Clioice liTegeta^ble Seecis. 



WM. C. BECKERT. 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



GREEN-PODDED BUSH BEANS. 



IMFROVEB RED VALENTINE. A leading variety, and by far the most generally 

 cultivated of the green-podded bush beans. Ours is a distinct stock, bred from the 

 Early Red Speckled Valentine ; its tender pods are set low, mature uniformly, and are 

 ready for use lo days earlier than those of the parent. The vines make but little top- 

 . , growth, yet their yield is enormous. Pkt. lo cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.60. 

 I'-'LONG TELLOW SIX- weeks, a standard variety, exceedingly valuable because of 

 its extra earliness and productiveness. The pods are long and flat, of good qualit)' as 



/long as they are tender, but they toughen soon after maturity. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts., 

 qt. 25 cts., pk. 61.60. 



SROWN-SFECELED VALENTINE. (Refugee.) Matures in 40 days after germi- 

 nation. Pods round, tender, fleshy and fin"? in flavor. Pkt. iocts.,pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 

 cts., pk^^6o. 



MOHAWK o^^BROWN SIX- WEEKS. An early and productive variety, with pods 

 large and coarse, yet of excellent quality. The vines are strong-growing and hardier 

 than in preceeding varieties. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.60. 

 IMPROVED EARLY WHITE VALENTINE. Similar to the other Valentines, but 

 with white -seeds, which give it additional value, as it can be used both for snaps and 

 shelled as a dry bean, for winter. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.60. 

 BEST OP ALL. An extra good and productive dwarf bean, with round, tender, succu- 

 lent pods, twice as long as those of the \'alentine. Pkt. loc, pt. 15c., qt. 30c., pk. $1.75. 

 CHAMPION BUSH. Pods large and long, tender, stringless and good ; vines wonder- 

 full}^ productive. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.60. 

 BOSTON FAVORITE or GODDARD. This variety bears large, handsome red pods. 



tender and fine for use as snaps : the seeds are verv large and of delicious flavor, whether ^ , ^ u ^ i7 i r 



used green or dry : the vines yield heavily. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. §1.60. imp^ouea Kea vaLemuw. 



I * n-B T!Tg BUSH BEAN. This bean has been prominent for some time as one of the richest flavored of 



" bush beans. It is a good cropper, and has large, pulpy, stringless pods. Pkt. loc, pt. 20c., qt. 40c. 

 WHITE KIDNEY or ROYAL DWARF. A great favorite for baking ; beans large, kidney-shaped, 

 flattened, white ; excellent for use, either green or dry. Not so productive as some varieties. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. Si, 60. 

 //dwarf HORTICULTURAL. This variety furnishes green shelled beans the earliest of any, and they 

 <jv are of fine quality. The seeds are yellowish white, with red splashes, large, oval, 



plump, easily shelled ; vines productive. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts. 

 J^ftJALIFORNIA TREE BEAN. Of tall, branching habit, bearing its pods in heavy 

 " crops, high above the ground. Valuable for field culture; better than the common 

 Navy bean. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. Si.5o. 



BUSH LIMA BEAT^S. 



Fine Crops of Delicious Limas are Now Grown Without Poles. 



BURPEE'S BUSH LIMA. 



This bean takes first rank among vegetables of recent introduction. It has been tested 



tions all over the country, and 



Burpee's Bush Lima. 



I different sec- 

 herever grown 



has become immensely popular. The plants 

 come quite true from seed, and the dwarf 

 habit has become so well fixed that the vines 

 show no disposition whatever to run, but grow 

 into splendid, branching, circular bushes 18 

 or 20 inches high and 2 or 3 feet across. The 

 strong constitution of the plant is shown in 

 Its stout, thick stalks and large, deep green, 

 leathery leavefe, as much as in its enormous 

 yield of thick, broad, handsome pods, which 

 are as large and well filled as those of the 

 Pole Limas ; as many as 200 pods have been 

 counted on a single plant, and the average is 

 seldom below 50. Tlie beans are identical in 

 size and/flavor with the Pole Limas, having 

 the sarHfc rich buttery taste. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 

 35 cts<^ qt. 70 cts. 



a/dreer'S bush lima. 



^his variety of Dwarf Lima is much praised 

 liy all who have grown it, well establishing the 

 introducer's claim for it as one of the best. 

 The plant is of.strong, bushy habit, growing 

 from 1 ^2 to 2 feet high, and producing its pods 

 in great abundance. The beans are smaller 

 than in some varieties of Lima, but are crowded 

 thickly in the pods, and the seeds are thick, 

 sweet 'and succulent. Pkt. loc, pt. 35c., qt 70c. 



ENDERSON'S BUSH LIMA. 



This variety also has the compact bush form, 

 nd matures'heavx- crops witliout the support 

 f lirush or poles. Il is reputed to be two weeks 

 er than the Pole Limas, and the bushes 

 and continually. The beans are of 

 the smaU Sieva type, but have a fine flavor. 

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



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