Beckert's Superior Vegetable Seeds 



FOR HOME AND MARKET-GARDENS 



Seeds of Superior Quality and Strong Vitality 



Our Vegetable Seed Department embraces nearly all varieties that 

 are desirable or of known value, together with the more important of recent 

 introductions. The list has been carefully selected, and the descriptions given 

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

 deavored to make them as accurate and helpful as possible to aid the purchaser 

 in making selections. 



HOW SEEDS ARE SENT 



ADD POSTAGE at the rate of 8 cents per pint and 15 cents per quart to 

 the Catalogue price for Peas and Beans when to be sent by mail. For Sugar 

 Corn, add 5 cents per pint and 10 cents per quart when to be sent by mail. 



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 and QUARTER POUND. 



BEANS 



Beaiis should not be planted before the ground becomes light and warm, in favor- 

 able 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 cov- 

 ered about 2 inches deep. 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. 



Add 8 cents postage for one pint of seed, and 15 cents for one quart 'when to be sent 

 by mail; 10-cent packets free by mail 



GREEN-PODDED BUSH BEANS 



GREEN-POD STRINGLESS. Pods entirely stringless, very full and fleshy. 

 They remain crisp and tender until the beans are fully developed in the pod. Earlv 

 and of the finest quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 ots., qt. 30 cts., Kpk. $1.15. 



GIANT GREEN-POD STRINGLESS VALENTINE. As early and produc- 

 tive as the Valentine, with pods a third larger, round, full and fleshy. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., Upk. $1.15. 



LONGFELLOW. Pods straight, round, pale green, 6 inches or more in length. 

 When cooked tliey retain their light green color, and are unsurpassed in quality and 

 flavor. Productive and early. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., 34pk. 95 cts. 



BLACK VALENTINE. Pods long, straight, round and early, of fine quality 

 and a heavy yielder; has so far proven rust-proof. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts.. qt. 35 cts., 

 >^pk. $1.30. 



IMPROVED RED VALENTINE. Pods round, thick and solid, tender and 

 of fine flavor, Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., 3^pk. 95 cts. 



BOUNTIFUL. Pods grow to a large size, broad and fleshy, quality very good 

 when young, very productive. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., 3^pk. $1.15. 



FULL MEASURE. A new stringless Green-Podded Bush Bean. Pods round 

 and about 5 inches in length. Tender, of excellent quality and very productive. Pkt. 

 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts., iipk. $1.35. 



HODSON GREEN POD. A strong-growing late variety, enormously produc- 

 tive. Pods long, round and of excellent quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., 

 3^pk. 95 cts. 



REFUGEE. Pods round, tender, fleshy and of fine flavor. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 10 

 cts., qt. 20 cts., >2pk. 75 cts. 



EXTRA-EARLY REFUGEE. Earlier than the Refugee. Pods round, solid, 

 fender and of excellent quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 10 cts., qt. 20 cts., 3^pk. 75 cts. 



LONG YELLOW SIX WEEKS. Extra-early; pods long, flat, of good qualitv. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 10 cts., qt. 20 cts., 3^pk. 75 cts. 



MOHAWK. Early, hardy and productive; pods large and coarse, yet of excel- 

 lent quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 10 cts., qt. 20 cts., Kpk. 75 cts. 



WHITE MARROWFAT. Grown for a dry bean for winter use. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 pt. 10 cts., qt. 20 cts., 3^pk. 75 cts. > 



WHITE KIDNEY. A favorite for baking: large, kidney-shaped, flattened, 

 white. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., Vipk. 95 cts. " 



DWARF HORTICULTURAL. Furnishes green shelled beans of fine quality. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 ots., 3^pk. 95 cts. 



SNOWFLAKE NAVY. An improvement on the common Navy Bean; earlier 

 and more productive. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 10 cts , qt. 20 cts., J^pk. 75 cts. 



Longfellow Bean 



