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



HENDERSON'S SPECIALTIES IN 



Vegetable Seeds ^Market Gardeners 



THis List Cancels All Previous Oifers Not Accepted By January 1st, 1Q13. 



HENDERSON'S PALMETTO ASPARAGUS. 



Larger, Earlier, More Uniform in Size and More Prolific than any Other Aspara- 

 gus Grown. Disease-Resisting. 

 Henderson's Palmetto is the king of all Asparagus. It is superior in every 

 way; larger, earlier, a strong quick grower, a more prolific and continuous 

 yielder, the stalks large and uniform under ordinary culture, average nearly 

 an inch in diameter, retaining their thickness up to their plump tips. The 

 usual bunches of 15 shoots measure 13^ inches in circumference and 

 weigh about 2 pounds. The Palmetto is equally adapted to all sections 

 North and South; it is less susceptible to the Asparagus disease than 

 \ any other variety, and has continued to yield profitable crops in sec- 

 ! tions where plantations of other varieties have been entirelv devas- 

 1 tated. Price of Seed: 10c. oz., 20c. i lb., 50c. lb. 



HENDERSON'S PALMETTO ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 



A Saving of one to two years is effected by planting roots. The best 

 time for planting in the North is in the Spring. Prices {buyer paving 

 transit): Two-year old roots, per 100, .«1.0(): per 1,000, $6.00. 'Add 

 to above prices for free delivery in ['..S., 30c. per lOO. 



H enderson's Earliest f^ed Valentine Bean 



America's Standard Green-Podded Dwarf Snap Bean. 



This grand variety is a great improvement over the original 

 Red Valentine, which it has now entirely supplanted, being fuUy 

 ten days earlier; often ready to pick in forty-five days from sowing. 

 The healthy, vigorous plants are unusually hardy, withstanding 

 frosts that kill other varieties; it may therefore be planted very 

 early. This, with its quick development, makes it the earliest 

 large-podded variety, and on this account it is extensively grown 

 by truckers, over wide sections of the country. 



It produces a large crop of handsome, long, round fleshy pods, rich 

 green in color and of unsurpassed tenderness and quality when 

 gathered young, when it is practically stringless. It is the Standard 

 Snap Bean, not only for the earliest but for successive plantings, 

 bearing up to frost. {See cut.) Price, 25c. qt., $1.40 pk., $5.00 bush. 



" Your Earliest Red Valentine Beans are such nice slock that I wish another IJ 

 bushels of them." C. M. BERRY . Orlando, Fla. 



H enderson's Black Valentine Bean. 



Ready for picking in 45 days from planting. Yields prodigiously. 

 Full, round, meaty pods of unsurpassed quality. 



Possesses all the merits of our old favorite Red Valentine, and, 

 in addition has other valuable points. The pod is fully one-third 

 longer than the Red Valentine. Perfectly round and straight, 

 without " saddle-back," and of a beautiful soft green color. It is 

 also equally early, but has another advantage in that it is more 

 suitable for late planting. In a test conducted in the fall, we found 

 that Black Valentine was fully as useful as Extra Early Refugee, 

 being equally as hardy while the beans were produced in enormous 

 quantities. For any purpose, or at any time of the year, this bean 

 will be found exceedingly valuable to all classes of growers. Price, 

 25c. qt., $1.40 pk., $5.00 bush. 



Our Seeds Are No Longer Supplied Through Dealers. 



0,_ Ohiprt • ^^ ""'^ supplying the Planter direct we protect many customers 

 Ul V>^UJc(_l . y,.f,g iijyj f^g/j offigf sjejs foislecl upon them as "Henderson's." 



