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Wm. C. Beckert's List of Select Vegetable Seeds, Pittsburg, Pa, 



BEANS 



Beans should uot be planted before the ground becomes light and warm, in favorable 

 seasons usuallj' about the first of May. The soil should be rich and mellow, and the seeds 

 scattered about 3 inches apart in drills that are 2 to 2% feet apart, and covered about 2 

 inches deep. Successive sowings, made at intervals of about two weeks until the middle 

 of July, will give a plentiful supply of beans throughout the season. One quart of 

 seed will sow 100 feet of drill. 



Add 8 cents postage for one pint of seed, and 15 cents for one quart, when to be sent 

 by mail ; 10-cent packets free by mail 



Pole, or Running Beans 



(Stanflen So^nen) 



Less hardy than the Bush Beans, and should be planted several 

 weeks later; when the ground is warmer. Plant the seeds in slightly 

 raised hills 3 or 4 feet apart, four or five seeds to a hill. The Limas 

 are especially tender, and the rule for late outside planting with them 

 is rigid. Painstaking cultivators, who are usually the most successful, 

 plant them eye downward, after setting stout poles for every hill. 

 All sorts of late-tipening Pole Beans are benefited by pinching the 

 tips of the vines back when they are about 5 feet high. A quart of 

 Limas will plant about 100 hills; a quart of smaller sorts about 200. 



BURPEE S J:NiPKO\ ED BL bH Ll.Mj^ 



ROUND POD KlUXE? 



AX BEANS (S 



POLE 

 LIMA 

 BEANS 



(All Best Grade 

 Hand-Picked) 



KING OF 

 THE GABDEN. 



The vines set 

 beans early and 

 bear until frost; 

 only two vines 

 allowed to a hill. 

 Pkt. 10c. , pt. 15 

 cts., qt. 30c., 

 Kpk. $1.15. 



EARLY LEVIATHAN. This new variety is not only earlier than 

 any other, but the beans are of the largest size and unsurpassed in 

 quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts., 3^pk. $1.30. 



SIEBERT'S EARLY LIMA. Pods and beans quite large, very 

 early and productive, quality the best. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts.. qt. 

 35 cts., 3^pk. $1.30. 



SHOTWELL. Of the potato Lima class, and superior to Dreer's 

 Lima in earliness, size and quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts., 

 J^pk. $1.30. 



EDIBLE-PODDED POLE BEANS 



BLACK WAX POLE. Fleshy pods; medium size, tender and 

 stringless. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., 3^pk, $1.15. 



MONT D'OR POLE WAX. Early and productive wax variety 

 of superior quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., J^pk. $1.15. 



KENTUCKY WONDER, or OLD HOMESTEAD. Pods borne 

 in clusters, deep green in color; round, and often 9 inches in length; 

 tender, crisp and of finest quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., 

 yipk. $1.15. 



LAZY WIFE. Very productive; pods green, 4 to 6 inches long, 

 broad, thick, fleshy and entirely stringless; rich and tender. Pkt. 

 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., 3^pk. $1.15. 



WHITE CREASEBACK, or BEST OF ALL. Very pro- 

 ductive, bearing in clusters; pods silvery green, medium size, best 

 quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., Kpk. 95 cts. 



HORTICULTURAL CARMINE ■ PODDED. Bears profu- 

 sion of large fleshy, golden }-ellow pods with carmine flakes and 

 stripes: one of the best and finest flavored shell beans. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., 3^pk. $1.15. 



ASPARAGUS, or YARD LONG. Pods round and glossy and 

 attaining a length of 2 feet or more of good quality. Pkt. 10 cts. 



BUSH LIMA BEANS 



BURPEE IMPROVED BUSH LIMA. Superior to any of the 

 older forms of Bush Lima. Plant very vigorous and upright, attaining 

 a height of 30 inches and 24 inches across. Pods of ten borne in clusters 

 of five to eight and of enormous size. Beans are larger than those of 

 any other variety ; immensely productive and of the very best quality. 

 Matures earlier than others. Pkt. 15 cts., 3^pt. 30c., pt. 50c., qt. 85c. 



FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA. Both pods and beans much larger 

 than those of any other potato Lima. Habit of plant of strong, erect, 

 bush-like growth. Pods borne in clusters of from four to eight, aver- 

 aging four beans to the pod. Exceedinglj' productive and of best qual- 

 ity. Pkt. 15 cts., pt. 35 cts., qt. 60 cts., "j^pk. $2. 



WONDER BUSH LIMA. Early, large and productive; quality 

 unexcelled. The plants grow dwarf, upright and compact, and are 

 completely covered with large pods, many of which contain four beans. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts., }^pk."$1.30. 



