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BECKERT SEED AND BULB COMPANY 



Vegetable Specialties for 1934 



Squash, Acorn or Table Queen. 



Green Bush Bean 



Tendergreen 



A fine new round podded variety that we 

 have "tried out" under varying conditions 

 to prove its worth before offering to our 

 customers. Plants are robust, bushy and re- 

 sistant to disease. Pods are long, round and 

 dark green in color. Tender, brittle and 

 stringless even when beans are well devel- 

 oped. Pkt., 10c; pt., 30c; qt, 50c; 4 qts., .$1.80: 

 bu., $3.50. 



Lettuce 



Deer Tongue 



A bunch lettuce that has become very 

 popular on private estates. Leaves are rich, 

 dark green, pointed, very thick and grow in 

 tight bunches. Flavor is entirely different 

 from other lettuces, having a distinctive 

 buttery flavor without a trace of bitterness. 

 Pkt., 25c; oz., 75c. 



Chicory 



Catalogna 



A summer delicacy from Italy for jaded 

 appetites. Plants when young resemble a 

 very narrow leaved Dandelion and may be 

 used for greens or blanched and used for 

 salads. As the plant ages it sends out ten- 

 der shoots about V 2 inch thick, which are 

 cut when 6 inches long and used as a sub- 

 stitute for Asparagus. Pkt., 15c; % oz., 35c; 

 oz., 60c. 



Cardoon 



Many vegetables that are highly esteemed 

 abroad are either not grown here at all or 

 are sadly neglected. Cardoon is one of these, 

 which besides being delicious is a very 

 healthful vegetable. Cardoon has large gray- 

 ish leaves with thick stalks which are 

 blanched and cooked like Asparagus. Plants 

 should not be closer than 18 inches apart. 

 Blanch with straw in August. Pkt., 15c; oz.. 

 50c. 



Squash 



Acorn or Table Queen 



One of the most delicious Squashes in 

 cultivation. Fruits are small in size making 

 a serving for two people when baked whole, 

 halved and served like a Muskmelon. Skin 

 is dark green, flesh deep orange-yellow and 

 of finest quality. Has been given more 

 names than any other Squash, at one time 

 being called the "Yama" and purporting to 

 be a cross between Golden Bantam Sweet 

 Corn and Hubbard Squash, which although 

 being an utter impossibility, gives a very 

 good idea of its luscious flavor. Pkt., 10c; 

 oz., 20c; 14 lb., 60c. 



Squash 



Nickzucchini 



For several years the Italian market gar- 

 deners have been asking us for seed of the 

 true Italian Vegetable Marrow, similar to 

 the Cocozelle Squash but shorter, thicker 

 and rich dark green, almost black, in color. 

 We finally succeeded in getting a small 

 quantity from Italy, which we have careful- 

 ly grown for two years, so that now we have 

 seed of this genuine black Zucchini to offer 

 to our customers. Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; *4 lb., 

 $1.00. 



Spinach 



FornoPs Green 

 Gold 



The most popular 

 Spinach in the Pitts- 

 burgh district and de- 

 servedly so. Ready 

 for the table only a 

 few days later than 

 the earliest varieties, 

 it stand's without 

 shooting to seed ten 

 days or two weeks 

 longer. Plants grow 

 upright in fairly tight 

 bunches, leaves are 

 large, thick and deep- 

 ly crumpled o r sa- 

 voyed. More resistant 

 to the yellows than 

 Savoy. Pkt., 10c; % lb., 

 25c; lb., 65c. 



Pea 



British Lion 



A very superior 

 early Pea from Eng- 

 land. Vines grow about 

 3 feet high and have 

 heavy, dark green fo- 

 liage making them re- 

 sistant to heat. Pods 

 average nearly 4 

 inches long, and are 

 dark green in color; 

 well filled with Peas 

 of the finest quality. 

 Round seeded and so 

 may be planted very 

 early. Pkt.. 10c; pt., 

 30c; qt., 60c; 4 qts.. 



$2.25; bu., $12.00. British Lion Pea. 



