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



The Best Varieties of UPviNlPS ^ or Market Gardeners. 



EARLY WHITE MILAN TURNIP. 



An extra early variety, making but few and small 

 leaves. Eminently adapted for spring and summer 

 planting, and if sown at monthly intervals will 

 furnish a continuous supply of the most tender and 

 delicately flavored turnips; the root is of medium 

 size, very handsome smooth, and of a clear, ivory 

 white both inside and out. The flesh is fine-grained, 

 tender and mild flavor. It is at least a week 

 earlier than any other white variety. (See cut.) 

 Price, 10c. oz., 26c. { lb., 70c. lb. 



Purple^Top WHITE GLOBE TURNIP. 



A large handsome, globe-shaped variety; white 

 flesh, fine-grained, tender and sweet; surface color 

 white with a purple top; a true table turnip and 

 one of the best market sorts, extensively grown 

 and pitted for fall, winter and spring sales, being 

 a good keeper and produces enormous crops. {See 

 cut.) Price, 10c. oz., 16c. { lb., 46c. lb. 



11 / received the First Premium at the Os7vego Co. Fair for 

 my Purple Top White Globe Turnips groiun from your seed.'* 

 ALBERT B. SMART. Fulton. X. ) ". 



EARLY RED-TOP STRAP-LEAF TURNIP. 



A popular variety of quick growth; round-flat, 4 to 5 inches 

 in diameter; flesh white and of excellent quality. Our stock 

 is well selected for perfectly shaped roots, good color, and 

 small tops. A very reliable sort for early market. Price, 

 10c. oz., 16c. J lb., "40c. lb. 



SNOWBALL TURNIP. 



An early medium-sized, smooth, round Turnip; pure white 

 skin and flesh; quality crisp, tender and sweet, making it one 

 of the handsomest and most desirable in the whole list. 

 Price, 10c. oz., 15c. J lb., 45c. lb. 



" You state you will henceforth deal direct with planters, I think this 

 ~.vill meet -with general approval. Your seeds are the truest to name of any, 

 and 1 have bought from a good many seedsmen." 



R. L. NASH, Palmetto, Fta. 



HENDERSON'S LONG ISLAND IMPROVED 



PURPLE-TOP KUTA BAGA. 



Bred from the " American Purple Top," over which it is a great 

 improvement, it is twice the size of ordinary American stocks. In 

 a fair test on several Long Island farms, alongside some of the best 

 European and American varieties, it produced almost twice the 

 weight per acre of any other variety. Flesh a rich yellow, solid and 

 sweet, the quality very superior. It is perfectly hardy, and a good 

 keeper. (See cut.) Price, 10c. oz., 20c. \ lb., 50c. lb. 



"Before I retired from the market gardening business I raised one season 3123 bitskets 

 of your Long Island Improved Rula Baga the most productive and profitable crop I ever 

 raised." CYRUS PICKETT, Cheshire, Ct. 



FOR OUR COMPLETE LIST OF TURNIPS SEE PAGE 46— FOR RUTA BAGAS SEE PAGE 47. 



