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PETER HENDERSON flcCO., MEW YORK 



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HENDERSONS FAMOUS 



Prosperity Pea 



THE EARLIEST WRINKLED 

 or MARKOW PEA GKOWN 



SWEET, LUSCIOUS, TENDED. ENOKMOUS 

 MAKKOW PEAS IN 



EAKLY JUNE 



AS SOON AS YOU HAVE HERETOFORE 

 HAD THE ORDINARY EARLY KINDS 



T' 



Thomas Laxton 



PEA 



A FINE NEW EARLY WRINKLED 

 MARROW 



AN extra early wrinkled marrow Pea that has 

 proven to be a valuable addition to this class. The 

 plant grows about 3 feet high, resembling that of 

 Prosperity, though a little darker in color and of 

 vigorous, hardy constitution, enabling it to be sown 

 with first earlies, coming in but three or four days 

 later than these round hard-shell sorts. It is a heavy 

 and reliable cropper, of uniform long, straight, square 

 ended, dark green pods, which are well filled with 

 7 to 8 large, rich-flavored, wrinkled marrow Peas, 

 which are also of a deep green color, adding to their 

 attractiveness when served on the table. Thomas 

 Laxton is a good, reliable Pea, uniformly constant 

 to type and about as early as Prosperity, though 

 some report it 3 or 4 days later. 

 Price, 15c. pkt., 35c. pt., 60c. qt., $4.00 pk. 



"We are just eating the last picking of the Thomas Laxton 

 Peas. You are too modest in describing this variety. It deserves 

 your best praise. We all agree that it is the best and most delicious 

 pea we have ever grown or eaten anywhere. The dark, thick vines 

 loaded with pods are very distinct and the pods are so thick that 

 the peas remain fresh and in fine table condition for a long lime, 

 while other varieties suffer and the pods dry up with the intense 

 heat." Mrs. WINNIE BROW ER. Staunton, Va. 



HIS grand, extra early, large-podded, 

 wrinkled marrow Pea — introduced 

 into America by us in 1897 — has 

 each year increased in popular favor, not 

 only steadily but w-ith whirlwind rapidity. 

 "Once grown it is thereafter indispensable," 

 is the way one of our customers puts it, 

 and it would seem as if every one who 

 plants our Prosperity Pea recommends it 

 to his neighbors, for the demand upon 

 us for the seed has annually increased to 

 such an extent that we have never yet 

 been able to reserve a sufficient supply 

 for stock seed purposes to allow us to 

 catch up with the demand. 



The distinctive merits of Henderson's 



Prosperity Pea over any other variety are 



its extreme earliness combined with its 



abundant production of immense pods, 



each filled with from 6 to 10 true, large, 



wrinkled marrow Peas of the most delicious 



flavor — as large, as sweet and as tender 



as the finest late wrinkled marrow Pea 



grown. When one considers that Peas of this superior size and quality are 



ready for picking only a day or two later than the little round-seeded hard-shell 



"Extra Earlies," one reaHzes what a valuable acquisition our Prosperity Pea 



really is. 



The vine of Prosperity is of vigorous, robust growth, about 2^ feet high, hea\-y- 

 stemmed with luxuriant healthy foliage; it bears uniformly large, handsome 

 pods of large and luscious Peas, and although it commences bearing so very 

 early it continues for a long time; the Peas also remain sweet and tender for 

 some time after they are fit to pick. (See cut.) 

 Price, 15c. pkt., 35c. pt., 60c. qt., $4.00 pk. 



PURCHASERS PRAISE PROSPERITY PEAS: 



"7 have grown your Prosperity Pea for 10 years and want no better." 



ROBERT TURNER. SO Gladstone Street, Nothingham, England. 

 "My Prosperity Peas are ahead of all others in this community." 



L. W. THOMAS, Yulaha, Fla. 

 "Have been gardening 37 years and never raised such fine peas as your Prosperity." 



F. SESTIER. Des Moines, Iowa. 

 "My Prosperity Peas we began to pick June 17th. They are still blooming and bearing 

 (Aug. 8l'h). Many of the vines measure S feet. I have picked pods 5 inches in length." 



Prof J. H. CLARK, Franklin Falls. N. H. 

 " Your Prosperity Peas we have used the last 3 years and they outrank all peas ue have ever 

 n." JOHN S. RUSSEL, Woodfords, Maine. 



" I really feel that it is due you to tell you that we had our first peas of the season — your 

 Prosperity — for dinner on Decoration Day. Our garden has a N. W. exposure and the season was 

 dry — nolwithstatuiing this their growth was remarkable, and the pods fat and full." 



Mrs. FRANCIS DARR. Gladstone. N. J. 

 " The Prosperity is certainly a fine pea, and very early. I Itad them on the table in just 41 

 days from planting." W. O. CHURCH, Wolcoti, K. Y. 



" Henderson's Prosperity Peas are most delicious to taste and beautiful to look upon. I 

 never saw such peas. Don't think we shall plant any other hereafter. " 



Mrs. J. E. RINGLAND. \V. Woodstock, Conn. 

 "Your Prosperity Peas proved prolific; the many pods developed a length of 4' :; inches, 

 and. when shelled, turned out from eight to ten large peas from a pod: they were a surprise: the 

 earliest large pea I ever knew. It is the sweetest, tenaerest and most delicious pea I ever ate." 



JAMES R. SLAUSON, Racine. Wis. 



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