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



EGGPLANT (Statflanje) 



Sow the seed in hotbeds early in March, transplant to 

 small pots and plunge them in the same beds; this is to 

 make them strong and stocky. They should not be planted 

 out until May or June, when the weather becomes warm 

 and settled, as cool nights and wet weather will check 

 their growth. Set the plants in rows 3 feet apart each 

 way and give them thorough cultivation, drawing the 

 earth up to the stems when thej - are about a foot high. 

 Repeated sowings are sometimes necessary, as the seed 

 does not germinate freely without strong and uniform 

 heat. An ounce of seed will produce 1,000 plants. 



NEW YORK IMPROVED THORNLESS. The 

 leading variety; strong and productive in habit. The 

 fruits are deep purple, large, smooth, free from thorns; 

 flesh white, tender, of delicate flavor. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 45c. 



BLACK BEAUTY. Fruit broad and thick, lustrous 

 purplish black color; very productive, of excellent quality. 

 Slightly earlier than the preceding. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 45 cts. 



NEW YORK THORNLESS EGGPLANT 



VERY EARLY WHITE YTENN'A KOHLRABT 



KALE, or 

 BORECOLE 



The leaves are of delicate fla- 

 vor; quite hardy, and improved 

 rather than injured by frost. 

 Will grow in almost any soil. An 

 ounce of seed will sow about 200 

 feet of drill. 



DWARF GERMAN 

 GREENS (Siberian Kale). Gen- 

 erally sown broadcast, but can be 

 sown in drills a foot apart in Au- 

 gust, and the plants treated like 

 spinach; ready for use in fall or 

 early spring. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 

 cts., Mlb. 25 cts. 



DWARF CURLED 

 GREEN SCOTCH. Seldom 

 exceeds 18 inches in height, but 

 rounds out to a diameter of 3 feet 

 under good cultivation. The 

 leaves are bright green, tender 

 and elegantly curled. One of the 

 best grown. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 

 cts., Mlb. 25 cts. 



TALL CURLED GREEN 

 SCOTCH. Unusually hardy, 

 growing 2 feet or more in height, 

 with recurved, 

 spreading, deep 

 gre en, curly 



leaves. Pkt. 5 London flag leek (See opposite page) 



cts., oz. 10c, J£lb. 25c. 



MOSBACH. In height between the two preceding. Leaves bent 

 upward; light yellow-green in color; very curled; white narrow ribs; 

 very showy. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., %lb. 50 cts. 



KOHLRABI (So&trabi) 



l/UKLED MOSBACH KALE 



Very palatable when prepared for the table like turnips. If the 

 weather is favorable the seed should be sown in April, in rows 18 

 inches apart, and the seedlings thinned to stand a foot apart for 

 White Giant, and 6 to 8 inches apart for other sorts. They are fit for 

 use when 3 or 4 inches in diameter. For late crops, sow seeds in 

 June or July. An ounce of seed will produce about 2,500 plants. 



VERY EARLY WHITE VIENNA. The earliest sort. The 

 plants grow rapidly, have small foliage, and mature their fine, round, 

 white bulbs quite early. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts 



EARLY PURPLE VIENNA. This variety differs from the 

 above mainly in the color of its roots, which are bluish purple. Pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. 25 cts. 



GREEN GIANT. A late, very large-growing sort with 

 bulbs, stems and leaves. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts. 



