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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK. 



FOR FALL PLANTING IN 

 THE SOUTH. 



POTATOES. 



. . . Ready about 

 September. 



PRICES ON APPLICATION. 



We have many applications each season from our Southern customers for pure Seed Potatoes for early use, and we name and describe below 

 such varieties as experience has shown to be the best and most profitable for this purpose. 



A Change of Seed Potatoes Always Pays. 



We make no charge for barrels and deliver all potatoes P. <). B. cars or boats at New York. We place all potatoes into the hands of trans- 

 portation companies in good condition, packed in barrels or sacks ; after that our responsibility ceases. 



TUB "BOVEE" 



The Earliest of all, 

 and a * * 

 Great Cropper. 



Destined to be . . . 



THE FflVORITE POTflTO 



-The 



with the 



Southern Trucker. 



" The ' Bovee ' is at least twelve days 

 earlier than Early Ohio, but. even though 

 no earlier, the almost perfect shape of the 

 'Bovee' would win ihe prize every time 

 over the poorly shaped Early Ohio." 



The Rural New- Yorker. 



Greenville, Ala., April 30, 1897. 

 "The 'Bovee' Potato planted February 

 25, is now fully matured, the largest earlv 

 Potato, the finest quality and the best 

 yielder I have ever grown." 



F. E. DEY. 



BOTANICAL STATION. 



St Johns, Antigua, W. I. 

 "The 'Bovee' Potato was quite a suc- 

 cess: the tubers were finer even than illus- 

 trated in your catalogue. The yield was 

 very heavy and the quality excellent. 1 

 expect great things of the Bovee for the 

 market gardener." 



We offered the "Bovee" for the first time last spring:, and the reports received proclaim it to be a wonderful introduction among early 

 Potatoes. Not only is it the earliest, but it takes a leading- place among the heavy cropping varieties, an unusual thing among first earlies. 

 It is even earlier than Early Ohio, and compares favorably with Triumph, a light cropping variety that has only extreme earliness to recommend 

 it, while the "Bovee" in all competitive trials has outyielded all the early Potatoes, and in many of the tests conducted by experiment sta- 

 tions and private growers, it has outyielded even the late varieties, including such heavy-cropping kinds as Carmen No. I, Empire State, Rural 

 New Yorker No. 2, Irish Daisy, Brownell's Winner, Maggie Murphy, Great Divide and others. The vine is dwarf and stocky, and the tubers 

 grow remarkably close, all bunched together in the hill close up to the vine. (See cut.) They size up to a remarkable size more evenly than anv 

 potato we ever saw ; none too large or too small; practically the whole crop being merchantable. 



Early Norther. It is several days earlier than the Early Rose and 

 equally prolific and a most desirable sort. It is a strong, vigorous 

 grower, and the potatoes are bunched well together in the hills. In 

 shape it resembles the Early Rose, but it is a little longer ; the eyes 

 are few and shallow. Its table qualities cannot be excelled, cooking 

 dry and floury, whether baked or boiled 



Henderson's Early Puritan. A grand white skinned and white 

 fleshed sort ; an immense yielder, and of splendid quality. The 

 grandest potato introduced since the Early Rose. 



Triumph. As an early variety this has given great satisfaction, par- 

 ticularly in the South. 

 A very good early and of 

 excellent quality. Red 

 skinned. 



Clarke's No. 1. Said to be earlier than the Early Rose, and very 

 productive. Cooks mealy, flavor excellent. 



Early Ohio. Tubers almost round ; flesh solid : cooks drv and 

 mealy. Very early. Red skinned. 



Queen. A grand potato of recent introduction, closely resembling- 

 Beauty of Hebron in color, size and shape, but is much earlier. It is 

 about as early as the Early Rose, and is a much heavier yielder. 



Early Rose. The leading variety for earliness, quality and pro- 

 ductiveness. 



Beauty of Hebron. One of 

 the best early sorts; productive 

 and of excellent flavor; a good 

 keeper; pure white flesh. 



Prices on application. 



SPINACH. 



By freight or express at purchaser's expense. 



THE BEST VARIETIES FOE FALL SOWING 



HENDERSON s NORFOLK SA V O Y-LH A V E D SPINACH. 



HENDERSON'S NORFOLK SAVOY-LEAVED 



In appearance the leaf is wrinkled in the 

 same way peculiar to the Savoy Cabbage ; hence 

 the name. It is a very popular variety among 

 the Southern truckers for fall sowing. {See 

 cut.) 16c. lb. ; 10 lbs. for $1.50. 



HENDERSON'S THICK-LEAVED. 



One of the best market sorts. It produces a 

 large, thick, strong, green leaf, somewhat 

 crumpled, and possesses the valuable quality 

 of standing a long time before running to seed. 

 See cut.) 16c. lb. ; 10 lbs. for $1.50. 



HENDERSON S THICK-LEAVF. D SP?NACH. 



