Wm. C. Beckert's Choice List of Vegetable Seeds, Allegheny, Pa. 7 



CARROTS 



(3Rb^ren) 



Carrots succeed best on heavy loaqi, which 

 preferably should have been well fertilized the 

 previous year, as fresh manure often causes the 

 roots to grow pronged and misshapen. Sow the 

 seed as early in the spring as the ground can be prepared, firm- 

 ing the soil down over them. An ounce of seed will sow loo 

 fe^t of drill ; 4 pounds will sow an acre. 

 EARLY SCARLET HORN. For early crop. Roots are 

 about 3 inches long, and of very good quality. Pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Klb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



/HALF -LONG POINTED. The 

 l/oots are intermediate in size between 

 Early Horn and Long Orange ; smooth, 

 bright orange ; well flavored. Pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., J^lb. 25 cts., 

 Ib/fs cts. 



HALF-LONG STUMP- ROOTED. 



Much like the Half-Long Pointed, ex- 

 cept that the roots have the stump form. 

 Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., %lh. 25c., lb. 75c. 

 /NEW YORK MARKET. Sym- 

 Vmetrical shape, small core, crisp, ten- 

 der and sweet ; one of the best. Pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., K'b. 30 cts., lb. 

 8o/Cts. 



CHANTENAY. Handsome roots, 

 road- shouldered, smooth and more 

 uniform than the Danvers. Of superior 

 flavor. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., J^lb. 

 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



yHALF-LONG LUC. A very sym- 

 ffnetrical, half-long, stump-rooted va- 

 riety. Early, very productive, of fine 

 quality. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., }<lb. 

 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



)ANVERS HALF-LONG. The roots are smooth, thick and intermediate be- 

 tween Short Horn and Long Orange in form. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Hlh. 25 cts., 

 lb. js cts. 



\JsT. VALERY INTERMEDIATE. Thick-shouldered, intermediate in length 

 befWeen/the Half-Long and Long Orange varieties. Flesh rich orange-color and of 

 finest Quality. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Klb. 30 cts., lb. 80 cts. 



\ IMPROVED LONG ORANGE. Extensively grown; good and heavy in 

 •^i^d. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Klb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



CORN SALAD («ammer Satat) 



Sow the seed thickly in shallow drills in September, and firm the soil well down 

 above it, if the weather be dry. Highly appreciated, and much grown where other 

 salads and lettuces do not succeed. Prepared in the same manner as lettuce and 

 makes an excellent dish. An ounce of seed will sow a feed 20 feet square. 



LARGE - SEEDED. Has 

 large, tender leaves. Pkt. 5 cts., 

 oz. 10 cts., U^b. 25 cts., lb. 70 cts. 



Hal!- Long Luc Carrots 



Extra Curled Cress 



CRESS mm 



The leaves form excellent 

 spicy spring salads, and are also 

 used for garnishing. Pepper Grass 

 should be sown thickly in shallow 

 drills in early spring, and at inter- 

 vals for continued supply, as it Corn Salad 

 soon runs to seed. 



WATER CRESS. Small, oval leaves; very tender, crisp and pleasantly spicy 

 when young. Plants of prostrate habit. A perennial aquatic, which grows well in any 

 running stream. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts., %lh. 90 cts. 



UPLAND. Seed of this species may be sown anywhere in moist places in spring or 

 fall. Leaves broad, crisp, tender and good for salads; plant a perennial. Pkt. 5 cts., 

 oz. 25 cts., Klb. 75 cts. 



EXTRA CURLED, or PEPPER GRASS. Of pleasant, pungent flavor ; the 

 leaves can be cut several times. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Kib. 25 cts. 



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