WM. C. BECKERT 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Vegetables Used for Salads 



CELERIAC, or TURNIP=ROOTED CELERY 



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Sow in early spring, in light, rich soil; transplant the seedlings in May, and water freely in dry 

 weather. They will be ready for cooking in October, and may be preserved in dry sand for use 

 during winter. Celeriac is said to be as fine a nerve tonic as celery, and can be grown 

 in many sections where celery culture is practically impossible. The roots have almost 

 the same flavor as the crispest white celery stalks, while they keep much longer than 

 celery. An ounce of seed will produce about 2,000 plants. 



PRAGUE GIANT. The roots of this variety are very large. When young they 

 are quite tender and marrow-like, having a very fine flavor and cooking quickly. Tbe 

 plants are vigorous, with large, deep green foliage. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., 341b. 60 cts. 



CHICORY 



(Stcfcorie) 



Sow early in spring, in good, mellow soil and in drills half an inch deep and 12 

 inches apart. 



LARGE- ROOT ED MAGDEBURG. The roots form the Chicory of commerce; 

 the leaves, when blanched, make an excellent salad. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 341b. 

 25 cts. 



Giaut Cekriac. 



'xtra- Curled Cress. 



CORN SALAD 



(Sammer ©alat) 



Sow the seed thickly in shallow drills in September, and firm the soil well down above it, if the 

 weather be dry. Highly appreciated, and much grown where other salads and lettuces do not suc- 

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



LARGE-SEEDED. Has large, tender leaves. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., J41b. 25 cts. 



WATER and UPLAND CRESS 



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The leaves form excellent, spicy spring salads, and are also used for garnishing. The 

 plants increase rapidly from the roots and by self-seeding, and require little care after 

 they become established. Pepper Grass should be sown thickly in shallow drills in early 

 spring, and at intervals for continual supply, as it soon runs to seed. 



WATER CRESS. Small, oval leaves ; very tender, crisp and pleasantly spicy when 

 young. Plants of prostrate habit. A perennial aquatic, which grows well in any running 

 stream, forming large beds of leaves. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts., 341b. $1. 

 ^* UPLAND. Seed of this species maybe sown anywhere in moist places in spring or 



fall. Leaves broad, crisp, tender and good for salads; plant a perennial. Pkt. 5 cts., 

 oz. 35 cts., Mlb. $1.25. 



EXTRA CURLED, or PEPPER GRASS. Of pleasant, pungent flavor; the leaves 

 can be cut several times. The plants grow well in almost any soil, and require little care. 

 Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., lb. 25 cts. 



CUCUMBERS 



IMPROVED LONG GREEN. The leading long-growing sort, 

 and excellent for pickles. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 341b. 25 cts. 



JERSEY PICKLING. Extensively grown for pickles. Vines are 

 wonderfully productive and the fruits are rich, deep green, small 

 and very uniform in size. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 341b. 25 cts. 



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For general crops, the seed cannot be planted in the open ground before the weather has become warm and settled, and the ground mellow 

 and light. Plant the seeds in well-enriched hills about 4 feet apart each way, and as soon as all danger from insects is over thin the plants 

 to leave 4 of the strongest in each hill. For succession, sow at intervals of every two weeks until midsummer. Extra-early crops may be 

 grown by planting the seeds in hotbeds in April, upon pieces of sod turned upside down, and removing them to hills in the open ground as 

 soon as the weather is warm enough. For pickles, sow seed from the middle of June until the middle of July. The vines bear longer if the 

 fruits are gathered as soon as they are large enough; their strength is soon exhausted by ripening fruits. An ounce of seed will plant 100 

 hills; 2 pounds will plant an acre. 



FORCING WHITE SPINE. A selected strain of White Spine 

 seed. Specially grown under glass for forcing. Fruit large, green, 

 medium thick, holds its color well. An excellent variety. Pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. 20 cts. 



BENNETT'S WHITE SPINE. Fruits 7 to 10 inches long, and 

 proportionately thick throughout, 

 being as full at both ends as in the 

 center. They retain their glossy green 

 color a long time on the vines. Pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 341b. 25 cts. 



EXTRA LONG, or EVERGREEN 

 WHITE SPINE. Fruits from 10 to 

 12 inches long, very straight and fine 

 in appearance. When about 5 or 

 inches long they make excellent pick- 

 les. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 341b. 

 25 cts. 



IMPROVED WHITE SPINE. 



Early and productive. Fruit medium 

 size, good shape, light green, with a 

 few white spines on the surface. Pkt. 



5cts.,oz. 10 cts., Mlb. 25 cts. Bennett's White Sp 



