Keywords: Everything for the garden (16389090511).jpg Firosa PETEIR MEMDE3RSOH ® COo 5 HEW YORE <br> 31 <br> Henderson s CONTINUITY Collection <br> OF THE FIVE CXA/nCT C C\TZ M SHOWN ON <br> VARIETIES OF JVV tZlZ 1 V V IXIN THIS PAGE <br> These collections are made up of 5 varieties to supply the home table continu- <br> ously throughout the season with tender milky and delicious Sweet Corn They <br> are numbered to indicate their respective seasons of maturing The selection is <br> made primarily for quality and may be perfectly relied on not only in this respect <br> but also as regards its continuity The entire collection should be planted at one <br> time otherwise the succession will be broken These collections are put up in <br> three sizes ” packet pint and quart and will be found of great convenience <br> especially to those unfamiliar with varieties <br> PRICES OF HENDERSON'S CONTINUITY COLLECTION OF SWEET CORN <br> 1 Pkt each of 5 varieties sufficient for 125 hills 50c <br> 1 Pint each of 5 varieties sufficient for 500 hills 75c <br> 1 Quart each of 5 varieties sufficient for 900 hills 1 25 <br> PLANT FOR EXTRA EARLY SWEET CORN <br> HENDERSON'S POCAHONTAS No i <br> Pocahontas was obtained by the careful painstaking effort of a New York truck <br> gardener to whom earliness meant all and his work was eminently successful The plant <br> is of dwarf habit and very robust The ears are of good size and are always well filled <br> having no gaps between the rows ” a common fault of many early sorts The flavor is <br> excellent for so early a variety While we recommend it primarily as a first early sort <br> it has been found to have great value for the latest crops as it may be planted in this <br> vicinity as late as July 15th thus prolonging the season for Sweet Corn to its utmost <br> length See cut Price 10c pkt 20c pt 35c qt 1 30 for 4 qts 2 50 peck <br> After trying many other varieties of Sweet Corn I purchased seed of your Pocahontas Sweet Corn <br> I find that it beats all others in earliness productiveness and selling qualities I sold Corn in our town <br> before any other market gardener LAWRENCE GEMPERLE Mars Pa <br> PLANT FOK EARLY SWEET CORN <br> EARLY CHAMPION No 2 <br> An old and thoroughly tested variety We include it in this <br> collection because it is particularly well adapted to continue the <br> line of succession from the earlier sorts It is admirably adapted <br> to private use in every respect producing liberal sized ears at a <br> comparatively early season excellent in quality and a safe and <br> sure cropper Price 10c pkt 20c pt 30c qt 1 10 for 4 qts <br> 2 00 peck <br> PLANT FOK MEDIUM EARLY SWEET CORN <br> HENDERSON'S HIAWATHA No 3 <br> Earliness productiveness and delicious quality are the pronounced <br> merits of Hiawatha Sweet Corn <br> The ears about eight inches long are compactly filled with long <br> plump pearly-white kernels lusciously tender creamy and sweet <br> Another valuable feature is the length of time the ears remain in <br> the milk the thick husk giving splendid protection The plant grows <br> about five feet high bearing no less than two ears to a stalk very <br> uniform in shape and size It is ready to use in from nine to ten <br> weeks from planting and can be confidently recomended as a perfect <br> Sweet Corn for the home table Price 10c pkt ; 20c pt 35c qt <br> 1 30 for 4 qts 2 50 peck <br> PLANT FOK MID-SEASON SWEET CORN <br> THE HENDERSON No 4 <br> This ideal Corn is ready for the table about a week before the <br> latest sorts The Henderson Corn produces uniformly large thick <br> ears compactly filled from butt to tip with long milky white kernels <br> of luscious tenderness The delicious quality is retained for a much <br> longer time than with most Corns The plant is luxuriant healthy <br> and vigorous See cut Price 10c pkt 20c pt 30c qt 1 10 for <br> 4 qts 2 00 peck <br> PLANT FOR LATE SWEET CORN <br> STOWELL'S EVERGREEN No 5 <br> Long recognized everywhere as a standard variety both for home <br> use and market and is a general favorite The ears are of a large <br> size grains deep exceptionally tender and sugary and have the <br> advantage of remaining longer in the green state than any other <br> Price 10c pkt 20c pt 30c qt 1 10 for 4 qts 2 00 peck <br> SWEET CORN CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE <br> \b <br> THE <br> HeHD <br> erson <br> PURCHASER PAYS TRANSPORTATION ON CORN BEANS AND PEAS IN PINTS AND OVEP If wanted by Parcel Post see zone rates on page I A pint weighs I lb 43874823 149634 78295 Page 31 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/43874823 c1915 10 5962/bhl title 78295 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; Peter Henderson Co NameFound Firosa Biodiversity Heritage Library Everything for the garden 1915 Garden Stories Books Bulbs Plants Catalogs Equipment and supplies Flowers Gardening Lawn mowers Seeds U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 43874823 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/43874823 bhlGardenStories BHLinbloom bulbs plants u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-01-28 Check categories 2015 August 25 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16389090511 2015-08-25 03 00 27 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Everything for the garden 1915 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |