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



WHITE SUMMER TURNIP RADISH. 



HALF LONG BLACK SPANISH RADISH. 



ST. MARTIN S RHUBARB. 



I UK K-I.KAVKI) SPINACH. 



Complete 

 List of 



VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



RADISH. — Continued. 



EARLY LONG VARIETIES. 



Long Scarlet Short Top. The standard; bright scarlet with white mild flesh 



grows 6 inches in length; matures in about 25 days , 



Wood's Early Frame. An improved shorter and early selection of Long 



Scarlet Short Top, maturing a few days sooner; a favorite for frame culture 



Cincinnati Market. One of the best varieties for early frame use 



Long White Vienna, or Lady Finger. Of attractive, tapering shape, about 3 



inches long, pure white, mild and tender; matures in about 25 days. 

 Icicle. Extra early long white 



SUMMER AND AUTUMN VARIETIES. These attain a larger size than the 

 preceding selections, requiring a longer time to form, usually from 6 to 8 weeks 

 time. 



Giant White Stuttgart. A large, white, turnip-shaped summer Radish, meas- 

 uring 3 to 4 inches in diameter when fully grown, in 6 to 8 weeks time though 

 it is usually pulled earlier. Very tender and mild 



White Summer Turnip. A flat-round, early, summer Radish, 2 inches or more 

 in diameter; skin and flesh white and tender; ready to use in 30 to 40 days 



Yellow Summer Turnip. A good-sized, round summer Radish; best used before 

 2 inches in diameter; when the quality is solid and fine; outer color, bronzy 

 yellow 



Chartier. A summer Radish, long, large and handsome; top crimson fading 

 to white at tip; flesh white and delicious, remaining long in good condition 



White Strasburg. An early summer Radish, 4 to 5 inches long and tapering 

 flesh and skin white, solid and fine 



Sandwich, Henderson's. The finest medium early summer Radish; medium 

 long and heavy; skin and flesh snow-white; flavor delicate and mild. 



WINTER VARIETIES. The flesh is so firm and compact in these that they will 

 keep almost all winter, if stored in a dry cellar:'they require 2 to 3 months 

 to mature. 



Celestial, or White Chinese. An extra fine, large, white Radish, often growing 



a foot in length by 4 to 5 inches in diameter; flesh firm, mild and crisp 

 Rose China Winter. A distinct cylindrical variety, 4 to 5 inches long by 2 



inches in diameter; skin rosy-red; flesh white and firm; good keeper 



Long Black Spanish. A leading winter variety, one of the best keepers 



Roots cylindrical, 7 to 10 inches long; skin blackish-brown; firm white flesh. 

 Half Long Black Spanish. Differing from the above in shorter, stockier growth, 



flesh white, compact and the mildest flavored of this type; good keeper. . . . 

 Round Black Spanish. A popular summer sort, esteemed highly by Germans 



RHUBARB, or PIE PLANT. (FOR ROOTS SEE PAGE 68.) 



Spring-sown seed produces plants of good size to pull from the following spring; 



planting roots saves one year. 

 St. Martin's. A large, red-stalked, compact-growing, immensely productive 



variety and the earliest; quality unusually juicy, rich and spicy 



Victoria. A very large, thick, red-stalked late variety of fine quality. . . 



SALSIFY, or OYSTER PLANT 



Mammoth Sandwich Island. (See specialties page 28.) 



SCORZONERA, or BLACK OYSTER PLANT. 



Analysis shows the root to be the most nutritious vegetable grown; although 

 the skin is black the flesh is white, and properly cooked is most delicious. 



SEA KALE. 



The blanched leaf stalks are eaten boiled as Asparagus, having a fine, agreeable 

 flavor. From seed they will be fit to cut the third year, continuing to bear 

 for 8 or 10 years. The roots may be forced in a warm cellar for a winter 



supply 



SORREL. Broad-Leaved French. The best of the Garden Sorrels; large, pale 

 green leaves of mild, acid flavor; esteemed as salad, cooked as greens, etc. . 



SPINACH. (26 lbs. supplied at the 100 lb. rate) 



(Varieties prefixed * may be sown in the fall for spring crop.) 



Round-Leaved. A well-known sort, with thick, round, succulent leaves.... 



♦Thick-Leaved, Henderson's. (See specialties page 28.) 



Long Season, Henderson's. (See specialties page 28.) 



Norfolk, Savoy-Leaved. (See specialties page 28.) 



Long-Standing. An excellent compact variety; thick, fleshy, dark green leaves, 

 grows slowly but remains a long time fit to use before going to seed.... 



♦Viroflay, Large Round-Leaved. A large, very hardy variety 



♦Hardy Winter, Henderson's. A new and superior Spinach, either sown in 

 spring for early summer use or in the fall for winter use, being very slow to 

 run to seed and very hardy; plant compact-growing, with short-stemmed 

 thick and fleshy rich green leaves 



Victoria. (See specialties page 28.) 



New Zealand. Produces leaves in abundance throughout the summer; may be 

 raised in heat and transplanted three feet apart each way into good soil. . 



PRICES. 

 Pkts., Ojs., and i Lbs. deliv- 

 ered free, but add 8c. to Lbs. 



Pkt. 



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. 55 



.05 



.10 



.20 



.50 



.05 



.10 



.20 



.55 



.10 



.10 



.25 



.70 



.10 



.10 



.20 



.65 



.05 



.10 



.20 



.50 



.05 



.10 



.20 



.50 



.10 



.10 



.25 



.70 



. 05 



. 10 



.20 



.50 



. 10 



.25 



.70 



2 . 00 



.05 



.15 



.45 



1.50 



. 10 



.15 



.35 



1 .00 



.10 



.20 



.60 



2.00 



.10 



.25 



.75 



2.50 



.05 



. 15 



.40 



1 .25 



Oz. 



i Lb. 



Lb. 



100 lb. 



.05 



.10 



.15 



14.00 



.05 



.10 



. 18 



16.00 



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.20 



18.00 



.05 



. 10 



. 1 8 



15.00 



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. 16 



15.00 



.05 



. 10 



. 18 



16.00 



.05 



.10 



.16 



15.00 



.05 



.10 



.18 



16.00 



.10 



.25 



.75 





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