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PETER HENDERSON',,'* CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE. 



LARGE CHEESE PUMPKIN 



EARLY ROUND DARK RED RADISH 



Complete List of 



VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



EARLY WHITE TIPPED SCARLET TURNIP RADISH. 



POTATOES, SUPERIOR NORTHERN GROWN. (Prices on application.) 

 EARLY VARIETIES. 



Bovee, Henderson's. A very popular extra early potato. Not only early but a 



heavy cropper. Shape long, oval, flesh white and of fine quality 



Early Ohio. Early, maturing about two weeks before the Early Rose; almost round; 

 flesh solid, cooks dry and mealy 



Early Norther. A splendid variety, extra early and exceedingly prolific; eyes few and 

 shallow, unexcelled cooking qualities, dry and floury 



Early Puritan, Henderson's. A distinct and valuable early variety; both skin and 

 flesh white; quality superb, dry and floury 



Early Rose. The popular standard early; noted for earliness, productiveness and fine 

 quality 



Irish Cobbler. A very fine early variety extensively grown for market in some locali- 

 ties. The tubers are very handsome, almost round, very uniform in shape and size. 

 Flesh, white and of excellent quality, skin, buff with whitish netting. A reliable and 

 heavy cropper 



MAIN CROP VARIETIES. 



Green Mountain, Improved. A reliable medium late potato increasing in popularity 

 where known. It seems to thrive in all soils and in all localities, making heavy, healthy 

 vines and yielding big crops of large, smooth, white-skinned tubers of handsome 

 flattish oval form. It cooks white, dry and mealy and is a good keeper, not liable to 

 scab or decay in field or cellar 



Late Puritan, Henderson's. A handsome, large, white-skinned Potato, and one of the 

 best late sorts grown; heavy yielder, good keeper; cooking qualities superior 



Sir Walter Raleigh, Henderson's. A grand main crop potato, forming tubers of large 

 size — oval in form and of the finest quality, the flesh being fine grained, white — 

 cooking dry and mealy. It is very productive and a splendid keeper 



Uncle Sam, Henderson's. One of the handsomest Potatoes grown; luxuriant, and 

 healthy; shape and size wonderfully uniform, a superior keeper, quality extra 



OUR POTATOESIOFFERED ABOVE ARE THOROUGHLY SELECTED ESPECIALLY 

 FOR SEED PURPOSES. 



Purchaser pays freight or express charges and assumes risk from freezing or heating. 

 The Sack is 165 lbs. net weight 



PUMPKIN. (Sec engraving.) 



Calhoun, Henderson's. A small, almost round Pumpkin, with creamy-brown skin; 



flesh deep salmon-yellow, wonderfully thick, fine grained, and of the finest quality 



for rich-colored pies. (See engraving.) 



Cheese. The most popular for pies and table use: large, flat-round; creamy-yellow 



skin; thick, orange flesh oi fine quality; a splendid keeper. (See engraving.) 



Connecticut Field. A productive, large, orange-colored, field Pumpkin, usually grown 



for stock-feeding, but it also makes good pies 



Golden Cushaw 



Large or Mammoth Tours. An old, well-known variety, productive and growing to a 



large size and great weight 



Sugar. A handsome and productive small Pumpkin; round-flattened, skin orange, 



flesh deep yellow, fine grained and very sweet 



Winter Luxury. A superior pie Pumpkin, small, but enormously productive and an 



excellent keeper; shape almost round, about 10 inches in diameter; color, golden-rus- 



tet, finely netted; flesh deep golden, sweet and tender 



RADISH. 

 EARLY ROUND OR TURNIP SHAPED VARIETIES. 



Early Scarlet Turnip. A standard variety for bunching; bright scarlet color, rapid 

 grower and of mila flavor. (See specialties page 18) (10 lbs. and upwards 90c. lb.) 



Earliest Carmine Turnip. Round, dark red, very early; good for forcing 



Early Crimson Giant Turnip. A very profitable sort for open ground, larger than any 

 in its season. The skin is crimson, the flesh white and quite untinged with red. It 

 matures more quickly than any of its size and it frequently remains firm for a week 

 after full growth 



Rose Turnip, Henderson's. Very early, maturing in 23 days; skin of attractive rose 

 color, flesh sparkling white 



Early White Tipped Scarlet Turnip. A medium sized round variety, color bright 

 scarlet white tipped, used in enormous quantities in open ground. It matures very 

 evenly and is one of the readiest sellers. (10 lbs. and upwards 80c. lb.) (See specialties 

 page 18.) (See engraving) 



Early Round Dark Red. The most popular of the round sorts for outdoor sowing. It 

 is very dark in color — the flesh white and crisp. The tops are small for a root of its 

 size. Our stock is very uniform in color and shape. (10 lbs. and upwards 80c. lb.) . 



Philadelphia White Box. A good variety for cold frames: keeps firm a long while; we 

 sell a very superior stock 



Non Plus Ultra. A fine bright red forcing variety with small tops 



Rapid Forcing. This is perfectly bred for forcing. The root is small, uniformly round 

 with short erect leaves. It grows rapidly, and may be pulled in 21 days. The lower 

 part of the root is white, the upper part bright scarlet 



Red Forcing. An ideal round red variety with very small tops. Properly grown, it will 

 mature in 3 weeks. The color is vivid red. (See specialties page 18) 



Scarlet Globe. The best of the forcing varieties. The roots are a little longer than 

 round, the skin intense scarlet in color, with tiny threadlike roots. We exercise 

 unusual care to procure only perfert stocks of this variety and we believe no better 

 on be bad. (See specialties page 18) (10 lbs and upwards 90c. lb.) 



We ship Potatoes 

 in Sacks and ^'deliver 

 to transportation co's 

 in N. Y. City. Pur- 

 chaser pays freight or 

 express charges. The 

 sack is 2% bus. orJ165 

 lbs. net weight. 



Peck 



Bush, 



Sack 



NOTICE 



Pumpkin and Rad- 

 ish seeds are delivered 

 transportation paid in 

 United States. 



PRICES 



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.30 

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.40 

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.40 

 .35 



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.35 



1.50 

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.75 

 1.50 



1.50 



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1.50 



1.00 

 .90 



1.25 

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1.25 

 1.00 



1.00 

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1.00 



Our 



Leaflet 



How to Grow Pumpkin and Squash I c n ^S5 1 , S. t B«r! , S2: Free to Customers if asked for. 



