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



IMl'KOVLD BLACK WAX DEAN. 



IMPROVED HEXDEHSON BtS3 LIMA. 



IMPROVED •■ nKXPEItSON ' BtsU LIMA. 



OLD HOMESTEAD 

 POLE nE.\N. 



Complete 

 List of 



VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



PRICES. 



(Add for free deliver; m 

 Beans, oc. pt., 10c. at.) 



BEANS. DWARF WAX-PODDED— Continued. 



Davis' Kidney Wax. One of the very best varieties for the Market Gardener. 

 Pods are 6 inches long, flat, generally straight, very- attractive in color and 

 holds up in shipping better than any other variety" 



Flageolet Wax. Valuable for either private use or market ; very early and un- 

 usually free from rust, exceedingly productive; pods flat, often 12 inches 

 long, succulent and tender 



Golden Scimitar, Henderson's. A perfect type of large, round-podded wax Bean 

 the top notch of achievement in the development of this class 



Golden Wax Improved. (See specialties page 4.) 



Golden-Eyed Wax. An early, vigorous variety, free from rust and blight, 

 bearing abundantly beautiful, tender, large, flat, waxy-golden pods. It 

 grows \h feet high, holding the pods well off the' ground 



Hodson Long Pod Wax. (See specialties page 4.) i 



Keeney's Rustless Wax. A vigorous wax-podded variety, wonderfully pro-[ 

 ductive, and bearing continuously for weeks, if the pods are picked as soon 

 as ready. The pods are thick and meaty, entirely stringless, tender and of 

 fine quality. The plant throws out long pod-bearing tendrils which appear| 

 at first like runners 



Market Wax. Henderson's. (See specialties page 3) I 



Refugee Wax. (See specialties page 3.) 



Valentine Wax. An extra early Valentine with round wax pods, possessing 

 the excellent features of the green-podded sort. It is very- early, giving a 

 fair picking in 46 days. A great yielder of handsome waxy yellow pods. I 

 solid, meaty, tender and almost stringless 



Wardwell's Kidney Wax. One of the best large-podded wax Beans. Very, 

 robust and hardy, producing a heavy crop of showy, large, long, flat wax 

 pods, not liable to rust or blister 



Yosemite Mammoth Wax, Henderson's. A grand variety, yielding prodi- 

 giously immense golden-yellow, waxy pods 10 to 14 inches long; they are| 

 thick, meaty and absolutely stringless. cooking tender and delicious. It is a 

 robust growing sort, needing to be planted twice as far apart as ordinary bush 

 Beans. Succeeds w T ell on poor soils 



Round Pod Kidney Wax. Fine color, stringless, heavy cropper, fine quality. . . 

 BEANS, BUSH LIMA. 



Improved " Henderson " Bush Lima. (See specialties page 5.) 



" Henderson " Bush Lima. (See specialties page 5.) | 



Burpee's Bush Lima. (See specialties page 5.) 



Dreer's Bush Lima. (See specialties page 5.) 



BEANS, POLE LIMA. 



Early Leviathan Lima, Henderson's. (See specialties page 5.) 



Ideal, New Henderson's. (See specialties page 5.) | 



Large White Lima. The old favorite, universally grown for both family and 

 market use. The large, flat, kidney-shaped beans, shelled either green or 

 dried, are tender and delicious when cooked 



Jersey Extra Early Lima. Often ready to pick the latter part of July, much 

 earlier than the Large W r hite Lima, though the beans are a trifle smaller but 

 preferable, being exceedingly tender and delicious; very prolific 



Potato Lima 



King of the Garden Lima 



Dreer's Improved Lima. A thick, almost round Bean of fine quality and a 

 large yielder; very early 



Small Lima, or Sieva. A small seeded variety of Large White Lima with small 

 pods, usually about 3 inches long; a little earlier and hardier 



Pint. Quart. 



$.15 



.15 



.15 

 .20 



.15 

 20 

 .15 



.15 

 .20 



BEANS. CLIMBING or POLE. 



Old Homestead. This variety we consider superior to all other green-podded 

 pole Beans; enormously productive, extra early and continuous bearer; large 

 green pods in great clusters, stringless and tender 



Golden Carmine-Podded Horticultural. A new climbing Bean of robust growth; 

 an early and prolific yielder of large, fleshy, stringless pods of a handsome 

 golden color, mottled with carmine; unsurpassed both as a " snap " and 

 shell bean 



White Creaseback. One of the finest early pole Beans bearing in profusion; 

 clusters of fleshy green pods, 5 to 6 inlices long, deeply creased, perfectly 

 stringless, tender and of superior quality used as a snap " Bean. The 

 matured beans are pure white and excellent shelled 



Golden Champion, Henderson's. The leading wax-podded pole Bean, very- 

 early and a great and continuous bearer of enormous, light yellow waxy 

 pods, absolutely stringless, brittle and tender; a healthy grower, free from 

 rust 



Early Golden Cluster. Begins bearing in July, continuing to produce abun- 

 dantly until frost large clusters of golden-yellow pods 6 to S inches long and 

 of delicious flavor. Valuable either as a shell or snap 



Horticultural or Speckled Cranberry. An old and popular variety, useful either 

 as a green- podded snap Bean or when shelled 



Scarlet Runner. Popular both for ornamental and culinary purposes. It 

 grows about 10 feet high; large scarlet flowers, followed by large green- podded 

 beans; used either as a snap Bean or shelled 



.15 



.15 

 .15 

 .15 



.20 



.15 



.15 



.15 



.15 



.15 



.15 



.15 



.15 



Pkt. 



BEET. 



Arlington. Medium-sized, round, uniformly shaped, of deep blood-red color; 



quality sweet, tender and free from stringiness and bitterness 10 



Bassano, Early Flat. Valuable for its earliness; flesh white, zoned with pink^ 



flavor sweet and delicious .05 .10 



S.30 



.30 



.30 

 .30 



.20 

 .35 



Peck. 1 Bush. 



SI. 60 



$5.50 



1.80 



6.50 



1.70 



6.00 



1.70 



6.00 



1.50 

 2.00 



.25 I 1.50 

 .30 I 1.60 

 .25 ! 1.50 



.25 1.50 

 .30 I 1.50 



20 



.35 



2.25 



20 



.35 



2.00 



20 



.35 



2.00 



15 



.30 



1.70 



15 



.30 



1.70 



15 



.30 



2.00 



20 



.35 



2.00 



25 



.40 



2.50 



.30 

 .30 

 .30 



.35 



.30 



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.30 



.30 



.30 



.30 



.30 



Oz. 



.10 



1.60 



1.70 

 1.70 

 1.70 



2.00 



1. SO 



1.S0 



2.00 



1.70 



!.00 



1.75 



1.60 



1.70 



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.15 



.15 



The Superiority of Henderson's Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, etc., J^,;"" 



65 Highest Awards at the Columbian and Pan-American Expositions 



