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



FARM SEEDS 



Miscellaneous Field Seeds 



Note, with Special Reference 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 three following pages are still in the fields, curing or being harvested. It is physically impossible, therefore, 

 to give prices, except in isolated instances. 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, be they priced now or not. We know that, as the crops are turned into the warehouses and the 

 fit is separated from the unfit, the price situation becomes an easy matter to solve, and we feel sure that by taking this stand we are protect- 

 ing the best interests of our customers as well. 



All 2-bushel cotton sacks used in shipments are charged at cost price, 65 cts. 



Pedigree Field Corn Seed 



Thoroughbred, hand-picked stock. Tipped and butted before 

 shelling and of the highest germination. Write for samples. 



Big Whiskey. Large-yielding variety. Rich golden yellow grains; 

 cob medium size and grains deep. Rich in feeding value, and will 

 mature anywhere in the Corn-belt. 



Golden Surprise. This variety will mature as far north as any 

 Dent Corn grown. Ears 8 to 10 inches in length, with deep yellow 

 grains. 



Improved Learning. Extensively grown; ears uniform, medium 

 to large, well filled from tip to butt, 8J/£ to 11 inches long, to 

 8% inches in circumference, 16 to 24 rows. Kernels rich, golden 

 glossy yellow, square and deep. Matures in 90 days. 



Iowa Silver Mine. One of the best-known and most firmly fixed 

 main-crop varieties of pure white Field Corn. The ears require from 

 120 to 130 days to mature, growing to very large size and carrying 

 from 14 to 20 rows of exceedingly handsome kernels. 



Reid's Yellow Dent. One of the best varieties grown. 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 110 days. 



White-Cap Yellow Dent. Never fails to ripen. Ears large; deep 

 kernels, with a color-tip to each kernel. 



CORN, Red-Cob Ensilage, Cuban Giant Ensilage, Eureka 



Ensilage. Market prices. 

 POP-CORN, White Rice, Golden Queen. 



Oats, Choicest Montana-Grown 



Clydesdale. The heaviest Oats grown. Our stock is grown from 

 imported seed, and will produce a heavier grade 

 of Oats than other varieties. Very productive; 

 grains large and plump. Straw strong and 

 heavy. Bus. (32 lbs.) 



Early Newmarket. An unsurpassed new line 

 of English pedigree Oats. Of very vigorous 

 growth, with late and strong straw. Very early 

 and producing heavy crops of large plump Oats 

 with very thin heads. Bus. (32 lbs.) 



Swedish, or Washington. Earliest of the 

 heavy-yielding sorts; grains white, large, and 

 plump. Very prolific. Bus. (32 lbs.) 



Storm King. Grains short, plump and thin- 

 skinned. A heavy cropper. Straw stiff and strong. 



Small Grain Crops 



All prices subject to change. See note above 

 BARLEY, Beardless, Northern-Grown. 



Earlier than any other Barley, and a heavier 



yielder. Write for prices. 

 BUCKWHEAT, Japanese. 

 FLAX SEED. Write for prices. 



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Small Grain Crops, continued 



RYE, Winter. Used principally as a cover-crop and as a soiling-crop, 

 to be turned under as green-manure. (See next page.) 

 Spring. Prices variable. 



SPELTZ, or EMMER. A grain introduced from Russia, adapted to 

 poor and dry soils. Has valuable feeding qualities. 



WHEAT, Klondyke, Red Wave. Write for prices. 

 Spring Variety, in season. Prices on request. 



Sorghums and Other Forage Plants 



FETERITA. Planted and cultivated same as Kaffir Corn. Is earlie- 



and more drought-resisting. Write for prices. 

 KAFFIR CORN, White. Market price. 



MILLET, Southern German, or Golden. Write for prices. 



Japanese. Write for prices. 

 RAPE, Dwarf Essex. Sometimes used as a soiling-crop, but most 



useful as forage for sheep and pigs. 

 SORGHUM, Early Amber. Market price. 



SUDAN GRASS. A new grass, yielding immense quantities of hay 

 of nutritious quality. Recommended especially for central and 

 southern states. 



Farmogerm 



High-bred nitrogen-gathering bacteria for Clovers, Cowpeas, 

 Soja Beans, Vetches, Garden Peas and Beans, Sweet Peas. 



Makes poor soil good to raise the largest and best crops of the above 

 and other legumes. Farmogerm will do it, and also add nitrate to the 

 soil to benefit future crops of the same kind. 

 Write for booklet giving all necessary informa- 

 tion. 



No. 1. For Alsike, Crimson, Red and White 



Clover. 

 No. 2. For Alfalfa. 



No. 3. For Canada Peas and Vetches. 

 No. 4. For Cowpeas and Soja Beans when sown 

 in mixture. 



No. 5. For Garden Beans and Peas and Sweet 

 Peas. 



Prices, postpaid, for 5 acres, $7.50; for 1 acre, 



$2; for Vi acre or gard en size > 50 cts - 

 All-Garden-Crop Farmogerm. A new prep- 

 aration and at same prices as the above. Put 

 up in vial and contains a number of species of 

 different soil bacteria, which are valuable in 

 building up the soil generally, as well as inocu- 

 lating leguminous plants. In many cases it 

 gives results equal to Farmogerm for legumes, 

 but, as the preparation is still in the experi- 

 mental stage, we can only recommend it for 

 trial. 



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