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



Water Melons. 



FLORIDA FAVORITE. 



One of the earliest and 

 best melons, attaining 

 enormous size; succeeding further North than 

 other large varieties, rind thin but hard, mottled 

 light and dark green ; flesh clear crimson almost 

 to the rind: flavor sweet and melting. Price, 

 10c. oz., 25c. i lb., 70c. lb. 



KOLB'S GEM. 



A short, thick, very large 

 Melon, dark green marbled 

 lighter; flesh red, quality fair. As a shipper it 

 has hardly an equal. Largeh^ grown, par- 

 ticularly in the South, for shipment to Xorthern 

 markets. Price, 10c. oz., 20c. i lb., 50c. lb. 



GOLF'S EARLY '^ delicious and productive 

 variety succeeding in Northern 

 States where melons never ripened before. 

 The melons are seldom over 12 by 9 inches, but 

 make up for lack of size by bearing prolifically 

 throughout the season. Flesh bright red and 

 luscious, cool, sparkling and sweet. Price, 

 10c. oz., 30c. J lb., 80c. lb. 



For our Complete List of Water Melons, 

 See Page 40. 



MUSHKOOM SPAWN. 



FRENCH VTRGIN MUSHROOM SPAWN. 



This spawn is produced by a neiu method direct from virgin 

 spores secured from the flnest type of healthy, large, white 

 French Mushrooms. These being propagated in a sterilized 

 medium insure freedom from inferior types as well as the 

 bacterial enemies so often prevalent in ordinary spawn. Virgin 

 Mushroom Spawn is sold in coinpressed tablets measuring 3?jx2 A x 

 1 i inches, to be split into four portions, each portion to be planted 

 ten to twelve inches apart. Fidl cidtural instructions for Virgin 

 Spawn to every purchaser, Ti'hich shoidd he carefidly followed. 

 Price of tablets, 10c. each, $1.10 per. doz., $7.50 per 100. 

 HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR ENGLISH. 



Mushrooms may be grown by any one having a supply of 

 fresh horse manure and a tight shed or cellar, or tinder a green- 

 house bench where a temperature of 50 or 60 degrees can be 

 evenly maintained. They make a most profitable crop when 

 successfully grown, and the American market is the best in the 

 world for this most delicious of foods. Frequent importations 

 of our Superior English Spawn insure freshness and active 

 mycelium. It is sold in bricks weighing about 1\ lbs.; enough 

 to plant a bed about 9 square feet. Price, ICc. 

 50 lbs., $3.75, 100 lbs., $7.00. 



" Your English Mushrooni Spawn shipped to me in January lias 

 produced a fine crop." E. E. SLOCUM. East Provide^^e R. I. 



HENDERSON'S SUPERIORf 



kEo'^' WETHERSFIELD ONION 



UNIVERSALLY POPULAR. 



A Leading Variety in all Sections. 



Produces Enormous Crops of Enormous Onions, all 

 Clean, Solid, Heavy and Perfect. No " Thick Necks." 

 Sure Cropper. Long Keeper. Unequalled Shipper. 



HENDERSON'S LARGE RED WETHERSFIELD is 



a grand red variety and a general favorite. With the 

 exception of the Yellow Globe Danvers, there is no 

 variety so largely grown. Our stock is excellent, being 

 saved from only carefully selected bulbs, and will 

 invariably grow to a large size under proper conditions, 

 quite free from necky and misshapen bulbs. The 

 surface color is a rich dark red. It is an early variety 

 to mature and a fine keeper. The flavor is good and 

 mild, admirable for boiling. {See cut.) Price, 

 20c. oz., 50c. \ lb., $1.70 lb. (10 lbs. and over at $1.65 lb. ) 



" I like your stock of Large Red Wethersfield Onion better than any 

 other. I feel confident when I plant, as I knoui it will always produce a 

 good sale crop." J.AS. BEASLEY , Duluth. Mass. 



AMERICAN " PURE CULTURE " MUSHROOM SPAWN. 



Recent discoveries in the production of Mushroom Spawn 

 enable pure cultures to be taken direct from selected specimens 

 of specific varieties, insuring a greater yield of more uniform and 

 marketable product than spawn " run " from hit-and-miss, 

 large, small and unevenly shaped and colored varieties of mush- 

 rooms. 



It is sold in bricks measuring about 8ix5^xli inches. Each 

 brick weighs from li to 1^ lbs., sufficient to spawn an area of 

 9 square feet. 



Price, per lb., 18c., 8 lbs. for $1.15, per 100 lbs., $12.50. 



"uaflItT How to Grow Onions for Home and Market, l":l^^^ne\l7ioTltl: Free to Customers if Asked for. 



