MVM. O. BECKERT, 



ALLEGHENY, P>A. 



Clioice yegeta^ble SeedLiS- 



-^=^ENGLISH DWARF BEAN, BROAD WINDSOR. 



English Broad Beans are as hardy as Peas, and should be sown in drills 2 feet apart aS . 

 early in spring as the ground can be prepared, so that they may form their pods before the 

 heat of summer. The tops of the plants should be broken off, to check their growth, as soon 

 as the pods begin forming. Cultivate like other Dwarf Beans. The Broad Windsor is the 

 largest and best variety for main crop. It is used as a shell bean. Pkt. loc, pt. 15c., qt. 30c. 



POI.E or RUIVIVING BEANS. 



(gtangen='i3D^nen.) 



Pole Beans are not so hardy as the Bush sorts, and should be planted several weeks 

 later, when danger from frost is over. Plant the seeds in 

 slightly raised hills 3 or 4 feet apart, 4 or 5 seeds to the 

 hill. TThe Limas are especially tender, and the rule for 

 ate outside planting with them is rigid. Painstaking 

 cultivators, who are usuallj' the most successful, plant 

 them eye downward, after setting stout poles for every 

 All sorts of late-ripening 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 the smaller sorts about 200. 



IMPROVED KENTUCKY WONDER, or OLD 

 HOMESTEAD. A very prolific sort, with long, showy 

 green pods, borne in large clusters ; they are often 9 or 

 10 inches in length, and when young are nearly round 

 and very crisp and tender, but become irregular and 

 spongy as the beans ripen. The dry seeds are oblong- 

 oval, and a light dun color; the vines are strong and tall- 

 climbing. "Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts. 

 GOLDEN CHAMPION. Prominent among the newer 

 varieties of beans ; one of the best. The enormous 

 light yellow pods somewhat resemble those of Yosemite 

 Wax in size and form ; they cook quite tender, have no 

 strings, and are ready for use two weeks earlier than 

 those of Golden Cluster. The vines are luxuriant in 

 owth, and seem to be quite rust-proof. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 . 20 cts., qt. 40 cts. 

 AZY-WIPE. Immensely popular and productive. 

 The name was probably derived from the ease with 

 which a basketful may be gathered from a few vines. 

 The pods are green, from 4 to 6 inches long, broad, 

 thick, fleshy, and entirely stringless, retaining the rich, 

 tender quality which gives them such value as snap- 

 shorts for a long time. Each one contains from 6 to 8 

 plump, round, white beans, which are excellent for win- 

 ter use ; they are late in maturing. The vines cling 

 well to any support provided, and are frequently planted 

 among corn. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts. 

 GOLDEN CLUSTER. A beautiful and productive 

 early variety, with plump, tender, yellow pods from 6 to 

 8 inches long, having a very fine flavor, and remaining 

 fit for use a long time. The vines are strong and healthy, and bear continuously, and commend these 

 as a most useful and desirable sort. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts. 

 ..^lANT RED-SEEDED WAX. Pale yellow pods, from 6 tog inches long, and very thick and tender; 



t vines productive. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts. 

 I — SOUTHERN PROLIFIC. Pods produced in clusters ; long, round, green, fleshy, tender ; the vines 



bear heavily and continually until frost. Pkt. 10 cts. ; pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts. 

 /HORTICULTURAL, or CRANBERRY. A fine old variety, popular for use as a shell bean, either 

 green or dry ; beans large, spotted with red, of good flavor. The plants are very productive. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts. 

 y<€CARLET RUNNER. An English variety, with show)- scarlet blossoms ; beans purplish, with 

 ' black markings. Pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts. 



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POLE LIMA BEANS. 



KING OP THE GARDEN. A decided improvement on the Large Lima, 

 with larger beans and pods and more productive habit. When not too closely 

 planted, the vines set beans early, and bear continuously until frost ; but 

 two vines should be allowed to a hill as they are branching and vigorous in 

 ^ habit. Pkt. 10 cts., pt? 18 cts., qt. 35 cts., pk. $2.50. 



LARGE LIMA. A standard main crop variety, both for shell and dry beans. 

 The vines bear until frost, and the beans are large and buttery in flavor. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., 

 qt. 35 cts., pk. $2.50. 



DREER'S IMPROVED LIMA. Early and productive ; beans large when green, but shrinking 

 /Somewhat as they dry ; thick and rounded, tender and good. One of the best Pole Limas. Pkt. 

 / 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts., pk. §2. 50. 

 l/EXTRA EARLY JERSEY LIMA. Very popular in sections where the seasons are too short to| 

 grow the Large Limas profitably, because'of its earliness. The beans are smaller than those of soi 

 othet Limas, but are much the same in form and quality. Pkt. 10 c, pt., 18 c, qt. 35 c, pk. $2.50. 



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