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



HENDERSON'S 



Bountiful Bush Bean. 



A prolific and continuous cropper. The first in 

 spring — the last in fall. Flat, green pod. Ab- 



solutely 

 flavor. 



stringless — very tender and of delicious 



,HENDEKSON'S = 



Earliest Ked 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 

 fully 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 ex- 

 tensively 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, bear- 

 ing up to frost. Price, 

 25c. qt., $1.40 pk., $4.76 

 bush. 



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This superior variety, introduced into cultiva- 

 tion by us, is a distinct improvement in green bush 

 beans, and has become exceedingly popular wherever 

 known. Our customers who have grown it are en- 

 thusiastic in its praise; many of them say, we do not 

 praise it half enough. 



The plant is of remarkably handsome and thrifty 

 growth, being practically rust and mildew proof. It 

 is very hardy extremely early, very prolific and bears 

 continuously for several weeks; it is the first to give 

 pods fit to pick in the spring, and the last to yield 

 edible pods in the fall; in fact, frost usually finds mid- 

 summer-sown plants still in pod and blossom. 



The rich green pods are of immense size, thick, 

 broad, extra long, very uniform in shape, solid, meaty, 

 and of high quality, tender and of excellent flavor; the 

 pods are absolutely stringless and entirely free from 

 any tough, membraneous lining, not only when young, 

 but this tender quality is retained even after maturity. 



This variety is coming into great demand among 

 truckers, who find that its handsome appearance and 

 luscious quality hold their customers. (See illustration 

 on back cover.) 



Price, 26c. qt., $1.50 pk., $5.50 bush. 



HFNDFRSON'S 



BLACK VALENTINE BEAN. 



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



Full, round, meaty pods of unsurpassed 



tenderness and 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. {See cut.) Price, 25c. qt., 

 $1.50 pk., $5.50 bush. 



HENDERSON'S LONGFELLOW BEAN SEE DESCRIPTION ON NEXT PAGE. 



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