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



HENDERSON'S 



PALMETTO ASPARAGUS. 



in an exhaustive test covering eight years conducted by 

 the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, was 

 proven superior to all other varieties tried, eight in all, 

 viz.: Palmetto, Barr's Mammoth, Donald's Elmira, Colum- 

 bia Mammoth White, Conover's Colossal, Giant Brunswick, 

 Moore's Crossbred and Giant Argenteuil. Full details are 

 printed in their Bulletin No. 173, extracts from which are 

 as follows: 



The question of varieties for setting new plantations is a 

 very important one. Palmetto is by far the most productive 

 sort; its productiveness, coupled with its power of resisting dis- 

 eases, makes it one of the most, if not the most, desirable variety 

 of Asparagus. Donald's Elmira is second in order of yield, but 

 it is exceeded by Palmetto by 24% in early yield and 32% in 

 total average yield (covering six years of cutting) and by nearly 

 36% in total yield of 1903. It is thus evident that the cash 

 return in Asparagus growing depends much upon the variety. In 

 the six annual crops taken from the field. Palmetto gives an 

 average cash return of $111.00 per acre more than the Elmira. 

 The yield and value the last year reported on, 1903, was even 

 more pronounced in favor of Palmetto, the yield being 7,123 

 lbs. per acre; the returns for which were $839.87 per acre, an 

 excess over Elmira that year of $221.88 and over Barr's Mam- 

 moth, $333.12." 



THIS LIST CANCELS ALL PREVIOUS OFFERS. •"=>'• 



H enderson's PALMETTO ASPARAGUS. 



Larger, Earlier, More Uniform in Size and More Prolific 

 than any Other Asparagus Grown. Disease-Resisting. 



THE Palmetto is superior to any other Asparagus, and is rapidly supplanting 

 other varieties, being much earlier, also a better yielder and more even and 

 regular in growth, average bunches containing 15 shoots, measure 13 J inches 

 in circumference and weigh about two pounds. The Palmetto is equally adapted 

 to all sections North and South. Its hardiness renders it less susceptible to 

 the Asparagus disease than any other variety, and it has continued to yield profit- 

 able crops in sections where plantations of other varieties have been entirely! 

 devastated. Its quality is unequalled and its fine appearance when bunched : 

 for market render it very salable. 



Price of Seed: 10c. oz., 20c. \ lb., 50c. lb. 



Henderson's Palmetto Asparagus Roots. 



A Saving of one to two years is effected by planting roots. 

 The best time for planting in the North is in the Spring. 



Prices {buyer paying transit): Two-year-old roots, per 100, $1.00; per 1,000, $6.00. 

 Add to above prices for free delivery iu U. S. 30c. per 100. 



HENDERSON'S 



BOUNTIFUL BUSH BEAN. 



A prolific and continuous cropper. The first in spring 

 — the last in fall. Flat, green pod. Absolutely string- 

 less — very tender and of delicious flavor. 



THIS superior variety, introduced into cultivation by us, 

 is a distinct improvement in green bush beans, and has 

 become exceedingly popular wherever known. Our cus- 

 tomers who have grown it are enthusiastic in its praise; many 

 of them say, we do not praise it half enough. 



The plant is of remarkably handsome and thrifty growth, 

 being practically rust and mildew proof. It is very hardy 

 extremely early, very prolific and bears continuously for sev- 

 eral weeks; it is the first to give pods fit to pick in the spring, 

 and the last to yield edible pods in the fall; in fact, frost usually 

 finds midsummer-sown plants still in pod and blossom. 



The rich green pods are of immense size, thick, broad, extra 

 long, very uniform in shape, solid, meaty, and of high quality, 

 tender and of excellent flavor; the pods are absolutely string- 

 less and entirely free from any tough, membraneous lining, 

 not only when young, but this tender quality is retained even 

 after maturity. 



This variety is coming into great demand among truckers, 

 who find that its handsome appearance and luscious quality 

 hold their customers. {See cut.) 



Price, 25c. qt., $1.50 pk., $5.00 bush. 



Henderson's bountiful bean. 



