WM. C. BECKERT, ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Large Cheese. 



Large Cheese. Excellent for cooking purposes. Orange 

 colored. Flesh yellow and sweet. Productive. Pkt. 5 cts. ; 

 oz. 10 cts. ; lb. 20 cts.; lb. 80 cts. 



Mammoth Etampes. Has been grown in this country 

 to enormous size. It is of a bright glossy red color, and 

 makes a splendid variety to grow for exhibition purposes. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. ; oz. 10 cts.; >| lb. 25 cts.; lb. 90 cts. 



Valparaiso. Skin of rick cream color. The flesh is of a 

 rich golden yellow, very thick and fine grained, and very 

 sweet and delicate in flavor, making the best pies, etc. They 

 grow to a large, uniform size. Pkt. 5 cts. ; oz. 10 cts. ; lb. 

 30 cts.; ^4 lb. ;k> cts. 



Nantucket Sugar. Skin dark green. Flesh thick and 

 rich, orange-yellow in color. Grows to a medium size, and 

 is a very long keeper. Most excellent for pies. Pkt. 5 cts. ; 

 oz. 10 cts. ; i| lb. 30 cts.; lb. 90 cts. 



Connecticut Field. The common field pumpkin. Good 

 for stock. Oz. 5 cts.; lb. 30 cts. 



Small Sugar. A small, fine grained, sweet pumpkin. 

 Excellent for table use. Pkt. Sets.; oz. lOcts.; lb. 30 

 cts.; lb. 90 cts. 



ROQUETTE. 



Culture. Sow- early in spring, in rows, and thin out to 

 eight or ten inches. If kept well scuffled and watered, the 

 tart flavor of the leaves is greatly diminished. This flavor is 

 not pronounced in the small leaves, which are use for salad. 

 The flowers, appearing from May to June, have very much 

 the odor of the orange blossoms. Oz. 10 cts.; 34 ^b. 30 cts. 



RADISH. (Rettig.) 



Radishes, to do well, require a rich, mellow soil — new 

 soil, or soil not long in cultivation, is the best. They are 

 divided into three classes — spring, summer and winter 

 radishes. The former are used for forcing or the earliest out- 

 door crop. The second are adapted best for a general crop, 

 and the winter radishes for fall and winter use, and preserv- 

 ing like other root crops. To be crisp and tender, they must 

 make a rapid growth ; whenever checked in their growth by 

 cold or dry weather, they will invariably be tough and pithy. 

 For forcing sow in hot-beds, in rows five or six inches apart, 

 and thin out when too close. For open air, sow when the 

 ground has become well warmed, in drills twelve to fifteen 

 inches apart, or broadcast like turnips. Strew with soot, 

 fine ashes or tobacco dust if troubled with turnip fly. The 

 winter varieties should be sown about the middle of summer. 



FORCING VARIETIES. 

 g^^'One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. 



Early Scarlet Globe. A handsome scarlet; very mild, 

 crisp, tender, juicy and extremely early. It forms a very 

 small top, and will stand a great amount of heat without 

 becoming pithy. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; 34 lb. 25 cts.; lb. 

 75 cts. 



Early White Turnip. Very fine short leaved variety 

 for forcing. Pkt. 5 cts. ; oz. 10 cts. ; 3| lb. 25 cts. ; lb. 75 cts. 



Early French Breakfast. Olive-shaped; red above and 

 white below. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; 34 lb. 25 cts.; lb. 75 cts. 



Half-Long Deep Scarlet. White tipped. We offer 

 true stock of this hue extra early radish so popular in the 

 New Orleans market. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; 34 lb. 25 cts.; 

 lb. 75 cts. 



White Bo.x. 



scarlet. Excellent for forcing. Pkt. 5 cts. ; oz. 10 cts.; 3^ 

 lb. 25 cts.; lb. 75 cts. 



Early Purple Turnip. Purple in color; in other respects 

 like the preceding. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; lb. 25 cts.; lb. 

 75 cts. 



Rosy Gem. One of the earliest; shape globular, with 

 rich deep scarlet top, blending into pure white at the bottom. 

 It is very tender, crisp and delicious. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 

 cts.; 341b. 25 cts.; lb. 75 cts. 



Early White Tipped Scarlet Turnip. Red above and 

 white below. Pkt. 5 cts. ; oz. 10 cts. ; 3^ lb. 25 cts. ; lb. 75 cts. 



Early Purple Turnip. White tipped; identical in all 

 respects to Purple Turnip, only end of roots being white 

 tipped. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; 34 lb. 25 cts.; lb. 75 cts. 



Eldorado, Early Yellow Turnip. In shape, size and 

 quality identical with the scarletturnip sorts, but of agolden 

 yellow color. They make a pretty contrast mingled with 

 red and white varieties. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts. ; 34 'b. 25 cts. ; 

 lb. 75 cts. 



Early Scarlet Olive-Shaped. Of oblong shape. Rose- 

 colored flesh, tender and excellent. A standard sort for 

 market gardeners. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; 3€ lb. 25 cts.: 

 lb. 75 cts. 



Early Olive-Shaped White. Similar to the preceding, 

 only pure white. Pkt. 5 cts. ; oz. 10 cts. ; 34 lb. 25 cts. ; lb. 

 75 cts. 



Olive Shaped Yellow. Similar in all respects to the 

 two preceding, only in color, being golden yellow. Pkt. 5 

 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; 34 lb- 25 cts.; lb. 75 cts. 



Non Plus Ultra. The earliest forcing radish. Grows 

 very rapidly, and is fit for use within three weeks. The root 

 is round and bright scarlet. Flesh tender and delicate. Pro- 

 duces but few and quite small leaves. Pkt. 5 cts. ; oz. 10 cts.; 

 3^ lb. 25 cts.; lb. 75 cts. 



Deep Blood Red Turnip. (New.) Very deep red in 

 color. Quite small in foliage. Fine. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 

 cts.; 3i lb. 25 cts.; lb. 75 cts. 



Wood's Early Frame. Shorter and thicker than the 

 Long Scarlet Short Top. Best long radish for forcing. Also 

 good for out-door crop, either spring or fall. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 

 10 cts. ; X lb. 25 cts.; lb. 75 cts. 



