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



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FOR MKRKET GHRDENERS 

 COMPLETE ALPHABETICAL LIST = 





JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE. 



BLACK VALENTINE BEAN. 



VEGETABLE SEEDS 



ARTICHOKE. 



S3.00 bush. 



Jerusalem (Tubers). 

 (See engraving.) 



Buyer paying transit. 20c. qt.. $1.00 peck 



ASPARAGUS SEED. (l M . to 60 /*. of drill. Cultural instructions free) 

 Colossal. A standard variety; large, productive and of fine quality 



Palmetto, Henderson's. Superior in every way. the stalks are large and uniform, 

 averaging nearly an inch in diameter and retaining their thickness to the tip 

 Fifteen shoots make a good marketable bunch and weigh nearly two pounds. It is 

 adapted to all sections, is less susceptible to disease than others, and will therefore 

 thrive where other varieties fail. (See Engraving.) 



ASPARAGUS ROOTS. Buyer pays transportation on Asparagus Roots. For Parcel 

 Post Zone rates see page 2 oj cover. 100 2-year old Roots will weigh about 6 lbs. 

 Colossal. 2-yr.-old roots (buyer paying transit). 75c. per 100; $6.00 per 1,000. 

 Palmetto. 2- " " " " " " 1.00 per 100; $8.00 per 1,000. 



BEANS. 



DWARF or BUSH, GREEN PODDED. 



The crop of Bush and Wax Beans of 1917 was like that of the previous year, 

 disastrous one, some sorts failing entirely, consequently prices range high. The supply 

 of sorts quoted is limited and quotations in this catalogue are made subject to being 

 unsold upon receipt of order. 



Bountiiul, Henderson's. The best flat, green podded bean in existence 



Black Valentine, Henderson's. Since we introduced this Bean it has been used very 

 extensively by the largest planters. In the South it is grown in enormous quanti- 

 ties for shipment to the Northern markets, and it has become equally popular for 

 growing on smaller areas. In some respects it excells all other varieties; there is 

 none that bears so heavy a crop, and none which presents a more salable appear 

 ance after long shipping. Ready for picking in 45 days from planting. (See engraving) 



Earliest Red Valentine, Henderson's. This is one of the oldest American varieties. It 

 has always been one of the most popular sorts among market growers, but even more 

 so of late years, because of the greatly improved stocks, which have been maintained 

 by constant, careful selection. It is earlier, the pods are longer, thicker, of greater 

 substance, and the plants bear more continuously than ever 



Full Measure, Henderson's. A round, green-podded bush bean, a cross between 

 the old Refugee and Yosemite Wax. The pods are five inches long, stringless, quite 

 round, have no neck and are of extremely good quality. It is far superior to any 

 of its class 



Horticultural Dwarf. A bush variety of the popular Climbing Horticultural; A grand 

 shell Bean. Our stock is free from runners 



King of the Earlies 



Low's Champion. One of the best large-podded shell varieties 



Longfellow, Henderson's. Longfellow is one of the most attractive green-podded 

 Beans for any market. It is very early and bears an enormous crop of long, round, 

 fleshy pods of great firmness, and pale green in color. Its compact growth and habit 

 of bunching the crop near the center of the plant make it very easy to pick 



Refugee, or 1,000 to 1. A very popular market gardener's variety on account of its 

 exceeding productiveness. It is extensively grown for a fall crop both in the north 

 and south. The plants are strong, healthy and robust, about 15 inches high 

 branching and bushy in growth. Our strain is very fine, and will be found free from 

 fiat pods 



Refugee, Extra Early. This is a true Refugee, having the peculiar, spreading habit 

 of its class, producing a mass of small leaves which protect the pods from the sun 

 preserving their attractive color under trying conditions. It is two weeks earlier 

 than the old Refugee, and is largely grown as an early spring crop, and again in 

 late fall, at which season it does remarkably well 



Stringless Green Pod, Burpee's. Very early, productive, and a good shipper. 

 White Marrow. A popular shell Bean; seeds ivory-white. (Crop failure.) . . . . 



Large White Kidney. A green-podded shell variety. Useful in the green stage when 

 picked young and admirable as a shell bean. (Crop failure) 



PRICES. 

 Ozs., and % lbs. de- 

 livered free, but add 

 postage according to 

 zone rates see page 2 

 of cover for half-pounds 

 and over if wanted by 

 mail. 



Oz. 



.10 



10 



i Lb. 



15 



.20 



Lb. 



.40 



.50 



Beans we do not deliver 

 free. Purchaser pays 

 transportation by the 

 quart and over. For 

 Parcel Post Zone Rates 

 see page 2 of cover. 

 Beans weigh (Postal 

 weight^ 2 lbs. per quart. 



aart. 



Peck. 



.70 



5.20 



.60 



4.20 



.70 



5.20 



.70 



5.20 



.70 



5.20 



.60 



4.20 



.70 



5.20 



.70 



5.20 



.70 



5.20 



.70 



5.20 



.70. 



5.20 



20.00 



16.00 



20.00 



20.00 



20.00 

 16.00 

 20.00 



20.00 



20.00 



20.00 

 20.00 



Our Seeds are no longer supplied through Dealers. Our Object: w y h( only supplyin? the P1 - n - ter dir?ct we protect *- y customers 



who have had other seeds foisted upon them as "Henderson's" 



