HENDERSON'S TESTED SEEDS FOR MARKET GARDENERS. 



35 



Complete 

 List of 



VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



SQUASH. SUMMER VARIETIES. 



Yellow Bush Summer Crookneck. A bush variety, early and prolific; surface 

 deep yellow, densely warted; quality and flavor good 



Mammoth Bush Summer Crookneck. (See specialties page 21) 



White Bush Scalloped. The white "Pattypan" or "Cy'mling"; creamy-white 

 skin ; fine quality, free cropper 



Long Island White Bush. (See specialties page 21) 



Golden Custard, Henderson's. A large yellow fruited form of White Bush 

 Scalloped. (Crop failure.) 



Vegetable Marrow. A favorite English variety, bearing a heavy crop of dull 

 yellow fruits 10 to 15 inches in length by 4 to 5 inches in diameter; flesh be- 

 fore being quite ripe, tender, marrowy and delicious 



Cocozelle (Italian vegetable marrow) 



AUTUMN AND WINTER VARIETIES. 



Boston Marrow. (See specialties page 21.) (See engraving) 



Early Prolific Marrow. Similar to but an improvement over Boston Mar- 

 row; earlier, more productive; exterior color, deep, orange-red; flesh deep, 

 fine grained, dry and sweet. A good keeper 



Delicata, Henderson's. Produces an enormous crop of fruits 10 inches long 

 and about 4 inches in diameter, of very fine quality. An excellent keeper. . 



Heart o'Gold, Henderson's. Strong-growing, healthy vine, bountiful yielder; 

 large, orange-red fruits, averaging 25 to 35 lbs. each; deep, solid, fine-grained, 

 golden-red flesh, dry and sweet 



Hubbard. (See specialties page 21) 



Large Warted Hubbard. (See specialties page 21) 



Golden Hubbard. Similar to the old Hubbard in growth, form, size and 

 productiveness. Skin of a rich orange-red, and heavily warted, highly at- 

 tractive, and of extra fine quality 



Mammoth Chili. The largest of all Squashes, attains great weight; the flesh 

 is rich and fine flavored 



SWISS CHARD. 



This is a variety of Beet grown for its leaves, which, boiled form delicious 

 greens; the midribs are cooked and served like Asparagus. (See engraving) 



TOMATO. 



Acme. An old, well-known, early variety, medium in size, smooth, solid and 

 prolific; color, purplish-pink 



Beauty. (See specialties page 22) 



Bonny Best. An extra early, scarlet, round-fruited variety of great value. 

 The fruit is very even in size and shape 



Chalks' Early Jewel. A valuable variety for second early and main crop, 

 fruits are of medium size, bright scarlet and heavy. It is a good shipper. . 



Crimson Cushion, Henderson's. Fruits of immense size, 1 to 2 lbs. each; 

 smooth, almost seedless and solid as beefsteak; a continuous bearer; color, 

 rich crimson-scarlet; quality superb, either sliced or cooked 



Detroit. An early pink variety; fruits smooth and uniform in size: very pro- 

 lific and of good quality 



June Pink. (See specialties page 22) 



Dwarf Champion. Of dwarf, stiff, upright growth, scarcely needing support, 

 early and prolific; smooth, medium-sized fruits of pinkish-purple color 



Earliana. (See specialties page 22) 



Globe. (See specialties page 22.) 



Matchless. One of the best for main crop, fruits large, smooth and very solid, 

 of a bright red color, bears continuously throughout the season 



Favorite. A large, handsome and uniform-shaped Tomato; solid, smooth and 

 bright scarlet ; ripens evenly 



Freedom. Not the earliest, but ripens a very large crop of round scarlet 

 fruits quite early in the season, and remains long in full fruit. One of the 

 best for greenhouse culture. (See engraving) 



Perfection. Almost round fruits; smooth, tough skin of brilliant scarlet; ripens 

 thoroughly; solid and of rich flavor; attractive for market 



.Ponderosa, Henderson's. Not used for shipping, but of enormous size and 

 remarkable solidity. For local trade where its superb flavor is known, it is 

 invaluable 



Stone. (See specialties page 22) 



Tenderloin, Henderson's. A remarkably solid, purple skinned sort 



Trophy. Extra selected; our superior selection from perfect specimens of 

 this old favorite, is free from the corrugations of the old strains 



SMALL FRUITING VARIETIES. Esteemed for preserves, marmalade, etc. 

 Red Cherry. Bears clusters of bright red fruits, the size of a cherry; prolific. . 



Red Pear-Shaped. Bright red pear-shaped fruits, 2 inches in diameter 



Yellow Plum. Oval, yellow fruits, 2 inches in diameter 



Strawberry Ground Cherry. Winter Cherry, or Husk Tomato 



PRICES. 



Pkts. Ozs., and \ lbs. deliver- 

 ed free, but add postage ac- 

 cording to zone rates on 

 page I for half-pounds and 

 over if wanted by mail. 



Pkt. 



.05 

 .10 



.05 

 .10 



.10 

 .10 



.05 



.05 



.10 



.10 

 .05 

 .10 



.10 

 .10 



.05 



.05 

 .05 



.10 



.10 



.10 



.10 

 .10 



.10 

 .10 

 .10 



.10 



.05 



.10 

 .05 



.10 

 .05 

 .10 



.10 



.05 

 .05 

 .05 

 .10 



Oz. 



.10 



.10 



.10 



.15 



.15 

 .15 



.10 



.10 

 .15 



.15 

 .10 



.10 



.10 

 .15 



.10 



.Ao 

 .25 



.30 



.25 



.40 



.30 

 .30 



.25 



.25 

 .30 



.25 



.20 



.25 

 .20 



.40 



.20 

 .40 



.25 



.25 

 .25 

 .25 

 .25 



t Lb. 



.20 

 .25 



.20 

 .30 



.35 

 .35 



.20 



.25 



.40 



.35 

 .30 

 .30 



.30 



.30 



.30 



.70 

 .70 



1.00 



.80 



1.25 



1.00 

 1.00 



.75 



.80 

 1.00 



.75 



.60 



.75 

 .65 



1.40 



60 



1.25 



.75 



.75 

 .75 

 .75 

 .80 



Lb. 



.60 

 .70 



.60 



1.00 



1.00 

 1.00 



.65 



.70 



1.25 



1.00 



.90 



1.00 



1.00 



1.00 



1.00 



2.25 

 2.25 



3.00 



2.75 



4.50 



3.50 

 3.00 



2.50 

 2.75 

 3.50 



2.50 



2.00 



2.50 

 2.25 



5.00 

 2.00 

 4.50 



2.50 



2.50 

 2.50 

 2.50 

 2.75 



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FREEDOM TOMATO. 



YeXl How to Grow Tomatoes in Garden, Field and Greenhouse 



Including Method of p<«pp to Customers 

 Raising the Big Fellows, *l^^ if as k ed f or 



