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



EGGPLANT (eicrt^flanje) 



Sow the seed in hotbeds early in March, transplant to 

 small pots and plunge them in the same beds; this is to 

 make them strong and stocky. They should not be planted 

 out until May or June, when the weather becomes warm 

 and settled, as cool nights and wet weather will check 

 their growth. Set the plants in rows 3 feet apart each 

 way and give them thorough cultivation, drawing the 

 earth up to the stems when they are about a foot high. 

 Repeated sowings are sometimes neces.sary, as the seed 

 does not germinate freely without strong and uniform 

 heat. An ounce of seed will produce 1,000 plants. 



NEW YORK IMPROVED THORNLESS. The 



leading variety ; strong and productive in habit. The 

 fruits are deep purple, large, smooth, free from thorns; 

 flesh white, tender, of delicate flavor. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 35c. 



BLACK BEAUTY. Fruit broad and thick, lustrous 

 jnirplish black color; very productive, of excellent quality. 

 Slightly earlier than the preceding. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 35 cts. 



New York Thornless Eggplant 



Very Early White Vienna Kohlrabi 



Curled Mosbach Kale 



KALE, or BORECOLE (^raugfo^i) 



The leaves are of delicate flavor ; quite hardy, and improved rather than in- 

 jured bv frost. Will grow in almost any soil. An ounce of seed will sow about 200 

 feet of 'drill. 



DWARF GERMAN GREENS (Siberian Kale). Generally sown broadcast, 

 but can be sown in drills a foot apart in August, and the plants treated like spinach ; 

 ready for use in fall or early spring. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Klb. 25 cts. 



DWARF CURLED GREEN SCOTCH, Seldom exceeds 18 inches in height, 

 but rounds out to a diameter of 3 feet under good cultivation. The leaves are 

 bright green, tender and elegantly curled. One of the best grown. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 10 cts., %\h. 25 cts. 



TALL CURLED GREEN SCOTCH. Unusually hardy, growing 2 feet or 

 more in height, with recurved, spreading, deep green, curly leaves. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 10 cts., Klb. 25 cts. 



MOSBACH. In height between the two preceding. Leaves bent upward ; 

 light yellow-green in color ; very curled ; white narrow ribs ; very showy. Pkt. 5 cts., 

 oz. 15 cts., Vi lb. 50 cts. 



KOHLRABI 



Very palatable when pre- 

 pared for the table like turnips. 

 If the weather is favorable the 

 seed should be sown in April, 

 in rows 18 inches apart, and 

 the seedlings thinned to stand 

 a foot apart for White Giant, 

 and 6 to 8 inches apart for 

 other sorts. They are fit for 

 use when 3 or 4 inches in diam- 

 eter. For late crops, sow seeds 

 in June or July. An ounce of 

 seed will produce about 2,500 

 plants. 



VERY EARLY WHj.TE 

 VIENNA. The earliest sort. 

 The plants grow rapidly, have 

 small foliage, and mature their 

 fine, round, white bulbs quite 

 early. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts. 



EARLY PURPLE VI- 

 ENNA. This variety differs 

 from the above mainly in the 

 color of its roots, which are 

 bluish purple. Pkt. ,5 cts., oz. 

 25 cts. 



GREEN GIANT. A late, 

 verv large-growing sort, with 

 immense bulbs, stems and 

 leaves. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts. 



London Flag Leek (See opposite page) 



