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



H enderson's Specialties in 



H enderson's PALMETTO ASPARAGUS. 



n an exhaustive test covering eight years conducted Dy 

 the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, was proven 

 superior to all other varieties tried, eight in all, viz.: Palmetto, 

 Barr's Mammoth, Donald's Elmira, Columbia Mammoth 

 White. Conover's Colossal, Giant Brunswick, Moore's Cross- 

 bred and Giant Argenteuil. Full details are printed in their 

 Bulletin No. 173, issued February 15th, 1904, extracts from 

 which are as follows: 



" The question of varieties for setting new plantations is a 

 very important one. Palmetto is by far the most productive 

 tort; its productiveness, coupled with its power of resisting dis- 

 taset, makes it one of the most, if not the most, desirable variety 

 of Asparagus. Donald's Elmira is second in order of yield, but 

 it is exceeded by Palmetto by 24% in early yield and 32% in 

 total average yield (covering six years of cutting) and by nearly 

 36% in total yield of 1903. It is thus evident that the cash 

 return in Asparagus growing depends much upon the variety. In 

 the six annual crops taken from the field. Palmetto gives an 

 average cash return of $111.00 per acre more than the Elmira. 

 The yield and value the last year reported on, 1903, was even 

 more pronounced in favor of Palmetto, the yield being 7.123 

 lbs. per acre; the returns for which were $839.87 per acre, an 

 excess over Elmira that year of $221.88 and over Barr's Mam- 

 moth, $333.12." 



H enderson's PALMETTO ASPARAGUS. 



LARGER, EARLIER, MORE UNIFORM IN SIZE AND MORE PROLIFIC 

 THAN ANY OTHER ASPARAGUS GROV/N. DISEASE-RESISTING. 



THE Palmetto is superior to any other Asparagus, and is rapidly supplant- 

 ing other varieties, being much earlier, also a better yielder and 

 more even and regular in growth, average bunches containing 15 shoots, 

 measure 13* inches in circumference and weigh about two pounds. The Pal- 

 metto is equally adapted to all sections North and South. Its hardiness ren- 

 ders it less susceptible to the Asparagus disease than any other variety, and it has 

 continued to yield profitable crops in sections where plantations of other varieties 

 have been entirely devastated. Its quality is unequalled and its fine appearance 

 when bunched for market render it very salable. 



Price of Seed : 10c. oz., 20c. \ lb., 50c. lb. 



HENDERSON'S PALMETTO ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 



A Saving of one to two years is effected by planting roots. 

 The best time for planting in the North is in the Spring. 



Prices {buyer paying transit): Two-year-old roots, per 100, $1.00; per 1,000, $6.00. 



Add to above prices for free delivery in U. S. 30c. per 100. 



H enderson's BOUNTIFUL 

 ...BUSH BEAN... 



A prolific and continuous cropper. The first in spring 

 — the last in fall. Flat, green pod. Absolutely string- 

 less — very tender and of delicious flavor. 



THIS superior variety, introduced into cultivation by us, 

 is a distinct improvement in green bush beans, and has 

 become exceedingly popular wherever known. Our cus- 

 tomers who have grown it are enthusiastic in its praise; many 

 of them say, we do not praise it half enough. 



The plant is of remarkably handsome and thrifty growth, 

 being practically rust and mildew proof. It is very hardy 

 extremely early, very prolific and bears continuously for sev- 

 eral weeks; it is the first to give pods fit to pick in the spring, 

 and the last to yield edible pods in the fall; in fact, frost usu- 

 ally finds midsummer-sown plants still in pod and blossom. 

 J^The rich green pods are of immense size, thick, broad, extra 

 long, very uniform in shape, solid, meaty, and of high quality, 

 tender and of excellent flavor; the pods are absolutely string- 

 less and entirely free from any tough, membraneous lining, 

 not only when young, but this tender quality is retained 

 even after maturity. 4 



This variety is coming into great demand among truckers, 

 who find that its handsome appearance and luscious quality 

 hold their customers. (See cut.) 



Price, 25c. qt., $1.30 pk., $4.60 bush. 



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