POTATOES, BOOKS 



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



Northern-Grown Seed Potatoes 



Our Potatoi-s arc all choice nort hern-grown stock, grown especially lor seed. Weseiuloul no Potatoes in spring before danger 



Prices on Seed Potatoes at data o? issue of this catalogue are unsettled, and as there is no certainty wheth 

 prevail or depreciate, we can make no prices to base sales on. Intending purchasers will please send us list of their 

 in Seed Potatoes and we will then in due time quote best market prices. 



The Potato. By Samuel Fraser, 75 cts. 

 The Bovee. Early as any Potato \et introduced. I n compel il i\ e 

 trials with other early sorts it has out yielded them all. Vine dwarf ^ ' 



and stocky ; tubers grow \cis close togct her in I he hills. '^-..V 



Country Gentleman. Resembles Beauty of Hebron, but ripens 

 later and yields better crops. 



Carman No. 3. A verj popular and reliable late variety. 

 Large, oblong, slight I j flattened. / 

 Early Ohio. Leading earlj Potato. Tubers rough in the Jkt 

 skin; nearly round, and quite distinct in appearance; cook dry MA 

 and mealy. 



Early Puritan. Skin and Uesh white; cooks dry and lloury; 

 very productive. 



Early Six Weeks. Of the Ohio class. Extra early and 

 good quality while still young. 



Early White Albino. This new early Potato is a 

 good cropper. The skin and flesh are extremely white, 

 of exceptionally good cooking quality, and very 

 prolific; fully as early as the old Early Rose in 

 maturing. 



Green Mountain, Improved. ^^Js 1 ^ 



has all the good qualities of Green Mountain, 

 except it is a trifle whiter in color and the skin is 

 more netted. It grows round to oblong, somewhat 

 llattened; eyes shallow; stubby and does not grow 

 very long. Soon after the stalks appear will make a 

 vigorous, rapid growth, set a large number in the 

 hill and mature to the best marketable size a few 

 days earlier than its parent. 



Irish Cobbler. Good all-round, extra-early 

 Potato; uniform, productive and fine quality. 



Norcross. Late-maturing, somewhat blocky in 

 shape, smooth surface, very excellent table quality, 

 cooking dry and mealy. Grows a thrifty, upright 

 top, with large leaves. Withstands blight. 



Restaurant. A heavy yielder for the main crop; 

 hard to surpass. For a heavy crop of large, hand- 

 some Potatoes plant this one. 



Rochester Rose. An improvement on Early 

 Rose. Larger in size, fully as early and a heavy yielder. 



Sir Walter Raleigh. New, large, smooth, oblong, white; heavy 

 main-crop yielder. 



Vermont Gold Coin. A fine main crop variety. Immensely pro- 

 ductive; always cooks dry, and of finest quality; tubers slightly ob- 

 long with small eyes. The thin, smooth skin is of a distinctly light, 

 golden-tinted color, which distinguishes this variety from the white- 

 skinned sorts. 



of frost is past, 

 er prices will 

 requirements 



Green 

 Mountain 



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Sweet Potatoes 

 Nansemond, or Yellow Jersey. The leading variety. Because 

 they are perishable, we keep no stock, but book orders in advance. 



Hybridized Potato Seed 



This seed will produce numecous new varieties. Some of them may 

 prove of great value and bring you a golden harvest. Easy to grow. 

 Full directions on each packet. Pkt. 15c, 2 for 25c, 5 for 50c. 



Useful Books 



Farm Crops 



Alfalfa. By F. D. Coburn SO 50 



Clovers and How to Grow Them. By Prof. Thomas Shaw. 1 00 

 Farm Grasses of the United States of America. By 



William Jasper Spillman 1 00 



Forage Crops Other than Grasses. By Prof. Shaw ... 1 00 



Silos, Ensilage, and Silage. By Manly Miles 60 



Wheat Culture. By D. S. Curtis 50 



Farm Science 

 Bommer's Method of Making Manures. By Bommer . . 

 First Principles of Feeding Farm Animals. By C. W. 



Burkett 



First Principles of Soil Fertility. By Alfred Vivian . . 



How Crops Feed. By Prof. Samuel W. Johnson 



How Crops Grow. By Prof. Samuel W. Johnson 



Our Farm of Four Acres and the Money We Made by it. 



Plant Life on the Farm. By M. T. Masters 



Soiling Crops and the Silo. By Prof. Thomas Shaw . . . 



Soils. By C. W. Burkett 



Soils and Crops. By Hunt and Burkett 



The Soil of the Farm. By John Scott and J. C. Morton . 

 The Study of Corn. By Prof. V. M. Shoesmith 



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Vegetable Crops 



Asparagus. By F. M. Hexamer $0 60 



Bean Culture. By Glenn C. Sevey 60 



Cabbage and Cauliflower. By C. L. Allen 60 



Celery Culture. By W. R. Beattie 60 



Sweet Corn. By A. E. Wilkinson 75 



The Book of Corn. By Herbert Myrick 1 50 



Melon Culture. By J. Troop 60 



Peas and Pea-Culture. By G. C. Sevey 50 



Home Vegetable Gardening from A-Z. By Adolph 

 Kruhm. The most comprehensive book on the subject to 

 date. About 300 pages, printed on high-class, coated paper, 

 fully illustrated with more than 200 photographic reproduc- 

 tions, and 32 four-color illustrations. Cloth. Postpaid. . . 1 35 

 Vegetable Gardening. By R. L. Watts. Of particular 



value to market-gardeners 1 75 



Insects Injurious to Vegetables. By F. H. Chittenden . 1 50 



Spraying Crops. By C. M. Weed 60 



Floriculture 



Home Floriculture. By Eben E. Rexford 1 00 



The Propagation of Plants. By Andrew S. Fuller 

 The Window Flower Garden. By Julius J. Heinrich 



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