WE DELIVER FREE, 
TO ANY POST OFFICE OR RAILROAD EXPRESS OFFICE 
in the United States, at Prices quoted in this Catalogue, 
ALL VEGETABLE SEEDS, FLOWER SEEDS and BULBS, 
••PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK • 
ASPARAGUS. SSL 
1 oz. for 60 feet of drill. 
B CONVENIENT bed is about six feet wide, with a path, 
two feet on each side. This will require six rows 
one foot apart, and a bed of that width fifty feet 
long will be ample for an ordinary family, requiring about 
one pound of seed. It will require about three years 
from the time of sowing until the bed is in full bearing, 
but once established is good for twenty years. It should 
be sown in drills one foot apart, and when the plants aro 
four or five inches high they should be thinned out so 
that the plants will be nine inches apart from each other 
in all the rows. Great care must be taken for the first 
year to keep down all weeds as soon as they appear, else- 
they will choke up and destroy the young seedling 
Asparagus. The deeper the soil and greater abundance 
of manure that is used the greater will bo the crop. 
THE PALMETTO. Until we found this new 
Palmetto Asparagus, Conover’s Colossal was 
the leading sort, and justly so; but the Pal¬ 
metto is not only much earlier, but is also a 
better yielder, and is more even and regular 
in its growth, and must eventually supplant the old 
favorite. Average bunches, containing fifteen shoots, 
measure inches in circumference and weigh about, 
two pounds. 'The Palmetto has now been planted in all 
parts of the country, and the reports we have indicate that 
it is equally well adapted for all sections North and South. 
Its quality is unequaled. (See cut.) 10c. pkt., 25c. oz., 
75c. 14 lb.. S2.00 lb. 
Colossal. The standard variety. The shoots are of the 
largest size, very productive 
and of the best quality. 5e. 
pkt,. 10c. oz., 20c. J4 lb., 
50c. Ib. 
HF.NOEKSON’S “PALMETTO'’ ASPARAGUS. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 
If to be sent by mail, add 40 cts. per W0 to the prices of two-year-old roots. 
A saving of one to two years is effected by planting roots. Those offered below are strong two-year-old roots. For private use 
or for marketing on a small scale, beds should be formed five feet wide with three rows planted in each, one in the middle and one 
on each side a foot from the edge; distance between the plants in the rows, nine inches. 
THE PALMETTO. Splendid roots. (See cut.) SI.50 per 100, $10.00 per 1,000. (50 roots at 100 rate, 
500 at 1,000 rate.) 
Colossal. Fine two-year-old roots at $1.00 per 100, $6.00 per 1.000. (50 roots at 100 rate , 500 at 1,000 rate.) 
The Palmetto. Selected roots, three-year-old, special size for forcing (these roots are too large for 
mailing; we forward by express or freight only), $2.50 per 100. 
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BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 
Kopflcohl Griiner. Chou da Bruxelles. 
Cultivation same as Cabbage. 
TALL FRENCH. Very fine. 5c. pkt., 20c. oz., 
70c. % lb.. $2.50 lb. 
DWARF IMPROVED. A variety producing 
compact sprouts of excellent quality. 10c. pkt., 
25c. oz., 80c. % lb., $3.00 lb. 
DALKEITH. This variety is a great improvement 
on tlie old tall-growing sort; it is much more 
dwarf and compact, and produces “Sprouts” of 
larger size. (See cut.) 10c. pkt., 30c. oz., $! .00 J4 lb. 
BROCCOLI. 
Brocoli. Spargel-Kohl. Cliou Brocoli. Broculi. 
Cultivation same as Cauliflower. 
WHITE CAPE. Heads medium size, close, 
compact, of creamy white color; one of the 
most certain to head. 15c. pkt., 60c. oz., $2.00 
M ib. 
PURPLE CAPE. Differs from the preceding 
only in color. 10c. pkt., 50c. oz., $1.50 14 lb. 
WALCHEREN. A valuable sort, with large, 
firm heads. 15c. pkt., 60e. oz., $2.00 J 4 lb. 
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Golden Jubilee Year 0 ?S r Liberal Premiums on Orders. For particulars see page 7. 
