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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— SUPERIOR SEEDS. 



TME TRUCKER'S FAVORITE, 



HENDERSON'S FIRST OF ALL PEA. 



The Finest First Early Extant. The Most Uniform in Ripening. 



A Heavy Cropper. A Money-Maker for the Trucker. 



Few vegetables have held their place in the public esteem for so many years as our First of all Pea. It stands to-day unrivalled, either 

 as a first early or main crop pea, indeed we do not think we are wrong in claiming that it is used to a greater extent than any other variety in 

 any of the seasons in which peas can be obtained. It is the only type of pea which can safely be used at all seasons, and there is none approach- 

 ing it which can be used in such a variety of climes and over so great a latitude : it has grown with equal success in the coldest and warmest 

 climates, apparently having the power to resist extreme climatic conditions possessed by no other type. Since we sent this out there have been 

 many attempts at imitating it, but the enormous increase of sales gives silent testimony to the acknowledged superiority of Henderson's First 

 of All over all would-be competitors, and it stands to-day a money-maker for the trucker and the delight of the amateur. 



Its first important feature is its extreme earlincss. It comes into bearing a few days ahead of any other Tarlety, thus 

 ensuring to the trucker the advantage of marketing his produce so much earlier than those who do not grow it. It is also exceedingly 

 productive, the sketch which we here show being no stretch of the imagination, but was taken from a photograph of a crop which is by no 

 means uncommon. The vines are vigorous and dwarf, never exceeding 2| feet in height, so that no brushing or staking is necessary, though 

 in private cultivation it is a decided help, and, of course, greatly economizes space. Another very important feature for the trucker is tk« fact 

 that the entire crop can be gathered at one picking, and every trucker will realize at once the economy in labor in growing such a 

 pea. Moreover, the stock which we are sending out to-day is superior, owing to constant and watchful selection by which we hav« been able 

 to eliminate from it every undesirable feature, such as small double pods, irregularity in height, and weak spindly habit, which forms so large 

 a part of the crop of many so-called First Earlies. (See cut.) 



Price, in sealed bags, 20c. quart, $1.10 peck, $3-75 bush. (10 bush, lots and upward $3 50 Bush. 



HERQIHE PH. 



This is one of the few laree-podded main 

 crop soils that successfully resists the intense 

 heat of June and e.-irly July. It is the most 

 handsome pea of its class, and produces an 

 enormous crop of handsomely shaped pods, 

 which are uniformly well filled. '1 hey retain 

 their color well after shipping, and it is 

 consequently ej<serlj T sought on the market 

 It grows to a hewht of 3 feet, the vines are 

 very strong and always vigorous. We intro- 

 duced this variety here, and its increasing 

 sale confirms our claim of its value. 

 Price 25c quart, * 1.25 peck $4.50 bushel. 



E HERO PEA. 



A great improvement on the old Yorkshire 

 Ilero. It is a main crop variety, and con 

 tinucs in bearing long after many of the older 

 and weaker kinds have been burned out by 

 the extreme heat of mid-summer. The pods 

 are longer and larger tban Yorkshire Hero, 

 and ate produced in enormous quantities; are 

 will tilled throughout. It is used in large 

 q amities by successful truckers, its strong 

 vines and free podding habit making it of 

 great value for extensive cultivation. 



Price 20c. qt . &1 00 peck $3.50 bushel. 



TELEPHONE PEA. 



A large podded late variety and a general 

 favorite with the market gardener, the band- 

 some pods finding ready sale in all maikets. 

 For some years past this variety has had a 

 strong tendency to degenerate and produce 

 weak, slender vines, with small pods. We 

 have given this feature our most careful at- 

 tention, and our stock is now the pure large 

 podded type which we are certain will give 

 the greatest satisfaction to the market gar- 

 dener. 



Price, 25c. qt., $125 pk., $4.25 bushel. 



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