Beckert's Choice Vegetable Seeds 



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FOR HOME AND MARKET .GARDENS. 



SEEDS OF SUPERIOR QUALITY AND STRONG VITALITY. 



Golden Wax Bean. 



OUE Vegetable Seed Department embraces nearly all varieties that are desirable 

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

 The list has been carefully selected and prepared, and the descriptions given 

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

 to make them as accurate and helpful to the purchaser iu making selections as pos- 

 sible. 



HOW SEEDS ARE SENT: 



Free delivery to any post office in the United States at the prices named in this 

 Catalogue of all Vegetable Seeds that are sold by the packet, ounce, quarter-pound, half- 

 pound and pound. 



Add postage at the rate of 15 cents per quart to the Catalogue price of Peas and 

 Beans when to be sent by mail. Add postage at the rate of 10 cents per quart to the 

 Catalogue price of Sugar Corn when to be sent by mail. 



BEANS, Dwarf or Bush. 



Beans should not be planted before the ground becomes light 

 and warm, in favorable seasons usually about the first of May. 

 The soil should be rich and mellow, and the seeds scattered about 3 

 inches apart in drills that are 2 to 2% feet apart, and covered about 

 2 inches deep. The plants will need frequent hoeings, but should 

 not be cultivated when the leaves are wet with dew or rain, as this 

 will cause them to rust. Successive sowings, made at intervals of 

 about two 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. IO-cent packets sent postpaid . 



WAX, or YELLOW-PODDED BEANS. 



^- VALENTINE WAX. Similar to the Valentine, except that its 

 pods are.yellow. Pods very meaty and with little string. Early, 

 productive, excellent in quality, and remains a long time without 

 g/tting tough. Pkt. 10c, pt. 13c, qt. 25c, 4 qts. 90c, pk. $1.50. 

 (7 WARD WELL'S KIDNEY WAX. Excellent early variety, 

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

 broad, flat, brittle and stringless. Beans kidney-shaped, white, 

 shaded brown; very productive. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 

 cts., 4 qts. $1, pk. $1.75. 



GOLDEN WAX. Vines hardy, productive and early; pods 

 long straight, flattish, very fleshy, wax-like, of the best quality. 



Beans oval, white, shaded with purplish red. Pkt. 10 cts., pi:. Valentine Wax Bean. 



13/cts., qt. 25 cts., 4 qts. 90 cts, pk. $1.50. 



,/ DAVIS' KIDNEY WAX. Pods long, between flat and round', clear waxen color; seeds pure white ; early as Golden Wax ; flavor and 

 'eating qualities excellent. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts. ,4 qts. $1, pk. $1.75. 



