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HENDERSON'S TESTED SEEDS FOR MARKET GARDENERS. 



HENDERSON S MELTING MARROW PEA 



THOMAS LAXTON PEA 



Complete List of 



VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



PEAS. EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES OF MEDIUM HEIGHT— Continued. 



Henderson's "First of All." Its first important feature is its extreme earliness, ensuring 

 to the trucker the advantage of marketing his produce so much earlier than those who 

 do not grow it. It is also exceedingly productive. The vines are vigorous and dwarf, 

 about 2>j feet in height. Another important feature: the entire crop can be gathered 

 at one picking, and every trucker will realize at once the economy in labor in growing 

 such a pea. Moreover, the stock which we are sending out to-day is superior, con- 

 stant selection has enabled us to eliminate every undesirable feature 



Nonpareil 



♦Prosperity, Henderson's (called also Gradus). This grand, wrinkled Marrow Pea — 

 introduced into America by us in 1897 — has, each year, increased in popular favor and 

 is now indispensable for an early crop. It is quite distinct; no other large-podded sort 

 ripens so early; and at any season, early or late, its quality and appearance insure ready 

 sales. Our stock is a little larger-podded than those ordinarily sold, of great vigor, and 

 free from small pods. When one considers that peas of this superior size and quality 

 are ready for picking only a day or two later than little round-seeded hard-shell "Extra 

 Earlies," one realizes what a valuable acquisition our Prosperity Pea really is, 3 feet 

 (See specialties page 1 1) 



♦Thomas Laxton. An extra early, wrinkled Marrow Pea of great merit. It grows about 

 3 feet high, resembling Prosperity. It is of vigorous, hardy constitution, enabling 

 it to be planted with first earliest, coming in a few days later than the round, hard- 

 shell sorts. It produces a heavy crop of long, straight, square-ended, dark green pods, 

 well filled with 7 to 8 large, rich- flavored deep green wrinkled marrow peas. It is a 

 good reliable pea, uniformly constant type and about as early as Prosperity (See 

 engraving.) 



SECOND OR MEDIUM EARLY VARIETIES. 



♦Advancer. A heavy cropping second early variety of fine quality, sometimes sold as 

 Dwarf Champion 



♦Abundance. 2K feet. A deservedly popular variety branching in habit and bearing 

 abundantly roundish pods 3 to 3J4 inches long, well filled with wrinkled peas of 

 excellent quality 



♦Laxtonian. Height, IK feet. The pods are very large, and are produced on a sturdy 

 vine without support. The flavor is just as rich and good as any of the later sorts. 

 It is ready about a week later than the very early varieties 



♦Horsford's Market Garden. 2H feet. A very fine early main-crop variety, producing 

 an enormous crop of rather small, but well filled pods 



♦Melting Marrow, Henderson's. Follows immediately after the extra early sorts, thus 

 filling in the gap between these and midsummer varieties. Plants are of robust, half- 

 dwarf habit, growing about 15 in. high, with sturdy branching stalks practically self- 

 supporting, so that brush is not essential. Massive pods are produced in abundance 

 and packed with from 6 to 8 immense, wrinkled Marrow Peas of rich green color 

 (See engraving) 



MAIN CROP OR LATER VARIETIES. 



♦Alderman. One of the very best early main crop peas of the Telephone type. 



The 



HENDERSON S RUBY KING PEPPER 



vigorous, healthy vines grow about 5 feet in height and are very productive of large, 

 long, dark green pods — often over five inches in length — and packed with deep green 

 wrinkled peas of the largest size and of unsurpassed quality. The rich, dark green 

 color is retained for several days, rendering this variety especially desirable for 

 Market Gardeners who ship their products 



♦American Champion, Henderson's. 4K feet. The largest podded and the best strain 

 of the Telephone type 



♦Champion of England. 5 feet. A superior stock of this well-known favorite 



♦Duke of Albany 



♦Juno. 2J-i feet. A dwarf main-crop Pea of superb flavor and vigorous constitution; 

 remarkably prolific. The very best to withstand extreme heat 



♦Telephone. One of the oldest varieties grown. It has been on the market for nearly 

 forty years, and is better today than ever. The plant is about five feet high, and 

 bears a heavy crop of large, even sized pods, well filled with peas of delicious quality; 

 rich, tender, and most attractive in appearance. Our stock is far superior to that 

 ordinarily sold under this name. (See specialties page 1 1) 



PEPPER. 



Chinese Giant. We have a very fine selection of this famous variety, with large, well 

 shaped fruits, thick, meaty flesh and magnificent color. The fruits are even in size 

 and the strong bushy plants produce a heavy crop 



Ohio Crimson Giant. A recent introduction. Ohio Crimson Giant is early and bears 

 a large crop of smooth well colored fruit 



Early Neapolitan. Valuable on account of its extreme earliness. It can be marketed 

 away ahead of any of its class. It is continuously prolific. Fruits 2 inches in diame 

 ter, and about 4 inches long, tapering from the shoulder. The flesh is solid and 

 extremely mild in flavor 



Large Bell, or Bull Nose. A large, hot, bright red variety; a favorite for pickling and 

 "mangoes" when green 



Long Red Cayenne. Slim. 4 inch pods, very hot, used largely in pickles 



Red Chili. Small bright red peppers, very hot and pungent, and generally used for 

 making Pepper Sauce; very prolific 



Red Cluster. Dwarf compact plants, bearing enormous crop. Small, thin pods borne 

 upright in clusters; red and pungent 



Ruby King. One of the most attractive peppers in cultivation Our stock is grown 

 from an early ripening strain and may be relied on to produce a good crop of large 

 well-shaped, fleshy peppers. (Sre engraving) 



Sweet Mountain, or Mammoth. We have a very fine long-fruited and thick fleshed 

 stock of this favorite variety 



World-beater. An excellent shipper, large well colored fruits, fine prolific and fully 

 as early as Ruby King. The flesh is thick and extremely mild 



NOTICE 



Purchaser pays trans- 

 portation on Peas, 

 Beans or Sweet Corn. 

 See page i. 



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