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PETEt^ HEf^DEl^SOj^ 6t CO.— VEGETflBliE SEEDS. 



HENDERSON'S EARLIEST RED VALENTINE. This va- 

 riety is at least 10 days earlier than tlie Early Ked YalentLne, 

 and is usually ready to pick in 35 days from time of planting. 

 On account of its great earliness it is largely grown by market 

 gardeners, bat except in the characteristic of extreme earliness, 

 it differs in no other way from the Early Red Valentine described 

 below. By a competitive test made in 1887 hy one of the highest 

 authorities on the subject in this country, Henderson's Earliest Red 

 Valentine was proven to be 10 days earlier than any other stock. 

 Sold only in sealed packages. 30cts.pt., 50 cts. qt., $2.25 peck 

 $7.00 bush. 

 ROUND EARLY SIX "WTiEKS. A decided acquisition, being 

 an improved form of the old favorite Long Yellow Six Weeks. It 

 is slightly shorter in the pod but round, and is almost destitute 

 of string at all stages of growth. We can recommend it, either 

 as a string or shelled bean. 25 cts. pt., 40 cts. qt., S2.00 peck, 

 S6.50 bush. 

 RHODE ISLAND DWARF CASEKNIPE. A continual bearer 

 during the summer. Exceedingly early, and when young the 

 beans are tender and of very fine flavor. 15 cts. pt., 25 cts. qt., 

 $1.25 peck, Sl.OObush. 

 REFUGEE OR THOUSAND TO ONE. A veiy productive 

 medium or late variety. The young pods a:re tender and of fine 

 flavor. Is extensively grown for pickling. Seeds dull j'ellow 

 speckled with purple. 15 cts. pt., 25 cts. qt., $1.25 peek, S1.50 

 bush. 

 LONG YELLOW SIX WEEKS. Early, very productive and of 

 excellent quality. Pods often eighteen inches long. Seeds, 

 when ripe, yellow or dun color. 20 cts. pt., 35 cts. qt.. S1.75 

 peck, $5.50 bush. 

 EARLY RED VALENTINE. Desirable for either market or 

 family use, being early, productive, tender, and of excellent 

 flavor. The pods are round, somewhat curled, and the seeds, 

 when ripe, salmon speckled with purplish rose. 20 cts. pt., 30 

 cts. qt., $1.25 peck, $4.00 bush. 

 Dwarf Horticultural. A bush variety of the well-known Horti- 

 cultural Pole Bean. 25 cts. pt., 40 cts. qt., S2.00 peck, S6.50 

 bush. 

 EXTRA EARLY REFUGEE. (See Novelties, page 13.) 20 cts. pt., 



35 CCS. qt., $1.75 peck, S6.00 bush. {See cut.) 

 EARLY MOHAV/K. Very early and will stand more cold than 

 most of tlie bush varieties. Both this and the succeeding sort 

 are largely grown in the Southern States for Northern markets. 

 The pods are from five to six inches long ; the seeds, when ripe, 

 drab with purple spots. 15 cts. pt., 25 cts. qt., 81.25 peck 

 $4.00 bush. ^ 



DREER'S BUSH LIMA. {See Novelties, page 12.) 20 cts. pkt. 

 BURPEE'S BUSH LIMA. {See Novelties, page 12.) 20 cts. pkt. 



GREEN PODDED 

 SORTS. 



DWARF OR BUSH. 



German. Bohne.- 



French, flaricoi.— Spanish, Frijorenano. 



1 quart to IQQfeet in drills ; 2 bushels to the acre, in drills. 



A succession of sowings can be made from the first week in May until Septem 

 ber. These dates are for the latitude of New York : further south the sowing must 

 be done earlier, further north later. Plant in drills about two inches deep and 

 from eighteen inches to two feet apart, according to the riclmess of the soU- the 

 poorer the soil the closer they can be planted. The seeds should be dropped about 

 two inches apart. 



Add 15 cts. per quart extra if to he sent hy mail. 

 HENDERSONS NEW BUSH LIMA. {See full description on 



page 12.) 10 cts. pkt., 30 cts. }4 pt., 50 cts. pt., 75 cts. qt. 

 EARLY WARWICK GREEN BUSH BEAN. This is a 

 variety that came under our notice two years ago, and which 

 has proven itself to be one of the earliest, if not the earliest 

 Green Bush Bean that we have. Our repeated tests show that 

 this Bean will give a picking of pods, four inches and over, in 

 forty-three days from the date of planting ; this we have never 

 known any other green Bush Bean to do except it be the Emperor 

 William. The pods ^ 



may be said to be 

 stringless until 

 they reach a stage 

 at which they are 

 past maturity for 

 marketing. As this 

 Bean is so remark- 

 ably early and like- 

 wise suitable for 

 shipping long dis- 

 tances, we believe 

 it will be found to 

 be a valuable ac- 

 quisition, espe- 

 cially to the South- 

 ern trucker, to 

 Avhom it is of the 

 iitmost impor- 

 tance that he get 

 something that 

 will come in ahead 

 of existing sorts. 



It is a heavy 

 cropper, produc- 

 ing an abundance 

 of pods which 

 average about 5}^ 

 inches in 

 length, (See 

 cut.) 



30 cts. perpt., 

 50 cts. per qt., 

 S2.25 pi>r peck, 

 $7.00 per bush. 



We can also supply the following standard varieties of Beans, which are too 

 well known to need description, at the uniform price of 15 cts per pt 25 cts 

 per qt., 81.25 per peck, $4.00 per bushel : 



Ne Plus Ultra, White Valentine, Gallega or Large Refugee, 



Best of All, White Marrow, Large White Kidney 



Goldeu Refugee, Emperor William, Early China. 



