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It has been justly said that “he who makes two blades of grass grow , 
where only one greiv before , is a greater benefactor to mankind than the greatest 
conqueror who ever drew sword. 
Our firm, since its foundation by the late Peter Henderson in 1847, has 
played no inconsiderable part in improving — what are to the human race—the 
most important of all plants, edible vegetables. 
By means of this symbolic design which we call our Honor Arch we desire to 
recall to the recollection of our friends both old and new—and we have some old 
friends who have dealt with us for more than half a century — some of the good things 
in vegetables, grains and flowers which we have introduced. Scarcely a year has 
passed since our business was founded that has not witnessed some new introduction 
or improvement by us in seeds, plants and bulbs. I\aturally some of them have 
been much more important than others and therefore have created a greater stir 
in horticultural circles. 
Among them we may mention Henderson’s Snowball Cauliflower, Henderson’s 
Early Jersey Wakefield and Succession Cabbages, Henderson’s White Plume 
Celery, Japanese Buckwheat, and Henderson’s First of All Pea. In later years we 
introduced Henderson’s Ponderosa Tomato, Henderson’s Country Gentleman 
Sweet Corn, Henderson’s Bountiful Bean, and Henderson’s Prosperity Pea. 
In all these endeavors, spread over a long series of years, we have always kept 
one guiding principle before us, viz., to improve and enhance the QUALITY of all 
our products. 
We have not striven blindly for size alone, irrespective of the nature of the 
plant we were trying to improve. 
A very good example is to be found in Henderson’s Ponderosa Tomato, noted 
for its great size. This we have, by constant care in selecting for seed, also greatly 
improved in quality and increased in solidity. 
Our Honor Arch would need to be drawn twice the size to contain the names of 
all the varieties of vegetables, flowers and grains that we have introduced, but those 
we have placed there are such as have been, and are likely to remain, standard sorts. 
The books on gardening written by the late Peter Henderson are used as 
the foundation stones of our honor arch, because they have enabled thousands of 
amateurs to embark in business as market gardeners and florists, and by thus pointing 
out the way to successful culture, have added millions of dollars to the wealth of 
the nation. 
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