GENERAL LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



EGG-PLANT. — Continued. 



Beckert's Black Oval. We have tried DC.C)\t.r\ • S 



every strain of egg-plant grown and have never 

 found any to equal it, nor that appears to be 

 similar. The fruit is more oval shaped than the 

 New York. The cut above is engraved from a 

 photograph of a specimen; fruit always very 

 dark in color. More so than the Black Pekin. 

 Never produces any light or off-colored fruit, is 

 larger, more productive and earlier than any 

 other good variety. Pkt. 10 cts. ; oz. 70 cts. 



Black Pekin. Nearly round in shape. 

 Fruit large in size. Glossy and smooth, and 3= r¥ .^owicmj. 

 jet black in color. Flesh white, fine-grained — --ev v 

 and delicate in flavor. It is very prolific, of 

 early maturity, and in every way a fine 

 variety . Pkt. , 10 cts. ; oz. , 50 cts. 



BLACK OVAL 



EGG 

 PLANT 



ENDIVE. (Endivien.) 



A splendid salad for fall or winter use. For an early crop sow in 

 April, in drills fifteen inches apart, and later on thin out to twelve 

 inches in the rows. It can also be sown in beds and transplanted to the 

 above distance after attaining sufficient size. The main sowings are 

 made in June and July, as it is used principally during the fall and early 

 winter months. Ordinary good soil and cultivation is all it requires. 

 After it has attained the right size it is blanched in the following man- 

 ner: Gather up the leaves and tie them up by their tips in a conical 

 form with bass matting or moistened straw, thereby excluding the 

 light and air from their inner leaves, which then blanch to a beautiful 

 yellowish white color. This process takes from three to five weeks, 

 according to the temperature, bleaching fastest in warm weather. 

 Another method is to lay clean boards right over the plants, which 

 excludes the air and light. 



One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. 



Gr ee n 

 Curled. The 



variety most- 

 ly cultivated. 

 Leaves dark 

 green, broad 

 an d c ur ly, 

 tender and 

 crisp in qual- 

 ity ; s om e- 

 what earlier 

 than other 

 varieties. Pkt 

 5 cts.; oz. 20 

 "cts.; J lb. 60 

 cts. 



Moss Curl- 

 ed. A beau- 

 tiful curled 

 variety some- 

 what resem- 

 bling moss; 

 'dark green in 

 color, quality 

 fine. Pkt. 5 

 cts.; oz. 20c; 

 \ lb. 60 cts. 



White Curled. Leaves whitish green and tender; this 

 and the preceding variety are not as hardy as the broad sorts. 

 Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; \ lb. 60 cts. 



Broad-Leaved Batavian. A broad-leaved and coarse 

 looking variety; not as easily bleached as any of the forego- 

 ing, but is more hardy and better in quality. Pkt. 5 cts. ; oz. 

 20 cts.; \ lb. 60 cts. 



Imperial Curled Very fine, pale yellow; large ribs. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



Meaux Winter. Fine green curled; very hardy. Pkt. 

 10 cts. 



Green Curled Endive. 



KOHL RABI. (Kohl Rabi.) 



A vegetable intermediate between the cab- 

 bage and turnip, and is a favorite in Europe, 

 especially on the continent, where it is exten- 

 sively grown for feeding cows, as it imparts 

 no unpleasant taste to the milk. It is stead- 

 ily gaining favor in this country. Sow in 

 April, if the weather is favorable, in rows 

 eighteen inches apart, and thin out or trans- 

 plant in rows twelve inches apart for the 

 White Giant, and eight inches for the Early 

 Vienna varieties, as they are considered diffi- 

 cult to transplant. When three to four inches 

 in diameter they are fit to eat. For late use, 

 sow in June and July. 



.SSf-One ounce produces 3,000 plants. 



Early White Vienna. Light 

 green in color; very rapid in growth 

 and early in maturity; symmetrical in 

 form and fine in texture; flesh white 

 and tender; foliage very small; the best Kohl Rabi. 



and earliest market sort. Pkt. 5 cts. ; oz. 25 cts. 



Early Purple Vienna. Differing from the above in 

 color, being a bluish purple, and on this account not so 

 desirable; in quality it is, however, superior. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 

 25 cts. 



White Giant. A large growing late variety, suitable for 

 a fall crop; bulbs, stems and foliage are far larger than the pre- 

 ceding sorts; quality very good. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 25 cts. 



LETTUCE (Garten Salat.) 



For the first out-door crop sow in the hot-bed in February, from which 

 they will be ready to set out in the garden in April. Plant in rows 

 fifteen inches apart and one foot apart in the rows. After you have 

 made the first plantation, and where a succession is desired for the 

 entire season, sow the seed in drills at intervals of two to four weeks, 

 and thin out to the proper distance when well established. By follow- 

 ing this method, good, fresh and tender lettuce can be had until frosts. 

 For forcing in the hot-beds sow the seed in cold frames in the fall, and 

 cover up on approach of severe weather until the plants are required, or 

 sow the seed early in winter, in hot-beds, and at the proper time trans- 

 plant them. Lettuce is generally forced from November until the spring 

 months. For wintering out lettuce for a spring crop, sow the seed of 

 the Hardy Green Winter variety in a bed early in September and frame; 

 then transplant in shallow drills in a well-sheltered situation, and pro- 

 tect with some light litter on approach of cold weather. Care should be 

 observed so that the drills are drawn so the water drains off, other- 

 wise it will not survive the water. Lettuce is one of the easiest vege- 

 tables to grow, free from insects and disease, and is universally culti- 

 vated. 



ice will sow 100 feet of drill. 



Beckert's Golden Curled One of the very best for 

 early spring and summer crop, and largely grown by our 

 local market men. Color light yellow; leaves nicely curled, 

 forming immense stalks and heads. It is a very rapid grower 

 and remains tender for a long time. A good heat resister, 

 and is of the very best quality. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; 

 \ lb., 75 cts. 



All Seeds free by Mail at Catalogue 1 prices, except whereinoted. 



