Becker fs Choice Vegetable Seeds 



FOR HOME AND MARKET-GARDENS. 



Prolific German, or Cylinder Wax Bean, 



SEEDS OF SUPERIOR QUALITY AND STRONG VITALITY. 



OUR Vegetable Seed Department embraces nearly all varieties that are desirable or 

 of known value, together with all the more important recent introductions. The 

 list has been carefully selected and prepared, and the descriptions given are 

 chiefly derived from our own experience and observation. We have endeavored to make 

 them as accurate and helpful to the purchaser in making selections as possible. 



HOW SEEDS ARE SENT: 



FREE DELIVERY to any post office in the United States at the prices named in this 

 Catalogue of all Vegetable Seeds that are sold by the packet, ounce, quarter-pound, half- 

 pound and pound. 



ADD POSTAGE at the rate of 15 cents per quart to the Catalogue price of Peas and 

 Beans when to be sent by mail. Add postage at the rate of 10 cents per quart to the Cata- 

 logue price of Sugar Corn when to be sent by mail. 



BEANS, Dwarf or Bush. 



(SnfdJ Sofinen.) 



Beans should not be planted before the ground becomes light 

 and warm, in favorable seasons usually 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. The plants will need frequent hoeings, but 

 should not be cultivated when the leaves are wet with dew or rain, 

 as this will cause them to rust. 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 ; 2 bushels will sow an acre. 

 For Beans sent by mail, add postage at the rate of 8 cts. per pint, 

 IS cts. per quart. 10-cent packets sent postpaid. 



WAX, or YELLOW-PODDED BEANS. 



GOLDEN WAX. Vines hardy, productive and early ; pods 

 long, straight, flattish, very fleshy, wax-like, of the best quality. 

 BeansA>val, white, shaded with purplish red. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 

 15 cfcs., qt. 30 cts., 4 qts. $1, pk. $1.75. 



\ GOLDEN-EYED WAX. Remarkable for its beauty of pod, 

 freedom from rust and blight. The plant is rapid and vigorous 

 in growth, yielding an early, abundant crop. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 

 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., 4 qts. $1, pk. $1.75. 



WARD WELL'S KIDNEY WAX. Excellent early variety. 

 Pods creamy^ yellow, long, broad, flat, brittle and stringless. 

 Peans kidney-shaped, white, shaded brown ; very productive. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts.,- 4 qts. $1.20, pk. $2. 



VALENTINE WAX. Similar to the Valentine, except that its pods are yellow. Pods very meaty and with little string. Early, pro- 

 ductive, excellent in quality, and remains a long time without getting tough. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts,, qt. 30 cts,, 4 qts. $1, pk. $1.75. 



Golden Wax Bean. 



