WM. C. BECKERT, ALLEGHENY, PA.— Choice Vegetable Seeds 



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POLE, or RUNNING BEANS 



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Pole Beans are less hardy than the Bush sorts, and should be planted several weeks later, when the ground is warmer and frost is over. 

 Plant the seeds in slightly raised hills 3 or 4 feet apart, 4 or 5 seeds to the hill. The Limas 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. A quart of Limas will plant about 100 hills; a quart of the smaller sorts about 200. 



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y POLE LIMA BEANS 



EARLY JERSEY LIMA. Very early and productive. Beans a little smaller than later sorts, 

 but of finest quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., %pk. $1.10. 

 W^SEI BERT'S EARLY LIMA. Pods and beans quite large, very early and productive, quality the 

 best. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., %pk. $1.10. 



y DREER'S IMPROVED, or CHALLENGER LIMA. Early and productive; beans thick and: 

 "ed, tender and good. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., %pk. $1.10. 



KING OF THE GARDEN. When not too closely planted, the vines set beans early and bear 

 ontinuously until frost; only two vines should be allowed to a hill. Very productive. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 ts., qt. 30 cts., Kpk. $1.10. 

 FORD'S MAMMOTH LIMA. The pods, averaging 7 inches in length and 5 to 7 beans to a pod, 

 oduced in clusters; quality the finest. Vines vigorous and productive. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., 

 cts., Kpk. $1.10. 



LARGE WHITE LIMA. Beans large, ovoid and kidney-shaped and greenish white in color.. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., %pk. $1.10. 



EDIBLE-PODDED POLE BEANS 



DREER'S GOLDEN CLUSTER WAX. Pods long and round, in clusters of 3 to 6; very pro- 

 ductive. Pkt. 10 c$s., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts., %pk. $1.25. 



^KENTUCKY WONDER WAX. Even more productive than its green-podded namesake; grows 

 very rampant, one plant covering a pole with a mass of vines densely loaded with beans; pods very 

 flesl^< entirely stringless and of the best quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts. 



/KENTUCKY WONDER, or OLD HOMESTEAD. Very prolific; long, showy green pods,, 

 borne in large clusters; they are often 9 to 10 inches in length; when young are nearly round, crisps 

 and tender. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., %pk. $1.10. 

 Jr LAZY WIFE. Very productive; pods green, 4 to G inches long, broad, thick, fleshy and entirely 

 '■■■'! ' Sjj» stringless; of rich, tender quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., %pk. $1.10. 



« ! DUTCH CASE-KNIFE. Pods long, flat; beans white, flat and kidney-shaped; quality fine. 



| i I Pkt. 10, cts., pt. 13 cts.. qt. 25 cts., %pk. 90 cts. 



!| y / WHITE CREASEBACK, or BEST OF ALL. Very productive, bearing in clusters ; pods silvery 



I ^sBr ^ gre^n, medium size, best quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., %pk. 90 cts. 



/ V HORTICULTURAL, or CRANBERRY. Good as a shell Bean, either green or dry; of good 



™ flavor. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., %pk. 90 cts. 



Kentucky wonder wax bean. l^lrRENCH ASPARAGUS, or YARD LONG. Pods 2 or 3 feet long; tender, and of asparagus 

 flavor. Pkt. 10 cts. 



y SCARLET RUNNER. With showy scarlet blossoms; beans purplish, with black markings; very ornamental. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 

 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., %pk. $1.10. 



ASPARAGUS 



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A bed once properly made and planted will last for years. Plenty of fertilizer should be well 

 trenched in to a depth of 2 feet or more. The roots should be planted as early in the spring as the 

 ground can be prepared, setting them a foot apart in rows 2, 2% 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 thinned 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. 



L^COLOSSAL. Very large, deep green; stalks tender and of good flavor. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 

 JClb. 25 cts. 



. BARR'S MAMMOTH. Stalks large; heads close and round; light in color; tender and succu- 

 fny Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., %lb. 25 cts. 



'/' PALMETTO. Early; stalks fine in size and quality, even and regular in growth. Pkt 5 cts.. 

 oz. 10 cts., %lb. 25 cts. 



J COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH WHITE. Eighty to 90 per cent of the stalks are pure white, and 

 remain colorless as long as they are fit for use. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., %lb. 25 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 open- 

 ing of spring. See Vegetable Plants. 



ASPARAGUS.. 



