From PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK 



Shown in Colors 

 on opposite page 



Winsall 



Shown in Colors 

 on opposite page 



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HENDERSON'S 



Newly Developed Prize Tomato 



It Wins Approval from 40,000 People — It Wins Prizes Wherever Shown — It Wins by Its Qualities of 

 Sweetness, Solidity and Seedlessness — It Wins Because of Its Wonderful Size and Gorgeous Color. 



915 — When we described Henderson's Winsall Tomato, offered 

 as No. "400" 3 years ago "as bigger and better than Ponde- 

 rosa," we were aware that many of our friends might be 

 somewhat incredulous; but we now know that they must 

 be convinced of the truth of that statement, because of the 

 thousands of letters of praise for Henderson's Winsall re- 

 ceived from them during and since the growing season of 

 last year — a few of which we publish on this page. 



Some of the letters describe Henderson's Winsall so well 

 as almost to render further description by us superfluous. 

 We will, however, add to the encomiums of our friends a 

 few words telling of it according to our own experience in 

 our soil and climate. 



Henderson's Winsall is about five days later than Ponde- 

 rosa in maturing its first fruits, but its second fruits seem 

 to ripen more rapidly than do the fruits of Ponderosa. The 

 coloring is indeed perfection ; the bright red extending close 

 up to the stem end. Henderson's Winsall is undoubtedly 

 the most meaty tomato ever produced; the entire fruit 

 being edible, tender and delicious, and remarkable for an 

 almost entire absence of seeds. This latter characteristic 

 is so pronounced that many of our friends proposed to call 

 it "Giant Seedless." 



As for smoothness and formation, Henderson's Winsall 

 is a great improvement upon Ponderosa. 



One of the most striking characteristics of Henderson's 

 Winsall Tomato, however, is its wonderful vines, stalks and 

 leaves, which are all of a very much darker green than the 

 vines of any other tomato and excel all others in vigor and 

 freedom from plant diseases. 



We append the report of one of our customers, Mr. D. P. 

 McCracken, editor of Floral Lore, Paxton, 111., because he 

 describes it even better than we ourselves can do. 



"Reporting on your Tomato 'Winsall. I have to say that, 

 if I were naming it now, after trial, I should call it 'BEST 

 TO HATE,' not limiting it to Peter Henderson's efforts — 

 simply exalting it to a class by itself. 



"It is the best of the fleshy class, and the fleshy sorts are 

 best by long odds; it is as meaty as the 'Beefsteak,' yet 

 devoid the tough, leathery walls of that famous variety; it 

 is far more uniform in both size and conformation than the 

 popular Ponderosa, and eclipses in productivity as well as 

 bearing period, any tomato I have been able to secure in my 

 fifty continuous years of growing. 



"Picked just before the stem-end is entirely red. and 

 spread on a low table, stem-end down, in a cool basement, it 

 ripens in a day or two to as near perfection as could pos- 

 sibly be." 



D. P. HcCRACKEX, Paxton, 111. Editor of Floral Lore. 



Price — 25c. pkt., 3 pkts. for 60c. 





PLEASE >0TE — Winsall Tomato is very vigorous in growth and produces superabundant foliage. It is therefore often 

 necessary to prune away some of it. in order to admit light and air to the flowers and assist fertilization. A dense mass of 

 leaves and vines overshadowing the blossoms will sometimes cause them to fall, and a consequent failure to produce fruit. 



Culled from Thousands of Testimonials 



"/ send you a picture of^WinsaW which weighed 3 lbs. I had 

 many that weighed 2}4 and 3 lbs.'' 



C. S. CHAMBERLAIX. 



Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. 



"From 87 vines I gathered 865 lbs. of Tomatoes. I had some 

 weighing two pounds three ounces." 



Mrs. R. G. BURXS, 



Adamsville, Ga. 



"I again grew Winsall this year and had great luck. They at- 

 tracted great attention from everybody, and helped spread the fame of 

 Winsall. w E VOUL, 



Yorkiown Heights. X. Y. 



"I find the Winsall the hardiest of any tomato I know. I had to- 

 matoes weighing two pounds." }\- jj RTTTF.R 



The Holland-Blow Stove Co., 



Decatur, Ala. 



" The best tomato raiser in Brainerd is Prof. J . A. Wilson. Wc 

 saw the professor's exhibit of Winsall at the Crow Wing County 

 Fair at Pequol, where he won a blue ribbon. When he brought in a 

 basket to this office the Dispatch office force surveyed them in amaze- 

 ment. Some of them weighed as much as an incubator baby." 



THE BRAIXERD (.MINN.) DAILY DISPATCH. 



"I have been growing tomatoes for 40 years but have never before 

 seen any as good as Winsall. Some of those I grew were enough far a 

 family of four persons. J shall plant no other kind for the future." 



LLOYD A. TYDIXGS. 



St. Leonards. .!/</. 



"I wish you could see a big tray of 20 Winsall Tomatoes I am 



sending to our Fair today. You would be proud of your work, as 

 they average 32 ounces in weight." 



' JOIIX R. PFXDER. 



Tarboro, X. C. 



Photo from C. S. Chamberlain 

 showing Winsall weighing 3 lbs. 



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