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



CARROTS 



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PANYEKS HALF-LONG 



WATER and UPLAND 



CRESS « 



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The leaves form excellent spicy spring 

 salads, and are also used for garnishing. 

 The plants increase rapidly from the roots 

 and by self-seeding, and require little care 

 after they become established. Pepper 

 Grass should be sown thickly in shallow 

 drills in early spring, and at intervals for 

 continued supply, as it soon runs to seed. 



1/ WATER CRESS. Small, oval leaves; 



'very tender, crisp and pleasantly spicy when 

 young. Plants of prostrate habit. A peren- 

 nial aquatic, which grows well in any running 

 stream, forming large beds of leaves. Pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. 25 cts., % lb. 90 cts. 



UPLAND. Seed of this species may be 



f sown anywhere in moist places in spring or 

 fall. Leaves broad, crisp, tender and good 

 for salads; plant a perennial. Pkt. 5 cts., 

 oz. 15 cts., 541b. 55 cts. 



EXTRA CURLED, or PEPPER CRASS. 

 01 pleasant, pungent flavor; the leaves can 

 be cut several times. The plants grow well 

 in any soil, and require little care. Pkt. 

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



Carrots succeed best on heavy loam, which, preferably, should have been well 

 fertilized the previous year, as fresh manure often causes the roots to grow 

 pronged and misshapen. Sow the seed as early in the spring as the ground can be 

 prepared, finning the soil down over them. If sown late they should be soaked in 

 then mixed with plaster or sifted coal ashes and sown upon freshly 

 Quick germination and rapid growth are necessary. An ounce of 

 100 feet of drill; 4 pounds will sow an acre. 



EARLY SCARLET HORN. For early outdoor crop. Roots are about 3 

 inches long, and of very good quality. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 

 MU>. 25 cts. 



HALF-LONG STUMP-ROOTED. Much like the Half 



g Pointed, except that the roots have the stump form. Pkt. 

 s., oz. 10 cts., 341b. 25 cts. 



HALF-LONC POINTED. The roots are in- 

 ' termediate in size between Early Horn and Long 

 Qrange; smooth bright orange: well flavored. 

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

 y NEW YORK MARKET. Early. A heavy 

 ' cropper; symmetrical shape, small core, crisp, 

 tender and very sweet; one of the best. Pkt. 

 '5-cts., oz. 10 cts., J41b. 25 cts. 

 l. CHANTENAY. Handsome roots, broad- 

 y shouldered, smooth and more uniform than the 

 \ Danvers. Of superior flavor. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 ^ 10-cts., 341b. 25 cts. 

 V HALF-LONC LUC. A very symmetrical 

 g stump-rooted variety. Early, vervpro 

 , of " 

 %\b. 25 cts 



DANVERS HALF-LONC. The root 

 smooth, thick 

 HocH and Lon 

 oaf 10 cts., Mlb. 25 cts. 



V ST. VALERY INTERMEDIATE. Thick 

 shouldered, intermediate in length between the 

 Half-Long and Long Orange varieties. Flesh 

 rich orange color and of finest quality. Pkt. 

 5 cts.. oz. 10 cts., Mlb. 25 cts. 

 IMPROVED LONC ORANGE 

 \f grown; good and heavy in vield. 

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



half-lc 

 ductive, of fine quality 



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( Irani 



Pkt. 5 cts. 



ediate between Short 

 n form. Pkt. 5 cts.. 



Extensivelv 

 Pkt. 5 cts., 



CHANTENAY CARROTS. 



DANDELION m^bium) 



An early spring salad. Sow early in spring in cjril 

 inches in the rows. 



IMPROVED FRENCH. Pkt. 10 cts.. oz. 35 cts. 



inches apart, and thin out to f> 



IMPROVED THORNLESS EGGPLANT. 



EGGPLANT 



( eterpflanje) 



Sow the seed in hotbeds early in March, 

 transplant to small pots and plunge them 

 in the same beds; this is to make them 

 strong and stocky. They should not be 

 planted out in rows until May or June, 

 when the weather becomes warm and 

 settled, as cool nights and wet weather wi 

 check their growth. Set the plants in rows 

 3 feet apart each way and give them 

 thorough cultivation, drawing the earth up 

 to the stems when they are about a foot 

 high; it is well to keep some plants in the 

 hotbed for replanting. Repeated sowings 

 are sometimes necessary, as the seed does 

 not germinate freely without strong and 

 uniform heat. In cutting, do not injure the 

 plant. An ounce of seed will produce 1.000 

 /plants. 



NEW YORK IMPROVED THORNLESS. The leading market variety; strong and 

 productive in habit. The fruits are deep purple, large, smooth, free from thorns; flesh 

 white, tender, of delicate flavor. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts. 



BLACK BEAUTY. Fruit broad and thick, of very attractive form and lustrous purplish 

 ''black color; verv productive, of excellent quality, and about 10 days earlier than the preced 

 ing. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. GO cts. 



EXTRA CURLED CRESS. 



