ALL VEGETABLE SEEDS 



UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED 



BEANS, Continued 

 Lima, Dwarf or Bush 



Plant in dry, warm ground. Make 

 rows 2' apart and drop beans 6" 

 apart in row. Plant Lima Beans with 

 the eye down to assist quick ger- 

 mination. Cover with 1" of soil. Can 

 also be planted in hills, 3' apart one 

 way and 2' apart the other way. 

 Use 4 to 6 beans per hill. 



Burpee's Improved Bush (fr) — Best of 

 flat seeded bush limas. Pods contain 

 four or five large beans of excellent 

 quality. 75 days. Pkt. 15c. 

 Fordhook Bush (fr) — Straight pods with 

 plump, large beans, excellent quality. 

 Henderson's Bush (fr) — Known as Baby 

 Lima or Butter Bean. Plants small, early 

 and bushy. 65 days. Very productive. 



Lima, Pole 



Follow same plan as for other pole 

 beans but plant seed two weeks 

 later. 



King of the Garden (fr) — Flat, smooth 

 pods with four or five white, large, flat 

 beans. 88 days. 



BEANS, SHELL 



Navy — Small seed, almost round and 

 white. Hardy, prolific. Most popular for 

 baking. 95 days. 



Red Kidney — Pods 6-7 in. long. Flat 

 large beans, pinkish red to mahogany 

 in color. Rich flavor. 95 days. 



BEETS 



Deep, rich sandy loam produces 

 finest beets. As soon as ground can 

 be worked sow in drills 18" apart 

 and press soil firmly over seed. 

 Each "seed" is a fruit with several 

 true seeds. No matter how thinly 

 beets are sown, they will need 

 thinning. Make three sowings, one 

 early, one three weeks later and 

 one 60 days before fall. "When tops 

 are 3" to 6" tall pull them and use 

 for cooked greens. Continue this 

 until roots stand 6" apart. 



Crosby's Egyptian (fr) — Widely grown 

 for early beets. Flattened globe shaped 

 roots with small tap root. Excellent 

 quality, tender and sweet. 60 days. 

 Detroit Dark Red (fr) — Standard of ex- 

 cellence in table beets. Smooth, globular 

 roots of deep ox-blood red — sweet and 

 tender. 68 days. • 



The beans illustrated here (to give you a comparison of sizes) are: 1 — Improved Golden 

 Wax; 2 — Giant Stringless; 3 — Tendergreen; 4— Bountiful; 5 — Kentucky Wonder; 6 — Hen- 

 derson's Bush Lima, and 7 — Fordhook Bush Lima. 



Early Wonder — Early variety. Semi- 

 globuhr tender, blood-red. 58 days, 



BEETS, STOCK (Mangel 

 Wurzel) 



Sow seeds in early fall and spring 

 in rows. Plant 21/2" to 4" apart. Later 

 thin to 10" apart. 

 Mammoth Long Red — Very popular, 30 

 to 50 tons per acre. Roots grow half 

 above the ground. Light red, flesh white 

 with rose tinge. 110 days. 



BROCCOLI 



Plant and cultivate like cabbage and 



cauliflower. 

 Italian Green Sprouting (fr) — Plant bears 

 a succession of sprouting heads about 

 5-in. long, which, if kept cut, will be 

 replaced by others for 8 to 10 weeks. 

 55 to 65 days. 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS 



Easy to grow wherever conditions 

 are favorable for late cabbage, and 

 requires same culture. As sprouts 

 begin to form remove lower leaves 



so that all nourishment sent to lower 

 stem will be forced into the sprouts. 

 Do not use until after heads have 

 matured. 



Long Island Improved — Compact, uni- 

 form dwarf size plants. Cabbage-like 

 sprouts 1V4" to IV2" in diameter. One 

 of the most dependable varieties. 90 

 days. 



SWISS CHARD 



Requires about same treatment as 

 beets. Cultivate frequently. Leaves 

 may be gathered during summer and 

 fall. New ones will grow quickly. 



LucuUus — Most popular Chard. Upright 

 in growth, with yellowish-green curled, 

 crumpled leaves. Thick, broad and light 

 gre.en stems. 50 to 60 days. 

 Rhubarb Chard — Heavily crumpled 

 leaves, dark green with a translucent 

 crimson stalk. Easily grown, every- 

 where. A different, tasty, delicious flavor 

 — cook stalks and leaves together for 

 a new taste thrill. 60 days. 



BECKERT'S VEGETABLE SEED PRICES 



Pt. Ql. 2 Qt. 



BEANS — Green-podded bush — Asgrow Valentine, Tendergreen, Bur- 

 pee's Stringless, Giant Stringless 60 1.00 2.00 



Bountiful, Plentiful 65 1.20 2.25 



Wax-podded bush — Sure-Crop Stringless 60 1.10 2.00 



Pencil-Pod Black 65 1.20 2.25 



Round Pod Brittle 70 1.30 2.40 



Green-podded pole — Kentucky Wonder, Horticultural Pole ... .65 1.20 2.25 



Wax-podded pole — Kentucky Wonder Wax, Golden Cluster Wax . .60 1.10 2.00 



Lima Beans, Bush — Fordhook, Giant Improved, Wood's Prolific . .75 1.40 2.50 



Pole Lima— King of the Garden 75 1.40 2.50 



Dry Shell Beans — Horticultural Dwarf, White Marrowfat, Red Kidney .65 1.20 2.25 



All beans are lOc a packet 



Make your garden 

 work full time. 

 Succession seeding 

 is the answer to 

 high food prices. 



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