BECKERT'S SEED STORE, 101 AND 103 FEDERAL ST., N. S., PITTSBURGH, PA. - Vegetable Seeds 



New York Improved Thornless Eggplant 



Dwarf Curled Green Scotch Kale 



CRESS (Hreffe) 



Excellent spicy spring salads. Pepper Grass should be sown 

 thickly in shallow drills in early spring, and at intervals for continued 

 supply, as it soon runs to seed. 



EXTRA-CURLED, or PEPPER GRASS. Of pleasant, pungent 

 flavor; the leaves can be cut several times. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 

 Mlb. 20 cts. 



WATER CRESS. Small, oval leaves; very tender, crisp and 

 pleasantly spicy when young. Plants of prostrate habit. A peren- 

 nial aquatic, which grows well in any running stream. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 oz. 35 cts., Mlb. $1.25. 



UPLAND, or AMERICAN WINTER. Seed of this species may 

 be sown anywhere in moist places in spring or fall. Leaves broad, 

 crisp, and tender; plant a perennial. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 25 cts., Mlb. 

 75 cts. 



DANDELION (^arbcblum) 



An early spring salad. Sow early in spring in drills 12 inches apart, 

 and thin out to 6 inches in the rows. 



IMPROVED FRENCH THICK-LEAVED. 



50 cts. 



Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 



Endive, Large Green Curled (Ruffed) 



EGGPLANT (Gsierpflartje) 



Sow the seeds in hotbeds in early March, transplant to small pots, 

 and plunge 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. 



NEW YORK IMPROVED THORNLESS. A strong and produc- 

 tive sort. Fruits deep purple, large, smooth, free from thorns; flesh 

 white, tender, of delicate flavor. Pkts. 5 cts. and 10 cts., oz. 40 cts., 

 Mlb. $1.25. 



BLACK BEAUTY. Fruit broad and thick, lustrous purplish black 

 color; very productive; of excellent quality. Pkts. 5 cts. and 10 cts., 

 oz. 40 cts., Mlb. $1.25. 



ENDIVE (Gnbtole) 



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). Dark green leaves, beauti- 

 fully curled and, when blanched, very crisp and tender; ready for use 

 earlier than other sorts. Pkts. 6 cts. and lO cts., oz. 25 cts., M'b- 75c. 



BROAD-LEAVED BATAVIAN (EscaroIIe). The broad, thick 

 leaves make excellent salads when blanched. Pkts. 5 cts. and 10 cts., 

 oz. 25 cts., Mlb. 75 cts. 



MOSS CURLED. This variety has very finely curled leaves. 

 Tender and excellent quality. Pkts. 5 cts. and 10 cts., oz. 25 cts., 

 Mlb. 75 cts. 



WHITE CURLED. Has tender, curly leaves of silvery green. 

 Pkts. 5 cts. and 10 cts., oz. 25 cts., M'b. 75 cts. 



KALE, or BORECOLE ^.0 



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



DWARF GERMAN GREENS (Siberian Kale). Generally sown 

 broadcast, but can be sown in drills a foot apart in August. Pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Mlb. 30 cts. 



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 elegantlv curled. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 

 Mlb. 30 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. 10 cts., Mlb- 30 cts. 



TALL CURLED GREEN SCOTCH. Unusually hardy, growing 

 2 feet or more in height, with recurved, spreading, deep green, curly 

 Ieaves. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., M'b. 45 cts. 



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