^ enderson's PALMETTO ASPARAGUS. 
EARLY, LARGE, UNIFORM, PROLIFIC and DISEASE-RESISTING. 
T HE Palmetto is superior to any other 
Asparagus ; it is much earlier, also a better 
yielder and more even and regular in 
growth. Average bunches, containing 15 shoots, 
measure 13 £ inches in circumference and weigh 
about 2 pounds. The Palmetto is equally 
adapted to all sections North and South; it is less 
susceptible to the Asparagus disease than any 
other variety, and has continued to yield profit¬ 
able crops in sections where plantations of other 
varieties have been entirely devastated. Its 
quality is unequalled. {See cut.) A saving of one 
to two years is effected by planting roots. For 
prices of seed see page 49. 
HENDERSON’S PALMETTO ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 
Can be supplied from Nov. 1st to May 1st, but 
the best time for planting in the North is in the Spring. 
PRICES {buyer paying transit) . 
Per 100 
Per 1,000 
Two-year-old roots, 
. $1.50 
$10.00 
Three-year-old roots, . . 
. 2.00 
1 16.00 
—Add to above prices for free delivery in TJ. S .— 
SOc. per 100 to 2-year-old roots; 75c. per 100 to 3-year-old. 
Henderson’s Palmetto Asparagus, in an exhaustive test 
covering eight years, conducted by the New Jersey Agri¬ 
cultural Experiment Station, was proven superior to all 
other varieties tried, eight in all, viz.: Palmetto, Barr’s 
Mammoth, Donald’s Elmira, Columbian Mammoth White, 
Conover’s Colossal, Giant Brunswick, Moore’s Cross-bred 
and Giant Argenteuil. Full details are printed in their 
Bulletin No. 173, extracts from which are as follows: 
“ The question of varieties for setting new plantations is a 
very important one. Palmetto is by far the most productive 
Sort; its productiveness, coupled with its power of resisting dis¬ 
eases, makes it one of the most, if not the most, desirable variety 
of Asparagus. Donald’s Elmira is second in order of yield, but 
it is exceeded by Palmetto by 24% in early yield and 32% in 
total average yield ( covering six years of cutting) and by nearly 
30% in total yield of 1903. It is thus evident that the cash 
return in A sparagus growingdepemls much upon the variety. In 
the six annual crops taken from the field, Palmetto gives an 
average cash return of SI 11.00 per acre more than the Elmira. 
The yield and value the last year reported on, 1903, was even 
more itronounccd in favor of Palmetto, the yield being 7,123 
lbs. per acre; the returns for which were $839.87 per acre, an 
excess over Elmira that year of $221.88, and over Barr’s Mam¬ 
moth, $333.12.” 
“ Last year I put out some of your 2-year-old Palmetto A spar¬ 
agus roots and now I am cutting some of the finest stalks I nave 
ever seen, some of them nearly 3 inches in circumference .” 
F. O. FOSTER, Atlanta, Ga. 
“ Three years ago I ordered from you 500 Palmetto Asparagus 
roots. One year later I wanted 500 more, which I foolishly 
ordered from another seed house at a lower price. Result; yours 
were cheaper than the others as a gift.” 
JAMES W. CARSON, Mercersburg, Pa. 
NEW, DWARF, FRENCH, GREEN-PODDED BEAN. 
EARLY CHOLET 
LONG, SLENDER PODS OF HIGH QUALITY. 
This new French snap bean has attained great popularity in the markets 
of Paris, which sufficiently recommends it to those acquainted with the crit¬ 
ical French estimate of quality. The Cholet Bean is dwarf and compact, 
remarkably early, yielding liberally long slender pods of a deep rich green 
color, which is maintained even after cooking. The pods are not stringless, 
but if picked, as they should be, when young, they will be found very tender, 
succulent and of remarkably fine quality and flavor. 
Early Cholet is not only a valuable garden bean but on account of its 
neat growth and earliness it is well adapted for forcing under glass. (See cut.) 
Price, 20c. \ pt., 30c. pt., 50c. qt., $3.00 pk. 
PEAS, BEANS and CORN we do NOT deliver free, but will do so if 5c. per pint or 10c. per quart is added to prices. 
