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



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CARROTS 



(3tt6f;ren) 



Carrots succeed best on heavy loam, which 

 preferably should have been well fertilized the 

 previous year, as fresh manure often causes the 

 roots to grow pronged and misshapen. Sow the 

 seed as early in the spring as the ground can be prepared, firm- 

 ing the soil down over them, An ounce of seed will sow 100 

 feet of drill; 4 pounds will sow an acre. 



J EARLY SCARLET HORN. For early crops. Roots are 

 about 3 inches long, and of very good quality. Pkt. 5 

 10 cts., 341b. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



HALF -LONG POINTED. The 



roots are intermediate in size between 

 Early Horn and Long Orange; smooih, 

 bright orange; well flavored. Pkt. 

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

 75 cts. 



HALF-LONG LUC CARROTS 



spas 



EXTRA CURLED CRESS 



HALF-LONG STUMP-ROOTED. 



^Much like the Half-Long Pointed, ex- 

 cept that the roots have the stump form. 

 Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts , 341b. 25c, lb. 75c. 



NEW YORK MARKET. Sym- 

 metrical shape, small core, crisp, ten- 

 der and sweet; one of the best. Pkt. 

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

 75 ots. 



, CHANTENAY. Handsome roots, 

 abroad -shouldered, smooth and more 

 uniform than the Danvers. Of superior 

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

 cts., lb-. 75 cts. 



HALF-LONG LUC. A very sym- 

 metrical, half -long, stump-rooted va- 

 riety. Early, very productive, of fine 

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

 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



1 ,4>ANVERS HALF-LONG. The roots are smooth, thick and intermediate between 

 ^Short Horn and Long Orange in form. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 341b. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



, ST. VALERY INTERMEDIATE. Thick-shouldered, intermediate in length be- 

 "tween the Half-Long and Long Orange varieties. Flesh rich orange-color and of finest 

 quality. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 341b. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



PROVED LONG ORANGE. Extensively grown; good and heavy in yield. Pkt. 

 cts., oz. 10 cts., 341b. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



CORN SALAD (Sammer ©alat) 



Sow the se_d 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 let- 

 tuces do not succeed. Prepared 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., 341b. 25 cts., lb. 70 cts. 



CRESS (Statfe) 



The leaves form excellent spicy 

 spring salads, and are also used for 

 garnishing. Pepper Grass should be 

 sown thickly in shallow drills in 

 early spring, and at intervals for 

 continued supply, as it soon runs to 



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. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts., 341b. 90 cts. 



UPLAND. Seed of this species may be sown anywhere in moist places in spring 

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

 cts., oz. 25 cts., i^lb. 75 cts. 



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

 leaves can be cut several times. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 341b. 25 cts. 



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CORN SALAD 



