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



WATER MELONS. 



COLE'S EARLY. A most delicious and productive variety, suc- 

 "" ceeding in Northern States where melons never 

 ripened before; it is just as valuable for Middle and Southern 

 States, ripening weeks before other varieties are fit to gather. 

 The melons are not large, seldom over 12 inches long by 9 inches 

 in diameter, but make up for lack of size by bearing continuously 

 throughout the season. Flesh bright red and luscious, cool, spark- 

 ling and sweet. (See cut.) Price, 10c. oz., 25c. J lb., 70c. lb. 



KOLB'S GEM. A short thick, very large Melon, dark green, 

 "^ ' marbled lighter; flesh red, quality fair. As a 

 shipper it has hardly an equal. Largely grown, particularly in 

 the South, for shipment to Northern markets. Price, 10c. oz., 

 20c. i lb., 50c. lb. 



SWEET HEART. A thick, oval Melon, light green, mottled with 

 """^■^^^"^^"■* thin, tough rind; flesh light red, solid, of fine 

 quality and flavor. It is early, making a grand second to Cole's 

 Early; stands shipping well, is an excellent keeper and improves 

 in quality after ripening. Price, 10c. oz., 20c. i lb., 60c. lb. 



For our Complete List of Water Melons see page 40. 



HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR ENGLISH.... 



MUSHROOM SPAWN. 



Mushrooms may be grown by any one having a 

 supply of fresh horse manure and a tight shed or 

 cellar, or under a greenhouse bench where a tempera- 

 ture of 50 or 60 degrees can be evenly maintained. 

 They make a most profitable crop when successfully 

 grown, and the American market is the best in the 

 world for this most delicious of foods. Frequent im- 

 portations of our Superior English Spawn insure 

 freshness and active mycelium. It is sold in bricks 

 weighing about 1£ lbs.; enough to plant a bed 

 about 9 square feet. Price, 10c. lb.; 50 lbs., $3.75; 

 100 lbs., $7.00. 



" Your English Mushroom Spawn shipped to me in January has 

 produced a fine crop." 



E. E. SLOCUM. East Providence, R. I. 

 " Your Mushroom Spawn last year was A 1." 



W. A. WOOD. Hoosick Falls. N. Y 



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 WATER MELON. 



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AMERIGAN "PURE GULTURE " 



j* J> j* MUSHROOM SPAWN, j* J- * 



Recent discoveries in the production of Mushroom Spawn enable 

 pure cultures to be taken direct from selected specimens of specific 

 varieties, thus allowing us to offer spawn from improved pedigree 

 mushrooms — the prolific, large, round, well shaped, creamy-white 

 kind of such surpassing flavor. Spawn of this character insures a 

 greater yield of more uniform and marketable product than spawn 

 "run" from hit-and-miss, large, small and unevenly shaped and 

 colored varieties of mushrooms. 



Another merit of this American Spawn is in its being produced 

 from acclimatized mushrooms, which fact speaks for itself. It is 

 sold in bricks measuring about 8JxoJxli inches. Each brick 

 weighs from \\ to 1} lbs, sufficient to spawn an area of 9 square 

 feet. Price, per lb., 18c; 8 lbs., $1.15; 100 lbs., $12.50. 



HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR 



Large Red Wethersfield Onion. 



UNTVERSALLY POPULAR 



A Leading Variety in All Sections. 



Produces Enormous Crops of Enormous Onions, all Clean, 



Solid, Heavy and Perfect. No " Thick Necks." 



Sure Cropper. Long Keeper. Unequalled Shipper. 



HENDERSON'S LARGE RED WETHERSFIELD is a 

 grand red variety and a general favorite. With 

 the exception of the Yellow Globe Danvers, there 

 is no variety so largely grown. Our stock is excellent, 

 being saved from only carefully selected bulbs, and will 

 invariably grow to a large size under proper conditions, 

 quite free from necky and misshapen bulbs. The surface 

 color is a rich dark red. It is an early variety to mature 

 and a fine keeper. The flavor is good and mild, admirable 

 for boiling. (See cut.) Price, 15c. oz., 40c. } lb., $1.50 lb., 

 (10 lbs. and over at $1.40 lb.) 



" / can get seeds right here, but I must say they are not to be compared to 

 yours. Your Onion Seed is excellent, the best I have ever used. I can raise 

 double with your seed than my neighbors can with same amount of seed from 

 other people. I have raised 1 ,400 bushels of your Red Wethersfield Onion to the 

 icre. — JAMES W. HANDLEY, Claremont, N. H. 



The Standard American Book on Mushroom Culture is Falconer's. Price, $1.00. 



