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HENDERSON'S HONOR ARCH 



'' OTIR FIRM, SINCE ITS FOUNDATION BY THE LATE PETER HENDERSON IN 

 1847, HAS PLAYED NO INCONSIDERABLE PART IN IMPROVING— WHAT ARE 

 TO THE HUMAN RACE^-THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL PLANTS, VIZ. 

 EDIBLE VEGETABLES. 1921 IS OUR DIAMOND JUBILEE YEAR SO BY MEANS 

 OF THIS SYMBOLIC DESIGN WHICH WE CALL OUR HONOR ARCH WE DE- 

 SIRE TO RECALL TO THE RECOLLECTION OF OUR FRIENDS BOTH OLD AND 

 ?EW SOME OF THE GOOD THINGS IN VEGETABLES, WHICH WE HAVE IN- 

 RODUCED. IN ALL THESE ENDEAVORS, SPREAD OVER A LONG SERIES 

 OF YEARS, WE HAYE ALWAYS KEPT ONE GUIDING PRINCIPLE BEFORE US, 

 VIZ., TO IMPROVE AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF ALL OUR PRODUCTS. 



WE HAVE NOT STRIVEN BLINDLY FOR SIZE ALONE, IRRESPECTIVE OF 

 THE NATURE OF THE PLANTS WE HAVE IMPROVED 



A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS IS SEEN IN HENDERSON'S PONDEROSA 

 TOMATO, NOTED FOR ITS GREAT SIZE. THIS WE- HAVE, BY CONSTANT 

 CARE IN SELECTING FOR SEED, ALSO GREATLY IMPROVED IN QUALITY. 

 SO ALSO WITH OTHER VEGETABLES WE HAVE INTRODUCED. 



OUR HONOR ARCH WOULD NEED TO BE DRAWN TWICETHE SIZE TO CON 

 TAIN THE NAMES OF ALL THE VARIETIES OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS AND 

 GRAINS THAT WE HAVE INTRODUCED, BUT THOSE WE HAVE PLACED THERE 

 ARE SUCH AS HAVE BEEN, AND ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN, STANDARD' SORTS. 



PETER HENDERSON & GO., 35 and 37 Cortlandt St., NEW YORK 



JAN 31 1921 



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