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



VEGETABLE SEEDS 



Beckert's 

 Pure Strain 

 Seed Potatoes 



Our potatoes are grown under the supervision of the 

 most careful men in this business and are the choicest 

 obtainable. A bushel of seed potatoes weighs 60 

 pounds, 1 50 pounds to the sack, ten to twelve bushels 

 will plant an acre. At the date this catalogue goes to 

 press prices are unsettled and as there is every possibil- 

 ity that we will be able to quote better prices later we 

 name no prices herein. Seed potatoes should be treated 

 with Semesan Bel to improve the stand and vigor of 

 the plant. 



RURAL NEW YORKER NO. 2 * S ZZ 



grower. A valuable variety of large size, very 

 smooth, a great cropper and of excellent quality. The 

 tubers grow extremely solid, making a splendid keeper. 



SIR WALTER RALEIGH. A very profitable main 

 crop potato, the tubers are oblong; white, very 

 smooth and of uniform size; highly recommended 

 for great productiveness and unsurpassed keeping 

 qualities. 



GOLD COIN. A main crop variety of remarkable productive- 

 ness and finest table quality, its form is oblong, flesh white, and 

 grows to a large size. 



EUREKA Extra Early. An extra early variety, producing 

 fine large tubers, as early or earlier than any other potato in 

 cultivation. The vines are dwarf and compact in growth, with 

 healthy dark green foliage which has never shown any signs of 

 blight. It is about three days earlier than Burpee's Extra early, 

 is an excellent keeper for so early a potato. The firm, white 

 flesh is of fine flavor when cooked. 



Rural New Yorker No. 2 



IRISH COBBLER Extra Early Heavy Yielder. Is a grand early 

 potato of medium large size, and in light soil, does its best for 

 earliness, in which it matures almost as early as the smaller 

 cropping Earlies. The demand for more early potatoes makes 

 a virtue of the necessity to plant varieties that yield bigger 

 crops than the Earlies which yield small crops. Irish Cobbler, 

 although not so fine grained in flesh as some other sorts 

 described here, yet it is always a very popular seller. Its size, 

 shape, good quality and elegant appearance have given it a very 

 wide popularity and it usually secures a better price, side by side 

 with standard Earlies. To our customers who find it necessary 

 to cater to a growing demand for more Early potatoes we com- 

 mend this sort as a money-maker and trade-winner. 



EARLY OHIO *t;lZ&£ 



family garden 

 here is nothing 

 to compare with the early Ohio. Round to oblong 

 in shape, pink skin, white flesh of most excellent 

 quality and extra early. 



Early Ohio 



CARMAN NO. 3. A round, white Potato of the Rural 

 type and closely resembling it in yield and quality. 

 We have clean, pure stock, all northern grown. 



RUSSET. Considered the finest Potato extant. The 

 haulm is dark green and very distinct, while the 

 variety seems to be as near blight-proof as a Potato 

 can be. The tubers are round to oblong, very large, 

 and from 6 to 10 are ordinarily obtained from a hill; 

 the flesh is pure white and the skin has a roughened 

 russet appearance. 



IMPROVED GREEN MOUNTAIN. The Best 

 Late Potato. A white skinned variety of flat, oval 

 form, smooth and attractive. Ripens slowly and is 

 a good keeper. Quality excellent when well grown. 

 This variety has been growing in popularity and is 

 now the leader of all varieties for general crop. 



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