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



VEGETABLE SEEDS 



Special Collections of Vegetable and Flower Seeds 

 for Your and the Children's Garden 



All the varieties in the different collections are dependable standards that are bound to make good in all sections and under widely 

 varied conditions of soil and climate. Any boy or girl can take these seeds, put them in the ground, and raise a crop if he just tends 

 the garden a little while each day. Encourage the children to work in the garden because the exercise will cause them to become 

 strong and sturdy while the crops they grow will cause them to appreciate the returns for manual efforts. 



A Few Salad Suggestions 



Lettuce, Endive, Chard, etc., are the tonics which prevent us from eating too much of the 

 heavier foods. Several rows of them are needed in every garden. They can never be bought 

 as fresh on the market as you can pick them in your own garden. Besides being easily grown, 

 they occupy very little space, and even the smallest garden should have a Lettuce-row. 

 Lettuce is among the easiest vegetables to grow and if you read the cultural directions, on 

 pages 23-24, you should have no end of delicious, crisp salad 

 from May until frost. 



P. S. Both the "Root- 

 Crop" and "Salad" 

 Collections would be 



fine for the children's 



garden. 



6 Splendid Salads, Large 

 Packets, Best Kinds, for 



25 cts. 



Cress, Extra Curled 

 Endive, Moss Curled 

 Chinese Cabbage, Pe-Tsai 



Lettuce, Early Curled Simpson 

 Lettuce, May King Butterhead 

 Swiss Chard, Spinach Greens 



All of these, excepting Swiss Chard, may be eaten raw or 

 cooked. We think so much of this, however, that we include it 

 in this collection while further notes on it are found on page 34. A 

 dozen well-developed plants, a foot apart in the row, will provide 

 an abundance of tasty greens for a family of five from August until 

 frost. The seeds in packets we supply will sow 30 feet of row. 



Beckert's "Beginner's Garden" Vegetable 

 Seed Collection — Six Large Packets 25 Cents 



These are just the thing for the Children's Garden, being easily 

 grown and of vigorous growth. 



Crosby's Egyptian Beet, Chantenay Carrot, Black -seeded 

 Simpson Lettuce, White Bunch Onion, Crimson Globe Radish, 

 White Milan Turnip. 



Vegetables shown: foreground, Endive; in basket, head Lettuce; 

 background. Swiss Chard or Spinach Beet 



Beckert's "Root-Crop" Collection 



In years gone by, root-crops formed a far more important part of people's diet than they do today. This is much to be regretted, 

 not only because Beets, Carrots, Turnips, etc., are valuable in that they help to keep the human body in good order, but also because 

 they afford a chance to put a most wholesome variation into our winter diet. Grow more Root Crops. 



Six Most Profitable Home-Garden Varieties for 25 Cents, Postpaid 



Beet, Crosby's Improved I Carrot, Danvers Half-long I Parsnip, Hollow Crown 



Celeriac (Turnip-rooted Celery) | Kohlrabi, White Vienna | Turnip, White Milan 



For complete descriptions of these splendid sorts, please consult their respective headings on the following pages. 



