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WM. C. BECKERT, ALLEGHENY, PA. 



CHOICE FIELD SEED . — CONTINUED. 



BROOM CORN. 

 Improved Evergreen. This variety is extensively 

 grown on account of the color and quality of its brush, which 

 is long, fine and straight, and always green. Grows seven 

 feet high. Qt. 15 cts.; bush. §3.00. Add for postage on Broom 

 Corn 10 cents per qt. 



KAFFIR CORN. 



One of the best things offered of late years for a forage 

 plant. The heads contain small white seeds which make an 

 excellent flour. They are greedily eaten by horses and cattle 

 and make excellent food for poultry either fed in the grain 

 or ground and cooked. The foliage and stalks make excel- 

 lent forage. Pkt. 5 cts.; lb. 40 cts.; 10 lbs. §3.00. 



SUO-AR CANE. 



Early Amber. The earliest and most productive variety. 

 Height ten to twelve feet. Its saccharine matter is of first 

 quality, fine and rich. One of our best green fodder plants, 

 producing from two to three cuttings during the summer. 

 Sow four quarts in drills and eight quarts broadcast to the 

 acre. Ot. 20 cts.; postpaid 35 cts.; bush. $3.00. 



OATS. 



Welcome. An excellent variety. Very productive and 

 heavy. Straw stiff. Grain plump. Averages 45 lbs. per 

 measured bushel, with good cultivation. One of the very 

 best varieties for ordinary soils. Pk. 40 cts.; bush. #1.25. 



Pringle's Progress. A short growing variety. Matures 

 early, heads large and filled with plump berries. Does not 

 lodge. Pk. 50 cts.; bush. |1.50. 



BUCKWHEAT. 



Japanese. A new variety o f Buckwheat, which possesses 

 qualities that will render it much sought after. It is enor- 

 mously prolific, yielding double the weight of other sorts. It 

 makes an excellent flour, equal in quality to the Silver Hull. 

 Lb. 15 cts.; postpaid 25 cts.; bush. (48 lbs.) $2.50. 



WINTER WHEAT. 



Fultz. The leading Red Winter Wheat in this section. 

 Berry full, hard and considered by millers No. 1. Heavy 

 cropper. Straw stiff and does not lodge easilv. Pk. 40 cts.; 

 bush. (60 lbs.) $1.50. 



Fulcaster. A red berried, high grade wheat. Berry 

 large, hard and of good milling qualitv. Prolific, straw 

 stiff. Pk. 40 cts.; bush. $1.50. 



Martin's Amber. Heads long and heavy. Berry 

 plump, amber-colored and excellent for milling. It yields 

 heavily, and is in every way a desirable sort. Pk. 50 cts.; 

 bush. $1.75. 



Hybrid Mediterranean. An amber - colored berry, 

 largely grown in some sections. Pk. 40 cts.; bush. $1.50. 



RYE. 



White. The best variety, a heavy cropper and stands 

 the winter better than almost any other sort. Pk. 40 cts. ; 

 bush. $1.25. 



BARLEY. 



Common. The variety usually sown. Pk. 40 cts.; bush. 

 $1.25. 



FLAX. 



When grown for seed, sow one bushel per acre. If fibre is 

 wanted, sow at the rate of two to three bushels. The soil 

 should be well cultivated. Pk. 60 cts. ; bush. $2.25. 



SUNFLOWER. 



Mammoth Russian. Bears extra large flowers, which 

 produce a very heavy crop of seed. Ot. 20 cts. ; postpaid 28 

 cts.;£ush. $3.50. 



BRANCHING DHOURA. {Millo Maize). 



A valuable South American forage plant. It produces a 

 large quantity of foliage, as it branches from the joints and 

 will thrive even when corn is suffering from drought. It can 

 be cut several times during the season, as it springs up again 

 freely from the roots. If left to ripen its seed it will bear at 

 the rate of 60 bushels per acre. Sow in April in rows four 

 feet apart and drop four or five seeds in hills 18 inches apart 

 in the row. Cultivate same as corn. Lb. 20 cts.; postpaid 28 

 cts.; \ bush. $1.25; bush. $4.00. 



PEANUTS. 



Peanuts thrive best on light sandy soils. They should be 

 planted in rows three feet apart and eight inches in the row, 

 covering them to the depth of three inches. They require 

 no care except keeping down the weeds, and will produce on 

 fertile soil 40 to 50 bushels per acre. Lb. postpaid, 25 cts. ; 

 pk. 75 cts.; bush. $2.75. Subject to market changes. 



FIELD PEAS, ETC. 



White Southern Cow. Also known as Sand Pea, a 

 small white variety with black eye. Sow two bushels to the 

 acre. Qt. 20 cts. ; postpaid 35 cts. ; bush. $3.00. 



Tares, or Spring Vetches. A good forage plant, also 

 used for plowing under. Sow one bushel to the acre. Qt. 

 25 cts.; postpaid, 40 cts.; bush. $4.00. 



FERTILIZERS. 



Pure Bone Meal. One of the most valuable fertilizers 

 for pot plants, such as roses, geraniums, fuchsias, etc. Mix 

 with the soil in the proportion of one part meal to fifty of 

 soil. Also excellent for top dressing lawns, grass plots, 

 cemetery lots and house plants, and for garden purposes. 

 Price per lb. , 5 cts. ; per 10 lbs. , 40 cts. ; per 100 lb. package, 

 $2.50; per 200 lb. package, $4.50; per ton, $40.00. 



Peruvian Guano. A stimulant for plants, etc., which 

 is well known. For pot plants, should always be used as a 

 liquid — take half ounce of Guano to eight or ten gallons of 

 water; water plants once a week. One lb. package, 10 cts.; 

 3 lbs., 25 cts. 



Hammond's Sward Food. A first-class top dressing, 

 especially prepared for lawns, meadows and all grass lands, 

 to insure a thick matted growth of rootlets. It is bad for the 

 grubs and brings no weeds. For 2,000 square feet, use 25 

 pounds; per acre, 600 to 1,000 pounds. There is no unpleasant 

 odor, and quick results are noticed. Five lb. package, 30 

 cts.; 101b. package, 50 cts.; 25 lb. package, $1.00; 100 lb. 

 package, $2.75; per barrel of 250 lbs., $5.50. 



Pure Raw Bone Phosphate. Strictly pure and free 

 from fossil rock. The brand we offer is composed of the 

 proper proportion of blood, bones and meat, with potash, 



and is absolutely the best on the market. It gives entire 

 satisfaction wherever used. Sack (200 pounds), $4.50; ton, 

 $40.00. 



Fertilizers ion pot pia# 



% THE EXCELSIOR ! 



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MAKES PLANTo GROW # BLOOM LUXURIANTLY 



*V '^TTiis^excellent Fertilizer is the only thing of 

 A the sort which can be used with good results to 

 ^ Pot Plants. It is used by dissolving a teaspoon- 

 fill to a pint of water and applying to the soil every few 

 weeks. It starts the plants at once into a healthy and 

 vigorous growth and abundant bloom. It is just the 

 thing that has been wanted for a long time and every- 

 one is pleased with it. 



In Packages 6 to S ounces, - - - - 15 cts. 

 Bv mail, postpaid, - - - . - - 25 cts. 



