Choice Vegetable Seeds 



3 WM. C. BE^CKLRT, ALLEQHLNY, PA. 



POLE, or RUNNING BEANS 



(©tangen So^nen) 



Less hardy than the Bush Beans, and should be planted several weeks later, when the ground is warmer. Plant the seeds in slightly 

 raised hills 3 or 4 feet apart, 4 or 5 seeds to the hill. The Linias are especially tender, and the rule for late outside planting with them is 

 rigid. Painstaking cultivators, who are usually the most successful, plant them eye downward, after setting stout poles for every hill. 



All sorts of late-ripening Pole Beans are benefited by pinching the tips of the vines back when they are about 5 feet high. 

 Limas will plant about 100 hills ; a quart of smaller sorts about 200. 



POLE LIMA BEANS 



EARLY JERSEY LIMA. Verv early and productive. Beans a 

 little smaller than later sorts, but of finest quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 

 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., I4pk. $1.10. 



SEIBERT'S EARLY LIMA. Pods and beans quite large, very 

 early and prciductive, ciuality tlie best. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 

 cts., lipk. $i.\o. 



DREER'S IMPROVED. Early and productive; beans thick 

 and rounded, tender and good. Pkt. loc, pt. 15c., qt. 30c., ^pk. $1.10. 



KING OF THE GARDEN. When not too closely planted, the 

 vines set beans early and bear continuously until frost ; only two vines 

 should be allowed to a hill. Pkt. 10c. , pt. 15c., qt. 30c., 'Apk. $1.10. 



FORD'S MAMMOTH LIMA. Pods average 7 inches in length 

 and 5 to 6 beans to a pod, produced in clusters; quality the finest. 

 Vines vigorous and productive. Pkt. loc, pt. 15c., qt. 30c., Kpk.$i.io. 



LARGE WHITE LIMA. Beans large, ovoid and kidney-shaped 

 and greenish white in color. Pkt. loc, pt. 13c., qt. 25c., Kpk. 90c. 



EDIBLE-PODDED POLE 

 BEANS 



DREER'S GOLDEN CLUSTER WAX. 



Pods long and round, in clusters of 3 to 6 ; 

 very productive. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 

 35 cts., Kpk. $1.25. 



KENTUCKY WONDER, or OLD 

 HOMESTEAD. Pods borne in clusters, 

 deep green in color ; round, and often 9 inches 

 in length; tender, crisp and finest quality. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts , qv. 30 cts., Kpk, $1.10. 



LAZY WIFE. Very productive; pods 

 green, 4 to 6 inches long, broad, thick, fleshy 

 and entirely stringless ; of rich, tender qual- 

 ity. Pkt. IOC, pt. 15c., qt. 30C., Kpk. 



WHITE CREASEBACK, or BEST OF 

 ALL. Very productive, bearing in clusters; 

 pods silvery green, medium size, best quality. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., Kpk 90 cts. 



HORTICULTURAL, or CRANBERRY. 

 Good as a shell Bean, either green or dry; of 

 good flavor. Pkt. 10 cts , pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 

 cts , Kpk. 90 cts. 

 FRENCH ASPARAGUS, or YARD 

 j LONG. Pods 2 or 3 feet long ; tender, and 

 I iif asparagus flavor. Pkt. 10 cts., lb. 50 cts. 



SCARLET RUNNER. With showy scar- 

 1>. t blossoms ; beans purplish, with black mark- 

 ings; very ornamental. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 

 I ts., qt. 25 cts., Kpk. 90 cts. 



A quart of 



Lazy Wife Pole Bean 



ASPARAGUS 



(®^>argel) 



A bed once properly made and planted will last for years. Plenty of fettilizer should be well trenched into a 

 depth of 2 feet or more. The roots should be planted as early in the spring as the ground can be prepared, set- 

 ting them a foot apart in rows 2, 2 K or 3 feet apart, with the crowns from 4 to 6 inches below the surface of the 

 bed. Asparagus seed may be sown directly in the permanent bed and the plants lliinned as they grow ; or it may 

 be sown elsewhere, and the seedlings transplanted the second year. An ounce of seed will sow 50 feet of drill, 

 and produce about 300 plants. Fair crops may be expected the third year from seed. 



COLOSSAL. Very large, deep green; stalks tender and of good flavor. Pkt. 5c., oz. lOC, ^Ib. 20c., lb. 6oc. 



BARR'S MAMMOTH. Stalks large ; heads close and round. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Klb. 20 cts., lb. 60 cts. 



PALMETTO. Early ; stalks fine in size and quality, regular in growth. Pkt. 5c., oz. loc, Hlh 25c., lb. 70c. 



COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH WHITE. Stalks pure white. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Klb. 25 cts., lb. 70 cts. 

 ASPARAGUS ROOTS. By planting Asparagus roots instead of the seeds, a year or more of time can be 



saved in getting the shoots ready for table or market. They can be planted at any time within 6 or 8 weeks 



of the opening of spring. See Vegetable Plants. 



