PETER HENDERSON &CO.,NEW YORK- 



endersons VEGETABLE SEED 



Novelties and Specialties 



HENDERSON'S PONDEROSA 



Inspires hundreds of letters annually, similar to the following : 



"It is impossible to exaggerate the merits of your Ponderosa 

 Tomatoes. They are magnificent, simply perfect. I had dozens 18 

 inches in circumference." E. W. HILLYER, Decatur, Ga. 



" Ponderosa, I think, the best tomato on earth. Have grown it 

 every year since introduced. ' ' 



JAKE ECHTERMAN, Sterling, III. 

 " We have planted the Ponderosa every season since you brought 

 it out, and we find there is no tomato that equals it. To cut up 

 one weighing 1% to 2 lbs., is like carving a nice slice of steak, and 

 then the flavor is so fine. " 



S. S. ROCKWELL, Vermontville, Mich. 

 "I cannot refrain from speaking a word of praise of your Pon- 

 derosa Tomato. Without any special care we had them weigh 4 

 pounds. People came for miles to see them." 



WM. GAMMEL. Detroit. Mich. 

 "I never liked the taste of tomatoes until we raised Ponderosa, 

 and now I never get tired of them." 



Miss G. BATES, Minneapolis, Minn. 

 " The Ponderosas did finely, bearing abundantly large, beautiful 

 solid tomatoes. We had several that weiglied 1\A to l 3 i lbs. each. 

 We are still having ripe tomatoes the 20th of Janua • 



Mrs. A. ROSE KRAUSE, Los Angeles. Calif. 

 " My Ponderosa was finer last year titan ever before. I wouldn't 

 give tliem up for all others. Some weighed three pounds." 



JACK SALSMAX , Springfield, Mo. 

 " The Ponderosa was the best and most prolific tomato we ever 

 tried." Mrs. HEXRY KI.XG, Fori Worth, Texas. 



" Who can beat this? We have on this 8th day of January — 

 sliced Ponderosa tomatoes on our table, grown in our garden last 

 summer. The fruit was pulled at frost and laid away in a box to 

 ripen." Rev. R. S. DUNCAN, Montgomery City, Mo. 



" I never raised or saw such tomatoes as I had from your seed 

 of Ponderosa last year. They are better every year." 



Mrs. A. J. CASTATER, LaFayette, Ind. 

 "Ponderosa Tomatoes are the finest-flavored tomatoes I ever 

 raised; they are delicious. I want nothing better." 



Mrs. L. M. GREELY. Plymouth. N. H. 

 "Cannot get along without Ponderosa — will not be persuaded to 

 plant anything else." H. S. STOUT, Oak Lane, Pa. 



THE GRANDEST TOMATO ON EARTH. 



Henderson's Ponderosa. 



(ILLUSTRATED ON OPPOSITE PAGE.) 



HAS RECEIVED MORE ENTHUSIASTIC PRAISE AND HAS TAKEN MORE 

 PREMIUMS THAN ANY OTHER SIX VEGETABLES COMBINED. 



IT IS GROWN FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC, AND FROM 

 CANADA TO THE GULF. 



Henderson's Ponderosa Tomato 



IS planted in both hemispheres. There is no State in the Union, 

 no civilized country on the globe where it is not grown; and from 

 everywhere it receives nothing but praise — enthusiastic praise. Eu- 

 logistic letters regarding it are received by us annually in increasing 

 numbers, and our sales of Ponderosa seed last season were much greater 

 than those of any previous year, thus convincingly proving that the mar- 

 velous success and popularity it has achieved are due to the fact that 



Henderson's Ponderosa Tomato 



IS better and better every year. It is now so highly bred, so free from 

 seeds, that we only get about ten pound of seed from an acre, where 

 formerly we harvested twenty to thirty pounds, while ordinary 

 tomatoes yield one hundred pounds or more of seed per acre ; this fact 

 alone shows that Henderson's Ponderosa is almost all solid meat, and as 

 nearly seedless as is possible to perpetuate it. 



Henderson's Ponderosa Tomato 



EXCELS in magnificent size, often attaining a circumference of from 

 twelve to eighteen inches, frequently weighing two and three 

 pounds each, perfect in form, free from wrinkles and fissures, 

 smooth, solid and meaty as beefsteak, free from watery cavities and 

 almost seedless; it ripens thoroughly from center to skin, its glowing 

 crimson color permeating the flesh to the heart; but above all, the deli- 

 cious quality and flavor are its crowning merits — toothsome and rich 

 when sliced, savory and delicious when canned, very little boiling being 

 required for it to thicken. 



The plants of Henderson's Ponderosa Tomato are luxuriant, healthy 

 growers, independent of droughts, free from blight, and are prodigious, 

 early and continuous bearers. First ripe fruits are often picked in ten 

 weeks from seed sowing, while late fruits may be gathered until frost. 

 Some of our customers store the immature late fruits, which ripen and 

 are served at Thanksgiving dinner. 



HENDERSON'S PONDEROSA TOMATO SEED 



PURCHASED FROM US DIRECT INSURES GETTING 

 OUR PERFECTED AND GENUINE STRAIN. 



" / order from you because I want some more ' real Ponderosas. ' Father once raised one 

 weighing 3 pounds from your seed. I often get fooled when I buy the seed elsewhere, they claim 

 it to be your Ponderosa, but it is not." M. E. SPARKS, Louisvillie, Ky. 



" We know there is no true Ponderosa seed but yours; tomatoes raised from others so-catt 

 not begin to compare with yours." J . B. MEACHAM. Rockvtlle, Ind. 



" I have been disappointed in the Ponderosa Tomato Die last two years. I got the seed from other 

 parties, and they are not like tlie ones I got from you. Please send »:c our true seed." 



ROBERT HARM. Denton, Texas. 



EXPLANATION: Henderson's Genuine Ponderosa Tomato seeds too 

 sparingly to be profitable for most sellers of seeds; that is why many de- 



generate strains are being offered as Ponderosa. 



Price, Henderson's Genuine Ponderosa Tomato Seed, 10c. pkt, 6oc. oz., $2.00 



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lb. 



Out new 

 Leaflet, 



HOW TO GROW TOMATOES in Garden, Field and Greenhouse, 



including method of 

 raising the Big Fellows, 



FREE 



to customers 

 if asked for. 



