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



IMPORTANT NOTICE. Bean crops in many sections have been poor during 

 the past growing season, and short crops have been harvested. Prices quoted are 

 subject to change without notice. 



HENDERSON'S 

 Early Black Valentine 



GREEN-PODDED DWARF BUSH BEAN 



A GREAT FAVORITE BECAUSE OF ITS BLIGHT-RESISTING QUALITIES 



Very Hardy, Ready for Picking in 45 Days from Planting 



Henderson's Early Black Valentine is one of the most productive green-podded 

 sorts, and in certain respects it excels all other varieties, for there is none other that 

 bears so heavy a crop, and none that produces pods that will present such a saleable 

 appearance after travelling a long distance to the market. 



Henderson's Early Black Valentine should be picked as soon as the pods [have 

 attained a marketable size to avoid the formation of string. The bushes are very 

 strong and vigorous and the pods are handsome, very dark green in color, nearly 



round; one third longer and 

 much fstraighter than Red 

 Valentine. A large crop may 

 always be expected; and as it 

 is a decidedly long distance shipper 

 and also resists blight, it is a great 

 favorite with market gardeners. 

 (See engraving.) Price, 50c. qt., 

 $2.75 peck, $10.00 bush. 



MARKET GROWERS PRAISE EARLY 

 BLACK VALENTINE 



"I claim the Early Black Valentine Bush 

 Bean to be the champion of all the dwarf 

 green-podded snap beans, and I have tested 

 all varieties. 



Black Valentine is surely the best for 

 early planting, and will stand wet and cold 

 weather belter than any other. It is the 

 earliest, the easiest to pick, the most pro- 

 ductive, and the best quality bean on the 

 market today; but they have to be gathered 

 just at the right time." 



I. B. THURSTON, Xew Canaan, Conn. 



"The early Valentine Beans were a marvel 

 of uniform ripening and earliness. Good 

 seed is of vital importance lo me in my busi- 

 ness as a market grower, and so I have dealt 

 with you for years past." 



A. O'HALLORAX, Lynchburg, Va. 



"I am very pleased with your seeds and 

 am sending you another order with this letter. 

 I had wonderful success with Henderson's 

 Early Black Valentine Beans, had them 

 long before my neighbors." 



JOE H. HALL, Mount Pleasant, Tenn. 



Henderson's Bountiful 



A FLAT, GREEN-PODDED BUSH BEAN 



Prolific and Continuous Bearer the First in Spring — 

 the Last in Fall Stringless, Tender and of Delicious Flavor 



This superior variety, introduced by us, is a distinct improvement in green 

 Bush Beans and has become exceedingly popular wherever known. The plant is 

 remarkably handsome and of thrifty growth, being practically rust and mildew 

 proof. It is very hardy, extremely early, very prolific. 



The crowning merit of this grand Bush Bean is in the rich gr< , which are 



of immense size, thick, broad, extra long, very uniform in shape, solid, meaty and of 

 high quality^ meltingly tender and having a delicious flavor exclusively their own. 

 Moreover, the pods are not only stringless and entirely free from any tough, mem- 

 branous lining when young, but this tender "snap brittle" quality is retained even 

 into maturity. (See engraving.) Price, 60c. qt., $3.50 peck, S12.00 bush. 



For Complete List of Green-Podded, Wax Podded, Dwarf Bush Beans see pages '20 and 21. 

 For Bush Luna and Pole Lima Beans see page 21. 



