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EVERYTHING .FOR^THE GARDEN -Vegetable Seeds 



The Three Most Delicious Sweet Corns Grown 



ALL INTRODUCED BY PETER HENDERSON & CO. (See opposite page) 



HENDERSON'S 



Metropolitan Sweet Corn 



THE BEST EARLY SWEET CORN GROWN 

 To get the first crop of really good Sweet 

 Corn, grow Henderson's Metropolitan. There 

 has never been any one variety of Corn be- 

 sides Metropolitan that combined the es- 

 sential features of earliness, productiveness 

 and good flavor in a satisfactory degree. In 

 these important characteristics, Metropolitan 

 certainly outclasses any other variety. It 

 is very little later than Cory, which has been 

 the most popular early sort. 



The plant is distinct, being very strong in 

 stalk, growing b x /i feet in height. The leaves 

 are numerous, narrow and very dark green in 

 color. The ears are from 8 to 9 inches long 

 and all set low. They are 10 to 12-rowed, 

 well filled to the tip with large, deep grains, 

 which are very tender. It is not merely 

 sweet, but possesses that exquisite richness 

 so well known in the larger and later sorts 

 The best, the largest, the sweetest and the 

 biggest yielder of all Early Sweet Corn. (.See 

 engraving.) Price, 15c. pkt., 40c. pt., 70c. 

 qt., $2.60 for 4 qts. 



HENDERSON'S 



Golden Rod Sweet Corn 



DELICIOUS GOLDEN GRAINS 

 OF PLEASING FLAVOR 



It is worthy of note that the varieties of 

 Sweet Corn possessing the finest flavor are 

 those that differ radically either in form or 

 color from the ordinary sorts. Thus, Black 

 Mexican and the yellow varieties show a 

 strongly marked divergence from type in the 

 matter of color, and Country Gentleman an 

 equally marked divergence in form, and these 

 varieties excel all others in sweetness and 

 flavor. 



When the existing yellow or golden colored 

 varieties were introduced, it was hard to 

 convince the public of their value; but as 

 everyone who tasted them became enthusi- 

 astic in publishing their praise, they soon 

 came into favor. 



Golden Rod is the result of a cross between 

 Stowell's Evergreen and Golden Bantam, 

 and proves to be a happy and complete 

 blending of each sort. The ear is none too 

 small, nor is it large and bulky, but just large 

 enough for ordinary consumption. The 

 plants are 6 to 7 feet high, strong, profusely 

 leaved, and bear on each stalk, at a con- 

 venient height, two ears lavishly packed 

 with delicious golden grains of appetizing 

 flavor. (See engraving.) Price, 15c. pkt., 

 40c. pt., 70c. qt., $2.60 for 4 qts. 



"Enclosed find money order to cover seed as 

 shown on attached order blank. I would like to 

 mention that I have tried a number of kinds of 

 sweet corn, but have discarded all for Henderson's 

 Country Gentleman". 



W. D. FERRIS, 



Atlanta, Ga. 

 "Henderson's Country Gentleman Corn is with- 

 out a rival. None other can lake its place.". 

 JOHN E. ANDERSON. 



Holly Springs, Miss. 



" Henderson's Golden Rod Corn was my best 



seller this year. It took the prise in our town. 



People have come to my home and bought it in 



hundred lots." 



Mr. JAMES H. DULE, 



Coplay, Pa. 



HENDERSON'S 



Country Gentleman 

 Sweet Corn 



PLUMP, PEARLY-WHITE, MILKY KERNELS 



When we first placed this Corn before the 

 public in 1891, it created a great furore 

 among Corn lovers — and who is there in 

 America who does not enjoy "green Corn 

 on the Cob." 



These first impressions have been fully 

 justified by later experiences, and the 

 Country Gentleman Corn has become justly 

 famous all over the United States and in 

 some foreign countries as well. It is at once 

 the delight of the epicure and a luxury within 

 the reach of everybody. As will be noticed 

 in the engraving opposite, the kernels are 

 perfectly round at the end, but of extraor- 

 dinary depth, the cob being extremely small; 

 nothing, in fact, but a core. 



It is of nectar-like sweetness, luscious, 

 tender and milky, and remains "in the 

 milk" longer than other Sweet Corn. The 

 ears measure 8 to 9 inches in length, and the 

 plant is very prolific, often producing three 

 ears to a stalk. It is a slow-maturing variety 

 and arrives at full perfection just in time to 

 succeed the earlier varieties. (See engraving.) 

 Price, 15c. pkt., 40c. pt., 70c. qt., $2.60 for 

 4 qts. 



" Your Golden Rod Sweet Corn is great." 



Mr. J. E. BRUNDRETT, 



Needham Heights, Mass. 



"Last year I bought some of your Golden Rod 

 Sweet Corn. Will say it was the very best I ever 

 raised." Mr. Q. SA NGER, 



Putnam, Conn. 



"Our success with your seeds this summer has 

 been a delight to us, and an amazement to our 

 friends. The Metropolitan Sweet Corn was es- 

 pecially good." 



Mrs. FRED'K LEIGHTON, 



Niagara Falls, N. Y. 



"The Henderson Metropolitan Sweet Com was 

 the best I have ever tasted wilhout exception." 



C. E. PRESTON, Derry, N. H. 



Golden Bantam Sweet Corn 



A Gem for the Small Garden A Small Ear of Remarkable Quality 



ONE OF THE SWEETEST SUGAR CORNS GROWN 



Golden Bantam is a dwarf medium, early variety of exceptionally 

 good quality and reliability. It is rapidly becoming one of the most 

 popular varieties in our list. While the individual plant and ear are 

 small, it may be planted so much closer than the larger-eared 

 sorts, so that the net product from a given area is about the 

 same as of ordinary sorts. The plant is about 5 feet high, 

 medium early, but of exceptionally good quality. In all respects 

 it is a gem — in size of plant, ear and grain. It is particularly 

 well adapted to small gardens, on account of its small size; to the 

 more pretentious garden on account of its excessive cropping ability 

 on a given area, and to all because of its superb quality and deli- 

 cious, satisfying flavor. It may be planted to advantage in hills 

 three feet apart each way. If in rows, they should be three feet 

 apart, and the plants standing singly at nine-inch intervals. 

 It is probably the best to use where only one sort is planted, for 

 it succeeds admirably under all conditions. (See engraving.) 

 Price, 15c. pkt., 40c. pt., 70c. qt., $2.60 for 4 qts. 



"/ would like to say that I received great results from your seeds. I 

 had corn ten days before anyone else. All the other seeds did well, too." 



Mr. LOUIS DUBORD, Medford, Mass. 



"We bought some of your Golden Bantam Sweet Com last year, and 

 it was absolutely the finest stock we have ever grown. On six hills we 

 counted 52 good ears of corn. The balance was almost as good." 



B. JOH NSON, Oswego, N. Y 



ft is perhaps not generally known that Sweet Corn is much more tender and retains its flavor belter when put into cold water and gradually 



brought to the boiling point. 



