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WM. C. BECKERT, ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Improved Red 

 Valentine. 



By all odds the 

 leading and most 

 generally c u 1 t i- 

 vated of green 

 podded bush 

 beans. A distinct 

 stock bred from 

 the Early Red 

 'M \ .^Ife; Speckled Valen- 

 /'mteBs&ii-^^ tine, and ten days 

 MlteiiiX,. earlier; vines 

 ver}' uniform, 

 making little top 

 growth, setting 

 its fruit low, rip- 

 ening uniformly, 

 and producing 

 enormously; pods 

 tender. "Pkt. 5 

 cts.: qt. 25 cts.; 



Improved Valentine pk. .$1.U0. 



Best of All. This dwarf bean is one ol the best. It 

 has round glossy pods, twice as long as those of the Valen- 

 tine; very tender and succulent, and an enormous producer. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. ; qt. 30 cts.; pk. .$1.75. 



BEANS, POLE OR RUNNING. 



(Stangenbohne.) 



This class is less hardy than the bush sorts and should 

 not be planted until one or two weeks later, when all danger 

 of late spring frosts is over. This applies more especially 

 to the Limas, which are the tenderest of all. Set the poles 

 from 3 to 33^ feet apart, slightly raising the soil around 

 them. Allow 4 or 5 beans to every hill, at this rate a quart 

 of Limas would plant about 100 hills, and sorts with smaller 

 sized beans about 200 hills. In planting the seeds the eye 

 should be placed downwards to allow the cotyledons to 

 expand and rise the more readily. The later ripening sorts 

 should be pinched back when about 5 feet in height, in 

 order to send the strength of the plant into the pods. 



Dreer's Golden Cluster. The pods are six to eight 

 inches long, of large size, and arfe borne profusely in large 

 clusters of three to six; vines strong and healthy- and grow 

 very rapidly, pods of a beautiful golden yellow color, and 



retain in a remarkable degree their tenderness and plump- 

 ness ; it is a continuous bearer, and in flavor is all that can be 

 desired. Pkt. 5 cts. ; qt. 40 cts. 



! King of the Garden 



I Lima. This is an im- 

 provement on the Large 

 Lima, excelling it con- 



I siderably in size and 



I productiveness, and 



j fully equaling it in all 

 other respects. It is of 



! vigorous growth requir- 



! ing but two vines to each 



I pole. When not too 

 closelv planted they set 

 their beans early and 

 produce continuous 

 bloom and fruitage until 

 the end of the season. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. ; qt. 35 cts. ; 

 pk. $2.50. 



Large Lima. The 

 standard variety for a 

 general crop, both for a 

 shell or a dry bean; 

 beans large and pro- 

 duced abundantly unti! 

 frost. Pkt. 5 cts.; qt. 

 35 cts. ; pk. $2.50. 



Jersey Extra Lima. 

 Claimed to be verv 

 early; in size and ap- 

 pearance it resembles 

 the Large Lima: very 

 desirable to grow in sec- 

 tions where the seasons 

 are too short for ordi- 

 nary sorts. Pkt. 5 cts. ; 

 qt. 35 cts. ; pk $2^50. 



Dreer's Improved 

 Lima. The seed of this 

 variety is roundish in 

 form and smaller than 

 other sorts when npe ; 

 the green bean, how- 

 ever, is quite large ; it 

 is early and productive, 

 and of extra good qual- 

 ity. Pkt. 5 cts. ; qt. 35 

 cts. ; pk. .$2.50. 



Small White Lima, 

 Carolina or Sieva. 

 Vines vigorous but short 

 with many short branch- 

 es, so that they are some- 

 times grown without 

 poles ; very early and 

 productive, with small, 

 smooth, dark green 

 leaves and small, yellow- 

 ish-white blossoms; 

 pods short, curved, thin, 

 flat; beans white, small. King of the Garden, 



broad, kidnej'-shaped, but inferior in quality to the other 

 Limas. Pkt. 5 cts. ; qt. 30 cts. 



Cream Seeded, Cut-Short. Known as a cornfield bean, 

 of which it is one of the best ; it is very productive ; valuable 

 either as a green snap or for shelling. Pkt. 5 cts. ; qt. 35 cts. 



Kentucky Wonder. Vines vigorous, climbing well and 

 very productive, bearing its pods in large clusters; blossoms 

 white; pods green, very long, often reaching nine or ten 

 inches, nearly round when young, and very crisp, becoming 

 very irregular and spongy as the beans ripen. Dry beans 

 long, oval, dun colored. A very prolific sort, with very 

 showy pods. Pkt. 5 cts. ; qt. 40 cts. 



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