plant is of the same size, but the 

 head proper is much larger, and it has fewer outside leaves. Its value 

 to the market gardener lies in its remarkable uniformity, every plant 

 coming true to type, and in its ability to stand after ma- 

 turity without going to seed. It has the bright attractive 

 color of Salamander, though the outer leaves are a shade 

 darker. It is without doubt the best first early market 

 lettuce. (See cut.) 



Price, 25c. oz., 75c. \ lb., $2.50 lb. 



" / send my testimony of the merit of your Tender heart Lettuce. It 

 succeeded beyond mv expectations. The finest lettuce I ever grew." 



BEXOIT BARRIOS. Jesuites Bend. La. 



Mammoth Black Seeded Butter Lettuce 



An enormous heading variety of the popular old Black- 

 ■J Seeded Btitter, so extensively grown for .early field and 

 frame crops. 



This mammoth variety has broad, slightly undulated 

 leaves almost smooth, of the handsome pale green color 

 selling so well on the Eastern Markets. The very large 

 head is compact, tender, sweet and crisp ; from .30 to 40 

 heads fill a barrel. We recommend it for early spring, 

 and it is especially fine for late fall, but it is not a mid- 

 summer variety, as the heat is apt to scald it. It it some- 

 times sold as Mammoth Salamander. Price, 15c. oz., 

 40c. i lb., $1.25 lb. 



Henderson's New York Lettuce. 



THE KING OF SUMMER HEAD LETTUCES. 



A very large, robust-growing variety, rooting deeply, 

 resisting hot, dry weather, very slow to run to seed and a 

 sure header under most trying conditions. It produces 

 immense heads, often 15 and 16 inches across. The in- 

 terior blanches, creamy-white, crisp, and delicious, abso- 

 lutely free from bitterness. The outer color is of a distinct 

 apple-green. We introduced this variety a number of 

 years ago, and it has been extensively grown by our 

 customers in almost all sections of the country, from whom 

 we receive most gratifying reports. As a standard main 

 summer crop, hot-weather Lettuce it is in every way de- 

 sirable and has no equal but is not recommended for 

 forcing. Price, 10c. pkt., 15c. oz., 45c. \ lb., $1.50 lb. 



" 7 wish I had planted more X. Y. Lettuce for it beats all the rest. The 

 heads are fine, sweet and -.nice and sell very fast." 



M. F. KOXRADT. Belleville. III. 



FOR OUR COMPLETE LIST OF LETTUCES, THIRTY-ONE VARIETIES, SEE PAGE 39. 



