PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK 
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COMPLETE 
LIST OF 
Vegetable Seeds. 
BEANS, DWARF WAX-PODDED or “BUTTER.” 
Black Wax, Henderson’s Improved. A vigorous grower with ample 
foliage, sheltering the pods so they are uniformly translucent and 
creamy-yellow; very early, enormously productive and of fine quality. 
Flageolet Wax. Valuable for either private use or market; very early 
and unusually free from rust; exceedingly productive; pods flat, often 
12 inches long, succulent and tender. 
Golden Scimitar, Henderson’s. (See Specialties, page 13.) . 
Golden Wax Improved. (See Specialties , page 13.) . 
Golden-Eyed Wax. An early, vigorous variety, free from rust and 
blight, bearing abundantly beautiful, tender, large, flat, waxy-golden 
pods. It grows 1£ feet high, holding the pods well off the ground_ 
Market Wax, Henderson’s. A new, unusually robust growing, flat, 
immense wax-podded variety; pods showy and handsome, clear yel¬ 
low, stringless and of fine quality. A prolific cropper, very early for 
so large a sort, and also of fine flavor and valuable as a shell Bean.. . 
Hodson Long-Pod Wax. (See Specialties, page 13.) . 
Keeney’s Rustless Wax. A vigorous wax-podded variety, wonder¬ 
fully productive, and bearing continuously for weeks, if the pods are 
picked as soon as ready. The pods are thick and meaty, entirely 
stringless, tender and of fine quality. The plant throws out long pod¬ 
bearing tendrils which appear at first like runners. 
Refugee Wax. Possesses the valuable characteristics of the green- 
podded Refugee; is wax-podded and of great productiveness; practi¬ 
cally everbearing. Pods handsome, round, transparent yellow, 
remaining tender long. A great drought and rust resister . 
Wardwell’s Kidney Wax. One of the best large-podded wax Beans. 
Very robust and hardy, producing a heavy crop of showy, large, long, 
flat wax pods, not liable to rust or blister ... 
Yosemite Mammoth Wax, Henderson’s. A grand variety, yielding 
prodigiously immense golden-yellow, waxy pods 10 to 14 inches long; 
they are thick, meaty and absolutely stringless, cooking tender and 
delicious. It is a robust-growing sort, needing to be planted twice as 
far apart as ordinary bush Beans. Succeeds well on poor soils . 
beans, bush lima. 
“ Henderson ” Improved Bush Lima. (See Specialties, page 14.) .. 
Henderson’s Early Giant. (See Specialties, page 14 .) 4 pkts. for 50c. 
“ Henderson ” Bush Lima. The original—about 3 days earlier 
than the Improved— but pods and beans are smaller . 
Burpee’s Bush Lima. A bush form of the Large White Lima, grow¬ 
ing about 20 inches high; the pods and beans are nearly the same size 
as the latter. While not as early as the “ Henderson,” its large size 
commends it to many. 
Fordhook Bush Lima. The largest bush form of the popular 
“potato” lima. The plants grow 20 to 30 inches in height, erect 
and of true bush form; pods 4 to 5 inches long, contain 3 to 5 large, 
delicious limas nearly as large again as the Kumerle (Dreer and 
Thorburn) type and is 4 to 6 days earlier, bearing freely throughout 
the season.2 pkts. for 25c. 
Dreer’s Bush Lima. A bush variety of the Dreer’ s Lima. Beans 
thick, sweet and succulent , growing close together in the pods. Growth 
vigorous, about 18 inches high, with abundant foliage, always succeed¬ 
ing even in dry seasons. 
New Wonder Bush Lima. A distinct bush variety; plant and pod 
very similar to Burpee's Bush, but earlier and a surer cropper; the 
shelled beans are handsome, tender and delicious. An acquisition.... 
SPECIAL OFFER. 1 pkt. each of the above 7 Bush Limas, 
delivered free in the U. S., for 75c. 
BEANS, POLE LIMA. 
New Ideal, Henderson's. (See Specialties, page 15.) . 
Early Leviathan Lima, Henderson’s. (See Specialties, page 15.) 
Large White Lima. The old favorite, universally grown for both fam¬ 
ily and market use. The large, flat, kidney-shaped beans, shelled 
either green or dried, are tender and delicious when cooked. 
Dreer’s Improved Lima. A thick, almost round Bean of fine quality 
and a large yielder; very early. 
Small Lima, or Sieva. A small seeded variety of White Lima with 
small pods, usually about 3 inches long; early and hardy. 
a im (f quart to 150 hills; 
BEANS, CLIMBING or POLE. 10 to 16 quarts per acre.) 
Old Homestead. (See Specialties, page 15.) . 
White Creaseback. One of the finest early pole Beans, bearing in pro¬ 
fusion clusters of fleshy green pods, 5 to 6 inches long, deeply creased, 
perfectly stringless, tender and of superior quality; used as a “snap” 
Bean. The matured beans are pure white and excellent shelled- 
Golden Champion, Henderson’s. The leading wax-podded pole 
Bean, very early and a great and continuous bearer of enormous, light 
yellow waxy pods, absolutely stringless, brittle and tender; a healthy 
grower, free from rust.'. 
Early Golden Cluster. Begins bearing in July, continuing to produce 
abundantly until frost large clusters of golden-yellow pods 6 to 8 
in. long and of delicious flavor. Valuable either as a shell or “ snap.” 
Horticultural or Speckled Cranberry. An old, popular variety, useful 
either as a green-podded “snap” Bean or when shelled in the dry state. 
Scarlet Runner. Popular both for ornamental and culinary purposes. 
It grows about 10 feet high; large scarlet flowers, followed by large 
green-podded beans; used either as a “ snap ” Bean or shelled. 
PRICES. 
— 
1 Pkt. 
Pint. 
|Quart. | Peck. | Bush. 
(Add to prices of Beans for free 
| delivery in the. U. S., 5c. pt., 10c. qt.) 
10c. 
20c. 
30c. 
SI. 75 
$6.50 
10c. 
20c. 
35c. 
2.00 
7.00 
AS i . 
10c. 
20c. 
35c. 
2.00 
7.00 
jSBr Bp Wa(W .Pft V B\ 
10c. 
20c. 
30c. 
2.00 
7.00 
j 1 
10c. 
20c. 
30c. 
1.75 
6.50 
J# 
' - A ' 
10c. 
20c. 
30c. 
1.75 
6.50 
10c. 
20c. 
35c. 
2.00 
7.00 
IMPROVED BLACK WAX BEAN. 
A. V- • 
10c. 
20c. 
30c. 
1.75 
6.50 
10c. 
20c. 
30c. 
1.75 
6.50 
^rfrr- r ~ 
10c. 
20c. 
30c. 
1.75 
6.50 
IMPROVED “HENDERSON” BUSH LIMA. 
15c. 
25c. 
40c. 
2.50 
9.00' 
* & 
15c. 
25c. 
40c. 
2.25 
8.50 
15c. 
60c. 
SI. 00 
10c. 
20c. 
35c. 
2.25 
8.00 
10c. 
20c. 
35c. 
2.25 
8.00 
W V~ ^ 
15c. 
50c. 
80c. 
IMPROVED “HENDERSON” BUSH LIMA. 
10c. 
20c. 
35c. 
2.25 
8.00 
10c. 
20c. | 
35c. 
2.25 
8.00 
Hr' > ■ 
15c. 
25c. 
j 40c. 
2.75 
10c. 
25c. 
■ 40c. 
2.25 
10c. 
20c. 
30c. 
2.00 
’fife 
10c. 
20c. 
j 35c. 
2.25 
10c. 
20c. 
30c. 
2.00 
15c. 
25c. 
40c. j 
2.25 
10c. 
20c. 
35c. 1 
2.00 
10c. 
20c. 
35c. ! 
2.25 
10c. 
20c. 
35c. 
2.25 
10c. 
20c. 
30c. 
2.00 | 
OLD HOMESTEAD 
10c. 
20c. 
35c. 
2.00 1 
" OLEBEAN - 
Beans, Corn and Peas we do not deliver free, but will do so if 5c. per pt. or 10c. per qt. is added to the prices. 
