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



WHITE SUMMER TURNIP RADISH. 



HALF LONG BLACK SPANISH RADISH. 



ST. MARTIN S RHUBAR 



THICK-LEAVED SPINACH. 



Complete 

 List of 



VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



RADISH. — Continued. 



EARLY LONG VARIETIES. 



Long Scarlet Short Top. The standard; bright scarlet with white mild flesh 



grows 6 inches in length; matures in about 25 days 



Wood's Early Frame. An improved paler colored selection of Long Scarlet 



Short Top, maturing a few days sooner; a favorite for frame culture 



Cincinnati Market. One of the best varieties for early frame use 



Long White Vienna, or Lady Finger. Of attractive, tapering shape, pure 



white, mild and tender; matures in about 25 days 



Icicle. Extra early long white, a favorite in many markets 



SUMMER AND AUTUMN VARIETIES. These attain a larger size than the 

 preceding selections, requiring a longer time to form, and more room to 

 grow. 



Giant White Stuttgart. A large, white, turnip-shaped summer Radish, meas 



uring 3 to 4 inches in diameter when fully grown, in 6 to 8 weeks time though 



it is usually pulled earlier. Very tender and mild 



White Summer Turnip. A flat-round, early, summer Radish, skin and flesh 



white and tender; reaay to use in 30 to 40 days. (See cut.) 



Yellow Summer Turnip. A good-sized, round summer Radish; best used young 



when the quality is solid and fine; outer color, bronzy-yellow 



Chartier. A summer Radish, long, large and handsome; top crimson fading 



to white at tip; flesh white and delicious, remaining long in good condition 

 White Strasburg. An early summer Radish, 4 to 5 inches long and tapering, 



flesh and skin white, solid and fine 



Sandwich, Henderson's. The finest medium early summer Radish; medium 



long and heavy; skin and flesh snow-white: flavor delicate and mild 



WINTER VARIETIES. The flesh is so firm and compact in these that they wUl 

 keep almost all winter, if stored in a dry cellar; they mature slowly and 

 need more room to grow. 



Celestial, or White Chinese. An extra fine, large white Radish, often growing 

 a foot in length; flesh firm, mild and crisp 



Rose China Winter. A distinct cylindrical variety, 4 to 5 inches; skin rosy- 

 red; flesli white and firm; good keeper 



Long Black Spanish. A leading winter variety, one of the best keepers. 

 Roots cylindrical, 7 to 10 inches long; skin blackish-brown; firm white flesh. 



Half Long Black Spanish. Differing from the above in shorter, stockier growth, 

 flesh white, compact and the mildest flavored of this type; good keeper. The 

 skin is decidedly black. {See cut) 



Round Black Spanish. A popular summer sort, esteemed highly by Germans. 



RHUBARB, or PIE PLANT, (for roots see page 52) 



Spring-sown seed produces plants of good size to pull from the following spring; 

 planting roots saves one year. 



St. Martin's. A large, red-stalked, compact-growing, and immensely pro- 

 ductive variety, quality unusually rich and spicy, very early. {See cut.) . . 



Victoria. A very large, thick, red-stalked late variety of fine quality 



SALSIFY, or OYSTER PLANT. 



Mammoth Sandwich Island. {See specialties page 16.) 



SCORZONERA, or BLACK OYSTER PLANT. 



Analysis shows the root to be the most nutritious vegetable grown; although 

 the skin is black the flesh is white, and properly cooked is most delicious. . 



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. (25 lbs. supplied at the 100 lb. rate) 



(Varieties prefixed * may be sown in the fall for spring crop.) 



Round-Leaved. A well-known sort, with thick, round, succulent leaves.... 



♦Thick-Leaved, Henderson's. {See specialties page 16.) (See cut) 



Long Season, Henderson's. (See specialties page 17.) 



Norfolk, Savoy-Leaved. {See specialties page 16.) 



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 new and superior Spinach, either sown in 

 spring for early summer use or in the fall for winter use, being very slow to 

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

 thick and fleshy rich green leaves 



Victoria. (See specialties page 17.) 



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

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



PRICES. 

 Pkts., Ozs., and i Lbs. dilir- 

 ered free, but add 8c. to Lbs. 



Pkt. I Oz. 



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Oz. 



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 .10 

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.25 



.15 



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.20 



.25 



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J Lb. 



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.0.5 



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.25 



i Lb. Lb. 



Our Seeds are no Longer Supplied through Dealers. Our Object 



By only supplying the Planter direct we protect many customers 

 who have had other seeds foisted upon them as " Henderson's 



