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WM. C. BECKERT, PITTSBURG, PA. • SELECT VEGETABLE SEEDS 

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CORN, Sweet or Sugar 



This delicious vegetable may be enjoyed from early summer until frost, if the proper varieties are selected and planted for succession at 

 intervals of every two weeks until the middle of July. If the seed is planted too early, before the ground becomes warm, it is liable to decay. 

 Plant in hills 3 to 4 feet apart each way, five or six kernels to a hill; or in rows 4 to 5 feet apart, scattering the seeds thinly in the rows. The 

 taller-growing the variety, the richer should be the soil and the wider the space allowed for development. One quart will plant 200 hills. 

 If to be sent by mail, add 10 cents per quart for postage. lo-cent packets of all kinds sent postpaid 



EXTRA-EARLY ADAMS. Not a Sugar Corn, but grown for 

 table use because of its earliness. Plant dwarf; ears short. Fkt. 

 10 cts., pt. 10 cts., qt. 20 cts., }/2pk. 75 cts. 



FIRST OF ALL. Stalks short; ears set quite low. of fair size, and 

 •well filled with large, reddish grains. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 10 cts.. qt. 20 

 cts., J2pk. 75 cts. 



WHITE CORY. Similar to First of All. except that the kernels 

 are white. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 10 cts., qt. 20 cts., 34pk. 75 cts. 



PREMO. One of the very earliest; ears of good size for such an 

 early variety; quality good. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., J4pk. 

 95 cts. 



KENDALL'S EARLY GIANT. A week later than Cory, and 

 much larger. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 10 cts., qt. 20 cts., }'2pk. 75 cts. 



GOLDEN BANTAM. Very early and of finest quality; ears 

 small, grains golden yellow; very productive. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., 

 <lt. 30 cts., Vipk. Si. 15. 



PEEP O'DAY. Extremely early and unsurpassed in sweetness. 

 The stalks bear from two to three ears each, and being of dwarf 

 growth it can be planted closer than most sorts; consequently it is 

 one of the most productive varieties we have. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., 

 qt. 30 cts., J^pk. $1.15. 



HOWLING MOB. Larger than Cory and a few days later. Ears 

 of very attractive appearance and finest quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 

 cts., qt. 30 cts., }^pk. S1.15. 



EARLY FORDHOOK. Very large for an extra-early Corn. 

 Earlier than Cory. Ears 6 to 7 inches long; quahty fine. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., Mpk. 95 cts. 



COSMOPOLITAN. A few days later than the preceding. Ears 

 9 to 10 inches long and of fine quality. Pkt. 10 cts.. pt. 10 cts., qt. 

 20 cts., Hpk. 75 cts. 



PERRY'S HYBRID. A large second-early variety. Cobs often 

 red or pink; grains medium size, cooking pure white and tender. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 10 cts., qt. 20 cts., J^pk. 75 cts. 



MOORE'S CONCORD. Comes in after Perry's Hybrid. Quality 

 excellent; ears large and full. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 10 cts., qt. 20 cts.. 

 i^pk. 7S cts. 



Ears size of Concord, but earlier; 10- to 

 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., >'2pk. 95 cts. 



EARLY CHAMPION. 



i2-rowed. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 



METROPOLITAN. Large for an early Corn; 9 inches long and 

 10- and i2-rowed. Quality excellent. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts.. qt. 

 25 cts., i^pk. 95 cts. 



SQUANTUM. Medium -early; ears 12-rowed and deep in the 

 grain; sweet and tender. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., '-ipk. 

 95 cts. 



SHAKERS' EARLY. Ears large and of fine quality. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 pt. 10 cts., qt. 20 cts., }4pk. 75 cts. 



RUSSELL'S PROLIFIC. Ears are large, well-shaped and 

 filled, and of best quality. Pkt. 10 cts.. pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts.. J4pk. 

 95 cts. 



BLACK MEXICAN. Grains deep bluish purple, of delicious 

 quality; medium-early. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., 3^pk. psc. 



EARLY EVERGREEN. Similar to Evergreen, but earlier. 

 Quality best. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 10 cts., qt. 20 cts., }4pk. 75 cts. 



EARLY MAMMOTH. Two weeks earlier than Late Mam- 

 moth; ears as long, but more tapering. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 10 cts., qt. 

 20 cts., 3^pk. 75 cts. 



COUNTRY GENTLEMAN. Ears of good size and well filled 

 with deep, white grains of delicious quality. Cobs small. Pkt. 10 cts.. 

 pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., 3^pk. 95 cts. 



STOWELL'S EVERGREEN. Grown more than any other 

 sort. Ears large, with deep sugary grains; remains fit for use a long 

 time. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 10 cts., qt. 20 cts., }4pk. 75-cts. 



WHITE EVERGREEN. Possesses to an intensified degree all 

 the qualities of Stowell's Evergreen, and has in addition the valu- 

 able characteristics of being pure white. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 10 cts., qt. 

 20 cts., Kpk. 75 cts. 



LATE MAMMOTH. Among the best large-eared sorts. Pkt. 

 10 cts., pt. 10 cts., qt. 20 cts., Vipk. 75 cts. 



If you desire a perfect lawn, use our Evergreen Lawn Seed 



CORN SALAD (Sammer ©alat) 



Sow the seed thickly in shallow drills in September, and firm the 

 «oil well down above it, if the weather be dry. Highly appreciated, and 

 much grown where other salads and lettuces do not succeed. Pre- 

 pared in the same manner as lettuce and makes an excellent dish. 

 An ounce of seed will sow a bed 20 feet square. 



LARGE-SEEDED. Has large, tender leaves. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 10 cts., H^h. 25 cts. 



CHICORY 



Sow early in spring, in good, mellow soil, in drills half an inch deep 

 and 12 inches apart. 



LARGE-ROOTED MAGDEBURG. The leaves when blanched 

 make an excellent salad. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., }4lh. 35 cts. 



WITLOOF. Pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 15 cts., Hp^- 4° cts. 



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