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Title: Beckert's seed store : vegetable seeds flower bulbs
Identifier: beckertsseedstor1933beck (find matches)
Year: 1933 (1930s)
Authors: Beckert's Seed Store; Beckert's Seed Store; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Nursery stock Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs
Publisher: Pittsburgh, Pa. : Beckert's Seed Store
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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c~13eckerti Seed Store GLADIOLUS Constant improvement in Gladiolus has greatly increased the interest in them and they are being planted in greater numbers each season. For cutting purposes, the bulbs may be planted in rows 12 to 18 inches apart, setting the bulbs 3 to 4 inches apart and planting to a depth of 6 inches. The flowering spike should be cut just as soon as the lower flowers open; the remaining buds will open if kept in fresh water and the open flowers removed as they fade. The stems should be clipped when the water is changed. Treated thus, a spike will last over a week. For garden planting, they appear to best advantage in groups or masses and are best used in conjunction with some annual or bedding subject where they can be timed to flower in late summer when garden color is most desired. Groups can also be used effectively in the perennial border. A more continuous effect can be had by making successive plant- ings, beginning as soon as the ground can be worked, in early spring, and planting at intervals until June. The prices named below are for the largest size bulbs—the only size we offer. They average IV2 inches or more in diameter, and are sound, vigorous, and free from disease. Such bulbs are sure to bloom, and will produce the longest, strongest spikes and the largest flowers. They are not to be compared with the smaller bulbs commonly offered and often incorrectly named "first-size." If wanted by mail, add 8 ets. per dozen bulbs 10 NEW AND RARE VARIETIES BETTY NUTHALL, A warm, light coral with pale orange throat and a light feathering of carmine; flowers are often six inches across, of splendid substance and well placed on tall, strong spike. One of the best gladioli of later introduction. 10 ets. each, $1.00 per doz., §7.00 per 100. DR. F. E. BENNETT. Peach red, overlaid with flame scarlet throat speckled ruby and creamy white; very large flowers of great substance, on strong stems. 10 ets. each, 90 ets. per doz., $6.00 per 100. CHARLES DICKENS. Purple violet, similar to Anna Eberius, but taller spikes and more flowers on the stem. A very good grower and choice variety. 10 ets. each, $1.00 per doz., $7.50 per 100. EIROPA. Splendid pure white; the large, well shaped flowers all open at a time, making it a gorgeous display of the purest white; absolutely the best white in existence, but very poor propagator. 10 ets. each, $1.00 per doz., $7.50 per 100. GERALDINE FARRAR. Beautiful pale lavender blue, with deep violet spot on lower petals; a beautiful variety, though not quite as good as Mrs. Van Konynenburg, which is a little darker in color. 10 ets. each, $1.00 per doz., $7.50 per 100. VELLOW WONDER. Pure soft yellow, large flowers with- out any markings. Strong, healthy grower. 10 ets. each, $1.00 per doz., $7.00 per 100. MINUET. A beautiful clear, light lavender, four to six large, heavily textured blooms open at once on a good, strong stem. This is the lavender by which all other lavenders are judged. Considered by most growers as the last word in a light lavender gladiolus. 15 ets. each, $1.40 per doz., $10.00 per 100. MR. W. H. PHIPPS. La France pink overlaid with salmon- rose, lower petals faintly striped and speckled with ruby; has enormous flowers and spike. 10 ets. each, 90 ets. per doz., $6.00 per 100. PURPLE GLORY. Deepest velvety maroon with almost black blotches; large, ruffled flowers on very tall, sturdy stems; a real giant in all respects. 10 ets. each, 90 ets. per doz., $6.00 per 100. RED GLORY. Rich fiery red; a sport of Purple Glory, which it resembles in everything but the color. A real beauty. 10 ets. each, $1.00 per doz., $8.00 per 100.
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(!ptnp»n 13 a good disinfectant for all Bulbs and oeme&dn Tubers. Dust your Gladiolus with it at plant- ing time. It protects against fungus and disease. 2 oes. 50 ets., lb. $2.75, 5 lbs. $13. A few of Beckert'a New Varieties. Gladiolus—Continued Page 67 66

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