NEW HAMPSHIRE HYBRID EGGPLANT 



National Pickling — Rich dark green. 

 Straight and rather blunt at ends but 

 not chunky. Best all-around pickler. 55 

 days. 



Stays Green — An early, popular va- 

 riety. Grown extensively in the South 

 for Northern markets. Symmetrically 

 shaped, with square-like ends. 60 days. 



Straight Eight — Unsurpassed as slicing 

 cucumber. All-America Selection. 2V2- 

 lb. fruits, rounded at ends, medium 

 green. 68 days. 



EGGPLANT 



Requires continuous warm weather for 

 best results. Seed should be started 

 in a hotbed, as it is slow to germinate. 

 Set plants in open ground when 2" 

 tall and protect from hot sun when 

 young. Be sure to keep young plants 

 developing rapidly. Cultivate freely. 

 To produce large fruits, remove lateral 

 branches so as to reduce number of 

 fruits per plant. Spray to protect from 

 potato bugs. 



Black Beauty (fr) — Large, egg-shaped, 

 smooth, very dark purple fruits. Keep 

 well. Plant bears 4 to 5 fruits. Early. 



New Hampshire Hybrid — Developed for 

 short season areas. Round to olive shape 

 fruits, growing low on the bush. 



ENDIVE 



Sow at intervals for continuous sup- 

 ply. When well started, transplant or 

 thin to 1' apart. To blanch, tie outer 

 leaves together over the center when 

 plant is nearly grown. Just before kill- 

 ing frosts in fall, dig the plants, tak- 

 ing plenty of soil with roots — pack 

 closely together and store in dark 

 cellar for winter use. 



Full Heart or Escarole — A strongly 

 bunched mass of thick, slightly crum- 

 pled leaves, well blanched heart. Up- 

 right growing plant about 12 inches in 

 diameter. 71 days. 



Green Curled Ruff ec— Plants 16 to 18- 

 in. in diameter. Fine fall variety. White, 

 tender, fleshy. 95 days. 



KALE OR BORECOLE 



Requires moist, well enriched soil. 

 Pick leaves as wanted, or pull whole 

 plant. Leaves are best after a frost. 



Dwarf Blue Curled Scotch — Wide 

 spreading, fine curled blue-green plant, 

 plume-like leaves. Use as a vegetable 

 and for ornament. Exceptionally uni- 

 form. 55 days. 



Dwarf Siberian — Hard and productive. 

 Bluish green foliage. Leaves large and 

 spreading. 65 days. 

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KOHLRABI 



Sow early as possible in light, rich 

 soil. When plants are in the third leaf, 

 thin to 6" apart. Plant at intervals of 

 10 days for succession of bulbs until 

 hot weather — after which they do not 

 grow. Use while still young and 

 tender, before skin hardens. 



White Vienna Early (fr)— 8 to 10-in. 

 leaves on slender stems. Bulbs 2 to 

 3-in., globular, light green. Crisp, ten- 

 der, clear white flesh. 55 to 60 days. 



LEEK 



Large American Flag — An early, popu- 

 lar variety, with thick, long white stems. 

 Leaves large and drooping, medium 

 green. 130 days. 



HERBS 



Every garden has a place for herbs. 

 In the vegetable garden for seasoning 

 or salads; or for their ornamental 

 appearance in the flower garden. 



Anise — Garnish or seasoning. 

 Borage — Salad or to flavor drinks. 

 Caraway — Seeds and leaves for flavor. 

 Coriander — Flavor for candy. 

 Chives — Flavor for soups, stews. 

 Dill — Flavor for pickles. 

 Fennel, Sweet — Garnish or salad. 

 Margoram, Sweet — Seasoning. 

 Rosemary — Odor or seasoning. 

 Sage — Seasoning, fresh or dried. 

 Thyme — Aromatic seasoning. 



LETTUCE 



Keep lettuce growing rapidly for best 

 results. A light, rich soil needed for 

 this. Earliest varieties must be started 

 from seed in cold-frame. As soon as 

 open ground can be worked trans- 

 plant. For later use, sow seed in open 

 ground as soon as weather is favor- 

 able. Keep rows 12" to 18" apart. 

 Thin plants in rows 4" to 8" depend- 

 ing on variety. 



Heading or Cabbage 



Bibb — Early, small headed lettuce of 

 excellent guality and flavor. Perfect for 

 home gardens. Very smooth, dark green 

 leaves, bleaching to a rich yellow. 



Big Boston or Mammoth Boston — Pop- 

 ular for cold frame forcing and outside 

 culture. Medium, compact heads with 



creamy yellow heart. Smooth, glossy 

 leaves, edges wavy, and slightly tinged 

 with reddish brown. 75 days. 



Great Lakes — All-America award. An 

 outstanding new Iceberg or Crisp-head 

 type. A summer lettuce that stands heat 

 well and is very resistant to tip burn. 

 Heads medium size, solid, crisp. 



Iceberg — Late, large variety. Compact 

 heads, crumpled, crisp and sweet. 

 Leaves light green, slightly brown on 

 edges. 85 days. 



Imperial No. 847 (Florida Iceberg) — 



Heads are of good size and solid. Does 

 well in hot weather and is resistant to 

 tip burn. Very hardy. 83 days. 



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NEW YORK LETTUCE 



New York No. 12 — The standard crisp- 

 head lettuce. Large globular shaped 

 head, dark green with blanched, silvery 

 white heart. Successfully grown out- 

 doors spring, summer and fall. 85 days. 



White Paris Cos or Trianon — Medium 

 large self-folding, dark green loaf 

 shaped heads. Greenish-white, well 

 blanched interior. 66 days. 



Loose Leaf Varieties 



Black Seeded Simpson — Light green, 

 frilled and crumpled. 45 days. 



Grand Rapids — Erect, compact plants. 

 Light green, broad heavily fringed. For 

 forcing or early planting outside. 43 

 days. 



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BECKERT'S Vegetable Seed Prices 



Kohlrabi Pkt. Vx Oz. Ox. Va Lb. 



Early Purple Vienna, Extra-Early White Vienna.. .10 $0.35 .60 



Leeks 



American Flag 25 .50 .75 



Lettuce 



LOOSE-LEAF AND BUTTERHEAD VARIETIES— 

 Blackseeded Simpson, Grand Rapids, May King, 



White Boston, Crisp- As-Ice, Early Curled Simpson .10 .25 .75 



CRISP SORTS— Iceberg, New York 10 .45 1.25 



Oak Leaf, Imperial-44 15 .50 



ROMAINE OR COS LETTUCE— Trianon or Paris 



White Folding 10 .25 .75 



Deer Tongue Lettuce 25 .75 



Muskmelon 



Golden Champlain, Honey Rock, Rocky Ford $0.10 $0.35 $0.90 



Watermelon 

 Kleckley Sweets, Early Fordhook, Halbert's 



Honey 10 .30 .90 



Mustard 



Giant Southern Curled, Long-Standing Thick leaf 



or Elephant Ear, Perfection Plume 10 .20 .60 



