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VEGETABLE SEEO SPECIALTIES- 



HENDERSON^ PALiVlEHO ASPARAGUS, 



EARLY, LARGE, UNIFORM, PROLIFIC and DISEASE-RESISTING. 



THE Palmetto is superior to any other 

 Asparagus ; it is 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 2 pounds. The Palmetto is equally 

 adapted to all sections North and South ; it is less 

 susceptible to the Asparagus disease than any 

 other variety, and has continued to yield profit- 

 able crops in sections where plantations of other 

 varieties have been entirely devastated. Its 

 quality is unequalled. {See cut.) A saving of one 

 to two years is effected by planting roots. For 

 prices of seed see page 49. 



HENDERSON'S PALMETTO ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 



Can be supplied from Nov. 1st to May 1st, but 

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

 PRICBS (buyer paying transit) . Per 100 j Per 1.000 

 Two-year-old roots, 

 Three-year-old roots. 



$1.50 $10.00 



2.00 I 16.00 



— Add to above prices for free delivery in U. S. — 

 30c. per 100 to 2-year-old roots; 75c. per 100 to 3-year-old. 



Henderson's Palmetto Asparagus, in an exhaustive test 

 covering eight years, conducted by the New .Jersey Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station, was proven superior to all 

 other varieties tried, eight in all, viz.: Palmetto, Barr's 

 Mammoth, Donald's Elmira, Columbian Mammoth White, 

 Conover's Colossal, Giant Brunswick, Moore's Cross-bred 

 and Giant ArgenteuU. 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 

 38% in total yield of 1903. It is thus evident that the cash 

 return in Asparagus growiiigdepends muchuponthevariety. In 

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

 average cash return of 91 11.00 per acre more than the Ebnira. 

 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." 



"Last year I put out some of your 2-year-old Palmetto Aspar- 

 agus roots and now I am cutting some of the finest stalks I have 

 ever seen, soTne of them nearly 3 inches in circumference." 



F. O. FOSTER. Atlanta, Ga. 



" Three years ago I ordered from you 500 Palmetto Asparagus 

 roots. One year later I wanted 500 more, which I foolishly 

 ordered from, another seed house at a lower price. Result; yours 

 were cheaper than the others as a gift." 



JAMES W. CARSON, Mercersburg, Pa. 



NEW, DWARF, FRENCH, QREEN=PODDED BEAN. 



EARLY CHOLET 



LONG, SLENDER PODS OF HIGH QUALITY. 



This new French snap bean has attained great popularity in the markets 

 of Paris, which sufficiently recommends it to those acquainted with the crit- 

 ical French estimate of quality. The Cholet Bean is dwarf and compact, 

 remarkably early, yielding liberally long slender pods of a deep rich green 

 color, which is maintained even after cooking. The pods are not stringless, 

 but if picked, as they should be, when young, they will be found verj' tender, 

 succulent and of remarkably fine qualitj^ and ffavor. 



Early Cholet is not only a valuable garden bean but on account of its 

 neat growth and earliness it is well adapted for forcing under glass. {See cut.) 



Price, 20c. i pt., 30c. pt., 50c. qt., $3.00 pk. 



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PEAS, BEANS and CORN we do NOT deliver free, but will do so if 5c. per pint or 10c. per quart is added to prices. 



