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HENDERSON'S 



Selected Stocks of 



BUSH BEANS 



Described on 

 Pages 16 to 20 



CULTURE — -Plant the seed two inches deep in rows ahout two feet apart. In latitude of New York, Bush Beans may be planted 

 every two weeks from early part of May till August 15th. Make your garden work full time. 



HENDERSON'S 

 New Stringless Wax Bean 



Golden Age 



{Illustrated on the opposite page) 



A Triumph of Horticultural Art 

 The Best Stringless Wax Bean Extant 



44. We have named this supreme product of the horticultural 

 art "Golden Age," because we believe its advent means that the 

 hybridizing and breeding of this important vegetable — the Bush 

 Bean — has now advanced so far on the road to perfection that it 

 may take rank, even if in a lesser degree, with modern achieve- 

 ments in other branches of human endeavor. 



Bush Beans are essentially an American institution, and they 

 belong to us as much as those other great American contributions 

 to the food of man — the Tomato, the Potato, and, crowning glory 

 of all. Sweet Corn. Stringy beans are detrimental both to the 

 temper and the digestion, and dieticians the world over will wel- 

 come the advent of "Golden Age" Bean, the best stringless wax 

 bean ever introduced. 



Besides being absolutely stringless, "Golden Age" Bean is 

 remarkable for its rust-resisting and disease-resisting quahties. 

 The plants are vigorous in growth and bear heavy crops of trans- 

 parent, tender, golden waxy pods, dehghtful to the eye, and ready 

 to pick in 45 days from the planting of the seed. 



The quantity of seed we can dispose of this year is very limited, 

 as_ we must keep a reserve stock to guard against possible crop 

 failures next year; so orders should be sent in at the earhest 

 possible date. 

 Price, 20c. packet; 3 packets, 50c.; 7 packets, $1.00. 



"I must let you know that the seeds which I received from you were 

 all first class. Your Henderson New, Stringless Bush Bean was 

 especially fine. The best that I have ever grown or eaten." 



WM. H. WERNER, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

 "I was delighted with the results obtained from all the seeds. I 

 purchased from you last year, , but especially the New Stringless 

 Beans. From two rows I had more beans than I could use." 



MRS. T. F. POLLOCK, 

 March 23rd, 1923. Glenview, III. 



HENDERSON'S 



New Stringless Green Bush Bean 



Tendergreen 



{Illustrated on the opposite page) 



Exquisitely Tender Green Pods 

 Very Prolific — ^Absolutely Stringless 



28. We make no claim to "wizardry" in our efforts to improve 

 varieties of vegetables; we proceed according to natural laws 

 known to scientists, for a century. 



But the "way is long," and the breeding of this new offering, 

 HENDERSON'S TENDERGREEN BUSH BEAN, represents 

 the work of years. 



Hybridization and selection of plants has in capable hands pro- 

 duced many improvements upon nature, and for many years our 

 own efforts have been directed in part to the elimination of 

 "String" in bush beans. We offered to our friends the "Hender- 

 son Stringless Bush Bean" in 1920, which won instant favor, and 

 we now have very great pleasure in offering another of entirely 

 different origin; which we name Tendergreen, because that word 

 express its most marked characteristic, in additon to being 

 absolutely stringless. 



Tendergreen is a product of our own trial grounds, growji, 

 hubridized and selected under our own eyes. Our aim is to place 

 these new productions on the tables of our customers_ as quickly 

 as possible so that they may continue as we phrased it last year 

 "to know the joy of eating beans without strings." We have 

 accumulated stock enough to offer it this year packets, but 

 orders must be sent in early, as they mil be filled in the ordec 

 they arrive. Price, 20c. packet; 50c.; 7 packets, $1.00. 



''Last year we tried one package of your New Stringless Busk 

 Beans and found them excellent in every way, far surpassing all 

 the beans we ever grew before. They were absolutely stringless 

 just as you say and you are to be greatly congratulated." 



MRS. CLARENCE F. GRAHAM, Albany, N.- Y. 



"The Henderson New Stringless Bush Beans are undoubtedly 

 superior to any beans I have ever grown." 



MRS. I. E. BROOKS, Baldwin, N. Y. 



The Henderson "Stringless" Green Bush Bean 



A Really Stringless, Round. Green-Podded Bean, Tender and Meaty, Rust-Resisting. The 



Result of Five Years of Selection. 



22. This new bush bean, mtroduced by us four years ago, 

 lias been received with great appreciation by our customers 

 who grew it. Letters of praise are reaching us from aU parts 

 of the country, bilt lack of space prevents us from printing 

 more than the three which appear at the foot of this description. 



The HENDERSON New Stringless Bean is absolutely string- 

 less from the first to the last picking, and is quite free from-just. 

 The vine is upright, strong and healthy; about one and a half to 

 two feet in height, and bears a heavy crop of meaty, tender pods 



six to seven inches in length, in about seven weeks from sowing 

 the seed. The quahty and flavor of the pods is unexcelled, and 

 even when canned they retain their color and flavor just as if 

 freshly picked from the vine. We recommend it to our customers 

 knowing that it will give great satisfaction. Having considerably- 

 increased our seed stock of this desirable variety we are able to 

 offer it in larger quantities. 



Price, 20c. packet; 80c. pint; $1.50 quart. 



"In 1922 we -had the finest garden for miles around. We think 

 that this good fortune is greatly to be ascribed to the good quality of 

 Henderson's Seeds." RUDOLPH BEN NER, ' 



For the Franciscan Fathers, ' 

 February 1, 1923 ' ^ Oldenburg, Ind. 



"Some one of my family has been buying seeds from youforfiftij 

 years. Always found them the best." G. G. DONAHOE, 



Milton, N. C. 



" You can't buy the advertising that the crops I gretv last yeav gave 

 your seed, and it will take quite some earthquake to shake me loose, 

 from the feeling of security I have when I plant Henderson's Seeds. 



Last season's weather was unfavorable for bush beans, yet I mads 

 the crop and got top market prices for them." 



CARL E. CHADWICK, 

 July 4:th, 1923 Martins' Point, S. C 



We -Will Forward Postpaid, One Packet of Each of the Above New Bush Beans for 50 Cents 



