From PETER HEHBEESOtS (a CO., HEW YORK. 
OUR ^ 
TRIAL GROUND 
IS OUR COMPASS 
pv / It is the guide which shows us what is right, and what is wrong, and enables \ >4 
f / us to carry out the time-honored Henderson policy of “Purity of Type” and \ y 
I u Quality of Stocks.” ... \ 
/ The founder of our house—PETER HENDERSON—began his business life as a \ 
! market gardener and upon that foundation built the great seed business that bears his name. 
He recognized, as none but those conversant with the business of growing vegetables for 
the market can do, the great importance of supplying “true to type ” seeds of the highest 
quality and of improved strains . 
This policy is regarded as the keystone of the business by his successors Charles 
Henderson, his son, the present head of the house, and his grandsons, Peter Henderson and 
Howard M. Henderson. 
In order to carry out this work efficiently we annually conduct at our Trial Grounds probably 
the most extensive tests ever undertaken by a seed house in America. These Trial Grounds 
partial views of which we illustrate on this page—are situated on the Hudson Boulevard, Jersey 
City, and at Hackensack, N. J., and are about 60 acres in extent. Our careful and painstaking 
methods during along series of years have caused the name “HENDERSON” to become 
, indissolubly linked with all that is best in seeds; because our constant purpose has always 
\ been, and will continue to be, to supply to our customers, choice seeds of selected y 
\ strains only. # # / 
\ As a result of this policy each and every one of our customers has become, in his / 
\ own locality, a standing advertisement and reference, as to the quality of our / 
\ seeds, and gained for us an ever-widening circle of patrons and friends. / 
Peter Henderson & Go 
v NEW YORK v 
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