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Title: Beckert's garden field & flower seeds
Identifier: beckertsgardenfi1897wmcb (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Wm. C. Beckert (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Commercial catalogs Seeds; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs
Publisher: Allegheny, Pa. : Wm. C. Beckert
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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INTERMEDIATE and LATE PEAS. CLEAN'S ADVANCER.* Second early. Much valued for home use, canning and market. Pods long, broad and well filled with plump, tender Peas. Pkt. 5c, pt. 10c, qt. 20c, pk.f1.25. ^HEROINE.* Second early. Vines 2K feet high, bearing a profusion of long, large, pointed â¢ods, which contain 8 or 9 large Peas of the very best quality. Pkt. 5 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.50. JUNO.* One of the best new wrinkled Peas for medium-early or main crops. Thick, raight,pods, borne in pairs, and contain from 7 to 9 sugary and delicious dark green Peas. Th⬠vines are strong-growing and iVz feet. Pkt. 5 cts., pt. i3^rts., qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.50. PRIDE OP THE MARKET.* A wonderfully productive second-early or main crop variety, with large, handsome pods, and Peas of splendid quality; 2% feet high. P/kt. 5 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.60. TELEPHONE.* Pods and Peas very large and showy, the latter being very sweet and rich ; vines 3)4 feet high ; very popular. Pkt. 5c, pt. 13c, qt. 25c, pk. $1.50. _ SHARPE'S QUEEN.* One of the most desirable of late varieties, com Ihgin just after Juno is done ; of very vigorous, branching habit, it requires thin sowing. Pods very large, slightly curved, produced in pairs, well filled with large Peas of delicious flavor ; Peas large, oval, deep green in color, and very densely packed in the pods. This variety stands well under extreme heat and is not subject to mildew; 2K feet. Pkt. 5 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts.,
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INTERMEDIATE and LATE PEAS and PEPPERS. BLACK-EYED MARROWFAT. Pkt. 5 cts., qt. 15 cts. /RITE MARROWFAT. Pkt. 5 cts., qt. 15 cts., pk. Si. (ELTING SUGAR. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts., pk. $2.25. IWARF GRAY SUGAR. Pkt.ioc.,pt. 15c,qt.30C.,pk.$i.60 VDUKE OF ALBANY* Resembles Telephone, but more *<iwarf, while the pods are larger and produced in greater abun- dance. Pkt. 5 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.50. fmâ-YORKSHIRE HERO.* Hardy, productive, upright in I f growth, wiith broad, short pods, borne near the top of the stalk; "1 Peas large, and of good quality; 1%. feet. Pkt. 5 cts., pt. 10 cts., qt. 20 cts., pk. $1.25. SHROPSHIRE HERO.* Medium early and a very heavy cropper. Vines 2lA feet; pods long, closely packed with large sweet Peas. Pkt. 5 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.50. - ERINCE OF WALES.* Hardy, vigorous and upright; pods produced abundantly in pairs. Flavor of first quality ; seed white, wrinkled and flattened. Pkt. 5 cts.,pt. 13 cts.,qt. 25 cts.,pk. $1.50. LONG ISLAND MAMMOTH.* Pods large; an excellent opper, earlier than Champion of England. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., q/. 30 cts., pk. Si.60. y STRATAGEM.* A late English variety, with very large, showy pods. Pkt. 5 cts , pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.60. â 5 PARAGON.* Very productive ; quality excellent ; the ripened Seed is rich yellow in color and very wrinkled ; height 2K feet. -Pkt. 5 cts., pt. 10 cts., qt. 20 cts., pk. $1.25. ;L_ -SANDER'S MARROW.* Tall, very late; immensely pro- â ductive ; Peas large, wrinkled, sweet and. delicious. Pkt. 5 cts., pt. 10cts., qt. 20 cts., pk. Si.25. f IMPROVED SUGAR, or MARROW. Pods long, fine shape, s^-^well filled with Peas of the true marrow flavor; verv productive; height 3^"feet. Pkt. 5 cts., pt/13 cts., qt. 25 cts., p/Si.50. ./CHAMPION OF f/ENGLAND.* Pkt. 5c, * pt. ioc.,qt.20c.,pk. $1.25. pk. $1. Pepper. ($feffer.) Bull Nose Pepper. Sow in hotbed as early as April, and transplant to rich, warm, mellow soil as soon as the weather has become warm and settled, setting them about 2 feet apart in drills 3 feet apart. Seed may be sown later in the open ground, when all danger from frost is over, arid thinned to the distance given above. The pods are used/fn making all sorts of pickles. An ounce of seed will pro- duce 2,000 plants. I/LARGE BELL, or BULL NOSE. Widely grown, standard okKvariety, with very large, thick pods. Pkt.5c, OZ.25C, Klb.8oc. j/RUB Y KING. Bright red pods, about 5 inches long and 3 or 4 inches thick; miid and pleasant in flavor. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts., Klb. 80 cts. \J SWEET MOUNTAIN. An early fruiting sort; enormous, mild-flavored pods much used for mango making, and mixing with salads. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts., ^lb. 80 cts. ⢠19 â¢

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