Beckett's Seed Store, 101 and 103 Federal St., N. S., Pittsburgh, Pa. 



FIELD SEEDS 



FIELD CORN AND GRAIN CROPS 



Note, with Special References to Prices. At the early date at which, of necessity, this catalogue goes into the printer's hands, many 

 of the seeds listed on this and the following two pages are still in the fields, curing or being harvested. It is impossible, therefore, to print 

 prices. However, to protect our customers, as well as ourselves, we shall at all times be glad to submit latest quotations on any of the items 

 listed. As the crops are turned into the warehouses and the fit is separated from the unfit, the price situation will become more settled and 

 we feel sure that by taking this stand we are protecting the best interests of our customers. 



Seeds are always quoted for prompt acceptance, terms "spot cash." All 2-bushel cotton sacks used in shipments are charged 



extra at cost price 



PEDIGREED FIELD CORN SEED 



Standard bushel of shelled corn weighs 56 lbs. 

 Thoroughbred stock. Tipped and butted before shelling and 

 of the highest germination. Write for samples. 



REID'S YELLOW DENT. Ears 9 to 10 inches long, 16 to 20 rows; 

 kernels light yellow, deeply dented; cobs medium size. Yields 85 

 to 100 bushels to the acre. Matures in about 1 10 days. 



IMPROVED LEAMING. Medium-early and productive. Ears 8 

 to 1 1 inches long, 7% to 83^ inches in circumference, 16 to 24 rows, 

 well filled from tip to butt; grains glossy yellow, square and deep. 



LANCASTER COUNTY SURE-CROP. A comparatively new 

 variety which might be described as an extra-large Learning. Very 

 productive, making a big growth of fodder. 



PRIDE OF THE NORTH. A Yellow Dent variety, maturing in 90 

 days with ears measuring from 8 to 10 inches long, 16 rows on the 

 ear, the cob is small while the grain is above medium size, closely 

 set. This is one of the hardiest varieties and especially adapted 

 to the northern planter. 



Beckert's Pedigreed Field Corn is grown and selected 

 especially for seed purposes 



WHITE CAP YELLOW DENT. An early sort which grows well 

 on a light soil, the grain is yellow with a white tip. This variety 

 is nearly as early as Pride of the North maturing in 90 to 95 days, 

 the ears measure from 8 to 10 inches, well filled with 16 to 18 rows. 



FODDER AND ENSILAGE CORN 



EUREKA. A vigorous grower with large stalks and unusually heavy 

 foliage, producing from one to three ears to the stalk. 



BECKERT'S BLUE RIDGE. Grows tall, very leafy and full eared. 

 It will out-yield any variety of Ensilage corn, in quality, height 

 and tonnage, growing to a height of 14 to 16 feet. This seed corn is 

 grown at a high altitude in the Blue Ridge Mountain of Virginia 

 and under our test shows a germination of 100 per cent. Dairy 

 farmers will make no mistake in planting Beckert's Blue Ridge, 

 bushel will plant an acre for ensilage. 



VIRGINIA HORSE-TOOTH. The popular fodder Corn of the 

 southern states; from 12 to 14 feet high, and stiff enough to stand 

 up during severe storms. Seed is white, broad, and deep; white cob. 



BUCKWHEAT 



Standard bushel weighs 48 lbs. 

 JAPANESE. A superior variety, yielding double the weight per acre of other 

 sorts. Sow about the middle of June broadcast. 1 bushel to the acre. 



OATS, CHOICEST MONTANA-GROWN 



Standard bushel weighs 32 lbs. 

 VICTORY. This oat has given every satisfaction in Ohio; it is a branching or 

 tree oat with a thin white hull which ripens early and gives bountiest yield. 

 We most highly recommend this variety.it will succeed where other varieties 

 fail. 



SWEDISH. This is a variety well known to the farmer. The grain is unsur- 

 passed; it has a very thick kernel and does not have a long beard like the 

 common oats. The straw is very stiff and grows to medium height. 

 STORM KING. The best variety of side oats, a very heavy cropper with 

 stiff strong straw; the grain is short, plump and thin skinned, yielding from 

 70 to 100 bushel to the acre. 



BARLEY 



Standard bushel weighs 48 lbs. 

 WISCONSIN SIX ROW. There is really only one variety of six row barley 

 worth considering, this variety is the Wisconsin: it needs a good, fertile soil 

 for best results. Seed as early in spring as possible. Use 1 bushels per acre. 



SPRING RYE 



Standard bushel weighs 56 lbs. 



There is more and more demand for these seeds each 

 year as farmers are finding out the value of this crop; it 

 can be sown later than most all other spring grain crops. 

 Sow 1 J2 bushels per acre. 



SPRING WHEAT 



Standard bushel weighs 60 lbs. 

 MARQUIS. Is the leading variety sown in Pennsylvania. 

 If the winter wheat happens to be killed by extreme cold 

 winter you can still secure a crop by sowing this variety 

 as early as possible in spring. 



SUNFLOWER, MAMMOTH RUSSIAN 



Ideal food for poultry and hogs, also for sheep pasture; 

 it makes a larger amount of feed than ensilage corn and is 

 much superior. Sow 6 to 8 pounds per acre. 



When you are getting ready to buy please send us a list of the kinds of seed and the quantities of each you will need. 



We will quote you our best prices by return mail. 

 We handle only one grade of Field Seeds — the best obtainable 



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