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



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Complete List of 



VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



LBEK. 



Carentan. Dwarf plant; leaves broad; stem short, but very thick 



Giant Italian. Similar to the preceding 



Large American Flag. A very, fine, and well-selected stock. It blanches from eight 



to ten inches from the root, is very hardy and the best sort to winter over, as it comes 



rapidly into use in spring, providing a market crop when vegetables are very scarce. 



(Stt tngraving) 



Musselburgh, or Scotch Champion. A very robust growing stock, makes very thick 



stems and wintert well. See specialties page 12 



Large Rouen. Thick, short-stemmed variety, excellent for autumn or winter use.. 



LETTUCE. 

 HEAD VARIETIES. 



All Heart. A fine summer Lettuce, large, solid heads, hne quality. 



ROCKY FORD MUSK MELON 



All Seasons. A splendid variety for general use but particularly valuable for summer 

 crop. Leaves dull green, but of great substance, heart solid and tender 



Big Boston, Henderson's. (10 lbs. and upwards ^1.00. per lb.) See specialties page 13 



Boston Market, or White-Seeded Tennis Ball. A popular, early, small, compact- 

 heading variety, for early outdoor culture, and largely forced in hotbeds and green- 

 houses; can be planted closely 



Black-Seeded Butter. Forms good-sized, hard heads, extensively used as an early 

 outdoor variety 



Mammoth Black-Seeded Butter. Very good for second crop and early summer use. 

 It is distinctly a butter lettuce, and the largest of the type. It succeeds well at any 

 season, excepting in the very hottest weather 



Golden Queen. A very desirable first early variety and second to none for forcing. 



Hanson. A handsome, large, loose-heading summer variety of fine quality 



Immensity, Henderson's. The largest head Lettuce, not early, but reliable for early 

 summer and fall use; quality fine 



Market Gardener's Private Stock. A very fine selection of the Salamander type; 

 admirable for midsummer crop 



Mignonette. A small, sturdy, all-head Lettuce; the hearts yellow, tender and crisp; 

 outside leaves tinged russet. It is very early, hardy, long-standing, and fine for late 

 fall crops in cold frames 



May King. A very good early variety, solid, crisp heads 



New York, Henderson's. It produces immense heads. Tender and delicious; Free 

 from any trace of bitterness. It is a very large robust growing variety and a sure 

 header under most trying conditions. Outer color a distinct apple green. (See 

 intraving] See specialties page 13 



Long Island. An excellent solid heading sort, particularly valuable for open ground. 

 It is compact and attractive in appearance and stands heat well 



Salamander, Henderson's Perfected. The standard summer lettuce. There is no 

 variety which stands heat better. It will produce good lettuce when it is scarcest on 

 the market, and will prove one of the most profitable crops. Our stock is as nearly 

 perfect as possible, and we confidently recommend it. (See specialties page 14.) .... 



St. Louis Market. Excellent for midsummer use, extensively used in the middle west . . 



Tenderheart, Henderson's. An excellent variety for early frame use, and for first-out- 

 door sowing. The plant is of medium size, and attractive in color. The heads are 

 medium large, and hold well after maturity 



Unrivaled. This new variety is early in maturing being ready for use about the 

 game time as Henderson's Big Boston which it resembles in appearance with the 

 exception of the red tinge. We highly recommend it 



Tennis Ball, Black Seeded. Hardy, extremely early and hard-heading 



CURLED OR CUTTING VARIETIES. This type does not form compact heads but 



large masses of curly, crisp leaves, which are practically everbearing as they keep 



growing after picking; the best of these are: 

 Early Curled Simpson. Forms a compact mass of yellowish-green, curly leaves; earlier 



than head Lettuces: largely grown in cold frames and the open ground 



Black-Seeded Simpson. Very large loose heads of curly golden-yellow leaves; which 



are thin and tender. It stands summer heat splendidly 



Grand Rapids. Grows well under glass. (See specialties page 14.) 



ROMAINE or COS VARIETIES. These form large, elongated, compact heads that 

 blanch mild and crisp; esteemed for summer use 



Paris White Cos 



Trianon Cos. Romaine Lettuce is increasing rapidly in popularity, especially in the 

 restaurants of large cities. It has a sweetness and flavor peculiarly its own, and is 

 more crisp and brittle than other types. Trianon is certamlv the best Cos Lettuce 

 for the American market. (See engraving) See specialties page 13 



MARTYNIA Proboscidea. Produces long seed pods, which, gatnered half grown, are 

 green and tender, and are esteemed for pickling in vinegar. (Crop failure.) 



MELON, MTJSK, or CANTALOUPE. 



ORBBN-FLESHED VARIETIES. 



B«rly Haekensack, Henderson's. A large green-fleshed variety, round, but depressed 

 from stem to blossom ends, with well defined ribs and strong netting. The flesh is 

 thick, rich in color, and of perfect flavor. The fruits weigh from 6 to 6 pounds each, 

 and are produced in abundance 



Haekensack. About 10 days later than the above, but attains a very large size; round 

 with flattened ends, thickly netted; productive; extra quality 



Jenny Llnd. This ia the earliest variety. The fruit is small, round-flat, evenly ribbed, 

 of a most attractive greaniah-gold color. Ita flavor is unsurpassed and it ia an enor- 

 mous cropper 



Lake Champlain. An extremely early and productive sort. The plant possesses an 

 unusually vigorous constitution and the fruits set freely under the most adverse 

 weather conditions. They are medium in size, round with flattened ends. The 

 deliciously sweet flesh is of a deep rich golden color 



NOTICE 



All seeds on this page 

 are delivered trans- 

 portation paid i» 

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