PETEH HEflDEt^SOrl St CO.— VEGETflBLiE SEEDS. 



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QOLDEN-ETED WAX BEAN. 



BLACK-EYED WAX. Introduced bj' us five years ago, this distinct and val- 

 uable variety has already made a most favorable impression. It is a cross 

 between the Black Wax and the Golden Wax Beans, and in our trials we 

 found it to be the earliest Wax variety in cultivation. It is a robust 

 grower, very productive, very tender, and of exceptionally fine flavor. 

 The pods closely resemble those of the Black Wax, the seed beans being 

 white, marked around the eye with black spots. 25 cts. pt., iO cts. qt., 

 S2.00 peck, S6..50 bushel. 



FLAGEOLET WAX. This is really one of the most valuable varieties for 

 either private or market garden purposes. It is as early as either the 

 Black or Golden Wax sorts, and has a peculiar value in the fact that it is 

 nearly always exempt from rust. The pods are of very large size, often a 

 foot in length, exceedingly succulent and tender. It is an enormously 

 productive variety. 25 cts. pt., 40 cts. qt., $2.00 peck, S6.50 bushel. 



rOSEMITE MAMMOTH WAX. (See Novelties, page 13.) 10 cts. packet, 

 30 cts. 1-^ pint, 50 cts. pt., 75 cts. qt., $J:.50 peck. 



BLACK WAX. When ripe the pods are yellow, averaging 7 inches in 

 length, very tender and of the best quality. Seeds when ripe glossy black. 

 20 cts. pt., 35 cts. qt., SI. 50 peck, $5.50 bushel. 



POLS LIMi^ BEAITS. 



BEANS, Dwarf or Bush 



^WAX POD VARIETIES. 



Add 15 cts. per qt. extra if to he sent by mail. 



IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX. {See Noveltie.% page 13.) 

 30 cts. pt., 50 cts. qt., .S2.25 peck, S8.00 bushel. 



GOLDEN "WAX. A strong growing, distinct variety, 

 at least a week earlier than the Black Wax. The pods 

 are long, brittle and entirely stringless. As a snap 

 bean it perhaps excels all others in tenderness and 

 richness of flavor. Seeds when ripe purple and white. 

 25 cts. pt., 40 cts. qt., S2.00 peck, S6.50 bushel. 



W^ARD WELL'S DWARF KIDNEY WAX. This 

 variety is very hardy, and both pod and plants are more 

 robust than usual for a Wax Bean. The shape of the 

 beans is distinct from all other Wax varieties, being of 

 a perfect kidney shape. It produces a heavy crop of 

 purely Wax pods, which are very long, flat, showy, and 

 not liable to rust or blister. It has been claimed that this 

 variety was eaiiier than any other, but it is generally 

 admitted that, while certainly early, it is not so early 

 by several days as Henderson's Black-Eyed Wax, which 

 v)e introduced five years ago. Price, 25 cts. pt., 40 cts. 

 qt., $2.00 peck, $7.00 bushel. 



GOLDEN-EYED WAX. This is an early and vigorous 

 growing variety, yielding a great profusion of tender 

 pods of a beautiful waxy appearance. The vine grows 

 about one and a half feet high, holding the pods well 

 off the ground, thus keeping them clean and attractive. 

 It is singularly free from blight and rust ; in this respect 

 it stood the test well in our trial grounds last year. 

 The pods are flat, larger than the Golden Wax, and 

 very nearly as large as the Flageolet Wax. (See cut.) 

 30 cts. pt., 50 cts. qt., S2. 25 peck, $7.50 bushel. 



CYLINDER BLACK WAX. This is an improved stock 

 of Black Was, so superior to the ordinary strains as to 

 be worthy of a new name. By a compai'ative test in our 

 trial grounds, we proved beyond question that it was 

 earlier than any other stock, was perfectly round pod- 

 ded, and of an even rich golden color. Enormously 

 productive. Price, 30 cts. pt., 50 cts. qt., $2.25 peck, 

 S7.50 bushel. 



White Seeded Wax. A variety with wax-lik« pods sim- 

 ilar to the Black Wax, except in the color of the seed. 

 25 cts. pt., 40 cts. qt., $2 00 peck, S7.00 bushel. 



FORD'S MAMMOTH. This is undoubted- 

 ly one of the best of all the climbing Liraas, 

 the individual beans being of enormous 

 size and averaging from five to eight 

 beans to a pod. Although the Bush Lima 

 Bean has in many localities displaced the 

 Pole Lima for private use, yet wherever 

 Pole Beans are grown Ford's Mammoth 

 can be recommended. Price, 40 cts. pt., 

 70 cts. qt., $4.00 peck, S14.00 bushel. 



DREER'S IMPROVED LIMA. The dis- 

 tinctive features of this are early matur- 

 ity, large yield and extra quality. The 

 bean itself is thick and round, rather than 

 oval shaped, as most other Limas are. 

 30 cts. pt., 50 cts. qt., $3.00 peck, $10.00 

 bushel. 



LARGE WHITE LIMA. With nearly 

 every one the seeds, either green or ripe, 

 of this varietj', are considered the most 

 tender and delicious of all the bean 

 famil}-, and it is therefore universally 

 grown both for market and family use. 

 The ripe seeds are a flattisli kidney shape, 

 and have a dull white color. 30 cts. pt., 

 50 cts. qt., S3. 00 peck, $9.00 bushel. 



SMALL LIMA OR SIEVA. A variety 

 of the large White Lima. The pods, how- 

 ever, are much smaller, usually about 

 three inches long. It is a little earlier 

 and more hardy. The seeds also are 

 smaller, but of the same color as the 

 Large White Lima. 25 cts. pt., 40 cts. 

 qt., $2.75 peck, S9.00 bushel. 



JERSEY EXTRA EAREY EIIIIA. 



In our experienee with it from year to year, we have found it invariably ten days 

 to two weeks earlier than any other Pole Lima. The pods of it have been large 

 enough to pick July 24th, and have been sold in the New York markets a week later. 

 The beans are a trifle smaller than those of the Large White Lima, but are all tlie better 

 on that account, as small beans are always considered preferable, being more tender 

 and delicious. Every one desiring a Pole Lima Bean should plant the Jersey Extra 

 Early, as it combines, better than any other, quantitv, quality and earliness. (See cut.) 

 Price, 40 cts. pt., 70 cts. qt., $4.00'peck, $14.00 busheL 



I cannot refrain from expressing to you my appreciation of the superior qiialitr of your seeds and the 

 product of the same. The past spring I planted none but Peter Henderson \- Co.'s seeds, and am pleased 

 to say that I was most agreeably surprised. If i single seed failed to jerminate I do not know it. and the 

 fruit proved quite true to name and variety. I deem it a duty I owe your house, in coneideratitm of the 

 quality of your goods and the very gentlemanly manner in which you have alwavs treated me, to make 

 this fact known to my friends. — Henrt L. Gka^h:, , W. Va., Oct. 16, 1801. 



JERSEY EXTBA EABLT LIMA 13EA2<. 



