154 PER PACKET 



ALL OTHER VEGETABLE SEEDS 104 

 EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE NOTED 



CARROTS 



1. Chantenay Red Cored 2. Danvers Half 

 Long 3. Improved Imperator 4. Nantes 

 Improved Coreless 5. Oxheart. 



CARROTS, Continued 



Nantes Improved Coreless (fr) — Excel- 

 lent for forcing. Tops small, roots bright 

 orange, blunt ended. Flesh reddish 

 orange and practically coreless. 70 

 days. 



Oxheart or Guerande — Excellent for 

 shallow soil, easy to harvest. Chunky 

 tender and sweet. Bright orange. Keeps 

 well. 72 to 75 days. 



CAULIFLOWER 



Packet 25c 



Needs rich soil and abundant water- 

 ing. Cultivate same as cabbage but 

 protect heads from sunlight to insure 

 the prized white curd. This is done 

 by gathering leaves together loosely 

 as soon as heads begin forming, and 

 tying them at the top. 



Early Snowball (fr) — Best and most 

 widely used early variety. Medium, 

 firm compact heads of fine flavor. 6-7 

 inches in diameter. 55 days. 



CELERIAC 



Large Smooth Prague — (Turnip rooted 

 celery). Smooth spherical roots. 2 to 

 3-in. thick. 120 days. 



CELERY 



Sow late spring for fall maturity. Have 

 shaded beds and cover seed X A - 

 Transplant when 6" high. Keep soil 

 well fertilized and moist. Crop ma- 

 tures in cool weather of autumn. 



Giant Pascal — Late variety for winter 

 use. Large plant, dark green leaves. 

 Big solid stalks that blanch to yellow 

 white. 135 days. 



Golden Self Blanching, Dwarf— Com- 

 pact plants, yellowish green foliage. 

 Broad solid stalks, nutty flavor. Blanches 

 readily. 120 days. 



Wonderful or Golden Plume — Early, 

 medium plant with compact, full heart. 

 Blanches easily to golden yellow. 112 

 to 115 days. 



COLLARD 



Sow seed heavily and transplant when 

 4" high; or sow in rows in permanent 

 beds and thin to 16" to 18" apart 

 when plants are well started. 

 Southern or Georgia — An excellent 

 cooked green. Long stemmed plant, 

 with clustered leaves. Withstands heat 

 and bad soil. 24 to 36 days. 



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SWEET CORN 



Do not plant until all danger of frost 

 is past. Be sure soil is well worked 

 and dry — then drop 6 kernels of corn 

 in a shallow hole made with the cor- 

 ner of the hoe. Cover each "hill" 

 with about 1" of fine soil pressed 

 down firmly. When 6" high, thin to 

 three or four plants in each hill, 



Hybrids 



We offer Hybrid Sweet Corn varieties 

 known as best for your garden — 

 the finest that can be procured any- 

 where. We list here only a few of these 

 choice kinds. Whatever your needs or 

 your preference, be sure we can supply 

 you with the kind of corn you want. 

 Talk it over with us. 



Golden Cross Bantam (fr) — Extremely 

 uniform. Ears 10 to 14 rows, slightly 

 lighter yellow than Golden Bantam. 

 Highly resistant to Stewart's disease. 

 85 days. 



Ioana (fr)— 1940 All-America. Ears 7V& 

 to 8-in., well filled with 12 or 14 rows 

 of deep medium narrow, light yellow 

 kernels. Highly resistant to drought 

 and bacteria wilt. 87 days. 



Marcross (fr) — An early wilt-resistant 

 yellow hybrid, producing deep golden 

 yellow kernels 7 days earlier than 

 Golden Bantam. Ears 6 to. 7-in. long, 

 with 12-14 rows of large sweet kernels. 

 73 days. 



Stowell's Hybrid Evergreen — White. 



Large ears about 8-in. long; big kernels, 

 very sweet. One of the best late va- 

 rieties. 95 days. 



Open-Pollinated 



Bantam Evergreen — A cross of Golden 

 Bantam on Stowell's Evergreen. 14 to 

 18 rows. Deep, rich golden kernels, 

 tender, sweet. 90 days. 



Black Mexican — Pure white corn with 

 purplish-black seed. Ears are 7 to 8 in. 

 long, 8 rows. Cylindrical straight rowed. 

 88 days. 



Country Gentleman or Shoe Peg (fr) — 



Prolific late variety. Favored by can- 

 ners. Irregular kernels, very deep, 

 sweet. 93 days. 



Golden Bantam (fr) — The best and most 

 favorably known of all the yellow va- 

 rieties. Stalks often have 2 ears. Ears 

 8 rowed, kernels broad, with tender 

 hull. 



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BECKERTS VEGETABLE SEED PRICES 





Pkt. 



Pt 



Qt. 



2Qt 



SWEET CORN, Yellow Varieties— Golden Bantam, Golden Ev- 











ergreen, Whipple's Golden Yellow, Golden Giant, Golden 











Sunshine, Burbank's Bantam 



.10 



.50 



.90 



1.70 



White Varieties — Early Mayflower, Country Gentleman, Stow- 











ell's Evergreen, Late Mammoth 



.10 



.50 



.90 



1.70 



Hybrid Varieties — Golden Cross Bantam, Marcross, Carmel- 











cross, Whipcross 



.15 



.80 



1.50 



2.75 





Pkt. 



Vz Oz. 



Oz. 



Va Lb. 



CUCUMBERS— Clark's Special, Davis Perfect, Extra Long, Im- 











proved Long Green, Longfellow, Straight Eight, Burpee Hybrid 



.10 





.35 



1,00 



Pickling Varieties — Jersey Pickling, National Pickling, Snow's 











Perfection, Cubit . 



.10 





.35 



1.00 



EGGPLANT — Black Beauty, New York Improved, Spineless . 



.10 



.50 



.90 



2.50 



ENDIVE — Large Green Curled, Pancalier, Giant Fringed, 











Broad-leaved Batavian 



.10 





.35 



1.00 



Want more sweet 

 corn for more 

 weeks? We can 

 give you the com- 

 bination that turns 

 the trick. 



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