PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK 
55 
Complete 
List of 
VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
PEAS, SUGAR or EDIBLE PODDED. The pods are cooked like String Beans; 
if used when about half grown they are deliciously tender and sweet. 
Melting Sugar, Henderson’s. 5 feet. The “ Mammoth ” variety pro¬ 
ducing abundantly immense brittle pods that " snap ” without string; very 
sweet and tender. 
FIELD PEAS. (See Farm Seed Department, pages 61 and 68.) 
COW PEAS. “ “ “ “ 61. 
PEPPER. (for plants, see page 166.) 
Cardinal. Sweet, thick-fleshed, glossy, bright red, slim, horn-shaped pods, 5 to 
6 inches long by 1 inch broad at top slightly curved. 
Chinese Giant. ( See special description, page 81.) The best, mildest, and 
largest red Pepper; very early and productive of uniformly giant fruits, aver¬ 
aging 4 inches in length and breadth; very meaty, having but few seeds, and 
excellent for eating sliced when green, and for stuffing. 
County Fair, Henderson’s. A handsome, medium-sized, sweet, mild and 
meaty, horn-shaped Pepper; enormously productive; flesh very thick. . 
Golden Dawn. Similar to the popular “ Bell, or Bull Nose ,’’ excepting being 
of golden-yellow color and of very sweet and delicate flavor. 
Large Bell, or Bull Nose. A large, early, bright red variety of mild flavor; a 
favorite for pickling and “ mangoes ” when green... 
Long Red Cayenne. A late variety. Small, bright scarlet, cone-shaped, pun 
gent pods, as much used for pickling when green as when ripe. 
Red Cherry. Small, round, scarlet, cherry-like fruits.. 
Red Chili. Small bright red peppers, very hot and pungent and generally 
used for making “ Pepper Sauce very prolific... 
Red Cluster. Dwarf, compact plants, often bearing 1,000 peppers. Small 
thin pods borne upright in clusters; red and pungent. 
Ruby King. ( See special description, page 81.) The most popular large-fruited 
Pepper; a prolific bearer of ruby-red pods, 5 to 6 inches long by 3 to 4 inches 
in diameter; flesh exceedingly thick, sweet and so mild that it is often eaten 
sliced as salad; splendid for stuffing, etc. 
Sweet Mountain, or Mammoth. Nearly the same as the “Bull Nose, 
though usually larger in size and of deeper shape; of very mild flavor; fine for 
" mangoes ”. 
*pt. 
Pint. 
Quart. 
Peck. 
15c. 
25c. 
40c. 
$2.50 
Delivered free in XJ. S., 
excepting otherwise noted. 
Pkt. 
Oz. 
i Lb. 
Lb. 
5c. 
40c. 
SI. 25 
10c. 
60c. 
2.00 
$6.50 
10c. 
30c. 
1.00 
5c. 
25c. 
75c. 
2.50 
5c. 
25c. 
75c. 
2.50 
5c. 
25c. 
75c. 
2.50 
5c. 
25c. 
75c. 
5c. 
25c. 
75c. 
10c. 
30c. 
$1.00 
10c. 
30c. 
1.00 
3.00 
5c. 
25c. 
75c. 
2.50 
POTATOES. Superior Northern-grown, especially for Seed. (/ peck will 
plant about 126 hills; 10 to 12 bushels per acre, in drills 3 feet apart.) 
Purchaser pays freight or express charges and assumes risk from freezing or 
heating. The barrel is 165 lbs. net weight. Prices subject to change without 
notice. 
EARLY VARIETIES. 
Bovee, Henderson’s. ( See special description, page 86.) The earliest of all 
varieties; above medium size, very smooth, uniform and perfect in shape, with 
shallow eyes; skin light straw color; flesh white, dry and floury and of superb 
quality; a big yielder and a healthy grower. 
Beauty of Hebron. A popular early sort and one of the best; red and white 
skin and pure white flesn; quality excellent; productive and a good keeper.. . 
Clark’s Number 1. Rose-colored; a good yielder,of fine table quality; a leading 
potato for early market. It resembles the Early Rose in color and shape. . 
Early Ohio. Extra early, maturing about two weeks before the Early Rose; 
almost round; flesh solid, cooks dry and mealy. Largely grown in the 
South for shipping to Northern markets. 
Early Norther. A splendid, extra early; earlier than Early Rose, which it re¬ 
sembles, and exceedingly prolific; eyes few and shallow; unexcelled cooking 
qualities, dry and floury. 
Early Puritan, Henderson’s. A distinct and valuable early variety; both 
skin and flesh white; quality superb, dry and floury. 
Early Rose. The popular standard early; noted for earliness, productiveness 
and fine quality. 
Rochester Rose. A seedling of Early Rose, which it resembles, but is an im¬ 
provement over it; averages larger, heavier yielder, but not quite so early. 
Queen. A grand, early Potato, resembling Beauty of Hebron in color, shape 
and size, but is much earlier and a heavy cropper. 
MAIN CROP VARIETIES. 
Cambridge Russet. A handsome, main crop variety; a healthy, strong 
grower; skin russet colored, heavily netted; cooking qualities superb. 
Carman No. 3. Enormously prolific, averaging nearly a pound apiece; very 
uniform in shape, white skinned, few and shallow eyes; flesh snow-white and 
of exceptionally fine cooking qualities. 
Improved Green Mountain. A heavy-cropping, medium-season variety of 
fine quality, free from blight and rot; good keeper; skin smooth and 
white; shape, roundish-flat; eyes few and shallow. 
Late Puritan, Henderson's. A handsome, large, white-skinned Potato, and 
one of the best lates grown; heavy yielder, good keeper; cooking qualities 
superior. 
Sir Walter Raleigh, Henderson’s. (See special description, page 87.) A 
grand, main crop Potato; shape very uniform, large and oval; flesh fine grain¬ 
ed, snow-white, cooking dry and floury; splendid keeper. 
^cle Sam, Henderson’s. (See special description, page 87.) One of the 
handsomest Potatoes grown; luxuriant, healthy grower, outyielding all other 
varieties; shape and size wonderfully uniform; a superior keeper, quality extra 
SWEET POTATO PLANTS. (See page 166.) 
PRICES 
For free delivery of Peas in 
the U. S. add to prices, 
6c. pt., 10c. qt. 
PRICES 
Including barrels, cartage 
and delivery to transporta¬ 
tion companies in N. Y. City. 
Purchaser pays freight 
or express charges. 
Peck. 
Bush. 
Bbl. 
of 
165 Lbs. 
75c. 
$2.50 
$5.00 
60c. 
2.00 
4.25 
60c. 
2.00 
4.25 
70c. 
2.25 
4.50 
60c. 
2.00 
4.25 
70c. 
2.25 
4.75 
60c. 
2.00 
4.25 
60c. 
2.00 
4.25 
60c. 
2.00 
4.25 
60c. 
2.00 
4.25 
60c. 
2.00 
4.25 
70c. 
2.25 
4.50 
70c. 
2.25 
4.50 
75c. 
2.25 
4.75 
70c. 
2.25 
4.50 
BOVEE POTATOES 
(AS THEY GROW IN THE HILL). 
SIR WALTER RALEIGH POTATO. 
UNCLE SAM POTATO. 
Our New 
Leaflet, Best Methods of Growing Potatoes, 
including Preventing Scab, 
Combating Insects, Keeping, etc.. 
Free to Customers 
