W/W. C. BECKERT, 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Clioice Vegetable SeecLs- 



Bea.ns, D^wrsirf or Susli. 



(Stoerge Sol^nen.) 



EANS are among our most valuable farinaceous jfoods, and form a market staple everywhere. The seeds should not 

 be planted before the ground becomes light and warm, in favorable seasons usually about the first of May. Bush 

 Limas should not be planted so early as other sorts, as Limas are particularly sensitive to cold and damp. The soil 

 should be rich and mellow, and the seeds scattered about 3 inches apart in drills from 3 to inches apart, and cov- 

 ered about 2 inches deep. The plants will need frequent hoeings, but should never be cultivated when the leaves 

 are wet with dew or rain, as this causes them to rust. Successive sowings made at intervals of about 2 weeks 

 until the middle of July will give a plentiful supply Beans throughout the season. One quart of seed will sow 100 

 feet of drill ; 2 bushels will sow an acre. 



For Beans sent tty mall, add postage at tlie rate of 8 cts. per pint, 15 cts. per quart. 



WAX OR YELLOW-PODDED VARIETIES. 



"CrOIiDEN WAX. A very popular variet}', perhaps more generally cultivated than any 

 other. The vines are hardy, productive and moderately spreading, with small, smooth 

 leaves and white flowers. The pods are long, straight, flatfish, very fleshy and wax- 

 ^/''Vike, and of the best qualicy when used either as snap or shell beans. The beans are 

 ^ small oval, white, shaded with purplish red. Pkt. iocts.,pt. i5Cts.,qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.75. 

 GOLDEN-EYIiD WAX. This variety is remarkable for its beauty of pod, vine and man- 

 ner of growth, as for its freedom from rust and blight. The plant is rapid and vigorous 

 ingrowth, yielding, an extra-early and abundant crop of beautiful golden-yellow pods 

 as tender, succulent and toothsome as they are handsome in appearance. The plants 

 grow about i 'A feet high, and by their strong, upright habit hold their heavy crop of pods 

 well above the ground, so that they are always clean and attractive. The beans, when 

 dry, have apeculiar golden marking. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.75. 

 . WABDWELL'S DWABP KIDNEY WAX. An excellent early variety, widely grown 

 and much appreciated. The pods are creamy yellow, long, broad, flat, brittle and 

 stringless ; beans kidney-shaped, white, shaded with reddish purple ; vines productive, 

 strong and upright in growth. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.75. 

 BECKERT'S SPECKLED WAX. This we regard as one of the very 

 best Bush Wax Beans in cultivation, either for home or market gardens. 

 It is a second-early variety, unequalled for a medium or late crop. The 

 vines are large, vigorous and upright in growth, with dense foliage, and 



hold their thick clusters of pods well above the ground. The pods are z, c- ^ rrr 



clear waxen yellow, cylindrical, not so large as those of Yosemite Mam- macR-iLyea wax. 



moth, but averaging 5 or 6 inches in length and affording by their greater abundance a larger yield than is obtained from 

 that variety. The quality of both pods and shell beans is excellent, the former being stringless, succulent and tender, 

 the latter kidney-shaped and of a light dun color, striped and spotted with black. Because of its vigorous, spreading 

 growth this variety should not be planted so thickly as other sorts. For productiveness we have never seen its equal. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts., pk. ^2.50. 

 TOSEDIITE WAX. This may be the forerunner of a race of giants among Beans. Its rich golden yellow pods are 8 or 

 10 inches long and as thick as a man's finger ; they are quite stringless, and nearly all solid flesh, which cooks to a tender, 

 delicious pulp. Its handsome appearance should make this a very quick-selling market variety. Pkt. loc. , pt. i8c. , qt. 35c. 

 GEBiMAN, or BLACK WAX. A very popular and profitable variety wherever sold or grown. The pods are yellowish, 

 almost transparent, ftesh tender and stringless, with seeds black when ripe. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.75. 

 CXTBiBiIE'S KiUST-PROOF WAX. This promises to be a very valuable Bean from the fact that it does, indeed, seem to 

 be " rust-proof" after having been tested for several years with other Beans which rusted badly. The vines are very 

 productive; pods bright yellow, of good size, straight, stringless, tender and good. Pkt. locts., pt. iScts., qt. 35 cts., pk. $2. 

 BLi^CK-EYED WAX. This bean is a cross between the Black and Golden Wax varieties, and is earlier than either of 

 its parents. The tender yellow pods are 

 exceptionally fine in flavor ; the white 

 seeds are marked with black around the 

 eye; vines vigorous and productive. 

 P'kt.io cts.,pt.i5 cts., qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.75. 



[TE WAX. Pods yellow, and of good 

 flavor ; seeds white, and as valuable 

 wWen dry for winter use as the pods are 

 yin a green state. Pkt. ic cts., pt. 15 cts., 

 /qt. 30 cts., pk. S1.75. 

 FLAGEOLET WAX (Scarlet or Perfec- 

 tion Wax). Nearly as early as Golden 

 Wax, with pods longer and showier. 

 The beans are flatfish, long kidney- 

 shaped, excellent for cooking, scarlet or 

 purplisii red when ripe. The vines are ex- 

 ceedingly productive, bearing their hand- 

 some pods in clusters. (Crop failed. ) 

 )ATE WAX. Of German origin ; quite 

 early, and fit for use a long time after 

 maturity. Pods golden yellow, fleshy 

 and free from string. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.75- 

 )ETK.OIT WAX. One of the hardiest 

 Wax Beans, and one of the best, either 

 for snaps or shelling; when baked the 

 flavor is much like that of White Mar- 

 rowfat. Pods golden yellow, straight, 

 flat, thick to the edge. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 

 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.75. 



Golden-Eyed Wax, 



