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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK- 



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HENDERSON'S FAMOUS 



Prosperity Pea 



THE EARLIEST WRINKLED 

 or MAKKOW PEA GKOWN. 



SWEET. LUSCIOUS. TENDEK, ENOKMOUS 

 MAKKOW PEAS IN 



EARLY JUNE 



AS SOON AS YOU HAVE HERETOFORE 

 HAD THE ORDINARY EARLY KINDS. 



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Thomas Laxton 



PEA 



A FINE NEW EARLY WRINKLED 

 MARROW. 



An extra early wrinkled Marrow Pea that has 

 proven to be a valuable addition to this class. The 

 plant grows about 3 feet high, resembling that of 

 Prosperity, though a little darker in color and of 

 vigorous, hardy constitution, enabling it to be sown 

 with first earlies, coming in but three or four days 

 later than these round hard shell sorts. It is a heavy 

 and reliable cropper, of uniform, long, straight, square 

 ended, dark green pods, which are well filled with 

 7 to 8 large, rich-flavored, wrinkled marrow peas, 

 which are also of a deep green color, adding to their 

 attractiveness when served on the table. Thomas 

 Laxton is a good, reliable pea, uniformly constant 

 to type and about as earlv as Prosperitv, though 

 some report it 3 or 4 days later. 



Price, 15c. pkt, 35c. pt., 60c. qt., $4.00 pk. 



"We are just eating the last picking of the Thomas Laxton 

 Peas, i o-t are too modest in describing this variety. It deserves 

 your best praise. We all agree that it is the best and most delicious 

 pea we have ever grown or eaten anywhere. The dark, thick vines 

 loaded with pods are very distinct and the pods are so thick that 

 the peas remain fresh and in fine table condition for a long time, 

 while other varieties suffer and the pods drv up with the intense 

 heat - Mrs. WINNIE BROWER. Staunton. la. 



HIS grand, extra early, large-podded, 

 wrinkled marrow Pea — introduced 

 into America by us in 1897— has 

 each year increased in popular favor, not 

 only steadily but with whirlwind rapidity. 

 "Once grown it is thereafter indispensable," 

 is the way one of our customers puts it, 

 and it would seem as if every one who 

 plants our Prosperity Pea recommends it 

 to his neighbors, for the demand upon 

 us for the seed has annually increased to 

 such an extent that we have never yet 

 been able to reserve a sufficient supply 

 for stock seed purposes to allow us to 

 catch up with the demand. 



The distinctive merits of Henderson's 



Prosperity Pea over any other variety are 



its extreme earliness combined with its 



abundant production of immense pods, 



each filled with from 6 to 10 true, large, 



wrinkled marrow peas of the most delicious 



flavor — as large, as sweet and as tender 



as the finest late wrinkled marrow pea 



grown. When one considers that peas of this superior size and quality are 



ready for picking only a day or two later than the little round-seeded hard-shell 



"Extra Earlies," one realizes what a valuable acquisition our Prosperity Pea 



really is. 



The vine of Prosperity is of vigorous, robust growth, about 2\ feet high, heavy- 

 stemmed with luxuriant healthy foliage; it bears uniformly large, handsome 

 pods of large and luscious peas, and although it commences bearing so very 

 J early it continues for a long time; the peas also remain sweet and tender for 

 some time after they are fit to pick. (See cut.) 



Price, 15c. pkt., 35c. pt., 60c. qt., $4.00 pk. 



PURCHASERS PRAISE PROSPERITY PEAS: 



*'My Prosperity Peas are ahead of all others in this community." 



L. W. THOMAS. Yulaha, Fla. 

 "Have been gardening 27 years and never raised such fine peas as your Prosperitv." 



F. TESTIER. Dcs Moines. Iowa. 

 "My Prosperity Peas we began to pick June 17th. They are still blooming and bearing 

 {Aug. 8th). Many of the vines measure 5 feet. I have picked pods 5 inches in length." 



Prof. J. II. CLARK. Franklin Falls. X. H. 

 " Your Prosperity Peas we have used the last 3 year rutratib all p 



grown." JOHX 5. RL'SSEL, Woodfords, Maine. 



"I really feel that it is due you to tell you t'r. o:ir first peas of the season — your 



Prosper:! ;— for dinner on Decoration Day. Our g,:' 

 dry — notwithstanding this their growth was remarkable, and the 



MRS. Pis V. /. 



" The Prosperitv is certainly a fine pea, and very earlv. 

 days from planting." W. 0. < HUR //. II "... . V. V. 



" Henderson's Prosperity Peas are most delicious 

 never saw such peas. Don't think we shall pLmt an 



Mrs. J. E. RIXGLAND, If. : 

 " Your Prosperity Peas proved prolific; the man : p 'oped a let: 



and , when shelled , turned cut from eight to tan large peas from, 

 earliest large pea I ever kneiv. It is the sweetest, tenaerest 



:ES R. SLAUSOX, K. 



PEAS, BEANS and CORN we do NOT deliver free, but will do so if 5c. per pt. or 10c. per qt. is added to the price. 



