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



fSZT VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



PRICES. 

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

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Oz. 





WHITE CCRLED ENDIVE. 



CUCUMBER — Continued. 



Everbearing. Possesses the merit of flowering and fruiting on the sanie vine' 

 continuously until frost; form perfect, even when small; of rich deep green 

 color; desirable for pickling 



Tailby's Hybrid. White Spine type, fruit long 



Early Frame. Short green fruit, desirable for pickles of medium size. Fine 

 quality for slicing 



Extra Early Green Prolific. Similar to but an improvement on Green Pro- 

 lific, and 4 days earlier; ideal for pickling 



Extra Long White Spine. Long green fruits, often 12 inches in length, popular 

 for forcing 



Early Cluster. An early, prolific, short green variety 7 



Green Prolific. Short green, a productive pickling variety 



Livingston's Evergreen. Hardy, early and wonderfully prolific; fruits of me 

 dium size, crisp and finely flavored for slicing; also valuable for pickling; the 

 beautiful green color is long retained 



Long Green. Dark green fruit 12 to 14 inches long; quality- firm, crisp and 

 excellent. It is the best variety for big yellow pickles 



Nichol's Medium Green. Of medium size, straight and smooth, very produc- 

 tive; for pickling unsurpassed; for early forcing or slicing none is better. 



Japanese Climbing. A distinct and valuable type, may be grown on a- 

 trellis, taking up less room in the garden and keeping the fruits up from thei 

 ground and clean. It produces large, fine fruits, adapted for either slicing, j 

 salads or pickling, and thrives during dry, warm summers | 



Short Green Gherkin. A thick-set, small, green Cucumber, borne in abundance 

 and used exclusively for pickling 



West Indian Gherkin, or " Burr " Cucumber. Small, oval, green fruits about 

 2 inches long, covered with soft, fleshy protuberances like prickles; exclu- 

 sively used for pickles 



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INE1.ESB EGG PLANT. 



ENGLISH FORCING or FRAME VARIETIES. These produce remarkably long and 

 very solid fruits, with few and small seeds. Not adapted for open-ground 

 culture. Our seed is from the best English strains. 



Blue Gown. Handsome, black-spined fruits, frequently 2 feet long 



Cuthill's Black Spine. A prolific variety of medium size 



Duke of Edinburgh. Large, thick, dull green fruits, often 30 inches long. . . . 



Lockie's Perfection. Very uniform; color, beautiful green 



Lord Kenyon's Favorite. A favorite, uniform in size and perfect in shape. . . 



Telegraph. Clear, green, smooth fruits, 14 to 16 inches long; free bearer 



DANDELION. 



Common. Popular for greens and blanched for salad 



Large-Leaved. An early, large, broad-leaved variety- 



EGG PLANT, (for plants, see page 47.) 



Black Beauty. A handsome, early, large variety of great merit; a prolific pro" 

 ducer of uniformly large purple-black fruits of fine quality, developing with 

 rapidity and ready about two weeks earlier than other large sorts 



New York Spineless — Henderson's Improved. (See specialties page 15.) 



Florida High Bush. (See specialties page 15.) — 



Early Long Purple. An earlier, hardier variety with club-shaped, dark purple 

 fruits 6 to 8 inches long, a shape preferred by some for slicing; flesh firm . . 



Black Pekin. A strong-growing variety; medium-sized, almost round, black- 

 fruits and very solid 



DWARF GREEN CCRLED SCOTCH KALE. 



WHITE VIENNA KOHL-RABI. 



ENDIVE. " Escarolle " or " Chicoree." 



One of the best salads, especially when blanched also much used for garnish- 

 ing; if boiled makes fine greens. Successive sowings furnish a supply- 

 almost the year round. 



Green Curled. (See specialties page 16.) 



French Moss Curled. A smaller, compact-growing variety, with densely curled 

 moss-like leaves ". 



White Curled. Finely cut leaves, almost white with yellowish midribs; can be 

 used without blanching when young 



Broad-Leaved Batavian. (See specialties page 16.) 



KALE or BORECOLE. 



Largely grown for supplying greens during the fall, winter and spring; 



also used small, like Spinach; and for garnishing. The plants are 



hardy above zero; frost improves the quality. 



Dwarf Green Curled Scotch. (See specialties page 16.) 



Siberian. Green, curly leaves; tender and of delicate flavor 



Brown German Curled, or Purple. Purplish, curly leaves 



KOH L=RAB1. A bulbous-formed vegetable; when cooked, before fully grown, is 

 tender and excellent, combining the flavors of Cabbage and Turnip. 

 Early White Vienna. Large, quick-growing; greenish- white skin and tender 

 white flesh 



Early Purple Vienna. The outside color is purple; flesh white and delicate. . 

 Short-Leaved Early White Vienna. Early and rapid growing, with few and 



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£ e u ; Cucumber Culture for Home Garden and Market 



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