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WM. C. BECKERT-t ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Our Vegetable Seed Department is very complete and embraces nearly all varieties that are desirable, or of known 

 value, including man}^ novelties and recent introductions of acknowled merit. The descriptions herein given, are as 

 accurate as possible and are principally the deductions of our own experience and observations. 



SEEDS FREE BY MAIL. 



Purchasers will please observe that the prices given on seeds by weight include postage — packets, ounces, quarter- 

 pounds and pounds, all being sent free at prices being named. Seeds by Measure as Beans, Peas and Corn, when 

 quoted by the pint, quart or peck are not free by mail. Postage will have to be added to the catalogue prices if to be 

 sent in this manner at the rate of 8 cents per pint and 15 cents per quart for Beans and Peas, and 5 ceuts per pint 

 and 10 cents per quart for Corn. 



LIBERAL PREMIUMS. 



Purchasers will select seeds in packets to the value of ONE DOLLAR AND TWENTY-FIVE 

 CENTS for every ONE DOLLAR sent us: $2.50 worth for remittance cf $2.00 and $3. 75 worth for 

 remittance or $3 00 and so on. Bear in mind that THIS PREMIUM ONLY REFERS TO SEEDS IN 

 PACKETS, AND NOT WHERE QUOTED BY WEIGHT OR MEASURE. 



ASPARAGUS. (Spargel.) 



A bed once properly made will last for years, and no garden should be considered complete without one. A fair crop may be expected the 

 third year from the seeds, or one in two years from the roots, according to their age when planted, and, after that, full crops every year. The soil 

 for this crop cannot be made too rich, and should be thoroughly trenched two feet or more in depth. The plants should be set six to eight inches 

 deep in rows three to four feet apart and one foot apart in the rows. The roots should be set in the spring, as soon as the ground is in good working 

 order, say about the end of April. The crowns of the roots should be from four to six inches from the surface of the bed. 



4®=One ounce of seed for every fifty feet of drill. 



Colossal. The variet}- mostly in cultivation ; large, of rapid growth, productive, and of fine 

 quality. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; ]- lb., 20 cts.; lb., 60 cts. 



The Palmetto. Colossal had always been the leading sort, and justly so; the Palmetto is not 

 only much earlier but is also a better yielder, and is more even and regular in its growth. It 

 must eventually supplant the old favorite. Average bunches, containing fifteen shoots, measnre 

 13 o inches in circumference, and weigh about two pounds. The Palmetto has now been planted 

 in all parts of the country, and reports indicate that it is equally well adapted for all sections 

 North and South although a variety of Southern origin. Its quality is unequaled. Pkt., 5 cts.- 

 oz., 15 cts.; \ lb., 50 cts.; lb., $1.50. 



EEANS, BUSH or SNAP. (Bohne.) 



Being extremely sensitive to frost and cold, they should not be planted before the middle of spring when 

 the ground has become light and warm. In a favorable season, the first of May will generally be found about 

 right. Select a dry, sheltered spot, which has been previously manured and well dug; make drills two inches 

 deep, and three to three and a half feet apart and plant the Beans three inches apart in the drill, and cover not 

 more than two inches deep. Hoe often hut only when dry, as earth scattered on the leaves when wet with dew 

 or rain will cause them to rust, and greatly injure the crop. Plant at intervals throughout the season for a 

 succession, finishing about the end of July. 



If to be sent by mail, add for Postage 8 cts. per Pint, or 15 cts. per Quart. 



Palmetto. WAX OR YELLOW PODDED VARIETIES. 



Black-Eyed Wax. A cross between the Black and Golden Wax, two favorite sorts in market and private gardens. It 

 is earlier than either of these varieties. It is a strong grower, very productive, tender, and of exceptionallyfine flavor. 

 The pods closely resemble those of the Black Wax, while the seed beans are marked around the eye with black'spots Pkt ' 

 5 cts.; qt., 30 cts.; peck, $1.75. ' 



