HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR SEEDS FOR MARKET GARDENERS. 



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Complete 

 List of 



VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



BEET. — Continued. 



Bastian's Blood Turnip. 



A fine second early, following Egyptian and Eclipse 



Brazilian Variegated. Beautiful for garden decoration; foliage crimson, yellow 

 and white 



Crimson Globe. The finest table Beet grown. Early, of medium size, uni 

 formly round; color deep crimson throughout, exceedingly tender and sweet 

 and a good keeper 



Crosby's Egyptian. (See specialties page 6.) (25 lbs. @ 45c. lb.) 



Detroit Dark Red. (See specialties page 6.) (25 lbs. (g 45c. lb.) 



Dewing's Improved Blood Turnip. Handsome, smooth and round, tapering at 

 the base; flesh strongly zoned, of fine quality 



Early Model. (See specialties page 6.) 



Early Blood Turnip. A standard variety, following Eclipse in earliness; quality 

 excellent; color, deep blood-red; the tops make excellent " greens ". . . . 



Early Yellow Turnip. Orange-yellow flesh of sweet flavor; pale green leaves. . 



Eclipse. Extremely early; of uniform globular form; glossy red, flesh fine 

 grained and unusually tender and sweet. (25 lbs. @ 40c. lb.) 



Edmand's. A handsome, uniform, round, turnip-shaped Beet, very smooth 

 and of good size; tops small, flesh red and of excellent quality; fine for late. . 



Egyptian. (See specialties page 6.) (25 lbs. @ 35c. lb.). 



Electric. An extra early, round blood turnip Beet; flesh rich crimson with 

 lighter-colored zones; small top, quality exceedingly fine grained and tender 

 flavor delicate, rich and sugary 



Henderson's Half Long. A blood Beet of superior quality, tender, sweet and 

 free from woody fibre; for slicing it is unequaled; flesh of vivid rich red color. 

 The roots, about 3 inches in diameter, are pear-shaped with slender tap root. 



Lentz. Leaves and roots are pale in color, but of delicious quality 



Long Smooth Blood-Red. An excellent late variety, being a great improve- 

 ment on the common Long Blood, and of intense dark red_ color 



Swiss Chard. Grown exclusively for the foliage which, cooked, makes most 

 delicious greens; or the midrib may be cooked and served like Asparagus.. 



Beet for Greens. 25 lbs. @ 20c. lb 



For Sugar Beets and Mangel Wurzel see Farm Seed Department, page 48 



PRICES. 



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

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Pkt. 



BROCCOLI. White Cape. Medium-sized, 

 ferior to Cauliflower, though hardier. . 



creamv-white heads, similar but in 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS. Dwarf Improved. A dwarf, compact-growing sort 



producing sprouts of fine quality 



Dalkeith. A greatly improved variety of compact growth, bearing very large 



sprouts 



Long Island Strain. We cannot speak too highly of this strain. The sprouts 

 seen in New York in the late fall are grown from this stock. The plant is 

 dwarf and compact, and it is absolutely sure to form good sprouts. . . . 



CARDOON. Large Spanish. Large, fleshy-leaved plants, chiefly used as a win- 

 ter vegetable. The blanched stalks and broad ribs of the inner leaves when 

 properly cooked are tender and of an agreeable flavor 



CABBAGE. 



EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES, (for cabbage plants, see page 47.) 



Early Jersey Wakefield, Henderson's. (See specialties page 7.) 



Charleston or Large Wakefield, Henderson's. (See specialties page 7.) 



Early Spring, Henderson's. (See specialties page 6.) 



Early York. Very early, producing small, oval-shaped heads 



Early Winningstadt. An old, popular, medium early variety, with large, py- 

 ramidal heads of excellent quality; good to succeed the extra earlies 



Miniature Marrow. Scarcely larger than a heading Lettuce, or about 6 inches 

 in diameter, nearly all heart with few outside leaves; very early and re- 

 markable for its fine delicate flavor 



St. John's Day Early Drumhead. Early, very dwarf; medium-sized, hard heads 

 SECOND EARLY or SUMMER VARIETIES. 



Early Summer, Henderson's. (See specialties page 7.) 



Fottler's Improved Brunswick. Heads large, flat and solid; a sure header, long- 

 standing; short stem 



Succession, Henderson's. (See specialties page 8.) 



LATE or WINTER VARIETIES. 



Autumn King, Henderson's 



Late Flat Dutch, Henderson's Selected. (See specialties page 9.) 



Premium Flat Dutch. A standard and excellent variety, developing earlier 

 than most late sorts and not so good a winter keeper, but for fall use it is 

 tender and of superior flavor 



Holland or Danish Ball Head. (See specialties page 9.) Valuable for its hard- 

 heading qualities, making it the best winter keeper and shipper of any var- 

 iety; the head trimmed for market weighs fully one-fourth more than any 

 other cabbage of equal size 



Warren's Stonemason. One of the best varieties for winter keeping. Medium 



size almost round; heads very firm. Remarkably sure header 



RED VARIETIES. This class is esteemed for pickling, making slaw, etc. 



Red Dutch. A popular hard-headed sort for pickling, etc. The best keeper 

 not extra large, but of excellent quality 



Mammoth Rock Red. A large-growing select strain, producing very solid 

 heads weighing 10 to 12 lbs. each; color, intense dark red 



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