VEGETABLE SEEDS 



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



Peas 



All smooth-seeded Peas, being very hard\, may be planted 

 as early in the spring as t he soil can he prepared lor t hem . Si 1W 

 for the first crop as early as practicable, and for succession at 

 intervals of about two wicks until June, l ate sowings, how- 

 ever, do not yield so well as early ones. Sow in drills about 2 to 

 3 inches deep, and from 2 to 4 feet apart, according to varict \ , 

 taller sorts requiring more room than dwarf ones. Dwarf Peas 

 require a very rich soil, while taller ones thrive best in rather 

 thin ground. The latter are frequently sown in double rows, 

 with t he brush or support of some kind between t hem. Wrinkled 

 Peas are not so hardy as the smooth sorts, and should not be 

 sown so early, but are superior in quality, more delicate in 

 flavor, and remain longer in season. One quart will plant 

 about 100 feet of drill. 



Note About Pea Prices 



Never before in our experience has the crop of high-class 

 Seed Peas been so disastrously short as this year. In many 

 instances our growers did not get back as much seed as they 

 planted. The best-yielding varieties are 50 per cent short of 

 the normal crop, and it will require considerable broadminded- 

 ness and patience on the part of our customers to help us see 

 things through in Peas. If, when sending your order, you 

 would be kind enough to indicate a second choice of variety, 

 we would be duly grateful. 



P. S. A 10-cent packet would hardly be sufficient to plant 

 20 feet of row. Feeling that customers will be better satisfied 

 we shall provide liberal packets of all the wrinkled sorts at 

 5 cts., postpaid. 



Extra-Early Smooth Seed Sorts 



These surpass in earliness. The seeds are smooth and hard 

 and can be planted from 10 to 14 days before it is safe to put 

 the more tender, wrinkled seeds into the ground. 



Alaska. Improved strain. 55 to 60 days; 2}/% feet. Pods 

 small, but well filled with excellent dark green Peas. Pkt. 

 10 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. $1.15. 



Prolific Market. 60 days. An extra-early variety. Crop 

 uniform and comes in two pickings. One of the most produc- 

 tive of its class; quality excellent. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 pt. 30 cts., qt. 60 cts., 2 qts. $1.15. 



Market Surprise. 



Sure to surprise the home-gardener 

 by its earliness 



Little Marvel 



Market Surprise 



Within 60 days of sowing seeds, Market Surprise will surprise the 

 home-gardener with the finest lot of Peas, as shown in illustration 

 above. Each vine will carry on an average 6 well-filled pods, averaging 

 3 1 ■> inches long, and containing from 5 to 7 large, light green Peas of 

 <l. ifightful flavor. Pkt. 15c, pt. 40c, qt. 75c, 2 qts. $1.45. 



Sister gathering a record crop of World Record Peas 



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Early Wrinkled Sorts 



Sutton's Excelsior. 65 days. An improvement on Nott's Excelsior; 

 more vigorous in vine; pods larger and well filled. Pkt. 15 cts., 

 pt. 45 cts., qt. 85 cts., 2 qts. $1.65. 



/-> J r» »x Also known as Extra-Early Tele- 



bradUS, Or rrOSperitV. phone. 70 days; 2V 2 feet. Com- 

 bines earliness with the size and quality of the best later sorts. Pods 

 are of the same size, and quality as Telephone; 

 ready to pick one week after the earliest. Pkt. 

 15 cts., pt. 45 cts., qt. 85 cts., 2 qts. $1.65. 



Thos. Laxton. 70 days. The most thorough- 

 bred of all early wrinkled sorts and a winner 

 for quality. Pods large; seed wrinkled; sweet, 

 of fine flavor. Pkt. 15 cts., pt. 45 cts., qt. 85 

 cts., 2 qts. $1.65. 



Laxtonian. 80 days. Height 15 to 18 inches. 

 The largest podded of the dwarf varieties. Pods 

 4}^ to 5 inches long; dark green in color. Pkt. 

 15"cts., pt. 45 cts;, qt. 85 cts., 2 qts. $1.65. 



Two Exceptionally Fine 

 Early Sorts 



World Record. As illustrated, World 

 Record grew in our garden last summer an J 

 within 80 days after sowing the seeds we gath- 

 ered 2 quarts of fine pods, while a week later 

 we were able to gather 6 more quarts off a 

 20-foot row. See, also, page 6. Pkt. 15 cts., 

 pt. 55 cts., qt. $1, 2 qts. $1.85. 



Little Marvel. We are so much impressed 

 with the high quality and utter dependability 

 of this truly remarkable variety that it also 

 will be found listed again on page 6. The re- 

 markable 3-inch pods are literally filled to burst- 

 ing with the largest, dark green Peas we have 

 ever seen squeezed in a medium-sized pod. 

 Little Marvel has a flavor all its own. Pkt. 

 15 cts., pt. 55 cts., qt. $1, 2 qts. $1.85 



