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



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CORN, Sweet or Sugar 



(3Kaig) 



At the time of going to press with this Catalogue, the prospect for curing the seed is very discouraging, and seed of good 

 vitality will be undoubtedly very limited. All prices on Sugar Corn subject to change 



This delicious vegetable maybe 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 or 4 feet apart each way, five to six kernels to a hill; or in rows 4 or 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. 10-cent packets of all kinds sent postpaid 



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

 Earlier than Cory, Ears 6 to 7 inches long; quality fine. Pkt. 10c, 

 pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts. 



COSMOPOLITAN. A few days later than the preceding. 

 Ears 9 to 10 inches long and of fine quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts., 

 qt. 40 cts. 



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

 of very attractive appearance and finest quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 23 

 cts., qt. 45 cts. 



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

 early variety; quality good. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts. 



GOLDEN BANTAM. Very early and of finest quality; ears 

 small, grains golden yellow; very productive. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 23 cts., 

 qt. 45 cts. 



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. 23 

 cts., qt. 45 cts. 



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

 table use because of its earliness. Plant dwarf; ears short. Pkt. 10 

 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts. 



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

 and well filled with large, reddish grains. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., 

 qt. 35 cts. 



EARLY MINNESOTA. An old standard early variety, small 

 but very early, and of excellent quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 

 35 cts. 



■ WHITE CORY. Similar to First of All, excepting that the ker- 

 mis are white. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts. 



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

 iriuch larger. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts. 



EARLY CHAMPION. Ears size of Concord, but earlier; 10- 

 ,_t«f 12-rowed. Pkt. 10 cts pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts. 



I CROSBY'S EARLY. A second-early; ears 10- and 12-rowed; 

 quality excellent. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts. 



MELROSE. Second-early; ears large and quality fine. Pkt. 10c, 

 pi. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts. 



EARLY SHEFFIELD. Early and hardy. Ears of good size 

 and quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts. 



MOORE'S CONCORD. Comes in after Perry's Hybrid. Qual- 

 ity excellent; ears large and full. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts. 



BLACK MEXICAN. Grains deep bluish purple, of delicious 

 quality; medium early. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts. 



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

 TO and 12-rowed. Quality excellent. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts. qt. 40c. 



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

 grain; sweet and tender. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 24 cts., qt. 40 cts. 



SHAKER'S EARLY. Ears large and of fine quality. Pkt. 10 

 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts. 



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

 'filled, and of best quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts. 



Similar to Evergreen, but earlier. 

 ! cts., qt. 35 cts. 



EARLY MAMMOTH. Two weeks earlier than Late Mammoth; 

 ears as long, but more tapering. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts. 



COUNTRY GENTLEMAN. Ears of good size and well filled 

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

 pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts. 



STOWELL'S EVERGREEN. Grown more than any other 

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

 longtime. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts. 



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

 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts. 



WHITE EVERGREEN. Possesses to an intensified degree all 

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

 ble characteristic of being pure white. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18c, qt. 35c. 



EARLY EVERGREEN. 



Quality best. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 1 



