HENDERSON'S TESTED SEEDS FOR MARKET GARDENERS 



HENDERSON'S SPECIALTIES IN 



Vegetable SeedsiMarketGardeners 



THIS LIST CANCELS ALL PREVIOUS OFFERS NOT ACCEPTED. 



IMPORTANT NOTICE. — The prices herein quoted on vegetable seeds are based on customers paying delivery charges when sent either by express or freight but 

 here is a plan whereby it rests with you whether WE pay the freight or YOU. If you send the order to us direct WE WILL on purchases of vegetable seeds from 

 this list to the value of $10.00 and upwards, DELIVER FREE by freight or express, at our option, to any railroad station in the United States, PROVIDED, that 

 at least half of the order is composed of small seeds — that is, any vegetable seeds in the list other than Peas, Beans, Corn, Onion Sets and Potatoes. If your own 

 order does not amount to $10.00 you can avail yourself of this offer by combining your order with one or more of your neighbors. (Prices in this list subject to 

 change without notice. 1 



WHEN SEEDS ARE DESIRED BY MAIL, Postage must be added at the Zone Rate. Peas. Beans, and Corn weigh 2 lbs. per quart (postal weight.) See table of 

 Zones and Rates on page 2 of cover. Packets, ounces and quarter pounds are mailed free. Half pounds will be supplied at pound rates; half pecks at peck rates; 

 half bushels at bushel rates. We will allow 25% on seeds purchased by the packet from our retail catalogue. Where prices are not quoted on items in this catalogue 

 they may be had on application. 



henderson;s B|ack Valentine Bean. 



Ready for picking in 45 days from planting. Yields pro- 

 digiously. Full, round, meaty pods of unsurpassed quality. 



Since we introduced this Bean it has been used very exten- 

 sively by the largest planters. In the South it is grown in 

 enormous quantities for shipment to the Northern Markets, and 

 it has become equally popular for growing on smaller areas. In 

 some respects it excels all other varieties; there is none that 

 bears so heavy a crop, and none which presents a more salable 

 appearance after long shipping. Moreover, the crop is produced 

 so quickly and the pods mature so uniformly, that the entire 

 crop can be gathered at one picking, a few weeks after planting 

 which is, of course, a great saving of labor. 



It should be picked as soon as the Beans have attained their 

 full size, as they are liable to develop more string than some 

 sorts. The pods are very long, almost round, pale green in color, 

 and are always most attractive in appearance. (See engraving.) 



Price, 65c. qt., $4.70 peck, $18.00 bush. 



Refugee or 1000 to 1. 



The best dwarf late, green-podded Snap Bean. 



A very popular market gardener's variety on account of its ex- 

 ceeding productiveness. It is extensively grown for a fall crop 

 in both the north and south. The plants are strong, healthy, 

 and robust about 15 inches high, branching and bushy in 

 growth. The pods are of attractive appearance, round, long 

 and slim, light green in color, fleshy, solid and brittle, with 

 but slight string; tender and well flavored. This bean is the 

 most popular of all in the markets of large cities and is exten- 

 sively used for pickling. Our strain is very fine, and will be 

 found free from flat pods. 



Price, 65c. qt., $4.70 pk., $18.00 bush. 



"I take pleasure in writing you about the Refugee Beans you shipped me. — / 

 tested the seeds from each bag — over qo% good and I got a perfect stand — inferior 

 seed was planted around here and planters had to plant over." 



D. T. WEST, Charleston. S. C. 



' I am pleased to say that I have grown your Refugee Beans this season and have 

 harvested the best crop I ever had. I use your seeds and no other." 



B. F. HULL. Jensen. Fla. 



The Hodson L0 S? A p x 0[> 



Bush Bean. 



Enormous Plants. Enormous Pods. Enormous Yielder. 

 Never Affected by Rust and Blight. 



This distinctive new type of bean is remarkable foJ 

 great size of plant and pod and wonderful productiveness, 

 outyielding any other bush bean two to one on a given 

 area. The strong, sturdy plants often attain dimensions 

 2\ feet in height, and bear great quantities of long, meaty 

 pods, measuring 7 to 8 inches in length. The ample 

 foliage sheltering the pods from the hot sun renders them 

 exceptionally tender, brittle, and if picked before too old 

 they are stringless, and of fine quality. 



This variety is absolutely immune from bean dis. 

 Not a trace of rust, blight or mildew has ever appeared on 

 a plant or pod in our trial grounds or fields during the 

 years we have been growing them. The Hodson Bush 

 Bean comes in about 2 weeks after the earliest dwarf 

 varieties, and for main crop is now considered very im- 

 portant for both the private table and for market growers 

 on account of its phenomenal vigor and productive- 

 ness. The plants should be thinned out to at least t'> in 

 apart in the rows on account of the size. 



Price, 70c. qt., $5.20 peck, $20.00 bu. 



FOR COMPLETE LIST OF BEANS SEE PAGE 11 & 12. 



