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



BEETS 



HENDERSON'S 

 SELECTED 



Money-Making Strains for Market Gardeners 



Crosby's Egyptian, Henderson's Special 



This is one of the earliest beets on the market, and it is undoubtedly 

 the most desirable small beet for early market purposes, because it Mm 

 attains a presentable shape in a shorter space of time than any 

 other variety. 



The color is an intense, deep red, almost black; and the flesh is 

 sweet and tender. The root is smooth, round, and slightly flattened 

 and the tops are small in size. "Crosby's Special" is a very rapid 

 grower, and can be sown as late as July with a good return. (See ^ 



engraving.) '•■ 



The strain we offer is very fine and uniform in shape and color. 



Price, oz. 20c, \i lb. 40c, lb. $1.25, 10 lb. lots @ $1.15 lb. 



Early Wonder 



It keeps well, and is expecially suitable for fall sowing because it matures two weeks 

 earlier than any other marketable beet. One of its best points is that entire fields 

 of it are harvested at one operation because all the roots mature at the same time. 

 (See engraving.) 



Price, oz, 20c, \i lb. 40c, lb. $1.25, 10 lb. lots @ $1.15 lb. 



Henderson's Detroit Dark Red Special Stock 



It is very valuable to the market gardener on account of the uniformity in shape 

 of its very smooth roots, and its consistently dark red color; there being no light 



colored roots in this stock, often 

 found in some selections of Detroit 

 Dark Red. As a market [sort it is 

 unsurpassable. 



Price, oz. 20c, U lb. 40c, lb. $1.25, 

 10 lb. lots @ $1.15 lb. 



Good for All 



(Baby Detroit Dark Red) 



This new variety was developed from 

 Detroit Dark Red but differs from this variety 

 in that the roots never attain as large a size. 

 The roots are smooth, very even in size and 

 almost perfectly globular in shape, with a very 

 small slender top root. Interior color deep 



crimson, entirely free from white zones. Especially fine for canning and pickling 

 whole and for market trade demanding small size bunch beets. 



Prize, oz. 20c, H lb. 50c, lb. $1.50. 



ri-ncViw'c Fmmtion A leading variety of good color and offine quality. 



v,rosoy s Egyptian. Price> oz 20c ( ^ lb 40c ( lb $1 10) 10 lb lots @ $1 00 lb> 



Eelin^e ^ ne °^ t ^ ie k est to f°ll° w after the very early sorts. When young it may 

 P be bunched, but it is also used as a basket beet, and is known and sells 

 freely on every market. It is medium in size, the tops small for size of root, the outer 

 color is dark and the flesh strongly ringed in two shades of red. 

 Price, oz. 15., J4 lb. 35c, lb. $1.00, 10 lb. lots @ 90c lb. 



Erlmanrl's ^ handsome, uniform, turnip-shaped Beet, smooth and of good size; 

 Lumdna b. t0 p S sma vj. g esb re( j. ^ ne f or j ate cro p. 



Price, oz. 15c, \i lb. 35c, lb. $1.00. 



r . r i Fmmfiaw An excellent early variety and considered by many 



extra cany ngypnan. t0 be the best of the early garden beets . The root 



is rounded and flattened especially underneath; grows almost entirely out of the ground, 



to which it is held by a slender tap-root. The skin is very smooth; violet-red in color; 



flesh of a dark blood color; leaves brownish-red, more or less mixed with green. 



Price, oz. 15c, M lb. 35c, lb. $1.00, 10 lb. lots @ 90c lb. 



lb. lots @ 50c lb. 



65c lb., 



Beet for "Greens" (Red Top). f r c 



Beet for "Greens" (Green Top), ^.^'eotf lotS @ 7 ° C - Ib - 



I ~~.„ C«,/va*U 131»r><4 I?^^J An excellent late variety, a great improvement 

 Long BmOOtn OlOOCl-rvea, on or dinary stocks , and of intense dark-red color. 

 Price, oz. 15c, % lb. 35c, lb. 90c, 10 lb. lots @ 80c lb. 



Less grading required and more attractive bunches are obtained from Henderson's Selected Stock of Beets. 



