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



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Henderson's Famous Early Pea 



^Prosperity or Gradus 



The Largest and Best Flavored Early Pea Grown in the United States 

 The problem of good early Peas was finally and completely solved many years ago 

 when we introduced Prosperity. Some of our customers pick them as early as June 

 3d. Others have gathered Peas on May 26th, 55 days from the time of sowing. 



Prosperity should be planted a little thicker than other large-podded sorts, as the 

 vine is singly stemmed and consequently occupies less room than the heavier grow- 

 ing, branching varieties. This is one of its valuable features, for a large crop is pro- 

 duced in a comparatively small space. The vines are three feet high, light green in 

 color; the pods are borne singly and freely from top to bottom of the vine and contain 

 from six to nine Peas as large and as rich in flavor as the Telephone and weeks earlier. 

 (See engraving.) Price, 2 lbs. 70c, 15 lbs. $3.50, (Bush.) 56 lbs. $12.00. 



♦Thomas Laxton. ^ n extra eai "ly> wrinkled Marrow Pea of great merit. It 

 grows about 3 feet high, resembling Prosperity. It is of 

 vigorous, hardy constitution, enabling it to be planted with first earliest, coming in a 

 few days later than the round, hard-shell sorts. It produces a heavy crop of long, straight, 

 square-ended, dark green pods, well filled with 7 to 8 large, rich-flavored deep green 

 wrinkled marrow peas. It is a good reliable pea, uniformly constant type and about as 

 early as Prosperity. {See engraving.) Price, 2 lbs. 70c, 15 lbs. $3.50, (Bush.) 56 lbs. $12.00. 



To grow peas successfully, it is neces- 

 sary to control the ravages of Aphis. 

 They not only devitalize the plants by 

 sucking out their life-giving juices, but 

 also make them susceptible to fungus 

 diseases. They can easily be controlled 

 with the pyrethrum insecticides. See 

 page 63. 



MEDIUM EARLY VARIETIES 



*Laxtonian 



The Most Productive of All 

 Dwarf Early Peas 

 The dark, green vines grow only 16 to 18 inches in height, are 

 hardy, vigorous and healthy, require no supporting trellis, and 

 bear in abundance giant dark green pods, averaging 4J_ inches in 

 length with 8 to 10 large wrinkled blue-green Peas having the true 

 rich marrow flavor of the best of the tall main crop English Marrow- 

 fat Peas. Ready for market in from 40 to 45 days or a few days 

 earlier than Prosperity. The deep green color of the pods and Peas 

 1 is maintained for several days rendering it exceptionally desirable 

 for market gardener's trade. (See engraving.) Price, 2 lbs. 70c., 

 15 lbs. $3.50, (Bush.) 56 lbs. $12.00. 



If your seed order amounts to Ten Dollars or more and at least Half the value is in small seeds we will pay the delivery charges to 

 any freight, express or post office in the United States. (See special offer page 1.) 



