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WM. C. BECKERT, ALLEGHENY. PA. 



WAX OR YELLOW PODDED VARIETIES. 



If to be sent by mail, add for postage 8c per pint, 

 or 15c per quart. 



Beckert's Speckled Wax. Altbough we have 



BECKERT'S i SPEGKLEDWAX 



ad this distinct and desirable variety in our pos- 

 session for many years, we never have brought it 

 into prominence as its merits would justify. In 

 fact, some seasons our supply of the seed was so 

 limited that we could not offer it at all in our 

 catalogue. It is positively one of the best varie- 

 ties of Bush Wax Beans in cultivation either for 

 the market gardener or for private use. It is a 

 second early variety and for a medium or late 

 crop it is without 'an equal. The pods are cyl- 

 indrical and averaging 5 to 6 inches in length. 

 They are of a clear yellow color and was- like ap- 

 pearance. In productiveness we have never seen 

 its equal. The vines are large and vigorous, very 

 dense m their foliage, and upright in growth, the 

 pods well cleared from the ground, thus keeping 

 them clean and free from rust. The quality is 

 excellent, crisp, tender^nd stringless. As a shell 

 bean they are very desirable. The seed when 

 ripe is light dun colored, spotted and striped with 

 black, in form kidney shaped. Owing to the vig- 

 orous growth of the vine this varietj' should not 

 be planted quite as closely as most other sorts. 

 Our customers should not fail to order some of 

 \V them when making their purchases. We have 



■ -.^ hundreds of testimonials from those who have 



tried them the past season, praising them in the 

 ^ highest degree. (See fig. 3, back cover.) Large 

 , package 10c, quart 40, peck $2.50. 



\ ^\ P^Qolden=Eyed Wax. Its remarkable beauty and 



\ manner of growth will most certainly render it 



very popular. It is extremely early and vigorous, 

 growing very rapidly, and yields a great profusion 

 of tender, succulent pods of a beautiful waxy ap- 

 pearance ; its flavor is unexcelled by any of the 

 wax varieties. Color of pods bright golden yel- 

 low. -The -vine grows about 1>^ feet high, is 

 strong and branchy, holding the pods well off the 

 ground, thus keeping them clean and attractive. 

 The perfect health of the vine and foliage is one 

 of its most notable features, and its perfect free- 

 dom from bligUL and rust is another fact of great value. The pods grow uniformly handsome, without a spot, and keep ex- 

 tremely well after being picked. The pecular golden marking about the eye of the bean when dry has suggested the name, 

 and renders it very pleasing to the sight. (See fig. 5, back cover.) Large package 10c, quart 30c. peck SI./ 5. 



Improved Golden Wax. The variety most 

 genei ally cultivated. Vines medium size, erect, 

 moderately spreading, hardy and productive, 

 with small, smooth leaves, and small white blos- 

 soms. Pods long, nearly straight, broad, flat, 

 golden yellow, very fleshy and wax-like, with 

 short, fleshy, green point, cooking quickly 

 as snaps, and shelling well when green, 

 and of the highest quality in both conditions. 

 Beans medium size, oval, white, more or less 

 covered with two shades of purplish red. Large 

 package 10c, quart 30c, peck S1.75. 



osemite Wax. The forerunner of a race of 

 giants among beans; the pods are really all solid 

 pulp and are entirely stringless, cooking tender 

 and delicious. The monster pods average 8 to 10 

 inches in length, and are of the thickness of a 

 man's finger, and are of a rich golden color, mak- 

 ing a verj^ handsome appearance either on the 

 plant or on the table. Package 10c. quart oOc. 



Wardwell's Dwarf Kidney Wax. Vines o^ 

 medium size, erect, hardy and productive: pods 

 long, broad, flat and of a delicate waxy yellow, 

 brittle and entirelv stringless ; beans white, with 

 two shades of reddish purple more or less visible, 

 and a distinct kidney shape. A most acceptable 

 and appreciative improvement. Large package. 

 Quart 30c, peek SI. 75 



Golden-Eyed Wax. 



