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PETER HENDERSON /VtO..INEW YORK 



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COMPLETE 

 LIST OF 



Vegetable Seeds 



SALSIFY, or OYSTER PLANT. (/ oz. to 75 feet of drill.) 



Long White French. A most nutritious and delicious winter vegetable. Dig in 



November and store the roots in sand or earth for winter use 



Mammoth Sandwich Island. {See Specialties, page 46.) 



SCORZONERA, or BLACK OYSTER PLANT. 



The skin is black, flesh white; properly cooked it is most deUcious 



SEA KALE. 



The blanched leaf stalks are eaten boiled as Asparagus, having a fine, agreeable 

 flavor. From seed they will be fit to cut the third year, continuing to bear 

 for 8 or 10 years. The roots may be forced in a warm cellar for a winter supply. 



SORREL. Broad-Leaved French. The best of the Garden Sorrels; large, pale 

 green leaves of mild, acid flavor; esteemed as salad, cooked as "greens," etc. 



SPINACH. {1 oz.for 100 feet of drill; 10 to IS lbs. in drills for an acre.) 



{Varieties prefixed * may be sown in the fall in latitude of New York for 



spring crop.) 



Round-Leaved or Dutch. (See Specialties, page 46.) 



*Thick-Leaved, Henderson's. Produces large, thick, bright green crumpled 

 leaves of fine quality; very slow in running to seed; one of the best market 

 sorts 



Long Season, Henderson's. {See Specialties, page 46.) 



Norfolk Savoy-Leaved. Large, fleshy, dark green leaves, closely crumpled .... 



Long-Standing. An excellent, compact variety: thick, fleshy, dark green 

 leaves; grows slowly but remains a long time fit to use before going to seed . . 



*Viroflay, Large Round-Leaved. A large, very hardy variety 



*Hardy Winter, Henderson's. A superior Spinach, either sown in spring for 

 early summer use or fall sown for winter use, being very slow to run to 

 seed and very hardy; plant compact-growing, with short-stemmed, thick 

 and rich green fleshy leaves 



Victoria. Very heavy, broad, deep green, crumpled leaves; of fine, succulent 

 quality; it stands in prime condition long after other varieties have bolted to 

 seed, rendering it especially valuable for spring sowing and summer use . . 



New Zealand. Produces leaves in abundance throughout the summer; may 

 be raised in heat and transplanted three feet apart each way into good soil. . 



SQUASH. SUMMER VARIETIES. {Bush varieties. 1 oz.for SO hills; B to 6 lbs. 

 per acre. Running varieties, 3 to 4 lbs. in hills per acre.) 



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

 face deep yellow, densely warted; quality and flavor good 



Mammoth Bush Summer Crookneck. {See Specialties, page 46.) 



White Bush Scalloped. The white "Patty Pan" or "Cymling"; creamy-white 

 skin; fine quality, free cropper 



Long Island White Bush. {See Specialties, page 46.) 



Golden Custard, Henderson's. A mammoth golden, scalloped bush Squash, 

 often 1 foot in diameter; wonderfully productive and of extra quality 



Vegetable Marrow Bush. A favorite English variety, bearing freely oblong, dull 

 yellow fruits 10 to IS inches in length by 4 to ,S inches in diameter; flesh, be- 

 fore being quite ripe, tender, marrowy and delicious 



AUTUMN AND WINTER VARIETIES. 



Boston Marrow. A popular second early Squash for autumn use; skin thin, 

 reddish-yellow; flesh dry, fine grained and delicious 



Delicious. Resembles Hubbard; it excels in flavor 



Early Prolific Marrow. {See Specialties, page 47.) 



Delicata, Henderson's. {See Specialties, page 4^ ■) 



Essex Hybrid. One of the best for fall and winter use; a good keeper, of good 

 size, bright orange; flesh thick, dry and most delicious 



Heart o' Gold, Henderson's. {See Specialties, page 47-) 



Hubbard. {See Specialties, page 47'.) 



Large Warted Hubbard. {See Specialties, page 47'.) 



Golden Hubbard. Similar to the old Hubbard excepting the skin is of a rich 

 orange-red and heavily warted; flesh of extra fine quality 



Mammoth Chili. The largest of all Squashes, often weighing 200 lbs. or over; 

 flesh rich and fine flavored 



SWISS CHARD. {See Specialties, page 46.) . 



TOMATO. {1 oz.for 1,500 plants ; Hib. for an acre.) (for plants, see page 176.) 



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

 prolific; color, purplish-pink 



Beauty. Early, prolific; medium sized, smooth and solid; color, purplish-red 

 fruits until late in the season; the best of the "purple" varieties 



Chalk's Early Jewel. One of the best early varieties; about a week later than 

 Earliana. The fruit of Jewel, however, averages larger, is uniform, smooth, 

 solid, of fine quality, and briUiant scarlet; a heavy cropper 



Crimson Cushion, Henderson's. {See Specialties, page SO.) 



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 50.) 



Freedom. {See Specialties, page SO.) 



Golden Sunrise, Henderson's. Large, smooth fruits, of a beautiful golden 

 color; quality excellent; attractive for mixing sliced, with red sorts 



June Pink. An extra early selection from Earliana, differing chiefly 

 in outside color, which is of the purplish-pink preferred in some sections to 

 scarlet. The fruit runs uniform in shape and size, about 3 inches in dia 

 meter, almost round, and borne in clusters. Flesh solid and fine 



PRICES 

 Delivered free in the U. S. 

 {excepting otherwise noted.) 



Pkt. I Oz. I 14 Lb. I Lb, 



5c. 

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10c. 



10c. 



Sc. 



5c. 



5c. 

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 5c. 



5c. 

 5c. 



5c. 



5c. 

 5c. 



5c. 

 10c. 



5c. 

 10c. 



10c. 

 10c. 



5c. 

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5c. 

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5c. 

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10c. 



10c. 



5c. 



Sc. 

 5c. 



10c. 

 10c. 



10c. 

 10c. 

 10c. 



15c. 



35c. 



20c. 



50c. 



25c. 



7Sc. 



30c. 



90c. 



20c. 



SSc. 



10c. 



ISc. 



10c. 



15c. 



10c. 



20c. 



10c. 



15c. 



lOc. 



ISc. 



10c. 



15c. 



lOc. 



ISc. 



10c. 



15c. 



10c. 



30c. 



10c. 



30c. 



15c. 



3Sc. 



10c. 



30c. 



15c. 



3Sc. 



15c. 



3Sc. 



15c. 



40c. 



10c. 



30c. 



ISc. 



40c. 



10c. 



30c. 



20c. 



50c. 



ISc. 



3Sc. 



20c. 



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40c. 



20c. 



SOc. 



15c. 



40c. 



20c. 



SOc. 



ISc. 



40c. 



25c. 



SOc. 



30c. 



90c. 



35c. 



SI. 00 



50c. 



1.75 



35c. 



1.00 



3Sc. 



1.10 



40c. 



1.25 



35c. 



1.00 



35c. 



1.10 



3.50 



SWISS CHARD 



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fle, HOW TO GROW TOMATOES in Garden, Field and Greenhouse, 



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 raising the Big Fellows, 



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