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



Henderson's Earliest R ec | Valentine Bean. 



AMERICA'S STANDARD GREEN- 

 PODDED DWARF SNAP BEAN. 



This grand variety is a great improvement over the original 

 Red Valentine, which it has now entirely supplanted, being fully 

 ten days earlier; often ready to pick in forty-five days from sowing. 

 The healthy, vigorous plants are unusually hardy, withstanding 

 frosts that kill other varieties; it may therefore be planted very 

 early. This, with its quick development, makes it the earliest 

 large-podded variety, and on this account it is extensively grown 

 by truckers, over wide sections of the country. 



It produces a large crop of handsome, long, round fleshy pods, rich 

 green in color and of unsurpassed tenderness and quality when gath- 

 ered young, when it is practically stringless. It is the Standard 

 Snap Bean, not only for the earliest but for successive plantings, 

 bearing up to frost. (See cut.) Price, 26c. qt., $1.50 pk., $5.00 bush. 



Henderson's B| ac k Valentine Bean. 



Ready for picking in 45 days from planting. Yields prodigiously. 

 Full, round, meaty pods of unsurpassed 

 tenderness and quality. 



Possesses all the merits of our old favorite Red Valentine, and, 

 in addition has other valuable points. The pod is fully one-third 

 longer than the Red Valentine. Perfectly round and straight, 

 without " saddle-back," and of a beautiful soft green color. It is 

 also equally early, but has another advantage in that it is more 

 suitable for late planting. In a test conducted in the fall, we found 

 that Black Valentine was fully as useful as Extra Early Refugee, 

 being equally as hardy while the beans were produced in enormous 

 quantities. For any purpose, or at any time of the year, this bean 

 will be found exceedingly valuable to all classes of growers. Price, 

 26c. qt., $1.50 pk., $5.50" bush. 



REFUGEE, or " 1000 to 1." 



The most prolific dwarf, green-podded Snap Bean. 



A very popular market gardener's variety on account of 

 its exceeding productiveness. It is extensively grown 

 both in the north and south for a fall crop. The plants 

 are of healthy, robust growth, about 15 inches high, of 

 true branching bush growth. The pods are of attractive 

 appearance, round, long and slim, of light green color, 

 fleshy, solid and brittle, with but slight string and of 

 tender and mild flavor. This type of bean is the most 

 popular in the markets of the large cities and it is also 

 extensively used for pickling. Our strain of Refugee is 

 very fine. (See cut.) Price, 20c. qt., $1.26 pk., $4.50 bush 



E XTka early REFUGEE BEAN. 



This is one of the very best green podded varieties for 

 the market gardener. It is ready at the same time as the 

 Earliest Red Valentine, and two weeks earlier than the 

 Late Refugee, or 1000 to 1. The plant has the true Refu- 

 gee habit, bearing a mass of small leaves, which shelter 

 the pods from hot suns. The pods are round, almost 

 straight, fleshy and solid, and of remarkable uniformity in 

 size. It is a prodigious cropper, and an excellent shipper, 

 and is popular on all markets and of excellent quality in 

 every respect. Price, 26c. qt., $1.40 peck, $5.00 bush. 



" / am pleased to say that I have grown your Rtjugee Beans this season, 

 mnd have harvested the best crop 1 ever had. I use your seeds and no other." 



B. F. HULL. Jensen, Fla. 



" Vour Earliest Red Valentine beans are a marvel of uniform maturity, 

 mnd earliness. As good seed is of vital importance to my success, I have 

 dealt with you for many years. The best word I know is not too good to 

 say in your favor." A. 0 'H ALLORAN ', Lynchburg, Va. 



Our Seeds are no Longer Supplied through Dealers. Our Object 



By only supplying the Planter direct we protect many customers 

 who have had other seeds foisted upon them as "Henderson's." 



