PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK 



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COMPLETE 

 LIST OF 



Vegetable Seeds. 



PRICES. 



Pkt . Pint Quart | Peck | Bush. 



(Add to prices of Beans for free 



in the U. S.. 5c. pt., 10c. at.) 



BEANS, DWARF WAX-PODDED or "BUTTER." 



Black Wax, Henderson's Improved. A vigorous grower with ample 

 foliage, sheltering the pods so they are uniformly translucent and 

 creamy-yellow; very early, enormously productive and of fine quality. 



Flageolet Wax. Valuable for either private use or market; very early 

 and unusually free from rust ; exceedingly productive; pods flat, often 

 12 inches long, succulent and tender 



Golden Scimitar, Henderson's. (See Specialties, page 14-) 



Golden Wax Improved. (See Specialties, page 14) 



Golden-Eyed Wax. An early, vigorous variety, free from rust and 

 blight, bearing abundantly beautiful, tender, large, flat, waxy-golden 

 pods. It grows 1 ' 2 feet high, holding the pods well off the ground . . . 



Market Wax, Henderson's. A new, unusually robust growing, flat, 

 immense wax-podded variety; pods showy and handsome, clear yel- 

 low, stringless and of fine quality. A prolific cropper, very early for 

 so large a sort, and also a fine flavor and valuable as a shell Bean. . . 



Hodson Long Pod Wax. (See Specialties, page 14.) 



Keeney's Rustless Wax. A vigorous wax-podded variety, wonderfully 

 productive, and bearing continuously for weeks, if the pods are 

 picked as soon as ready. The pods are thick and meaty, entirely 

 stringless, tender and of fine quality. The plant throws out long 

 podbearing tendrils which appear at first like runners 



Refugee Wax. Possesses the valuable characteristics of the green- 

 podded Refugee; is wax-podded and of great productiveness; practi- 

 cally everbearing. Pods handsome, round, transparent yellow, 

 remaining tender long. A great drought and rust resister 



Wardwell's Kidney Wax. One of the best large-podded wax Beans. 

 Very robust and hardy, producing a heavy crop of showy, large, long, 

 flat wax pods, not liable to rust or blister 



Yosemite Mammoth Wax, Henderson's. A grand variety, yielding 

 prodigiously immense golden-yellow, waxy pods 10 to 14 inches long; 

 they are thick, meaty and absolutely stringless, cooking tender and 

 delicious. It is a robust-growing sort, needing to be planted twice as 

 far apart as ordinary bush Beans. Succeeds well on poor soils 



BEANS, BUSH LIMA. 



"Henderson" Improved Bush Lima. (See Specialties, page 11.) 



Henderson's Early Giant. (See Specialties, page 11.) 3 pkts. for 35c . 



"Henderson" Bush Lima. The original — about 3 days earlier than 

 the Improved — but pods and beans are smaller 



Burpee's Bush Lima. A bush form of the Large White Lima, grow- 

 ing about 20 inches high; the pods and beans are nearly the same size 

 as the latter. While not as early as the "Henderson," its large size 

 commends it to many 



Fordhook Bush Lima. The largest bush form of the popular "potato" 

 lima. The plants grow 20 to 30 inches in height, erect and of true 

 bush form; pods 4 to 5 inches long, contain 3 to 5 large, delicious 

 limas nearly as large again as the Kumerle (Dreer and Thorburn) 

 type and is 4 to 6 days earlier, bearing freely throughout the 

 season 2 pkts. for 25c. 



Dreer's Bush Lima. A bush variety of the Dreer's Lima. Beans thick, 

 sweet and succulent, growing close together in the pods. Growth 

 vigorous, about 18 inches high, with abundant foliage, always suc- 

 ceeding even in dry seasons 



New Wonder Bush Lima. A distinct bush variety; plant and pod very- 

 similar to Burpee's Bush, but earlier and a surer cropper; the shelled 

 beans are handsome, tender and delicious. An acquisition 



SPECIAL OFFER. 1 pkt. each of the above 7 Bush Limas. 

 delivered free in the U. S., for 70c. 



BEANS, POLE LIMA. 



New Ideal, Henderson's. (See Specialties, page 15) 



Early Leviathan Lima, Henderson's. (See Specialties, page 15.) 



Large White Lima. The old favorite, universally grown for both fam- 

 ily and market use. The large, flat, kidney-shaped beans, shelled 

 either green or dried, are tender and delicious when cooked 



Dreer's Improved Lima. A thick, almost round Bean of fine quality 

 and a large yielder; very early 



(1 quart to 150 hills; 

 BEANS, CLIMBING or POLE. 10 to 16 quarts per acre.) 



Old Homestead. (See Specialties, page 15.) 



White Creaseback. One of the finest early pole Beans, bearing in pro- 

 fusion clusters of fleshy green pods. 5 to 6 inches long, deeply creased, 

 perfectly stringless, tender and of superior quality; used as a "snap" 

 Bean. The matured beans are pure white and excellent shelled .... 



Golden Champion, Henderson's. The leading wax-podded pole Bean, 

 very early and a great and continuous bearer of enormous, light 

 yellow waxy pods, absolutely stringless, brittle and tender; a healthy 

 grower, free from rust 



Early Golden Cluster. Begins bearing in July, continuing to produce 

 abundantly until frost large clusters of golden-yellow pods 6 to 8 

 in. long and of delicious flavor. Valuable either as a shell or "snap." 



Horticultural or Speckled Cranberry. An old, popular variety, useful 

 either as a green-podded "snap" Bean or when shelled in the dry state, 



Scarlet Runner. Popular both for ornamental and culinary purposes. 

 It grows about 10 feet high; large scarlet flowers, followed by large 

 green-podded beans; used either as a "snap" Bean or shelled 



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30c. SI. 75 SO 50 



20c. 35c. 

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10c. 



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30c. 



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15c. 

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 25c. 



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30c. 



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30c. 



30c. 

 30c. 



40c. 



40c. 

 70c. 



35c. 

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50c. 



35c. 

 35c. 



45c. 

 40c. 



30c. 

 35c. 



10c. 20c. 35c. 



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35c. 



10c. 

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20c 30c. 

 20c. I 35c. 



20 . 35c. 2.00 



2.00 



2.00 

 2 Oil 



1.75 



1 . 75 

 2.00 



1.75 



1.75 

 1 . 75 



2.50 



2.50 



4 . 50 



2.25 



2.25 



2.75 

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2.00 

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2.50 



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2.25 



7.00 

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6.50 



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9.00 

 9.00 



2.25 8.00 



3.00 



IMPROVED "HENDERSON" BISH LIMA. 



8.50 



8.00 



OLD HOMESTEAD 

 POLE BBAN, 



Beans, Corn and Peas we do not deliver free, but will do so if 5c. per pt. or 10c. per qt. is added to the prices. 



