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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— VEGETABLE SEEDS FOR F.\LL SOWING.
We deliver, FREE,
To any Post Office or Railroad Express
Office in the UNITED STATE 5, at
Prices quoted in this Catalogue, all
BULBS, VEGETABLE AND
= = = FLOWER SEEDS, = = =
EXCEPT WHERE NOTED.
HENDERSON'S PALMETTO ASPARAGUS ROOTS.
.Ready in Xorember for the South, and in March and April for the Xortb.)
Early, larg'e, tender, delicious. The finest Asparagus grown. The Palmetto is not oiil.v much earlier, but Is also a better yielder,
and is more even and regular in its Rrowth than any other variety, and must eventually supplant all older sorts. Average bunches containing
fifteen shoots measure 13Vi inches in circumference, and weigh about two pounds. The Palmetto has now been planted in all parts of the
country, and it has been proven equally well adapted for all sections North and South. Its quality is unequalcd. .See cut.)
Palmetto. Aspaxagtis roots la savinic of one to two years is effected by planting roots). Splendid two-year-old. §1.50 per 100, $10.00
per 1,000. 50 roots at 100 rate ; 500 at 1.000 rate. If to be sent by mail, add 40 cents per 100 to the prices.
HENDERSON'S "EARLY SNOWBALL" CAULIFLOWER-
FAMOUS THE WORLD OVER
Beyond Question THE BEST Cauliflower
FOR EITHER EARLY OR LATE.
FOR FAniLY OR .MARKET GARDEN,
FOR FORCING OR COLD FRAMES.
IT HEADS WHERE OTHERS FAIL.
Those who have never succeeded before
should grow "HENDERSON'S SNOWBALL"
It is hardly necessary for us to do.ucribe this variety at all as its
name has now become a household word wherever this delicious
vegetable is grown. Snowball Cauliflower is the standard
everyTwhere for quality witli the seedsman, the market g'ar-
dener and the amatetir. Wliile originally recou)niended and used
as an early variety, it has not only supplanted all other sorts for
early spring planting, but it has largely driven out the large late