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Henderson's 

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Vegetable Seeds 



Complete 

 List 



BLACK BEAUTY EGG PLANT 



DWARF GREEN CURLED SCOTCH KALE 



MUSSELBURGH LEEK 



GRAND RAPIDS LETTUCE 



CUCUMBER— Continued. 



ENGLISH FORCING VARIETIES. These produce remarkably long 



and very solid fruits, with few and small seeds. Not adapted for open 



ground culture. Our seed is from the best English strains. Packets 



sold contain 10 seeds. 



Cuthill's Black Spine. A prolific variety of medium size 



Duke of Edinburgh, Daniel's. Large, thick, dull green fruits, often 30 



inches long 



Lord Kenyon's Favorite. A favorite; uniform in size and perfect in shape. 

 Telegraph. Clear, green, smooth fruits, 14 to 16 inches long; free bearer. 



DANDELION. 



Common. Popular for "greens," also when blanched for salad 



Large-Leaved. An early, large, broad leaved variety. {Crop failure.).. 



EGGPLANT, (l oz. for 1,000 plants.) 



Black Beauty. (See Specialties, page 33.) (See engraving.) 



Black Pekin. A strong growing variety; medium sized, almost round, 



black fruits and very solid 



Early Long Purple. An earlier, hardier variety with club-shaped, dark 



purple fruits, 6 to 8 inches long, a shape preferred by some for slicing. . 

 New York Spineless — Henderson's Improved. (See Specialties, page 33.) 



ENDIVE. "EscaroUe" and "Chicoree." (1 oz. for 100 feet of drill.) 



One of the best salads, especially when blanched; also much used for 



garnishing; if boiled, makes fine "greens." 

 Broad-Leaved Batavian ("Escarolle.") (See Specialties, page 33). . . . 

 French, Moss Curled. A small, compact growing variety, with densely 



curled moss-like leaves 



Green Curled ("Chicoree.") (See Specialties, page 33.) 



White Curled. Finely cut leaves, almost white with yellowish midribs, 



can be used without blanching when young 



Fetticus. See Corn Salad 



KALE or BORECOLE. (I oz. for 150 feet of drill.) 



Brown German Curled, or Purple. Purplish, curly leaves 



Dwarf Green Curled Scotch. (See Specialties, page 34.) (See engraving.) . 

 Siberian. Green, curly leaves; tender and of delicate flavor 



KOHL-RABI. A bulbous-formed vegetable; when cooked, before fully 



grown is tender and excellent, combining the flavors of Cabbage and 



Turnip. 

 Early Purple Vienna. The outside color is purple; flesh white and 



delicate 



Large White Vienna. Large, quick-growing, greenish-white skin and 



tender white flesh 



Short-Leaved Early White Vienna. (See Specialties, page 34.) 



LEEK. (1 02. will sow 100 feet of drill.) 



Large American Flag. (See Specialties, page 34.) 



Large Rouen. Thick, short-stemmed variety, excellent for either 



winter or autumn use, of slow growth, but slow in running to seed 



Musselburgh, or Scotch Champion. (See engraving.) (See Specialties, 



page 34.) 



LETTUCE. (1 03. for 3,000 plants.) 

 HEAD VARIETIES. 



All Seasons. This popular variety is one of the best of the "Butterhead" 



Lettuces; medium to large in size, of attractive appearance 



Big Boston, Henderson's. (See Specialties, page 35.) 



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



as an early outdoor variety as well as for frame culture 



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



compact-heading variety 



Deacon. A large, firm-heading variety, for early summer or late fall use; 



light green outside, creamy-yellow inside, of fine buttery quality 



Golden Queen, Henderson's. (See Specialties, page 39.) 



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



quality 



Immensity, Henderson's. The largest head Lettuce, often 4 feet in 



circumference; not early, but reliable for late summer and fall use; 



quality fine 



Mammoth Black-Seeded Butter. Similar to, but larger than Black- 

 Seeded Butter, enormous heads, tender, sweet, and crisp. (See 



Specialties, page 36.) 



May King. (See Specialties, page 39.) 



Mignonette. (See Specialties, page 36.) 



New York, Henderson's. (See Specialties, page 38.) 



Salamander's Perfected, Henderson's. (See Specialties, page 38.) 



Tenderheart, Henderson's. A succulent early head Lettuce 



Tennis Ball Black-Seeded. Extremely early, small, solid heads 



Unrivaled. (See Specialties, page 39.) 



Henderson's Succession Collection of Head Lettuces. (See page 39.) 



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: 



Black-Seeded Simpson. It stands the summer heat splendidly, and is 



practically everbearing 



Early Curled Simpson. Forms a compact mass of yellowish-green, 



curly leaves; earlier than head Lettuces 



Grand Rapids; Beautifully crumpled and curled. (See Specialties, page 



37.) (See engraving.) 



COS, "CELERY" or "ROMAINE" VARIETIES. These form large, 



elongated, compact heads that blanch mild and crisp 



Express, Henderson's. A very early Cos Lettuce of dwarf, compact 



growth, heading up without tying. The self-folding inner leaves 



blanch beautifully white, crisp and tender. It stands hot weather 



splendidly 



Trianon. (See Specialties, page 37.) 



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Our pamphlet, "Salads, Growing and Blanching," gives full instructions for growing and blanching Lettuce. Sent free if asked for. 



