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PETER HENDERSON & CO.. NEW YORK.^WHOLESALE CATALOGUE. 



HEW ERSON'S PERFECTED SALAMANDER LETTUCE. 



Extra Selected Market Gardeners Strain. 



This is one of the standard vegetables introduced by us, and the de- 

 mand for it has steadily increased until it is the leading variety grown by 

 market gardeners for summer heading. 



Lettuces naturally thrive better during the cooler weather of spring 

 and fall than in a torrid summer, the season really when such crisp, cooling 

 salad is in great demand, consequently there has been bred a number of 

 heat-resisting or summer lettuces, among which our Perfected Salamander 

 is the acknowledged leader. It forms good-sized, compact and tender 

 heads, creamy-white inside and of that desirable rich buttery flavor; 

 outer color, light green; it re- 

 mains longer in head without run- 

 ning to seed than any other 

 variety, and stands a great 

 .amount of heat without burning. 

 We recommend it to critical 

 market gardeners. (See cut.) 

 Price, 20c. oz., 50c. J lb., $1.50 lb. 



" Your Salamander Lettuce was most 

 satisfactory, notwithstanding the hot, dry 

 weather in June." 



WM. C. KIDDER, Sea Girt, N. J. 



" When my neighbors see your Sala- 

 mander Lettuce, they think they are cab- 

 bages. It's a grand Lettuce here." 



M. A. GARRETT. Patterson. La. 



HENDERSON'S NEW 



Tenderheart Lettuce. 



This is similar to the old Boston Market in gen- 

 eral appearance, but is superior to it in every way . 

 The plant is of the same size, but the head proper is 

 much larger, and it has fewer outside leaves. Its 

 value to the market gardener lies in its remarkable 

 uniformity, every plant coming true to type, and in 

 its ability to stand after maturity without going to 

 seed. It has the bright attractive color of Sala- 

 mander, though the outer leaves are a shade darker. 

 It is without doubt the best first early market lettuce 

 {See cut.) 



Price, 15c. pkt., 35c. oz., $1.20 \ lb, 4.00 lb. 



MAMMOTH 



Black=Seeded Butter Lettuce. 



An enormous heading variety of the popular old 

 Black -Seeded Butter, so extensively grown for early 

 field and frame crops. 



This Mammoth variety has broad, slightly un- 

 dulated leaves almost smooth, of the handsome pale 

 green color selling so well on the Eastern markets. 

 The very large head is compact, tender, sweet and 

 crisp; from 30 to 40 heads fill a barrel. We recom- 

 mend it for early spring, and it is especially fine for 

 late fall, but it is not a midsummer variety, as the 

 heat is apt to scald it. It is sometimes sold as 

 Mammoth Salamander. Price, 15c. oz., 40c. J lb., 

 1.25 lb. 



HENDERSON'S 



Golden Queen Lettuce. 



Golden Queen is one of the best first early head 

 Lettuces for either open-ground or frame culture 

 and a good forcer; medium-sized, solid, golden- 

 vellow heads, crisp andtender Price, 15c. oz., 40c 

 \ lb., $1.25 lb. 



GRAND RAPIDS 

 ==LETTUCE.= 



This does not form compact 

 heads but a large mass of beauti- 

 fully curly crisp leaves, tender 

 and delicious; it is the best of the 

 loose-leaved sorts. A rapid grower 

 and admirable for field or indoor 

 culture, its upright habit pre- 

 vents leaf-rot when grown under 

 glass. Price, 15c. oz., 30c. \ lb., 

 $1 00 lb. 



For otirjComplete List of Lettuces, 31 Varieties, see pages 39 and 40« 



