Beckert s Choice Vegetable Seeds 



Valentine Was Bean. 



FOR HOME AND MARKET GARDENS. 



SEEDS OF SUPERIOR QUALITY AND STRONG VITALITY. 



OUR Vegetable Seed Department embraces nearly all varieties tliat are desii'able 

 or of known value, together with all the more important recent introductions. 

 The list has been carefully selected and prepared and tlie descriptions given 

 are chiefly derived from our own experience and observation. We have endeavored 

 to make them as accurate and helpful to the purchaser in making selections as possible. 



HOW SEEDS ARE SENT: 

 We deliver free at any post office in the United States, at tfie prices named in this Cata- 

 logue, all Vegetable Seeds that are sold by weight, as packets, ounces, quarter-pounds, 

 half-pounds and pounds. To the price of Vegetable Seeds sold by measure, Beans, 

 Corn and Peas, as quoted in Catalogue, the purchaser must add postage at the rate 

 of 8 cts. per pound, if to be delivered postpaid. 



BEANS, Dwarf or Bush. 



(33ufc^ So^nen.) 



EANS are among our most valuable farinaceous foods. The seeds should not be planted before the ground becomes light 

 and warm, in favorable seasons usually about the hrst 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 mches apart in 

 drills from 3 to 354 inches apart, and covered about 2 

 inches deep. The plants will need frequent hoeings, 

 but should never be cultivated when the leaves are wot 

 with dew or ram, as this will cause them to _ 

 rust. Successive sowings made at inter- 

 vals of about 2 weeks until the middle of 

 -July will give a plentiful supply of Beans 

 throughout the season. One quart of seed will sow 100 feet of 

 drill ; 2 bushels will sow an acre. 



For Beans sent by mail, add postage at the rate of 8 cts. per 

 pint, 15 cts. per quart. 10-cent packets sent postpaid. 



WAX, or YELLOW-PODDED BEANS. 



«=! GOLDEN WAX. A very popular variety, more generally cul- 

 tivated than any other sort. The vines are hardy, productive ; 

 pods long, straight, flattish, very fleshy and wax-like and of the 

 bestfquality.- The Beans are small, oval, white, shaded with pur- 

 fsh red. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts. 

 WARDWELL'S KIDNEY WAX. Excellent early variety, 

 widely grown and deservedly popular. Pods creamy yellow, long, 

 broad. Hat, brittle and stringless; Beans kidney-shaped, white, 

 shaded with purplish brown; vines productive, strong and up- 

 right in growth. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts. 

 ^ VALENTINE WAX BEAN. Similar to the Valentine, except 

 that its pods are yellow. Pods very meaty and with little string. 

 Earjy; productive, excellent in quality and remains a long time 

 wj«hout getting tough. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts. 

 \/ GOLDEN-EYED WAX. As remarkable for its beauty of pod. 

 "^vine an(l manner of growth as for its freedom from rust and 

 blight. The plant is rapid and vigorous in growth, yielding an 



early and abundant crop. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt, 25 cts. Ooldea Wax Bean. 



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