WM. O. BECKERT. 

 ALLEGHENY. PA. 



Clioice Vegetable Seeds. 



Field Seets. 



Valuable for Stock Feeding. 

 Mangel- Wurzels and Sugar Beets are extensively grown for stock feeding, as they form very wholesome and 

 nutritious food. Dairymen find them of especial value for feeding to cows, and say that they greatly increase 

 the flow of milk. Field Beets grow much larger than garden sorts, and must be given more room to grow. The 

 seeds should be dropped about 2 inches apart in drills 2 feet apart, and the plants thinned so that there will be 

 12 or 15 mches between them. Round-rooted varieties are best suited to light, sandy, shallow soils ; long-rooted 

 sorts to deep ones. On rich ground the yield per acre is enormous. 



From 6 to 8 pounds of seed are re- 

 quired to sow an acre. 



if to be sent by mai 

 RED TOP SUGAR BEET. Com- 

 bines with heavy yield a good per- 

 centage of sugar; white flesh, with 

 red crown ; very early. Oz. 5 cts., 

 J^lb. cts., lb. 



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t5 i-Lb., lu. i^n Cts. 



GOLDEN TANKARD. This variety 



has unusually large and handsome roots of a peculiar, tankard-shape, 

 and grows more than half above the ground. The tops are small, and 

 the flesh is very bright yellow, containing nearly as much saccharine 

 matter as the widely known Sugar Beets. Oz. 5 cts., Klb. 15 cts., 

 lb. 50 cts. 



GIANT LONG RED MANGEL. A very profitable and heavy crop- 

 ping variety of this branch of the Beet family ; grown more generally 

 than any other sort. The roots are very long and thick, with rose 

 and white flesh', and grow partly above ground. Oz. 5 cts.,Mlb. 15 cts., 

 lb. 50 cts. 



LONG WHITE MANGEL. This variety is similar to Giant Long Red 

 in all respects save color. The roots are large and very nutritions ; 

 the flesh white, as the name of the variety indicates, and it has the val 

 uable merit of keeping well. Oz.scts., Klb. i5Cts.,lb. socts. 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 



(JHoi'enfol)!.) 



This is a very delicate-flavored species of Cabbage, with small, solid 

 tender heads clustered thickly along the main stem. When properly- 

 cooked and seasoned they are delicious, melting away in the mouth like 

 fine Cauliflower. The seed should be sown in April or May, and the 

 plants cultivated like Cabbage; they are 

 very hardy, and the heads are improved by 

 frost. In some sections where good Cab- 

 bage cannot be grown, these sprouts succeed 

 ^ 7v -7- A. ^ 71^ , ,jr , admirably. All gardeners should give them 

 Golden Tankard Mangel-Wurzel. atrial; they should be a favorite vegetable. 



An ounce of seed will produce 3 ( ' 

 >WARF IMPROVED. Plants of this variety are dwarf, with small, solid, tender heads, ' 

 growing very close together along the stem, as shown in the illustration. A standard sort 

 of exceptional flavor when touched by frost. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts. , Klb. 50 cts. 

 TALL FRENCH. Taller than the above ; heads close and abundant, rich-flavored and 

 tender. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., Klb. 50 cts. 



Long Red Mangel. 



CRESS, 



The tender young leaves of the Cresses form excellent, spicy spring salads, and are also ^^ewptV 

 used for garnishing. Seeds of the Water Cress should be scattered along the margins of run- 

 ning streams or ditches ; the plants increase rapidly from the roots and by self-seeding, and 

 require little care after they become established ; 'the little seedlings will require some weeding until 

 their roots become strong. Pepper-grass should be sown thickly in shallow drills in early spring, and at 



intervals for continual supply, as the plants soon run to seed. 



ATER CRESS. Small, oval leaves, very tender, crisp, Brussels S-hrouis. 

 and pleasantly spicy when young. Plant of prostrate 



habit. A perennial aquatic, which grows well in any running stream, forming large beds 

 of leaves. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 40 cts. 



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

 spr^ng or fall. Leaves broad, crisp, tender, and good for salads; plant a perennial. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 30 cts. 



TRA CURLED, or PEPPER-GRASS. Of pleasant, pungent flavor ; the leaves 

 can be cut several times. The plants grow well in almost any soil, and require little care. 

 Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., ViVo. 25 cts. 



Waier Cress. 



Our Vegetable Seeds are put up in large, welhfilled packets. 

 They speak for themselves. 



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