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



VEGETABLE SEEDS 



English Frame 

 Cucumbers 



These varieties are used for forcing. 

 They can be grown in hotbeds or houses 

 where the temperature does not fall below 

 65 degrees at night. The fruits are long, 

 smooth and handsome, frequently growing 

 20 to 30 inches long. 



Improved Telegraph 



Chennell's Challenger 



Lockie's Perfection 



Tender and True 



Worthing Favorite 



Covent Garden Favorite 

 Each, per pkt. of 10 seeds, 25 cts; pkt. of 

 25 seeds, 50 cts.; 100 seeds, $1.75 



Corn Salad 



Sow the seed thickly in shallow drills in 

 September, and firm the soil well down 

 above it, if the weather be dry. Highly 

 appreciated, and much grown where other 

 salads and lettuces do not succeed. Pre- 

 pared in the same manner as lettuce 

 and makes an excellent dish. An ounce 

 of seed will sow a bed 20 feet 

 square. 



Large-seeded. Has large, 

 tender leaves. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 20 cts., y 4 lb. 60 cts. 



Dandelion 



An early spring salad. Sow 

 early in spring in drills 12 inches 

 apart, and thin out to 6 inches in 

 the row. 



Improved French Thick- 

 leaved. Pkt. 10 cts. 



A GARDEN OF GREENS 

 of the type to which reference 

 has been made on page 5, is, to 

 the enthusiastic vegetable-gar- 

 dener, quite as attractive as a 

 flower-garden. We do not be- 

 lieve there is a handsomer plant 

 growing than a properly 

 blanched specimen of Endive. 

 Then, there are the Head Let- 

 tuces of different shades- 

 enough to make one's mouth 

 water. Plan to have a salad- 

 garden . 



Eggplant 



Sow the seeds in hotbeds in early March, 

 transplant to small pots, and punge them 

 in the same beds; this is to make them 

 strong and stocky. They should not be 

 planted out until May or June, when the 

 weather becomes warm and settled. Set 

 the plants in rows 3 feet apart each way 

 and give them thorough cultivation. An 

 ounce of seed will produce 1,000 plants. 



Black Beauty 



(See illustration) 

 Fruit broad and thick; lustrous pur- 

 plish black color; very productive; of ex- 

 cellent quality. Pkts. 5 cts. and 10 cts., 

 oz. 60 cts. 



New YorK Improved Spineless. A 



strong and productive sort. Fruits deep 

 purple, large, smooth, free from thorns; 

 flesh white, tender, of delicate flavor. 

 Pkts. 5 cts. and 10 cts., oz. 60 cts. 



Florida High-Bush. Popular in the 

 South. Fruit large and purple and held 

 well up from the ground. Pkts. 5 cts. 

 and 10 cts., oz. 60 cts. 



Black Beauty. A dandy for home gardens 



Endive 



This is an important fall and 

 winter salad. For early, the seed 

 should be sown in April, in drills 

 15 inches apart, and the seedlings 

 thinned to stand 12 inches apart 

 in the rows. Sowings for the main 

 crop may be made in June and 

 July, as the vegetable is used prin- 

 cipally in fall and winter. The 

 inner leaves are blanched by tying 

 the tips of the outer ones together, 

 or by laying boards over the 

 plants. An ounce of seed will sow 

 150 feet of drill. 



Large Green Curled 



(Ruffec) 

 (See illustration) 

 Dark green leaves, beautifully 

 curled and, when blanched, very 

 crisp and tender; ready for use 

 earlier than other sorts. Our 

 strain is extra fine. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 oz. 25 cts. 



Moss Curled. This variety 

 has very finely curled leaves; 

 tender and excellent quality. 

 Pkts. 5c. and 10 cts., oz. 25 cts. 

 _ White Curled. Has tender, 



curly leaves of silvery green. Pkts. 5 cts. and 10 cts., oz. 30 cts. 



Giant Fringed. A very strong-growing variety. Broad stems and large white 

 heart. Good for fall and winter. Fine in appearance and quality. Pkts. 5 cts. 

 and 10 cts., oz. 25 cts. 



Broad-leaved Batavian (EscaroIIe). The broad, thick leaves make excellent 

 salads when blanched. Pkts. 5 cts. and 10 cts., oz. 30 cts. 



Large Green Curled (Ruffec) Endive 



Kale, or Borecole 



Dwarf Green Kale 



An ounce of seed will sow about 200 feet of drill. 



Dwarf Curled Green Scotch. Seldom exceeds 18 inches in height, but rounds 

 out to a diameter of 3 feet. The leaves are bright green, tender, and elegantly 

 curled. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 25 cts., y 4 lb. 75 cts. 



Dwarf German, or Siberian. Generally sown broadcast, but can be sown in 

 drills a foot apart in August. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts., Vilb. 75 cts. 



Mosbach Winter. In height medium between Tall and Dwarf Scotch. Leaves 

 yellowish green, bent upward, and curled on the margins. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts. 



Tall Curled Green Scotch. Unusually hardy, growing 2 feet or more in 

 height, with recurved, spreading, deep green, curly leaves. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 30c. 



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