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Atlanta, Ga.

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PRICE

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1 YEAR’S SUBSCRIPTION TO THE SOUTHERN RURALIST 25 CENTS

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r^l 6||BIUIII9 in packets and ounces to the amount of one dollar or over you can select other
seeds in packets only to the amount of 25 cents on each dollar’s worth of packets and ounces ordered. This does not
apply to the larger sized packages, such as quarter-pounds, pounds, two-pounds, etc., nor does it apply on special collec¬
tions of seeds, onion sets, plants or bulbs. You can not order a dollar’s worth of seeds in packets and ounces and then
select a quarter-pound of something priced at 25c, or a pound of peas or beans as a premium; neither can you order a
dollar’s worth of seeds in quarter-pounds, pounds, or two-pounds and then select 25 cents’ worth of seeds in packets.
To be entitled to these premium seeds you must order seeds in packets and ounces to the amount of a dollar or more, and
then select the premium seeds in packets only. We shall be glad to have >00 select the premium seeds that your
order may entitle you to under this offer.

//. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

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MAKE FOOD OR GO HUNGRY

This is a plain statement of fact. A real food crisis will confront all of us in less than a year. Food prices will go higher rather
than lower. It is too late to stave off this food shortage but we of the South can protect ourselves against it in large degree if we act
promptly, save food already in sight and keep on making food, grain and forage sufficient for home needs at least.

Food and grain shortages and sky high prices hurt only those who have food to buy and they help those who have a surplus of food
and grain to sell. Thousands upon thousands of people in this country will go hungry within a year. The farmer who “makes food”
sufficient for home needs will not suffer.

Food prices are high and they must of necessity go higher. Lots of talk about “profiteering” in food, some truth but most of it is
"bunk.” The real-down-at-the-bottom-trouble is that there is a big decrease in food and grain crop acreage plainly and solely due to
a combination of unfavorable weather conditions and farm labor shortage. The food and grain crops of ordinary size simply will not
and cannot be made. There are not men enough on the farms to make it.

The truth is that city and town industries with their almost insanely feverish activity since the war ended have robbed the farms of
the United States of about one-third of their man power. They have robbed the farms of labor by paying from 100 to 300 per cent
more wages than any farmer can pay and come out even.

The result of this movement of labor from farm to city that has been going on steadily since the war ended is shown in the cutting
down of the winter wheat acreage about one-third, the seeding down of millions of acres of wheat and corn land to hay and pasture, in
the decrease in meat animals and a dozen similar things we could mention.

The output of canned vegetables will be greatly reduced, not because of a shortage of tin cans as during the war but because the
farmers will not make contracts to grow the necessary acreage of vegetables. Why? Because the labor has left those farms for the
high wages and easy hours of the towns and cities.

One large manufacturing state of the north reports some 35,000 absolutely abandoned farms in addition to all the others being from
half to two-thirds manned. The most serious feature is that the greatest labor shortage is largely in the great food producing states
of the Middle West where so much of the foodstuffs and grain that the South buys comes from.

We are not alarmists but we are convinced, from several months study of the situation that this country will face a real food crisis,
one that will continue until labor in part at least swings back to the food producing farms. Here in the South we can save ourselves
from this crisis in large degree if we begin now and stay steadily on the job.

First, sav'e by canning or drying any surplus vegetables and fruits you now have. Plant more and keep the fall garden going full
speed up into winter. If you have been neglecting the cows, hogs and chickens more or less, give them the best chance you can. Every
pound of meat and butter, every eatable chicken and dozen of eggs will help. Save in good shape every bushel of corn and peas, every
pound of forage needed for your live stock.

When the right time comes plant wheat, plant oats, plant rye as well as such crops as Rape, Vetch, Crimson Clover and others.
They make good grazing, most of them improve your soil and they all prevent winter soil washing. Directly or indirectly they are all
food and grain crops that will be needed.

W'e cannot avert this coming food crisis but by growing and saving food and grain crops we can bead off any real damage to our¬
selves. It must be done, to play safe, on every farm by every farmer. If you have your own food and grain, high food prices won’t

hurt you.

PRICE NOTICE ON FIELD AND GRASS SEEDS

At the time this catalogue goes to press we cannot offer field and grass seeds at definite prices. The market varies almowt daily,
so when you are ready to buy oatsv wheat, rye, barley, grasses, clovers, alfalfa, etc., write us for prices on the quantity you need.
We will give you right prices, send samples if requested, and freight or express rates to your station.

Alphabetical Index for Catalogue Reference

Flower Seeds are listed on pages 51-53.

Flowering Bulbs are listed on pages 54-55
and back cover.

Roses (plants) are listed on page 56 and in¬
side of back cover.

So far as possible, we have arranged the
vegetables in alphabetical order.

■Vlfalfa .

Asparagus ... .

Bacteria, Soil Inoculation , . .

Barley .

Beans, Garden . . . .

Beets .

Broccoli . ' . . . .

Brussels Sprouts .

Bug Death .

Bulbs . Rear Cover

Page 44

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... 39
. . . -3-5
. . .6-7

... 7

... 7

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and .'54 fl>

Cabbage . S-9

Carrots . ’T

Cauliflower . 10

Celeriac .

Celery .

Clovers .

Collards .

Cos, White Paris .

Cress .

Cucumbers .

Eggplant .

Endive .

Fetticus (Corn Salad) . . .

Flowers .

Garlic .

Grasses .

Hog Pasture (Grain) Mixture

Insecticides .

Kale (Borecole) .

Kohl Rahi .

Leeks .

Lettuce .

Mustard .

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14-l.j
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Oats . .

Okra .

Onions and Onion Sets .

36-.38

. 20
16-19

Parsley . 20

Parsnips . 20

Pec.s . 22-2.3

Peppers . 21

Planting Table . 33

Radish . 24-‘,i5

Rape . 42

Roses (plants) .... Rear Cover and 56

Rutabagas . 32

Rye . .39

Salsify . 27

Southern Ruralist . .34-35

Spinach . 27

Squash . 27

Tomatoes . - . 28-29

Turnips . 30-32

Vetch . 47

Wheat . 40

United States Food Administration License No. G-06270

This complete catalog — all reading matter and illustrations — Copyrighted, 1920, by H. G. Hastings Co., .Atlanta, Ga.

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H. G, Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

UNITED STATES PARCEL POST ZONE RATES

APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF ZONES

For those who cannot easily get information as to their zone we
give the following approximate location of the zones. If at all in
doubt as to your zone be sure and send enough to cover necessary
postage. If you send too much it will be returned to you. The
rates in the 1st and 2nd zones are the same.

GEORGIA — Eargely in the 1st and 2nd zones. Extreme southern
part is in 3rd zone.

ALABAMA — Divided between three zones; eastern half in 2nd
zone, western half in 3rd zone except extreme southwestern portion
which is in the 4th zone.

FLORIDA— Has three zones. The northern part is in 3rd zone,
the middle and most of South Florida in the 4th, and extreme
southern portion in 5th zone,

MISSISSIPPI— About evenly divided, the eastern half being in !
the .3rd and the u'estern half in the 4th zone.

LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS— Both of these states are entirely
in the 4tl) zone.

TEXAS— Mostly in the 5th zone, a small part including the most
eastern counties being in the 4th and extreme western portion
in 6th.

For those who only order seeds for garden
use in packets, ounces, quarter pounds, pounds
of peas, beans, corn, etc., in one or two-pound
lots, no attention need be paid to this page for
calculation of postage.

On all items of seeds listed in this catalogue
in packets, ounces, quarter pounds, pounds,
and in the case of peas, beans, and corn in one
and two-pound lots the price given on them in¬
cludes postage prepaid by us to any postoffice
regardless of the zone the purchaser may live in.
Prices on small lots of seeds are made post¬
paid largely for the reason that it would
be almost impossible to calculate correctly the
weight of a general order for seeds containing
numerous items and dillerent quantities of each,
so we have thought best to include a reason¬
able average cost of postage in the quoted
prices of these smaller quantities, thus reliev¬
ing the buyer of the trouble^ of figuring on the
matter of correct postage for his particular
order.

When one goes into the purchase of larger
quantities when the actual weight can be easily
and correctly figured and on which the post¬
age rates are proportionately lower than on the
smaller shipments it becomes a matter of com¬
petition with express and freight and in the
case that the purchaser lives some distance
from town on an R. F. D. route, the parcel post
shipment will be brought to his door instead of
the purchaser having to go to town and get it
from the express or freight office. Further
in many instances the parcel post rates are as
low or lower on comparatively small shipments
than express or freight and the service more
prompt.

WHEN YOU ORDER

When you order seeds in quantity at prices
listed by express or otherwise, not prepaid, and
you want same to come by Parcel Post, you
must remit an extra amount to cover cost of
postage in addition to the cost of the seed. All
shipments by Parcel Post must have the post¬
age prepaid. As all seeds in this catalogue that
are used in quantity are quoted by pounds the
weight is easily and correctly determined.

If you wish to order say 14 pounds (a peck)
of corn, or 15 pounds (a peck) of beans or any¬
thing like that in addition to a general order
of seeds in packets, etc., you should only cal¬
culate postage, according to the rates on this
page, on the corn, or beans or whatever else
you may be ordering in quantity.

You must figure the amount to be sent for
postage on the quantity shipments both accord¬
ing to the weight of the shipment and the
Postal Zone you live in according to its dis¬
tance from Atlanta, Georgia. Your Postmaster
and usually the R. F. D. Carrier can give you
the proper zone information.

HOWTO FIGURE POSTAGE

Two things are necessary. First figure up
the weight of the seed according to what you
are ordering. Then, assuming that you know
the particular zone you live in from Atlanta,
take the amount shown in the column for that zone opposite the
number of pounds you are ordering. Whatever that amount is
must be added to the cost of the seed so we can prepay the post¬
age.

As an example we will suppose that you want to order 14
pounds (a peck) of corn. If you lived in either the 1st or 2nd
postal zones from Atlanta the amount to be sent us in addition to
the price of the corn would be 18 cents; for the 3rd zone 32 cents;
for the 4th zone 59 cents and so on. With the above table it's
very easy to figure it exactly once you know what your zone
number is.

By parcel post seeds can be sent to any post office and if you live
on an R. F. D. route, they are brought to your door. Seventy
pounds is the weight limit. If larger quantities are wanted it
would have to split into two or more shipments. 50 pounds is the
weight limit for the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th zones.

TENNESSEE— Divided in three zones. Southern part of East
Tennessee is in 2nd zone; most of the rest in 3rd zone except the
extreme western part which is in the 4th.

SOUTH CAROLINA — Western part of the state in 2nd zone, bal¬
ance in 3rd zone.

NORTH CAROLINA — Extreme western part in 2nd zone, the
rest of the state in 3rd zone except extreme eastern part which is
In the 4th zone,

Weight

in

pounds

Parcel Posts Zones

Ist and 2d

Up to 150
miles

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150 to 300
. miles

4th

300 to 600
miles

5th

GOO to 1,000
miles

6th

1,000 to 1,400
miles

7th

1,400 to 1,800
miles

8th

Over 1,800
miles

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$0.05

$0.06

.1(0.07

.$0.08

$0.09

.$0.11

$0.12

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.25

.31

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.41

.48

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.32

.41

.51

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.38

.49

.61

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.31

.44

.57

.71

.84

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.35

.50

.65

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.13

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.73

.91

1.08

10

.14

.24

.43

.62

.81

1.01

1.20

11

.15

.26

.47

.68

.89

1.11

1.32

12

.16

.28

.51

.74

.97

1.21

1.44

13

.17

.30

.55

.80

1.05

1.31

1.56

14

.18

.32

.59

.86

1.13

1.41

1.68

15

.19

.34

.63

.92

1.21

1.51

1.80

16

.20

.36

.67

.98

i.29

1.61

1.92

17

.21

.38

. .71

1.04

1.37

1.71

2.04

18

.22

.40

.75

1.10

1.45

1.81

2.16

19

.23

.42

.79

1.16

1.53

1.91

2.28

20

.24

.44

.83

1.22

1.61

2.01

2.40

21

.25

.46

.87

1.28

1.69

2.11

2.52

22

.26

.48

.91

1.34

1.77

2.21

2.64

23

.27

.50

.95

1.40

1.85

2.31

2.76

24

.28

.52

.99

1.46

1.93

2.41

2.88

25

.29

.54

1.03

1..52

2.01

2.51

3.00.

26

.30

.56

1.07

1.58

2.09

2.61

3.12

27

.31

.58

1.11

1.61

2.17

2.71

3.24

28

.32

.60

1.15

1.70

2.25

2.81

.3.,36

29

.33

.62

1.19

1.76

2..33

2.91

3.48

30

.34

.64

1.23

1.82

2.41

3.01

3.60

31

.35

.66

1.27

1.88

2.49

3.11

3.72

32

.36

.68

1.31

1.94

2.57

3.21

.3.84

33 1 .37

.70

1.35

2.00

2.65

3.31

.3.96

34 1 .38

.72

1.39

2.06

2.73

3.41

4.08

35

.39

.74

1.43

2.12

2.81

3.51

4.20

36

.40

.76

1.47

2.18

2.89

3.61

4.32

37

.41

.78

1.51

2.24

2.97

.3.71

4.44

38

.42

.80

1#55

2.30

3.05

3.81

4.56

39

.43

.82

1.59

2.36

.3.13

3.91

4.68

40

.44

.84

1.63

2.42

3.21

4.01

4.80

41

.45

.86

1.67

2.48

3.29

4.11

4.92

42

.46

.88

1.71

2.54

3..37

4.21

5.04

43

.47

.90

1.75

2.60

3,45

4..31

.5.16

44

.48

.92

1.79

2.66

3.53

4.41

5.28

15

.49

.94

1.83

2.72

3.61

4.51

.5.40

50

.54

1.04

2.03

3.02

4.01

5.01

6.00

55

.59

1.14

. 1 .

60

.64

1.24

65

.69

1.34

. 1 .

70

.74

1.44

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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

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Seeds for Summer-Fall Planting

DActnairl lUlaSI Remember that the prices given in this list incliule
96cUS ■ UJr delivery of all seeds by packet, ounce, quarter-

pound, pound, and fHo-pound lots. Send us the amount named in this catalog, and we
guarantee safe delivery by mail, postpaid, in these (luantities.

I Please bear in mind that on seeds in packets and ounces

"»*e'e*^*** r I dlllUliia only (no quarter-pounds, pounds, or two pounds), the pur¬
chaser may select 25 cents worth e.vtra on each dollar sent. This does not apply to orders
for collections, prices of which are net.

nf ConcISno' lUInnAi# cases where the order for seed amounts to

VI IvlWIICjr one dollar or more, the cost of postoffice or express

money order, or cost of registering the letters from places that are not money order offices,
may be deducted from the amount of the order.

StamnC orders of seeds where the amount is less than 50 cents, we will accept
U. S. Postage stamps in good condition (one-cent and two-cent stamps pre¬
ferred) the same as cash, but we would ask those remitting stamps to wrap them in oiled
paper, if possible, to nrevent their sticking together or to the order.

About V\/oi*l*Ontv Hastings CO. give no warranty, either express or im-

c ww dl I dll plied, as to description, quality," productiveness or any other
matter, of seeds, bulbs or plants they send out, and will not be in any way responsible for
the crop. If purchaser does not accept the goods on these terms, they are at once to be
returned, and any money that may have been paid for them will be refunded. Crops are
dependent for success or failure on so many things besides seed that it is impossible for
us to give any warranty or guarantee. This does not mean that we lack confidence in the
seeds we sell, but we have no control over the seeds after they leave our house, especially
so as to the methods of planting, cultivating and fertilizing, all of which are important factors in the success of any crop. If we
should warrant or guarantee seeds in any way, we could be held responsible for the failure of the crop, regardless of cause, and this
is a responsibility we cannot and W’ill not accept. No responsible seedsman gives any warranty.

Every Time You Order
Seeds or Write to Us
Be Sure and Write Your
Name, Post Office and
State plainly. Hundreds
of Orders Are Delayed
Every Year Because the
Sender Forgets to Sign
His Name or Give His
Post Office Address.

Hastings’ E.xcelsior Extra Early Refugee Beans

HASTINGS’ RIGHT VARIETIES OF RIGHT QUALITY AT RIGHT PRICES

Palmetto Asparagus Seed ( No. 1 )

The Palmetto, while an old variety, is
beyond question the best variety for the
South. Seed can be sown either in fall or spring, thinly in drills one foot apart. When well
up cultivate frequently and continue until the roots have grown for one year. In transplant¬
ing, put the roots 18 inches apart each way and 4 inches below the surface. Use your richest
piece of ground and remember that you cannot use too much manure on asparagus. Palmetto
is earlier, a better yielder and more even and stronger in growth than later introductions.
Packet. 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; ^ pound, 25 cents; pound, 75. cents.

You save from 114 to 3,
years’ time in getting your]

Asparagus bed in con- ‘
dition to cut by the use
of our splendid 2 year
old Palmetto Aspara¬
gus roots. Plant them this fall in the Low¬
er South and save six months’ time. While
this is a little more expensive than plant¬
ing the seed, yet the time saved and the gen¬
erally more satisfactory growth makes it
well worth while to use the roots. 50 roots,

85 cents ; Ifl.oO per 100 ; postpaid. B.v e.xpress
or freight, not prepaid, per 100, $1.00; per
1,000, $7.00. Orders booked now. Roots

Palmetto
Asparagus
Roots (No.2)

Palmetto Asparagus

ready for shipment about November 1st.

prnyQfor Late Summer
DLflliOand Fall Planting

^llltllVA yhh don’t plant beans in
late summer and fall you lose
a good part of the “bean season.” Beans
can be planted all through the summer in
the Central South up to September with
safety. In Florida and i he Gulf Coast sec¬
tions they can be planted still later. Late
summer and fall planting often yield heav¬
iest crops. Sow in drills 18 inches to 2 feet
apart; drop a bean every 3 or 4'inches, cov¬
ering about 2 inches. Keep soil stirred fre¬
quently and when plants are about to bloom, draw the earth up close around them.

Quantity needed for planting — one pound for each 75 feet of row; about 75 pounds
(1% bushels) per acre.

Hastings’ Excelsior Refugee Beans f^no ,

/Nn better bean than Excelsior Extra Early Refugee, where earliness of ma- jv

\liO. I *1 j turity, heavy, bearing and resistance to hot summer sun is wanted. For |-
the home garden' it is all right; for the market gardener, for local market, or ship¬
ment to Northern cities, it is a money-maker. It is a vigorous grower and heavy
bearer of medium sized, round, very finely flavored green pods. No other variet.v
equals it in abilitv to withstand either extreme wet or dry weather without serious
injury; holds pods well up off the ground. Packet, 10 cents; Vz pound, 20 cents;
pound, 40 cents; 2 pounds; 70c; postpaid. Not prepaid: 15 pounds (peck), $3.00;
60 pounds (bushel), $11.00; 100 pounds, $18.00.

Improved Round Pod Refugee (1000 to l)(No. 13)

Identical with Excelsior Refugee except that it is 10 to 14 days later in maturity and
a much heavier bearer. Used almost exclusively in some parts of Florida for plant¬
ing in fall and earlv winter for Northern shipment. Plants literally full of medium
sized round fleshy pods. Of good flavor and hold up well in shipping. Also fine for
canning. Resistant to drought and cold. Packet, 10 cents; Vz pound, 20 cents;
pound, 40 cents; 2 pounds, 70 cents; postpaid. Not prepaid, 15 pounds (peck) $3.50;
60 pounds (bushel), $1.3.50; 100 pounds, .$22.00.

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II. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

HASTINGS
STRING LESS
6REEN POD
BEAN

Hastings' Stringless Green Pod Bush Beans (No.6)

To our mind the highest quiUity bush bean of all. For our personal garden use it is the only green
podded bush variety that gets a place in our home garden. Not advised for shipping because pods
ire too large, but for home use and nearby markets it has no equal. Pods absolutely stringless from
the time they start to form until they begin to dry up. Very prolific, a strong, vigorous grower, 'com¬
ing in about the same time as our Red Valentine. Pods retain their fine flavor and quality to the last.
If you want beau quality combined with heavy bearing, plant our Stringless Green Pod. (This is en-
tii’ely (iistinct from the Giant SUringless, which is so inferior in quality that we have never catalogued
Packet, 10 cents; Vz lb., 20 cents; pound, 40 cents; 2 pounds, 70 cents; postpaid. Not prepaid: 15
^ _ Ij (peck), $3.25; 60 pounds (bushel), $12.00; 100 pounds, $20.00.

Hastings’ Extra Early Red Valentine (No. 25) ^olt® aif p^rtfof south,

either for home use, nearby market or for shipping. It’s a good bean for all purposes and its popu¬
larity is well deserved. Pods, 5 to 6 inches long, well rounded, meaty and of good flavor. Plants of
erect growth, holding pods well up off the ground. Uniform in ripening and size of pods. Pkt., 10c; %
lb., 20c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; postpaid. Not prepaid: 15 lbs. (pk.) , $kOOj 60 lb(. (bU,)»$],liOO;.10Q ibs,t$18,00.

"D Mexican or Prolific hmXeds“of"car^

, Doan^Nn loads of white or navy beans should

— — . wCali ^ HU. come South every year from New

York and Michigan to be sold largely to our farmers. The White
Mexican is an adapted type of the white bean fully adapted to all
parts of the South. Planted in August in this section and in
early September along the Gulf Coast, White Mexican will give an
abundance of white shell beans for winter use. It’s a real bush
or half-runner type of bean requiring no brushing or wires and
plants on good soil are literally covered with pods. Plant in rows
about 2 feet apart, leaving single plants C inches apart in the rows.

Packet, 10c; y- lb., 20c; pound, 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; postpaid. Not pre¬
paid; 15 lbs. (peck), $3.00; 60 lbs. (bushel), $11.00; 100 lbs, $18.00.

Early Black Valentlne(No. 23)

ithat is a great favorite in some of the coast sections. A good bean,
hardy and resistant to both heat and cold. Packet, 10 cents; %
lb., 20 cents; pound, 40 cents; 2 lbs, 70 cents; postpaid. Not pre¬
paid: 15 lbs. (pk.), $3.25; 60 lbs. (bu.), $12.00; 100 lbs., $20.00.

Wardwell’s Kidney Wax (No. 16) iTomeTse'V!

tra early, maturing in 5 to 6 w’eeks with favorable weather. Vig¬
orous grower, producing heavy crops of long, showy white waxy
pods, remarkably free from rust. Tender, of fine flavor and al¬
most stringless. Packet, 10c; lb., 25c; lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; post¬
paid. Not prepaid: 15 lbs., $3.75; 60 lbs., $14.00; 100 lbs., $22.50,

Very prolific and finest of eat¬
ing quality. Handsome, rich
yellow pods are 6 to 7 inches long, almost
round, very meaty and sweet; striugless at all
stages of growth. Plants very upright in growth, healthy and vig¬
orous. Packet, 10c; Va lb., 25c; pound, 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; postpaid.

Notprepaid: 15 lbs. (pk.) . $4.25 ; 60 lbs., (bu.), $15.00 ; 100 lbs., $25.00.

Sure Crop Stringless
Wax(No.20)

Davis White Wax(No. 29) !;"Xrg\(rd5^n.^4^^

bearing large almost straight wliite waxy colored pods, 5 to 6
inches long. Holds up wonderfully and sells at top prices on ap¬
pearance. Good for home garden use as white shelled beans for
■n’lnter; not as good in quality for snap beans as others. Packet,
10c; lb., 25c; pound, 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; postpaid. Not prepaid:
15 lbs. (peck), $3.75; 60 ibs. (bushel), $14.00: 100 lbs., $22.50.
Unrlcntl strong, vigorous, healthy grower

nouson VwaA^nUi ,vith clean wax pods about 5

inches long, nearly straight, very thick, flat and meaty. Medium
maturing, flesh tender and of exceiient eating quality. Very popu¬
lar with Florida shippers. Packet, 10 cents; % lb., 25 cents; lb.,
45 cents; 2 lbs., 80 cents; postpsiid. Not prepaid: 15 lbs. (peck),
$3.25; 60 lbs. (bushel). $12.00; 100 lbs., $20.00.

Prolific Black Wax(No. 32) bS

■W'ax. A much larger and better grower than the old variety; ex¬
ceedingly prolific. Packet, 10 cents; lb., 26 cents; pound, 45
cents; 2 lbs., 80 cents; postpaid. Not prepaid: 15 lbs. (peck),
$3.75; 60 lbs. (bushel), $14.00; 100 lbs., $22.50.

Really a wax podded Valentine
bean ; round and fleshy ; grows 15
inches high with medium sized, vigorous stalks, and good foliage. A first class wax bean for home
use and nearby markets. Packet, 10 cents; Ms lb.. 25 cents; pound, 4,5 cents; 2 lbs., 80c: postpaid.
Rlief’.Prnnf Wav/lln improved strain of Golden Wax; rust-

■«USl“rrOOI WOluen wax^noi ou; proof to a remarkable degree; well suited to
all parts of the South. Packet, 10c; % lb., 25c: pound, 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; postpaid. Not prepaid;]
16 lbs. (peck), $3.75; 60 lbs. (bushel), $14.00; 100 lbs., $’22.50.

Hastings’ Early Valentine Wax (No. 24)

FROST PROOF C.4BBAGE PLANTS — Varieties: Early Jersey Wakefield, Large Charleston
Wakefield and Early Flat Dutch. By Parcel Post, prepaid to your postofiice.

Frost proof cabbage plants for late November and December planting do wonderfully well
In all the lower South and w’e expect to supply plants in any quantity after November 20th.
Send in your order any time and we wiii ship the plants to yx)U after November 20th, post¬
paid to any State except Florida. No orders from Florida will be accepted because of restric¬
tions of the Plant Quarantine law causing delays in plants re:tching destination.

Per Single Hundred — On small shipments we will furnish 100 plants of any one variety for
60 cents, postpaid. No order for less than 100 plants of any variety will be filled. Orders are
filled by the hundred — not by 250 or 350 — but 200, 300, or 400. Write for special prices on 000
or over of the same variety.

Hastings’ Wax Beans

II. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

^'SNAP BEANS’' UNTIL FROST--DRY SHELL BEANS FOR WINTER

Most gardeners in the South neglect a splendid opportunity^ in late summer and
early fall. All these pole beans reach maturity in about 50 days when planted dur*
ing July, August and early September, bear heavily, furnishing a supply of “snap”
beans till frost and, if a part of the pods are left to fully mature, there is always an
abundance of dr>' shelled beans for winter use. The same is true of both pole and
bush lima beans. Be sure to plant pole beans in August and September.

Texas Prolific, Old Homestead, Kentucky Wonder

/Na under ;ill three iiuiues and liked everywhere pole beans are grown.

^Iiwi 10/ Planted in late summer or early full it begins to bear in about 50 days
and all through fall and until frost it puts on heavier crops of its extra large, deli¬
ciously flavored pods than from early spring plantings. You can al)Solutely depend
on this bean doing its full duty right up to tlie time of killing frost. Pods 0 to 12
inches long, well rounded out, meaty, tender and practically stringiess. Immensely
prollflc, a peck of green pods having been picked from a single vigorous vine. If you
have planted it before, you know what we say is true. Don’t forget to plant some
this summer or fall. Pole bean planting in August or early September is worth
while. Packet, 10 cents; Ya lb., 20 cents; pound, 35 cents; 2 lbs., 65 cents; postpaid.

Not prepaid, 15 lbs. (peck). $3.00; 60 lbs. (bushel), $'ll.00; 100 lbs., $18.00.

McCaslan Pole Bean ( No. 26) i.2

fence. Of Georgia origin and thoroughly adapted to all parts of the South for both
late summer and spring i)lantings. Pods long, deep green in color, meaty, string¬
less and of finest flavor. Color of seed white and the surplus above daily needs al¬
lowed to ripen makes splendid dry shell beans for winter use. We only have about
800 bushels of this finest of all pole beans for this fall’s sales so order early. Packet,

16 cents; % lb., 30 cents; pound, 50 cents; 2 lbs., 90 cents; postpaid. Not prepaid,

15 lbs. (peck), $3.75; 60 lbs. (bushel), $11.00; 100 lbs., $22.50.

Kentucky Wonder Wax ( No. 5 )

ded' form of* Kentucky Wonder,
equal in every respect to that famous variety. Pods are long, very thick, meaty,
deeply saddle-backed, entirely stringless and of bright yellow color. Packet, 10c; %
lb., 25c; lb.. 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; postpaid. Not prepai<l, 15 lbs., $4.25; 100 lbs., $26.00.

Southern Creaseback Pole Bean (No. 1 1 ) I'iXns^-prouflc'!

especially when planted In late summer; it probably has no equal among shell beans
for winter and spring. It quickly becomes stringy and tough so is not very good for
“snaps” but the old Southern favorite for shell beans. Packet, 10c; Yz lb.. 20c; lb.,

35c; 2 lbs., 65e ; postpaid. Not prepaid: 15 lbs. (pk.) , $3.00 ; 60 ibs., $11.00 ; 100 lbs., .$18.00.

Small White Pole Lima(No. 9)

bean. A climbing form of the* Hen¬
derson Bush Lima, and very popular. It’s' very prolific, a hardy grower for “butter
beans” and a continuous bearer of the most tender and delicious beans for the table.

Packet. 10 cents; Vz lb., 25 cents; pound, 40 cents; 2 lbs., 70 cents; postpaid. Not pre¬
paid, 16 lbs. (peck), $3.00; 60 lbs. (bushel), $10.50; 100 pounds, $17.00.

I arcvA lA/hi^A I ima^Nn lfl^ ^he true large lima iiole bean. Vigorous
kdlgV W ■IKC killld ^ iiU. Iw/ grower with extra large greenish white
beans. Packet, 10 cents; Yz lb., 26 cents; pound, 40 cents; 2 lbs., 70 cents; postpaid.

Not prepaid, 15 pounds (peck), $3.00; 60 lbs. (bushel), $10.50; 100 lbs., $17.00.

lA/AnrlAN> ^ Ma i7\Most prolific of ail bush limas; of Georgia
i«dwl%9UII wW Uliuei ^ nUi l origin and fully adapted to all parts of the
South. Flourishes in driest weather and practically drought proof. Flavor rich and
delicious. A perfect bush butter bean growing 10 inches to 2 feet high ; good for shell
beans as well as summer and fall use ; splendid for all home gardens. Packet, 10 cents;

% lb., 20 cents; pound, 35 cents; 2 lbs., 65 cents; postpaid. Not prepaid: 15 pounds
(peck), $3.00; 60 pounds (bushel), $11.00; 100 pounds, $18.00.

Fordhook Bush Lima ( Mo. 33 ) SS.n'.rli,:.'’.'

Bushes of strictly erect habit, branching
freely, but all the branches held upright.

This is a true bush form of what is known
as the potato or large, thick seed Imsli lima.

From four to six days earlier than other va¬
rieties of this ciass. Pods :ire found in clus¬
ters of four to eight and are well filled with
delicious large beans that in quality sur¬
pass by far all the other lima beans. Pack¬
et., 10c: Yc lb., 25c; lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; post¬
paid. Not prepaid: 15 lbs., $4.50; 60 lbs.

(bu.), $16.50; 100 ^bs., $’?.7.60.

A true and
improved
bush form of
the large

white lima pole bean with extra large seed-
beans. Bears heavy crops late in the sea¬
son. Packet, 10c : Ys lb., 25c; pound, 45c;

2 lbs., 80c; postpaid. Not prepaid: 15 lbs.,

$4.75; 100 lbs., $28.00.

Henderson Bush most prolific

I Sma ^Na 7^ofallthepurewhiteseed-

Liima ^ ' Jed lima varieties, being a ,J, Prolific— Old Homestead— Kentucky Wonder

true hush form of the small lima or “Sieva.”

Begins to bear with summer pianting in about .hO days. It is one of the most popular v;irietie9
and a wonderful bush bean for every garden in the South. Very ricli, tender and extremely
delicious. See illustration. Packet, 10 cents; M: pound, 20 cents; pound, 35 cents; 2 pounds,
cents; postpaid. Not prepaid: 15 lbs. (peck), ,$2.50; 60 lbs. (bushel), $9.25; 100 lbs., $15.00.

Na 07 \ only true pole lima sure to set pods from ear-
r lOriUA DUXICi D69n^li0i ) Iipst blooms. Will make an abundant crop under
season conditions that cause other v:irieties to fail. Seeds of the Small I.ima or “Sieva” size, but
re speckled white and brownish red. Packet. 10c; y- pound, 25c; pound, 40c; 2 pounds, 70e;
lienderson Bush Lima Bean postpaid. Not prepaid: 15 pounds (peck), $3.25; 60 pounds (bushel), $12.00; 100 pounds, $20.00.

Improved Burpee
Bush Lima(No.34)

H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

Hastings’ Improved Blood Turnip Beet

The South does not appreciate, plant and use beets as much as it
should. Sown thickly the young plants when thinned out make splendid
“greens.” Planted any time up to September 15th they make splendid
young beets for fall and early winter use.

Sow in rich or well manured garden ground after same has
wUllUl e been deeply plowed or spaded. Sow in rows 18 inches to 2
feet apart, scattering seed thinly. In this latitude sow from July to
September 15th ; in P'lorida and Gulf Coast sections plantings can be
made from September to January. Seed is rough and the soil should be
firmed or rolled if the ground is dry. When two or three inches high
thin out to four or five inches apart in the row. Young beet plants are
superior to spinach and turnips for “greens.” In light sandy soils cover
seed 2 inches ; in stiff clay not over 1 inch. Quantity of seed required :
1 ounce to 50 feet of row; 6 to 8 pounds per acre. Y’oung beets ready for
use in 50 to 70 days, according to variety.

Hastings’ Improved Blood Turnip Beet

(No. 45)i

riety for home use and nearby markets. An improvement by
our growers over the Early Blood Turnip Beet. Color a deep blood red.
A fine even form, very uniform in growth, as shown in our illustration
from a photograph; medium early and very productive, tender, free from
stringiness and very sweet, good for either home or market use and
most valuable variety for succession sowings. Packet, 6c; oz., 10c; %
lb., 35c; lb., .$1.25; postpaid. 10-lb. lots, not prepaid, $1.00 per pound.

Of turnip shape,
_ . .very uniform in

size, shape and color. Sweet and tender and in favorable seasons it has
been ready for use in 6 weeks from time of sowing. A splendid all-sea¬
son beet. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; ^ pound, 35c; pound, $1.25;
postpaid. Ten-pound lots or over, not prep.aid, $1.00 per pound.

An extra early market gar¬
deners' beet. A quick
grower, producing smooth, rather flattened, turnip-shaped roots. When
young, flesh is sweet and tender, but becomes stringy with age, and we
do not advise for home garden use. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; V4.
pound, 30 cents; pound, $1.00; postpaid. Ten-pound lots or over, not
prepaid, 85 cents per pound.

Hastings’ Eclipse Blood Turnip Beet(No.40)

Hastings’ Crimson King(No. 46)

Extra Early Egyptian ( No. 42 )

most popular market gardeners’ beet for the South as well as a fav-
orite for home gardens for summer and fall planting. Fine form, smooth and free from stringy roots. Small top. rapid grower. Color
a deep red. which it retains fully after being cooked; quality extra fine, very sweet and tender, a heavy bearer and its handsome ap¬
pearance makes it an easy seller when placed on the market either locally or for long distance shipments. Packet, 5c; ounce, 10c; 14
pound, 35c; pound, $1.25; postpaid. Ten-pound lots or over, not prepaid, $1.00 per pound.

Lentz’ Extra Eaflv^ No. 50^ splemUd variety which is a
kCIlCA <1 bariy ^ nu. uU^ great favorite for market gar¬

deners in certain parts of Florida for shipment to Northern markets
Nearly as early as the Egyptian but larger and of extra fine .quality Color
a deep blood red, tender and sweet at all stages of growth. Small top and
in favorable seasons can be used in 6 to 7 weeks from sowing. Very pro¬
ductive, a splendid keeper and shipper. If you want a first quality, extra
early beet, the Lentz will please you. It has become the leader of all
early varieties in the South and its qualities are all that could be desired
Our growers have been breeding this beet for years with the utmost care
and we ask that you plant it. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; % pound
50 cents; pound, $1.50; postpaid. '

AN HONEST CONVICTION-GOOD SEEDS

For 30 years Hastingfi has worked for a goal and we honestly believe
we reached the goal June 1, 1920, the end of our fiscal year, being head
and shoulders over every other seed house in America, This goal or
ideal was to sell only the highest grade of seeds in the world, of va¬
rieties adapted to the South, under our own supervision by our own
growers, direct to the largest number of customers of any seed house.

Hastings’ Fclipse Blood Turnip Beet

The best beet seed in the world is gro%vn in France. The best
beet seed growers live in Franco, and Hastings* Beet seed of
all varieties comes from those best French growers; beet seed which,
when planted here in the South, makes the smoothest, cleanest, finest
formed beets that can be grown.

Long Smooth Blood Beet ( No. 49 ) fn the'^ sXl; ;^Thas

long, smooth, hlootl-red roots growing well down into the soil, enabling it
to resist drought and heat. A few of these should be planted in every gar¬
den for use after all the other varieties are gone. This beet can be stored
or banked for later use, as it keeps well, and although it is large it is of
exceptionally good quality and flavor. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents;
Vi pound, 35 cents; pound, $1.25; postpaid. Ten-pound lots or more, not
prepaid, $1.00 per pound.

Half-Long Blood Beet(No. 44)

our Improved Blood Turnip Beet and the Long Smooth. Color a deep blood
red, smooth and free from stringy roots. In quality it is tender and sweet
and remains in good condition for a long time after maturity. Packet, 5
cents; ounce, 10 cents; pound, 30 cents; pound, $1.00; postpaid. Ten-
pound lots or over, not prepaid, 85 cents i>er pound.

HASTINGS’ SUPERIOR GARDEN BEET SEED

II. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, .Itlanta, Georgia

MANGELS AND HALF SUGARS

FOR STOCK FEED THESE BEETS BRING RETURNS

Every yeiir sees an increase in tiie number of farmers in the South who plant a crop of Mangel
or Half-Sugar beets for stock or feeding purposes. It is almost impossible to find crops that
will give greater returns for the small amount of time and fertilizer spent on them than Man¬
gels, Sugar beets and White Belgian carrots. They are all immense yielders under good cultiva¬
tion and make an agreeable change of food for any animal kept on dry forage throughout the
winter. In dairy cattle the increased flow of milk and generally improved conditions of the animals
in the spring will show their great value. Have your ground deeply plowed, then well harrowed
until smooth. In the Middle South seed should be sown only in the spring, but in Florida and
along the Gulf Coast planting can be made all through the fall and winter. Make rows 2V2 to 3
feet apart, planting seed at the rate of about 10 pounds per acre. Both the Mangel and Half-
Sugar beets are equally profitable for stock feeding. Where their value is known almost every
farmer plants from one to ten pounds of seed each year, and they find that it pays them well.

Jumbo Long Red Mangel ( No. 4 1 ) a1l*’the^true\langel beets. Unf^ortu-

nately the seed supply of Jumbo Mangel is again short this year. Roots grow from one-half
to two-thirds above the surface and are usually eighteen inches to two feet long and four to
six inches in diameter. The tonnage, or yield, per acre on rich or well fertilized ground is
something immense. The Jumbo Mangel or the White French Half-Sugar Mangel ought to be
planted on every farm in the South where cows are kept through the winter. They are certain¬
ly the greatest stock feed you can find and the increased flow of milk through the winter
makes the growing and feeding well worth your while. Ounce, 10 cents pound, 25 cents;
pound, 75 cents; postpaid. In 10-pound lots or over, not prepaid, 50 c^nts per pound.

White French Half-Sugar Mangel ( No. 5 1 ) ".r™ & ,o Se"'i

choice between this and the Jumbo Long Red Mangel. Our inclination is always to plant some
of both. While possibly not quite as heavy a yielder per acre as the Jumbo Long Red its very
considerable sugar content makes it especially valuable in fattening cattie and insuring a flow
of richer milk in dairy or milk cows. It is as easily grown in the South as the garden variety
of beet and should lie let grow until frost to secure the largest yields. Roots are very large,
smooth clean skin, of oval shape and grow with the top of the bulb two or tliree inches above
ground and consequently are more easily pulled. We recommend .a general planting of both
this and the Jumbo Mangel for they are both worth while on any farm where cows are kept.
Ounce, 10c; % pound, 25c; pound, 75c; postpaid. Ten-pound lots, not prepaid, 60c per pound.

Swiss Chard Beet or Sea Kale ( No. 43 ) into popular favor more rapidly

than Swiss Chard or Sea Kale as it is frequently called in Europe. It is grown for its leaves
only as it does not make a bulbous, edible root like the other varieties. The leaves grow large
and upright and as the outer leaves are cut more come from the center.

The mid-rib or center stem of each leaf is large and almost white and after trimming can be
cooked and served like asparagus. The leaf part can be cooked like spinach or turnip greens
or if desired the whole leaf can be boiled ajid served as “greens.” There is a delicious, delicate

flavor not found in either turnips or kale. Packet, 5c;
oz., 15c; % lb., 50c; lb. $1.50; postpaid.

BRUSSELS SPROUTS

A very highly esteemed member of the cabbage fam¬
ily, especially desirable for late summer and fall
planting in Florida and the Gulf Coast section. The
“sprouts” are miniature cabbages, growing closely on
the stalk of the plant, a small head being formed at
each leaf joint. Plants are quite hardy and live through
the winter in all parts of the Lower South. Quality and
flavor are much improved by frost. Sow seed in July,

August or September and when plants are four to six
inches high transplant to open ground, like cabbage.

Improved Dwarf Brussels

^ J, /U CO \ The most desirable variety

dprOUTS L NO* j for the South, producing
compact “sprouts” of the very best quaiity. Packet,

10c; ounce, 35c; 14 lb., $1.25; pound, $4.00; postpaid.

l vegetable very closely related
to cauliflower, from which it is
supposed to have come. In culture it is the same as

that for cauliflower, and in the Southern States, unless , j „ mi,

you are an expert cauliflower grower, Broccoli will make a surer header for you. There are many
also kept from growing cauliflower by the high price of the seed. To those we recommend Broccoln
DmaoamIS/Ma I'l'e Cape Broccoli is the best type for the South

White USpG tsroccoil L NO. OOj ^nd you will do well to have it in your garden

this year. Packet, 15 cents; ounee, 75 cents; postpaid.

Big Jumbo Mangel Beet

Dwarf Brussels Sprouts

PLANT A REAL GARDEN THIS FALL

Money saving and health saving are both worth while and the right kind of a
garden this fall with a dozen or more kinds of vegetables in it is both a money and health
saver. Every mess of vegetables from the garden that takes place of food bought at the
store knocks holes in your bill at the merchants.

Every mess of vegetables from the garden helps tone up the system, making unnecessary
both drug store bills and trips to see the doctor. ^ • i ** v i*i

Give the 19*^0 fall garden a square deal and see what it will do yj*/* better health
and money saving. With the terribly high food prices this year tlie faU home garden for
fresh vegetables until killing frost and dried or home canned vegetables for winter is retU y
imperative. You should have something you can eat from your garden every day in the
year. The Hastings' garden is this kind of garden. Is yours.

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//. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

CABBAGE

Stein’s Early
Flat Dutch
(No.

ty for South Texiis an<l
(Julf Coast sections. Just
a little later titan tlie
Early Dwarf Fhit Dutch
Imt larger aiifl firmer.
Hollis in (rood condition
for a long time after be¬
ing cut. Desiralde for
liotli market and home
gardening. Packet, 10c:
V2 oz., 20c; oz., 35c; %
lit.. $1.00; lb., $3.50.

Early Summer
(No. 122) i.e'';;-"?;:'

ly catibage, ten days to
two weeks later than the
.Tersey IVakefiidd. It has
a modiittn sized head,
very uniform in size and
sliape and of extra good
flavor. It does splendid¬
ly planted in the South
in the bite summer and
fall. Pkt., 10c; Vj oz.,
20e; oz.. 35c; postpaid.

Green Glazed
(No. ii2)e,r,„;”f

riety, resistant to inseei
atttieks. I-kt., 10 cents; 3
packets, 25 cents,

Hastings’ Centennial Date Flat Hpfch Cabbage — The (irc-atcst Cropper Knoivp

Hastings’ Genuine Surehead Cabbage

Hastings’ Centennial Flat Dutch Cabbage

/Uq i |n\ This is beyond question the best of the large cabbages for
1 ■ iwy planting for winter and spring maturity in the South. It is
both a heat and cold resisting sort and its exceedingly great vigor in growth
makes success under conditions where other varieties fail. Has proven very
resistant to winter freezes. It's a large, well flattened tvpe of cabbage that
holds up fine in long-distance shipping. On very rich soil there is a tendency
to grow too large, but
this is easily controlled
liy rather close planting.

A fine variety for botli
home and market gar¬
deners. See illustration
lielow. Pkt., 10c; *4 oz..

20c: oz., .35c: % lb.,

$1.00; lb., .$3.50.

Sow seed in drills, 6 inches apart across
wHI&UrC finely prepared bed. 5 or 6 per inch. Cover
seed % inch in heavy soils, inch in light sandy soils ;
firm the soil after pbinting and water the bed thorough¬
ly. Keep beds moist but not wet. Transplant on cloudy
da.v, just before a rain or in late afternoon when plants
are about six inches tall, with only the leaves left above
the surface. Cultivate very shallow but frequently. For
fall planting, one ounce of seed nsually makes about
1000 plants; 14 to % pound .«eed per acre.

Hastings’ Genuine Surehead

^Nn Probably the most popular and most gen-

^liUi I £.U J erally planted in the South of all varieties
of cabbage. It is the result of a • cross between Early
Flat Dutch and one of the Drumhead varieties, resulting
in a supurb medium sized hard headed caliltage of mid¬
season m.aturity. Surehead is an exceptionally good va¬
riety for late summer and early fall plantings in Florida
and Gulf Coast sections for maturing in winter. A very
vigorous grower and very uniform in size, shape and col¬
or. Packet, 10 cents; 14 ounce, 20 cents; ounce, 35 cents;
% pound, $1.00; pound, $3..50.

Hastings’ Sure Crop S'“®r‘ound va-

/Ujs 101 \ rieties. Equally good for home use or
V**"* lUiy shipment. Oti good rich soil with proper
cultivation it makes heads weighing from 8 to Impounds.
Very firm and solid, uniform in shape and well flattened.
Quality is most excelient, being crisp and tender and
when riglitfully cared for scarcely a plant fails to form
a good head. Color a dark green, holding up well after
being cut. Good late summer variety. Packet, 10c. %
ounce, 20c; ounce, 35c; % lb., $1.00; lb., $.3.50; postpaid.

FlnriHa Dnimhoatrl f^orliest and best for all
rionaa ft^rumneaci the southern states and
^No i years has held its supremacy for

v'*'*' ' '”/ market, shipment and home use. Resists
well both heat and cold; a short-stemmed, medium early
variety, growing compactiy, tlie leaves turning in.
Large head, well flattened on top. Packet, 10 cents; %
ounce, 20 cents; ounce, 35 cents; postpaid.

II. G. Ila.^tings Co., Sep(1.^7>ie)i, Atlanfa, Georgia

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Hastings’ Long Island Wake¬
field Cabbage (No. 105)

surest header of any of the Wakefield varieties.

Earlier, larger and finer bred than other strains
of Charleston Wakefield, to 2 pounds heavier,
firmer, better shaped and more solid than our
selected Early Jersey Wakefield. In good soil
and favorable weather conditions it is often
ready for use in 50 days from transplanting. It
is the right variety for those desiring the best
pointed cabbage. It makes a splendid first early
cal)liage for home use. Seed of Wakefiebi varie¬
ties especiall.V short. Packet, lOo; •/. oz., 20c; oz.,

35c; Vi lb., $1.25; pound, $4.00; postpaid.

Selected Early Jersey Wake-

fSAl#l/llA Almost every one knows

Tieia^nOi luo; ,iie popular Early Jersey
Wakefield cabbage. Comparatively few know
the superiority of our strain of this variety. It’s
grown with the greatest care, and a well-culti¬
vated crop shows the greatest regularity of size,
shape and solidity. If you are growing the
Early Wakefield you cannot afford to be without
our e.xtra select seed. It pays to use it. Packet,

10c; Va oz., 20c; oz., .33c; lb., $1.25; lb., .$4.00.

Early WInnIngstadt (No. 104)

Au old favorite variety planted almost entirely
for early family use. Heads weigh 1% to 2 lbs.
and are pointed. I'aekel, 10 cents; ounce, 20
rents; ounce, ^^5c; yi lb., $1.25; lb., .$1.00.

Succession (No. I

a r' liable header, long a favorite with Southern
market gardeners and shippers. A good second
early and is a splendid general-purpose cabbage
for fall plantings. Packet, 10c; % oz., 20e; oz.,

35c; 14 ll>.. $1.00; Ib., $3.50; postpaid.

All Seasons(No. 100) ‘S.Ef S

past few years, is a most valuable cabbage for
the South. Heads are large and solid, flattened
on top. It is a good relialde header and resists
heat and drought well. Premier Brand, Packet,

10c; Vs oz., 20c; oz., 35c; % lb., $1.00; 11)., $3.50.

Blood Red Erfurt(No. 1 17)

Best red cabbage for the South. Medium size
and a sure header. Most largely used for pick¬
ling purposes. Packet, lOo; Va oz., 20c; oz., 35c;

V4, pound, $1.25; pound, $4.00; postpaid.

All-Head Early (No. 121) g“ad EaJ:

ly” is an early flat headed variety that is a
sure header with half a chance and is well
named on account of its few outer leaves and
medium sized, very firm solid heads. About
one week earlier than the old favorite “Early
Summer” and is the finest in existence for
this type. Packet, lOc; Vs oz., 20c; oz., 35c;

V4, Ih., $1.00; lb., $3.50.

Chinese or Celery Cabbage
PeTsai(Mo.

larity in California as well as in many parts
of the Piast where it is used in salads like
celery, or cut up like cabbage in cold slaw.

Our experience shows that Chinese Cabh.ige
had best be planted in early fall in Florida
and Gulf Coast sections for it quickly runs
to seed when maturing in hot weather.

Properly speaking it does not belong to
the cabl>age family as we know it and does
not assume the celery-like form as shown in
our illustration unless the. plant as it grows
is hanked up or the leaves tied up over tlie
center to hold it in upright position and
blanching the inner leaves and leaf stems.

If left to grow without banking or tying up
the leaves will spread out something like
Cos or Romaine lettuce.

Failure to bank up as described above has
led to disappointment for those growing it
the first time. It grows quickly and makes
a large yield on anything like good soil. A
piece of low, moist rich, garden ground will
usually give splendid results.

Drill seed thinly in rows two feet apart,
thinning plants to C inches in the row when
well up. Packet, 10 cents; Vz ounce, 20 cents;
ounce, 33 cents; Vi pound, $1.00; pound, $3.30;
postpaid. P© Tsai — The Finest in Flavor and Quality of All Chinese Cabbages

Hastings’ Long Island Wakefield, the Best Large Early Pointed Cabbage of All

Charleston Wakefield (No. 107)

and weighs about one pound more to the head. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents;
ounce, 35 cents; ^/4 pound, $1.25; pound, $4,00.

Premium Late Flat Dutch(No. 1 19)

SO firm and solid in heading. An old favorite in many parts of the South. Packet,
10 cents; Vz ounce, 20 cents; ounce, 35 cents; ^ poun<l, $1.00; postpaid.

N. Carolina Buncombe (No. 102) ifK

Carolinas. Packet, 10 cents.

Perfection Drumhead Savoy (No. 1 03 ) SS £

est of all cabbages. As this varirfy does not head well in hot weather, it is pre¬
eminently a home garden variety t“ planting in late summer and fall for heading up
during late fall and winter. Frosts improve the quality and flavor. I.eaves beautifully
crumpled and "savoyed” with a distinct sliade of color. Packet, 40 cents; Vz ounce,
20 cents; ounce, 35 cents; Vi pound, $1.23; pound, $4.00; posti>aid.

//. G, Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

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OUR GIUT EDGE CAULIFLOWER— The best Early Cauliflower for the Southern States

COI_l_ARDS great many people look upon the lowly col-
.... .lard or “Georgia Cabbage” as some jokinglj

to it, as something not worth while growing. Now there are
thousands of collard patches scattered over the South, and most
Southern people like them. The col-
lard is an old-time favorite adapt¬
ed to ail parts of the South, and as
a producer or “greens” for boiling
in winter and spring it has no
equal. It will pay you to have a
collard patch just to gi*-e your coavs
an occasional taste of "green stuff."

Sow any time up to September 15th.

When plants are (i. inches high
transplant to open ground, settin.g
plants 2 feet apart in the row. Cul¬
tivate like cabbage and sow one
ounce of seed to 200 feet of row.

Cabbage seed is high and scarce
this year and Georgia collard
makes a fine substitute.

Southern or Georgia

^Nn I This v.arii ; y is the old

'***'• ' timefavorii Stands

all sorts of adverse conditions with¬
out injury. Is very hardy, slanding
winters as-far north as Atlania, In
many places where the soil is too
poor to grow cabbage, the ollard
grows easily and makes a gr^.id ; ub-
stltute for cabbage. Packet, 5c:
ounce, 10c; % pound, 35c; lb., 75c.

We import all of our Cauli¬
flower seed direct from the most
reliable growers in Europe. No
Cauliflower seed of value is pro¬
duced in the United States. We
sell the highest grade of seed
and do not charge you 50e to
$1.0t> per ounce extra for Red,
Yellow or Blue Seals on package.

Does best in rich
wUILUrv . tilled soil;
will do in a well-manured soil.
Sow in seed bed at same time
as cabbage. Transplant when 3
or 4 inches high ; giA’e plenty
of water in dry Aveather. Keep
wet, hoe thoroughly and often.
In Florida and along the Gulf
sow the seed in September, Oc¬
tober and November.

Our Gilt Edge (No. 85)

We introduced Gilt Edge
Cauliflower in the South in 18!).3.
We have watched ail new intro¬
ductions closely, and we have
not found in the last 27 years a
Variety that conies anywhere
rear being its equal, for either
fall or spring planting.

"Gilt Edge” is rightly named.
It is “Gilt Edge” in every re¬
spect. It is the largest, most
perfect and surest header of all
the early varieties, and in qual¬
ity it is unexcelled. One speci¬
men Avas sent to our store by a
gardener which, when the leaves
were trimmed off, weighed 7
lbs. and 8 oz., the largest head
if early cauliflower we have
ever seen in the South.

In general appearance. Gilt
Edge is like Snowball, but is
much larger, a sure header, and
stands much longer without de¬
cay than any other. Cauliflower
should be more generally grown
and there is no variety equal
to Gilt Edge where a sure crop
of the finest quality is wanted.
Packet, 25c; % ounce, 75s; %
ounce, $1.25; ounce, $2.25; %
pound, $8.00; pound, $30.00.

Early-Snowball

/IJu fine early variety,

\ I*®* second only in value

to the Gilt Edge. Pkt, 20c; %
oz., 65c; Mj oz., $1.15; oz., $2.00;
% pound, .$7.50; pound, $28.00; postpaid,

EXTRA EARLY PARIS WHITE (No. 87), I,E NORMAND’S
SHORT STE.AI (No. 88), AUTU5IN GIANT (No. 90), LARGE LATE
ALGIERS (No. 89) — all good, AAcll knoAvn varieties. Each: Pkt.,

10c; ounce, 60c; ounce, $1.00; %
pound, $3.00,

Chervil(No. 131)

seasoning or salad with lettuce.
Hroaclcast in October or November
for winter or spring use. Packet,
10 Cents.

Water (No. 133)— Pack¬
et, 10c; ounce, 40c; %
pound, $1.25. Pxtra Curled or Im-
jiroved Pepper Grass — Tastes same
as Water Cress. Extra Curled (No.
132) — Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10
cents; % pound, 25 cents; lb., 76c.

Cress

Corn Salad or Fetticus

True Southern or Georgia Collard

The SOUTHERN RURALIST Comes Twice a Month

Large Green Cabbaging (No. 194)
— This is used for salad dressing
during winter and spring. We find
it does best sown in drills 9 inches
apart. Packet, 10 cents.

Early Green Curled
(No. 193) — The best
variety. When nearly grown tie
up or shade heads while dry for
blanching. Packet, 6c; ounce, 16c;
$4 pound, 50c; pound, $1.50.

Endive

CAULIFLOWER

H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

1]

HASTINGS' CARROT SEED

PRICES INCLUDE PAYMENT OF POSTAGE

Carrots deserve a more general cultiva-
wUI&UrV? tjon in the South. The young, tender
roots are excellent stewed or boiled, either alone or
with meat, as well as for seasoning and for flavoring
soups. Select rich or well manured soil worked deep,
because this is a deep rooted crop and the soil should
be prepared deep enough to allow the roots to pene¬
trate the soil without difficulty. Sow 1 ounce of seed to
100 feet of row in shallow drills, 1(1 to 18 inches apart, in
August and September. In Florida and along the Gulf
Coast sow seed from September to December. Make
several sowings about two weeks apart so you will have
a succession crop. When plants are well started, thin
out to four inches apart in the row. Cultivate frequent¬
ly, keeping the ground free from weeds and grass.

Chantenay(No. 65)

best oj' its class. It’s a half-long sort unexcelled in
quality and productiveness. 'Very uniform in growth.

Flesh deep golden orange color. Roots 3 inches in di¬
ameter at top, about five inches in length, gradually
tapering in a very symmetrical manner to the base.

Packet, 5c; ounce, 10c; 14 pound. 35c; pound, $1.‘35.

Red St. Valery(No. 67)

growth, of large size, from 10 to 12 inches in length, a. , -i •

and from 2 to 3 inches in diameter at the top, tapering gradually throughout. Rich, deep coloring,
and free from hard core. A favorite with many of our customers, especially in sections subject to
drought. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; T4 pound, 30 cents; pound, $1.00.

Malf I nno- /Ma 71 \ A favorite with market gardeners and for home use.
"<■11 Id ^ WOi I I ! Bright scarlet color and of fine flavor. Packet, 5 cents;

ounce, 10 cents; 44 pound, 30 cents; pound, $1.00.

Danver’s Intermediate orange color.

(No.68),„,

ounce, 15 cents

Oxheart or Guerande Carrot

very smooth and finely

Chantenuy Half>L.ong Carrot

Oxheart or Guerande ( No. 66 )

other half-long variety. Packet, 5 cents;
% pound, 35 cents; pound, $1.25.

Improved Long Orange eTy.’ rootsTngVd^ o^

fNo 69^ “ deep rich orange color. A very heavy cropper, so
** '**'/ heavy in fact that it is profitable to grow for stock
feed, although in quality it is a table carrot. Packet, 5 cents;
ounce^ 15 cents; 44 pound, 35 cents; pound, $1.25.

This fine variety is the best of the shortened, thick -
formed carrots. Roots are four inches wide at top
Length from five to six inches. Roots are very free from
Both skin and flesh are highly colored. Being very

and taper to a 2-inch diameter at bottom,
hard core and of the finest quality for table use.
short they are easily pulled from the ground, where the long sorts often have to be dug in “heavy
soil. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 44 pound, 35 cents; pound, $1.25.

Large White Belgian Carrot(No. 70) ?egini^"| to be^appS/e" in°tt lirh‘

Foi* Stock Food Onlv most valuable is the Belgian Carrot, an immense crop

rwi wiiiy ppp having produced as high as 20 tons of roots ner acre. In the

Central South they are easily kept for feed all through the winter, while in the Lower South they
can be left in the ground all winter and pulled as needed. The use of carrots in connection with dry
feed helps keep the animals in good condition, and in milk or dairy cattle the flow of milk is largely
increased. One thing must be remembered when large crops are wanted and that is that the crop
must be fed with manure or commercial fertilizers in proportion. Sow in drills 3 feet apart, using i
pounds of seed per acre. When well up thin out the plants to 6 inches apart. They should be grown
on land that has been previously cultivated and worked deeply. Give thorough cultivation througli-
out the season. Packet, 5c; oz., 10c; 44 lb.,. 25c; lb., 75e. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots, 60c a pound.

I For late summer and fall planting celery is strictly a crop for Florida and the

lower Gulf Coast country, sections not ordinarily subject to extreme cold during the
J winter. It is a most important commercial crop for Florida and there is no reason
why it should not be just as largely and successfully grown in Southwest Texas as a market crop.

Celery requires rich and moist soil. If not rich it can be made so by proper fertiliz-
wui&uic j^g. jjj Florida and Gulf Const section sow seed in August and September in shaded
beds, covering seed not over half-inch. W’hen 6 inches high transplant to open ground. Celery
planted as above should be ready for market in following March and April. This crop frequently
brings in as high as $1,500.00 per acre.

GOLDEN SELF-BLANCHING (No. 77) French Grown Seed

A variety for market gardeners. Any but French grown seed of this variety is worthless. We have
imported seed direct from originator. Packet, 10 cents; 44 ounce, 60 cents; ounce, $1.00; 44 pound,
$3.00; pound, $12.00. Price has been $23.00 a pound for this highest quality.

f Ma 7P\ Our finest variety for general planting in the South on the
SaVallllan IrlaiKd ^ llOi ‘Of lighter classes of both sandy and clay soils. Strong, vigor¬
ous grower and will make a large crop where other sorts fail altogether. Large, solid and of first-
class flavor. Stalks when well blanched are clear white and centers are light golden yellow. When
quickly grown it is crisp and tender, making a fine appearance in market. Not recommended as a
market variety for shipping from Florida. Packet, 10c; ounce, 15c; 44 pound, 50c; pound, .$1,50,
lUI— f M A Stalks rounded, crisp and solid. Its flavor is fully

iviexican 90110 i^eiery^ NO. OU; equal to that grown in the famous Kalamazoo
(Mich.) celery district, having the rich, nutty flavor so desirable in celery. Packet, 10 cents; ounce.
15 cents ; 44 pound, 50 cents ; pound, $1.50.

White Plume(No. 76)— Giant Pascal(No. 79) ferr’ed by many planters.

Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 44 pound, 50 cents; pound, $1..50.

_/|j_ 7C\ or Turnip Rooted Celery. It is mostly used for flavoring. Cultivate the
^“1“. loC ^ no. lOf same as for celery except that it requires no hilling up. Packet, 6 cents;
ounce, 15 cents; 44 pound, 50 cents.

Savannah Market Celery

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II. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

Finest Cucumber on Earth — Extra Dark Strain
of Hastings' White Spine Cucumber for Southern
Truck Growers.

Hastings' Best Cucumber Seed

There has been a steady increase in the planting of cucunil)ers all over the South in
summer and fall during late years, and limited fall plantings are usually found to
be more profitable than in spring. In this latitude cucumbers are planted in July
and August and later farther South. In Florida and along the Gulf Coast August
and September plantings are profitable as a shipping crop. If insects trouble you.
dust the plants with Bug Death, the safe but sure insecticide. See page 2C.
^ll|*ll|aA Plant in hills, four feet .apart each way. Where well-rotted manure
WUILUIC jg obtain.able work a Large shovelful of it into eacli hill. Plant 8 to
10 seeds in each hill. <'oveiang inch in clay soils or 1 inch in sandy soils, and
when rough leaves have formed thin out to 4 in each hill. One ounce of seed will
plant 00 hills, or use 'J pounds per acre.

HASTINGS’WHITESPINE(No. ISO) SliSck!

irSnAct pYtra Darlr CtraSn ^or the gardener, for nearby markets

^ * "^^* *■ “^••* "' ^^* ••*** and the family garden. Our illustration

on this page shows its size and shape perfectly. On size, shape and prolificness it’s
right for all purposes. For the cucumber shipper it has the great advantage of
“holding up" in color during long distance shipping, reaching market with the same
fresh ai)i)earance that it had on the vine in the field. Always crisp, tender and fine
looking, and in color it's just the right shade of green. Packet, 5c; ounce, 10c; %
pound, 3Uc; pound, $1.00; postpaid. Ten-pound lots, not prepaid, 85 cents a pound.

TUriCI AMnilCF the Klondike was origin-

I rib introduced we were much

/U|l iQ4\ impressed with many of its good points, but it was so irregular thar
^llUi lOHJ ,i||] not care to cat.-ilogue it until it had been bred up to a satisfac
tory strain. We have now a speeial strain which is n'gular in size, color and growth
and we are sure that you will be pleased with it. It’s a very attractive dark green
variety with a green th.it stays for days after being picked and shipped. The cu
cumbers are 7 to 8 inches long, 2 to 2% inches in diameter and very regular in size
and shape. Extra early, very crisp and unsurpassed for slicing. When young makes
excellent fdckles. I*r<dific. very hardy and a sure croi)per. Packet, 5c; oz., 10c:
% lb., 30c: pound, $1.00; postpaid. 10-lb. lots or over, not prepaid, 85c a pound.

Dorf Atfs* almost ideal cucumber in shape, rich

ft/dVIS rerieci wubumuer green color; it is uniform and regu-

/Nn *br in size: exceedingly tender and as a .slicing cucumber for the table

^nUi I lUJ ig almost unsurpassed. This is a favorite with shippers in some parts
of Florida and Texas; it is almost seedless one-third of its length from the stem
end, and the seeds that are contained in it when in slicing condition are so small
and tender that they are almost unnoticable. It is an exceedingly prolific variety.
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; % pound, 35 cents; pound, $1.35; postpaid.

Obe of the most recent introductions, and
EidFiy roriune \^uteumut;r jg very much Uked by market gardeners
/■Jn 17*!^ ib parts of Florida and Texas as a variety for shipment to Northern
I •*!/ markets during the fall months, holding as it does its dark green color
for many days after picking. Early Fortune is of a very deep green color and does
not show up much white color before maturing as does most of the old strains of
the White Spine. Stays plump and fine looking long after reaching markets in the
North. It’s of good shape and of very regular growth. Packet, 5c; ounce, 10c; %
pound, 30c; pound, $1.00; postpaid. Ten-lb. lots or over, not prepaid, 85c per lb.

Improved Long Green ( No. 1 8 1 ) 8“ 5!?,. Si

good size and holds the dark green color until well matured. Crisp, tender and free
from bitterness, making a splendid slicing cucumber. When 3 or 4 inches long it is
fine for pickling. A good variety for planting at all times, from earliest spring to
late summer and fall. Packet, 5c; ounce, 10c ; % pound, 35c; pound, $1.25; postpaid.

JAPANESE CLIMBING CUCUMBER sifmme? an^eaDy

/■Jn ^bll planting, being a specially vigorous grower. The young plants

^nUt are bushy, but as soon as they become well established begin to climb

and may be grown on fences, poles or trellises. With this cucumber the product of
a given area can be Increased three-fold. Fruit is 10 to 12 inches in lejigth, of a fine
dark green color; flesh is thick and firm, never bitter, has few and very small seeds
and is fine for pickling as well as slicing. It is a very prolific variety and the fruits
being raised well above the ground nexaw suffer from wet weather or insects. The
vines are practically proof against mildew and continue bearing until very late.
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; % pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.50; postpaid.

Our Everbearing Cucumber ^;!“fe'|.a?den”on iZnnt oTiPs‘^vi"r-

/Na bearing character; first fruits are ready very early, then the vines

yiiUi iOOy continue to flower and produce fruits continually until killed by frost,
whether the ripe cucumbers are picked or not, thus differing in this respect from
all other varieties. A single vine would show at the same time cucumbers in every
stage of growth. Splendid for slicing although size is rather small, hut they are
perfect in shape and of a fine green color and just the right size for pickling. Pack¬
et, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 44 pound, 35 cents; pound, $1.25; postpaid.

I Amnn ClinimhAr^Nn 174^ prolific ami finest flavored of

^ ■ ■‘*/ all cucumbers: size and shape of lemon.

Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; 44 pound, 65 cents; pound, $2.00; postpaid.
RiaiFf Raks ^ Mn I^C^ Fruits sometimes 15 to 20 inches long. Largest of
”*•■**“ fNSI A ^ mil I lOJ ji[)g foj. home gardens. Packet, 10 cents;

aunce, 15 cents; 44 pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.50; postpaid.

FraniA / Na IR9^ ^ bne, well-known variety. Early Frame is a
■y rlAlllC^mii lUAJ desirable variety for home gardens for slicing.
PacKet, 5 cents: ounce, 10 cents; 44 pound, 30 cents; pound, .$1.00.

RS«^IcIa/Na Chicago Pickle is a Standard pickling vari-

^ mil lOwy hyj pjjjj he sliced if allowed to mature.

Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 44 pound, 35 cents* pound, $1.25:

Early GreenCluster(No. 178)

5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 44 pound, .35 cents; pound, $1.25.; postpaid.

A||A|*|cine ^ Ma IR7\ Small fruited, 2 to 3 inches long, well rounded and
\ I W • ^ covei'ed with small spines. For pickling only. Packet,

10 cents; ounce, 25 cents; 44 pound, 75 cents.

H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

13

HASTINGS' EGGPLANT

While this is a crop mostly grown from winter and spring sown seed
in most localities it has been found a most satisfactory and profitable
crop for late fall and winter shipment from South Florida. For
October to January shipment seed should be sown from July to Sep¬
tember. The results from an acre or two of eggplant planted in Flor¬
ida at that season is often surprisingly satisfactory. It is usually
customary to plant % pound seed to furnish plants for 1 acre.

Hastings’ Improved Large Purple Thorn¬
less Eggplant(No. 190)

Eggplant in all the market gardening sections of the South. It has
been grown for 24 years by market gardeners with profitable results
ind in the home gardens with entire satisfaction. Our seed is pure
and the plants thornless. There is no crop we exercise more care in
and in which our constant and continued selections show better re¬
sults. In a properly cultivated crop streaked or off-colored fruit is
almost unknown. Plants are large, strong and vigorous, each plant
producing from 5 to 8 large fruits of dark, rich purple color. The
earliest of all large fruited varieties and always gives satisfaction
with proper cultivation, and the vigor and strength of this variety
makes it less subject to the effect of ‘‘blight” and “dieback” which
is disastrous to this crop in so many sections. Notice the illustra¬
tion from an actual photograph of this best of all eggplants. Pack¬
et, 10 cents; % ounce, '10 cents; ounce, 35c; 44 lb., Sii.'lo; lb., ?4.00.

Florida High Bush (No. 189)

Sets. ‘‘Eggs” are borne higher off the ground, which is advantage¬
ous against “rot” and “blight.” Plants strong, prolific, and of very
fine quality; best for slicing. Dark purple in color, uniform in size'
and shape, thin skin and no waste in solid flesh. Packet, 10c; 44
ounce, 20c; ounce, 35c; postpaid.

Early Long Purple Eggplant (No. 1 88) tfvoritt

&longated early fruiting variety for home use only. Packet, 10c; %
ounce, 20c; ounce, 35c; postpaid.

KALE OR BORECOLE FOR WINTER

We sincerely wish we could get our friends to grow
Kale more extensively, as it is so much superior in
eating qualities tc the collard. Kale is more hardy than cabbage
and will stand through the entire winter In any ordinary season in
the central and Lower South. It is much improved in quality by
being touched by frost. Of all the cabbage tribe this is the most
finely flavored, and it would be more generally grown were its good
qualities more widely known. Sow the seed thinly in drills in Sep¬
tember and October and you should have no trouble in gathering the
finest flavored “greens” you have ever eaten.

Early Green Curled ( No. 200 )

“Dwarf Curled Scotch” and “Siberian.” This is the variety usually
sown in the fall for spring use. It is rather low growing, with fine
curled leaves of deep green color. The young leaves are tender and
delicate in flavor. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10c; 44 pound, 30c; pound,

GREENS

Tall Aroon ClirlArl^Nn to No. 200 except tail growing.

I ail ureen \#uriea \ no. l ) Highest recommendation. Packet, 10
cents; ounce, 15 cents; postpaid.

If This splendid vegetable should be better known in the South, for

^'****""****^“ it is a most desirable one. It’s sort of half waiy between a cab¬
bage and a turnip. While it has many of the characteristics of the cabbage family
the edible part is the bulb (as shown in our illustration) that forms above the ground.
In the lower South and Florida it can be easily grown with August to October sow¬
ings. Seed can be sown tbinly in rows where plants are to stand and thinned to six
Inches apart or sown in beds and transplanted like cabbage. The bulbs which grow
to the size of a medium sized apple have a delicate cabbage-like flavor.

Early White Vienna Kohl-Rabi ( No. 202 ) a^n appie°wben

ready for use, and are of a pale, whitish green color. They are hardy and you can
have nice, tender bulbs all through the fall. When well started, set out as cabbage
plants, and for table use gather bulbs while skin is tender, slice, and cut off the
hard lower portion. Bulbs are of very mild, delicate, cabbage-like flavor, most deli¬
cious. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 30 cents; 44 pound, 90 cents; pound, $3.00; postpaid.

■ ^ hardy

onion-like plant that does
not make a bulb. It has
a long, well thickened neck somewhat re¬
sembling the growth of young onions
spring hut much longer and thicker. The
leek thrives under same general conditions
as onions and Should be cultivated in the
same general manner except that when the
plants begin to get some size the earth
should gradually be drawn up around the
neck so as to blanch the stems or necks
white and increase the tenderness and fine
flavor.

Hastings’ Improved Large Purple Thornless Eggplant — The
Finest Eggplant in the World For All Purposes

GOOD GARDENS CUT STORE BILLS

$1.00; postpaid.

Large Carenten

Early Vienna Knhl-Rahi

Grows to large
size, the stems
I Aolr^Nn proportionately

kclFl% ^ no. f Uw ^ iQi-gg aij(j thick. In
rich soil, well earthed up, the edible por¬
tion is from 6 to 8 inches long by 2 to .’>
inches in diameter. Packet. 10 cents; 44
ounce, 1.5 cents; ounce, 2.5 cents; 44 B*., 75e,

Early (ireen Cnrleil Kale or Borecole

14

H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

Hastings’ Lettuce Seed For Home and Market Crops

Lettuce seed is one of our great specialties, and in addition to supplying over two hundred thousand family gardens each year we sell
tliousands of pounds of highest grade lettuce seed to shippers and market gardeners. Our four great market varieties, BIG BOSTON,
FLOBIDA HEAOEK, DIXIE HARD HEAD and CALIFORNIA CREAM BUTTER, have no equals. The high quality of H.4STINGS’
Lettuce Seed is known everywhere in the South where lettuce is grown, for purity, hardness of heads and slowness to run to seed. Our
lettuce seed is all grown in California by the most careful lettuce seed groiver in the world, and the growing crops are personally in¬
spected by our Mr. Hastings or Mr. Freeborn so as to insure the quality being kept up to the HASTINGS standard. Do you know of any
seed firm where the head of the house, or even an employee, will travel over 6,000 miles each year to see that every possible care is taken
to have the lettuce seed just right? Remember — Hastings’ Lettuce Seed is the finest in the world!

One End of a Field of BIG BOSTON Lettuce Beady for Shipment — Note the Regularity of Growth — Right Seed Does It

Hastings’ Drumbcad Wbife Cabbage I.ettiice

RIGBOSTON^No 910^ illustration shows a field of
DIU DV9 I lettuce from our Big Boston Seed.

It is perfection in that variety, and you cannot buy any Big Boston
Lettuce at any price that is superior to our strain. The heads of this
strain are so firm and solid that almost every head has to be cut open
before the seed stalks can grow. It is a standard market garden and
shipping variety, being grown almost exclusively in many sections for
shipment and for market. Extra large, round, firm heading variety
and makes a good appearance in market. Our seed of this variety is
grown for us by a lettuce seed specialist whom we consider the best
In the world. Our seed of Big Boston is the purest and hardest head¬
ing stock that you can obtain. Packet, 5c; ounce, 15c; % pound, 40c-
pound, $1.25; postpaid. 5-lb. lots or over, $1.00 per lb., not prepaid

HASTINGS’ DRUMHEAD
WHITE CABBAGE LETTUCE

^NO. 211^ steadier sale. It is not a shipping variety, but belongs
V 1 1 / fo tijg crigp leaved class. Superb for home gardens and

nearby markets. When properly grow-n it reaches large size. One
gardener near Gainesville. Florida, produced a single head weighing
nearly 4 pounds. It is always large, ivith outer leaves a clear, light
green color, inside of the head almost pure white. Leaves are large,
extra crisp and tender and entirely free from all bitter taste. Fine
for summer and fail planting in all parts of the South. Packet, 5
cents; ounce, 20 cents; % pound, 65 cents; pound $2.00; postpaid.

HASTINGS’ ICEBERG LETTUCE (No. 216)

A beautiful as well as useful variety. Exceedingly crisp and tender,
Sowing a long time before running to seed. Known as a “crisp leav
ed hard header. Splendid for either open ground planting or for forc¬
ing under glass. Heads of conical shape and medium size. Heads
tightly fold and blanch to a beautiful w'hite. Outer leaves crinkled
and light green, growing closely up around the head. Packet, 5 cents;
ounce, 20 cents; 14 pound, 65 cents; pound, .$2.00; postpaid,

H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen , Atlanta, Georgia

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Hastings' Florida Header — A Superb Shipper

RMaV Kin^/Nn Butter-headed cabbage type; medium small,

****** iiwi light green, tinged very slightly at edges with

brown. Early and especially suitable for all outdoor culture in the South,
heads attaining a size suitable for use before other sorts in open ground. Also
extensively used for forcing, forming very firm heads of medium size and ex¬
cellent quality in the shortest time. May King is a very compact grower and
is very desirable for home garden use as well as for marketing. Packet, 5 cents ;
ounce, 16 cents; ^ pound, 60 cents; pound, $1.50; postpaid.

California Cream Butter or Boyal Cabbage Hettuce

Hastings’ Florida Header(No.2l5)

Florida Header is one of our favorites that has stood
the test of time. IVe have sold it for 23 years, and it is
recognized as one of the leading varieties for either
market or home use. No better variety exists for any¬
one who wants large solid heads; heads quickly, yet Is
slow to run to seed. Very resistent to both heat and
cold, passing through severe freezes practically un¬
harmed. Crisp and tender, and its fine appearance adds
greatly to its selling qualities. In fiel<l tests it held up
and is slower than any other variety except Dixie Hard
Head to run to seed. Packet, 6 cents; ounce, 15 cents;
% pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.25; postpaid. Five-pound
lots or over, $1.00 per pound, not prepaid.

Hastings’ Superba “S 'C.M

I 0i9\ solid, extra large heading

nua fc I fc y variety, especially resistant
to heat. Outside leaves light green, becoming more and
more yellow towards the center. Especially desirable
for home gardens and nearby markets, but not for ship¬
ment. For crispness, tenderness and freedom from bit¬
terness it is unexcelled. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents;
14 pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.50; postpaid.

New Dixie Hard Head Lettuce

(No. 221)

It is such a hard header that it is very
difficult to get it to produce seed. Each
year we are more and more impressed with its great
value, both for the home and market gardener.

In general character of growth and appearance it is
much like the California Cream Butter, but is a much
harder header, presents better appearance in market,
and is slower than any other variety to run to seed.
Heads large and solid. Packet, 6c; ounce, 20c; 14 pound,
65c; lb., $2.00; postpaid, 5 lbs., not nrenaid, $1.80 lb.

New Dixie

Head Fettuco

California Cream Butter (No. 220)

Also known as “Royal” in some localities. Good for
open ground planting at all seasons in the South. Fine
variety for market gardeners and shippers. Heads large
and solid, the inside bleaching to a beautiful cream
yellow when properly grown. The pure strain of this
variety can be distinguished by the small spots on the
outer leaves. Our stock is strictly high grade and of
the purest strain, grown on the California seed farm
that is noted for the production of high quality seed of
this variety. You will be delighted with this sweet,
juicy lettuce. Packet, 6c; ounce, 20c; ^4 pound, e5c;
pound, $2.00; postpaid.

Well Known Varieties of Lettuce

Grand Rapids (No. 214), Improved Hanson (No, 222),
Prize Head (No. 219), B. Seeded Simpson (No. 223), All-
Year-Round (No. 224), Brown Dutch (No. 213), bronze
leaf. Each, packet, 5c; oz., 15c; % lb., 50o; Ib., $1.60;
postpaid. ’

^A/hlte Pans Cos Romalne, the

wwnitc rails Celery Lettuce. Crisp, ten-

^No. 2(7^ and delicate flavor. Packet, 5

y.iw. a. . . y cents; ounce, 16 cents; % pound. 60 cents*
pound, $1.60; postpaid, ' “

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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

BERMUDA ONIONS

A Money Making Vegetable Crop For the South

Hastini:s’ Crystal Wax Bermuda Onion — Pure Waxy White — The Most Attractive Onion in the World— See Kext Page

$100:^ to $600:^ Per Acre Clear Profit

Send For Our Valuable Special Pamphlet On Bermuda Onion Culture

Every year we have hundreds of letters asking for Information
about this crop, and we have prepared a new and up-to-date pam¬
phlet on Bermuda Onion Culture. It gives the methods of the most
successful growers, both with and without irrigation. It takes up
fully the subjects of preparation of soil, fertilizing, cultivation,
seed-beds, transplanting, harvesting, and packing. It takes up the
whole subject and gives all the information necessary to enable the
careful grower to make a successful crop.

No seed firm in this country has been in such close contact with
the Bermuda Onion industry as we have or is in better position to
give you information covering the growth of this crop under the

different conditions existing in the various Southern States. This
crop is being grown successfully and profitably in every Gulf State
and there is plenty of room for thousands of acres more in these
States, both for home markets and shipment.

Onions cannot be grown with the same careless cultivation as cot¬
ton or melons or beans, but for the grower who is willing to give
ill onion crop the care it needs, no more profitable vegetable crop
can be found. Enormous yields can be made, Florida reporting 700
bushels per acre, with Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi not far
behind that. This pamphlet is free. It shows how growers have
cleared $100.00 to $600.00 per acre net profit. You can do likewise.

THE MILLION DOLUR CROP FROM HASTINGS' SEEDS

We Started Bermuda Onions as a Crop

Some 29 years ago we began talking Bermuda Onions as a com¬
mercial crop. We knew the Bermuda Onion and had full confidence
that, once it became known, there would be a market for it that
would put hundreds of thousands of dollars in Southern truck
growers’ pockets. The development of this great industry in Texas,
Florida and other states has justified our judgment fully. It is
now one of the great Southern vegetable crops, the safest, surest
vegetable crop a man can plant right on jear after year. It has
reached its greatest development in Southwest Texas where, dur¬
ing the shipping season, solid train loads of Bermuda Onions leave
daily for Northern and Eastern markets.

While Texas is the most important Bermuda onion growing
state, this crop is assuming larger proportions each year in Flor¬
ida, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.

This development of a new and great industry has been possible
through genuine, good, unmixed seed obtained from Hastings. If
it hadn’t been for Hastings there would probably be no Bermuda
Onion industry in Texas now.

The Bermuda Onion is the safest vegetable crop that you can
grow. It’s adapted to the Southern third of Texas, the coast sec¬
tions of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, all of Florida,
and the valley lands of Southern California. The Bermuda Onion
grower has a sure and steady market for his product. North, South,
East and West, and it seldom nets him less than IV2 cents per
pound, and often .1 and 4 cents. Its importance as a money crop
can hardly be over-estirnated. Let the consumer once get a taste
of genuine Bermuda Onion and he will buy no other so long as a
Bermuda is on the market. No gardener should fall to grow them
either for market or home use.

You Can Always Tell Hastings’ Onions

Over a thousand cars of Bermuda Onions grown from Hastings’
Seeds marketed in 1920. Their superior quality and freedom from
Reds, Pinks, Doubles and Splits enabled our customers to realize
many thousands of dollars extra profits above the returns secured
by other growers, who did not use Hastings’ Seeds.

The onions are usually sold by the growers f. o. b. tracks, the
buyers inspecting the cars and paying according to quality. Fre¬
quently, buyers will pay a good premium on a car of onions from
one of our customers, when other growers cannot get the market
price. Why is this? Simply because quality counts always.
Hastings’ Bermuda Onion Seed will always be the best quality for
that is the first consideration in our business. No other house has
ever been able to equal the quality of our seed and experienced
growers know it. That is why they will not take chances with any
other seed as long as they can buy from Hastings’.

One of the largest growers in Texas told us a couple weeks ago
that his crop this year from Hastings’ Seeds has given him $11,000
more than he would have gotten from the same amount of Bermu¬
da Onions grown from any other seeds.

Any onion grower or one accustomed to handling shipments of
Bermuda Onions can tell a car from Hastings’ Seeds as soon as
he sees it. The reason is, besides being better shaped and more
uniform onions there is the great freedom from Reds, Pinks,
Doubles and Splits in Hastings’ White or Yellow Bermuda Onions,
the big variety for market and shipment.

These seeds have to be grown with the utmost care and it takes
two years to produce a crop of seeds. They are grown on one is¬
land in the Canaries, off the coast of Africa, and our man stays on
j the ground all the time, carefully selecting the bulbs for each of
the seed growers who work under him, watching the cultivation,
harvest, saving of seeds, and the many other duties necessary In
I producing the highest quality seeds.

II. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

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You Must Have the Genuine Seed to Succeed

No crop, with the
possible exception of
cabbage, depends
more on the genu¬
ineness and quality
of the seed for a
successful crop.

Outside of the Hast-
i n g s ’ importation
there is little Ber¬
muda Onion Seed
that’s safe to plant
for the man who
wants to make suc¬
cessful crops. There
is not a seed house
in the country ex¬
cept ourselves whose
Bermuda Onion
seed has made good
with the growers
right on year after
year. It’s the only
dependable Bermu¬
da Onion seed sold
in the United States.

Others occasionally
get hold of a small
lot of good seed,
then fall down on
quality the next
year. This experi¬
ence has been re¬
peated over and
over again.

We could fill this
entire catalog with
letters from onion
growers who have
depended on seed
from other sources
than Hastings’ to
their sorrow. Hast¬
ings’ Bermuda On¬
ion seed (Crystal
Wax, Bermuda
White and Bermuda Red) always "make good” everywhere and every
year, in good growing seasons and bad. It has stood the test of 29
years’ continuous planting without a "fall down.” There have been
all sorts of cut-price propositions put up to the growers in years
past. There are beginners in onion-growing every year and older
ones wanting to take chances for the sake of saving a few cents
per pound in seed cost.

Netted Grower Nearly $1,000.00 Per Acre
Veteran onion growers like T. C. Nye, of Laredo, Texas, are not
caught by offers of a cut price. When they start a crop they want
to feel sure that the seed is right, and when Bermuda Onion Seed
comes from Hastings’ they know it’s right. Mr. Nye made $7,000
clear net profit from his 20 acres one year, and it wasn’t a specially
good year for onions either. In Bermuda Onion Seed it’s a whole
lot better to be sure at planting time than sorry at harvest.

White or Yellow Bermuda Onions from Hastings’ Seeds— Crop

It’s Much Better To Be Sure Than Sorry

Harvest time tells the tale and the onion grower who for the
sake of saving a dollar or so per acre in planting is reasonably
sure of losing a hundred or more in the crop.

The late Mr. T. C. Nye, of Laredo, Texas, pioneer of the Texas
Bermuda Onion industry, once said in a letter to us;

"I have always purchased my onion seed from Ha.stings’ except
on two occasions, when I wished to place additional orders with
them, and found that they had already accepted orders for as much
seed as their contracts would yield, and so I was compelled to buy
part of my seed from other parties. I can say that I never got
from any other source the same pure seed that I got from Hastings’.

‘T have bought Bermuda Onion seed from Hastings’ all the years
that I have been in the Bermuda Onion business, and I will never
buy from any other house as long as I can get them from him.

There Is No Other Seed

Readers of this catalog who have been in the Bermuda Onion
business for years have representatives of other seed houses call on
them and the talk put out is always “Our seed is just as good as
Hastings’.” They are not telling the truth, and what's worse, they
know that they are not telling the truth. Not a single other house
has sold seed in the Bermuda Onion territory that has made good
two years in succession. The truth of the statement can be borne
out by every onion grower in the large onion growing districts.
'There has never been a crop of Bermuda Onions produced from seed
from other houses that has equaled crops from Hastings’ for puri¬
ty, shape and yield per acre. Every record crop of Bermuda Onions
produced in this country has been from Hastings’ seed. Practical-

"The planter who lets every dealer in Bermuda Onion seed catch
his order is very foolish, arid takes a risk that no sensible man
ought to incur. Any speculation with the business is more than
likely to land a man in the poorhouse.

“I am confident that during this season the sensible and reliable
growers of this section are placing their orders with Hastings’, as
we have full.v satisfied ourselves that their seed is more reliable than
the seed sent out by other houses. Hastings’ seeds are good enough
for me, and when I can’t get them, there won’t be any other seed
planted on my place, even if the land should remain unplanted.”

There is many a man in Texas and Florida who has “gone broke”
as a result of buying cheap and inferior Bermuda Onion Seed.
Unless the seed is right there is absolutely no chance for success
with this crop. With right seed it is the safest vegetable crop a
man can plant in any section where it is adapted.

jst as Good as Hastings’ ”

ly every seed house in the United States that attempts to do South¬
ern business has taken a shot at this Bermuda Onion business dur¬
ing the last 18 years and none of them have succeeded. Why? Sim¬
ply because the seed has not "made good.” They have not the right
growing arrangements. The seed is not “bred up” properly. This
mongrel, more or less “scrub” onion seed has occasioned losses of
hundreds of thousands of dollars to growers in Texas, Florida and
other states. This seed makes ill-shaped, thick-necked, unsatisfac¬
tory onions, while much of the seed sold is not Bermuda Onion
seed, but Italian and Spanish varieties that are worthless in the
South. If there is one crop you can’t afford to take chances bn the
seed, it’s Bermuda Onions. If you plant Hastings’ you are safe.

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II. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

TIME FOR DELIVERY OF THE NEW 1920 CROP SEED

VVe positively will not fiil any orders for Bermuda Onion Seed until after the arrival of the new 1920 erop seed. This will probably
be the latter part of August. Seed should not be planted before September 15th, while after September 25th is better. Send in your
order for onion seed as early as you wish. Same will be booked and the seed sent you just as soon as we can get it thoroughly re¬
cleaned alter its arrival in Atlanta.

White or Yellow Bermuda

A„2An/MA OPfll Bermuda varieties. Before we introduced
/ our Crystal AVax this was generally called
white to distinguish it from the Bermuda Red, although it is a
light yellow or straw color. Since the apiie.arance of Crystal AVax
on the markets the produce trade of the country began calling this
variety “yellow" to distinguish it from the i)ure white Crystal AA’ax.
This has led to some confusion as to the name and from now on we
shall list it under the name of AA’hite or Yellow to avoid any mis¬
understanding. AA'e make this explanation, for many who plant
this variety for the first time expect it to be a pure wliite in color.

Our illustration on page 17 shows the Bermuda AA’hite or Y’ellow
as grown in Florida from seed sown October 1st. Less than six
months from seed sowing to the fully matured onions. No onion
grown compares with the Bermuda in mildness of flavor, and for
this reason it is immensely popular with millions of people who
dislike the strong flavor of most of the varieties. Y'ou will make
no mistake in planting the Bermuda Onion. Packet, 10 cents; Yi
ounce, 30c; ounce, 60c; 14 pound, $1.50; pound, $5.00; postpaid.

UaetiMcre’ lA/av most attractive onion

nastings (^rysiai wax ju the world, our own in-

DAvmiirla / M A troduction and one that we have been

■•**^^** V / exceedingly pi-oud of. It is an ab¬
solutely pure white Bermuda Onion with a most beautiful waxy
appearance that makes it sell on sight in the retail markets. In
New I'ork .and other large markets our Crystal sells at 25 to .50
cents per crate above the Bermuda AA’hite or Yellow. In Atlanta
markets it has largely displaced all other onions during spring
and early summer. Except in color it is identical with the Yellow
Bermuda, has all its desirable qualities combined with much more
handsome appearance. Seed of this is always in short supply, as
it is a very light seeder. Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 35 cents; ounce,
GO cents; A4 pound, $1.75; pound, $6.00; postpaid.

Red Bermuda Onion ( No. 287 ) Re^is

favorite everywhere in the South for home use and Southern mar¬
kets. Identical in size, shape, and mildness with our AA’hite Bermu¬
da. The color is a pale, waxy red, and it is just the right variety
in all sections where a red but mild onion is preferred. Packet,
10c; A4 oz., 30c; oz., 50c; Y4 lb., .$1.50; lb., $5.00; postpaid.

Prom a Photograph Showing Hastings’ Clean “Silver Skin’’ and “Y’ellow Danvers’’ Onion-Sets

Bermuda Onion Sets for Earliest Crops

We do not advise the use of onion sets exclusively for the large com¬
mercial crops. There is a high priced early demand for limited quan¬
tities of Bermuda Onions both for shipment and to supply the de¬
mand for local or nearby markets throughout the South and the
planting of a small part of the onion acreage in sets is usually
found profitable. As a rule onions grown from s’ets are not as well
formed as those grown direct from seed, but this is not a serious
draw’baek on the early markets.

For earliest shipments or to meet the local market demand for
full grown onions early, the planting of sets has a distinct place in
the fall garden operations. These Bermuda Sets grown from Hast¬
ings' genuine seed ripen fully grown onions four to six weeks
ahead of crops grown direct from seed. If you want an extra early
onion crop plant some of these Bermuda Sets this fall. Sets ready
for delivery about September 1st, possibly a little earlier.

We cannot make definite quantity prices at this time but write
us for prices as soon as you want to buy.

The genuine White or
Yellow Bermuda On¬
ion of great commercial crops. If planted early these sets do
wonderfully as far north as Atlanta, withstanding the severest

Bermuda White or Yellow

winters. In our coldest winter, in 1017-18, Bermud.as from sets on
the Hastings’ Farm h.ad their tops killed down but c.ame up again
and made as fine looking onions as any from Texas or Florida. In
the set form they often have a rather reddish colored skin, but on
maturity are a light straw color. Pound. 40 cent.s ; 8 lbs. (peck),
$1.75; by mall, postpaid. Not prepaid: 32 lbs. (bushel), $4.50.

^A/hitA MllltinllAfe Bluest sets for earliest crop. Pure
ww fine Ivllil white color, very productive, one set

frequently making 20 bulbs in one season. Right size for bunch¬
ing or pickling. Their greatest value is for an early onion for
hunching green, coming in three to four weeks ahead of any other
onion. Pound, 40 cents; postpaid. AA’rite for special prices on
amount J’ou want when ready to buy.

CiluAB* Clrin Ca+A Sets of AA’hite Portugal or Silver Skin
Silver SIklll Onlon. Large white onion. Pound,

40c; 8 lbs. (pk.), $1.75; postpaid. Not prepaid. 32 lbs. (bu.), $4.50.

Yellow Danvers Sets Tr” Z:

(peck), $1.60; postpaid. Not prepaid: 8 lbs. (peck), $1.00; 32 lbs.
(bushel), .$4.25.

Pure Italian Garlic. Pound, 75 cents; 2 pounds for
$1.25; postpaid.

TI. G. Ilastitifrs Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

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Hastings’ Dark Red Globe
Onion(No.29i )

OTHER GOOD VARIETIES

In the previous pages we give a great deal of space to the
Beriuiuia varieties. They are the most important for fall
planting for Florida and all along the Gulf Coast. The Ber-
uiudas are the earliest to mature, and hold a distinct place,
both as a commerci.il crop and as well for home gardens
and nearby markets. There is a place, however, that they
do not fill. They are early and the quautity of them grown
Is so small compared with the large and steady demand
for onio,ns that the Bermudas seldom take care of the mar¬
ket over two months in the ,vear. This leaves a nine or ten
months’ demand to be supplied with other varieties, for
the Bermudas, carelessly handled, do not keep well over
three months.

Hastings’ Snow White a';,.- "'."".SipeVi
Globe Onion (No. 292)

a waxy appearance. It is large, firm, rather mild, and a
first-class keeper. Remarkably even and uniform in growth,
will always prove a favorite wherever it once appears on
market. Large packet, 10c; % ounce, 30c; ounce, 35c;

V4 pound, $1.36; pound, $4.00; postpaid.

Has a rich¬
ness in color¬
ing of the skin that is found in
no other. Onions are large, per¬
fectly globe-shaped, and of rich, deep dark red color. Ex¬
act shape and size of the IVhite and Yellow Globe, the
only difference being in# the color. Large packet, 10 cents;

3 packets, 36 cents.

Hastings’ Yellow Globe ^v^l^L^^'an i® ItZ

nniAn^hln Bed, it has a distinct globular

vnioil ^nOi shape. All our Globe Onions are

extra large in size, and large croppers as well as first-
class keepers from tbe firmness and solidity of the flesh.
Color a very light shade of straw yellow, almost the same
color ns the Bermuda White. Large packet, 10c; % ounce,
30c; ounce, 35c; ^ pound, .$1.00; pound, $3.50; postpaid.

Hastings’ Prizetaker ’’■'.'gf*;;/"'”.’:

OniAn/klA American growth, far superior to

all imported seed and ’way ahead
of the Prizetaker onion offered by most American houses.

It has been most successfully grown in all parts of the
Central South from both spring and fall sowings. It is
very large, freiiuently measuring 12 to IS inches in cir¬
cumference, and fine bulbs have been raised weighing
from 4% to 5 pounds each. During the last five years we
have seen some splendid market crops of Prizetakers
raised even under very unfavorable conditions, not only in
Georgia, but in practically every one of the Southern
.States, showing Prizetaker to be well adapted to our en¬
tire section. Prizetaker is a light straw-colored onion with
a pure white flesh, very fine grain with rather mild flavor,
and will keep for any reasonable length of time. Pkt., 10c;

Va ounce, 15c; ounce, 35c; % lb., OOc; lb., .$3.00; postpaid.

Extra Early Red ( No. 286 ) 5“,f Svlwt’tlfi

keeper. Fine early market favorite. Packet, 5c; Ms
35c; 14 lb., OOc; lb., $3.00.

One of Hastings’ Big Globe Onions Grown Direct From Seed

I Allieiana Croolo flriiinil ^ ligl^t-red variety, grown ex-
LiOllISlSnS wlCOIC VniOn tensively rn Louisiana. Mississippi
/M* OQD\ and other parts of the South. Very fine and solid; a splen-
(]id keeper. Good heavy cropper, but strong flavored. We
3o not recommend it to those who want a mild onion. From six weeks to
two months later in maturity than the Bermuda. Delivery of new crop
seed (Louisiana grown) about September 1st. Packet, 10c; % ounce, 30c;
ounce, 50c; $4 pound, $1.75; pound, .$6.00; postpaid.

RarlAtta f'mall, pure white, growing small round
CXlId bariy BiSritSClA bullis about one inch in diameter. Just
the right size for' pickling. Packet, 10c; M: ounce, 35c;
ounce, OOc; % pound, ,$3.00; postpaid.

(No. 295)

grained,
a good
15c; oz..

Giant WhlteTrlpoli(No.290)

El Paso or Large
Mexican. Espec¬
ially large; pure white mild onion. Packet, 10 cents; M: ounce,
■30 cents; ounce, 35 cents; Mi pound, $1.35; postpaid.

Silver Skin Onlon(No. 300)

famous variety for

raising sets because the little bulbs are so uniform. ■ Also a
splendid pickling onion with silvery white skin and mild fla¬
vor. Packet, 10 cents; Va oz., 30 cents; oz., 35 cents; Vi pound,
$1,35; pound, $4.00; postpaid.

Large Red Wethersfield ( No. 285)

rieties listed by American seedsmen and has retained its popu¬
larity wonderfully well through the years. It’s easily grown to
full maturity from the black seed and is a fairly good keeper
into winter. Almost round, of large size and deep red color. In
flavor decidedly pungent. Packet, 5 cents; 14 oz., 15 cents; oz.,
35 cents; % pound, 90 cents; pound, $3.00.

Yellow Globe Danvers

Very productive and a
gtiod staiidard variety for
/«_ both home use and market. A fairly good keeper.

^nO. solid, rather mild, earlier than the Hastings’

Globe Onions. Skin of pale yellow color. Packet, 10 cents; y®
ounce, 30 cents; ounce, 35c; 14 pound, $1.00; i>ound, $3.50.

.Australian Brown— The Long Keeping Onion

Australian Brown (No. 291)

A I nno- ICAAnAr growing onions is the fear that they
Long f%ee|Jer ^on’t keep over. Australian Brown is
the answer to these doubters for this variety has been known
to keep in perfect condition (except for a little shrinkage and
loss of weight 1 for a solid year from the time it was pulled
from the ground. For a late maturing, long keeping onion to
last for a long time, stored in a dry place, Australian Brown
has no equal. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 39 cents; 14 pound, 75
cents; pound, $3.50.

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H. G. Ilastmgs Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

Jfcrkins’ Mammoth Lonff Po«I Okra

MUSTARD FOR WINTER SALAD

^ll|X|||>M Sow in any good garden soil thickly in drills 14 to 16 inches apart. Give
wUlltIFC clean culture, keeping free from grass and weeds. Leaves are large enough
to use as a salad in from four to six w'eeks from sowing, and can be cut all through
the winter. Sow August to November. Use one ounce of seed to 200 feet of row.

Giant Southern Curled IVIustard(No. 278) co^mp\L^‘with"

out a little patch of mustard for fine salad. Our Giant Southern Curled is the very
best of the finely curled leaf strains, really beautiful enough to grace a flower garden.
It is slightly pungent, crisp and tender and can be eaten like lettuce or boiled for
“greens.” The Hastings’ strain of Southern Curled is the same as offered by one or
more leading Northern houses as “Ostrich Plume.” If you like mustard for either
spring or fall planting you will be pleased with this variety. Packet, 5 cents; ounce,
10 cents; % pound, 30 cents; jjound, $1.00; posti)aid.

977^ entirely distinct, yet thoroughly good
wnillcSf;? ITBUaCai U ^ nua fc I I ^ variety of mustard that we have sold thou¬
sands of pounds of during recent years. It is of much larger growth than the Curled,
about the same quality for salads or boil¬
ing and remains in condition for use a
long time._ The quick almost rank growth
of the Chinese, insures tenderness, mild¬
ness and freedom from bitter flavor. The
engraving above from a photograph shows
the general appearance of the leaves.

Hastings’ Mustard for Pal. and Winter “Greens’* po"„‘ni,“$To’;

lA/hitA ^ Mn 97QN This is the variety the seeds of which are used in pic-

wwillfcv iTiU9%ai u^iiwg c I U / liiing for family use, and the seeds wdien ground up,
compose what is known as “mustard" in the stores. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; %
pound, 30 cents; pound, $1.00; postpaid.

PLANT GEORGIA GROWN OKRA

Okra or gumbo is a most healthful vegetable and ought to he plentiful in every Southern
garden. In our seed growing work here in Georgia we have develope<l a splendid strain of the
Perkins’ Mammoth, lieing far superior to what is offered under this name by other houses, and
w'e are sure that seed of this variety will please you. Plant one ounce of seed to 50 feet of row;
about 8 pounds per acre.

Perkins’ Mammoth Long Podded Okra<No. 306) ^ri'en® - pSd

okra is by far the best variety for market and shipping purposes, ready to use in 50 to 75
days and being used by many Southern truckers exclusively for this purpose. The original
strain as originally introduced has been greatly improved by us, and its productiveness is
simpl.v W’onderful, the pods starting to shoot out within 3 or 4 inches from the bottom of the
stalk and the whole plant is covered with them to the height of a man’s head (5 to 6 feet).
Pods of a uuiformiy green color of unusual length, frequently 1) to 10 inches long. Pods are
very slim and do not harden up as is usually the case with other varieties. Packet, 5 cents;
ounce, 10 cents; % pound, 25 cents; pound, 75 cents; postpaid.

JA I extremely beautiful plant used for garnishing. Can be sown

W in either fall or spring in drills 15 inches apart. When plants
" ■ h.ave become strong thin out to 6 inches apart in the row. Pars¬

ley seed usually takes 3 to 4 weeks to germinate. Soak seed 12 hours in water before plant¬
ing. Keep beds free from weeds and grass.

Extra Moss Curled Parsley (No. 308)

all varieties. It is handsome enough to have a place in your garden, a favorite sort for
garnishing and to supply hotels and markets. It is planted almost exclusively by Atlanta
market gardeners for that purpose. Packet, 10c; ounce; 15c, % lb., 35c; lb., $1.00; postpaid.

Double Curled Parsley(No.309) SS .iCiiaS?

crimped, giving a general appearance of coarse moss. Often used by market gardeners.
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents: 14 pound, 35 cents; pound, $1.00; postpaid.

Plain I oavArl ParclAV/Nn 310^ l^ordy, a strong grower, and excel-

r lain l-CaVdl r dr SICjr ^ llWi u I seasoning, for wddch purpose it is

almost exclusively. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15c;

14 pound, 35c; pound, $1.00.

Sow seed thick-

11^ |M I (^^JCultUr© ly in rows about

■ ■ ■■ jg inches apart any time

from .Tanuarv to April for spring and summer crop in this
latitude; in Florida and Gulf Coast section sow beptember
to December for winter and spring crop. Plant one ounce
of seed to 100 feet of row ; five pounds per acre.

improved Hollow Crown round variety of

/Mn Ql I ^ parsnips: the leaves start from a depression
wl I y in the crown of the root, thus giving it the
name of “Hollow Crown.” Rich, very sweet flavor, im¬
mensely productive, read.v for use in 80 to 85 days. Pack¬
et, 10 cents; ounce, 15c; 14 Ib., 35c; lb., $1.00; postpaid.

PLANT A VARIETY

Most every family with a garden plants turnips or
mustard for “greens” and perhaps a few other kinds of
vegetables in the late summer. However, they are
mighty few. The Fall Garden should be nearly as im-
[)ortant as the spring garden and a full fall garden will
pay just as well. Vegetables are scarce and higher
priced in the fall and that is just the time you should
have a big variety of vegetables in your home garden
for use fresh as well as for drying and canning.

II. 6'. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

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Kuby Giant Pepper — \ Beal Giant Sweet Pepper

Hastings' Royal King

(No. 357)

Introducefl by us in 1917. While it is a superb
sweet pepper for home and market use we want
to especially call the attention of the trucker or shipping mar¬
ket gardeners to its regularity of size and shape, making it an
exceptionally desirable variety for good packing and fine ap¬
pearance on arrival in the markets. This will insure its being
a top price seller at all times.

This new sweet pepper is a wonderful introduction and will,
we believe, take the place’ of the popular Ruby King, It is
very prolific, bright and glossy, of large size (the illustration to
the right shows the natural size and type of this new variety) ;
the flesh is mild and thick and the lobes well filled out. It runs
remarkably true to type and uniformity of size for a pepper,
and the plants are of strong, stocky, erect growth. It is a native
Southern pepper, originating right here in Georgia, and has
made good from the start. When tve say it is better than our
Ruby King we are saying a great deal, but we want you to
plant a quantity of this new variety this year. Taste it raw,
stuff it with meat and bake it and fill it with salads for the ta¬
ble; we believe you will like it and agree with us that it is the
bell type pepper you have been looking for. Packet, 10 cents;
Va oz., 20 cents; oz., 35 cents; % lb., ?1.25; lb., .$4.00; postpaid.

Two standard, well
known hot varieties
of pepper. "S’ery pungent.
Red Chili very small.

Hastings’ Golden Prize vaifety : ° v e r"y

/Ufi 9Cn\ sweet and mild. In some places this is eaten like
V an apple in the raw stage, for it is said to cure
chills and fever. Packet, 10 cents.

Red Chili Pepper(No. 354)

Long Cayenne (No. 349 )

Cayenne larger and longer. Both of these hot peppers are ver
popular throughout the South and a small quantity should be
in every garden. Each, packet, 10c; 3 packets, 25c; postpaid.

Hastings’ Mixed Peppers ( No. 35 1 ) fn ^onm

gardeners want both sweet and hot peppers in their garden
and with this end in view we make each year a mixture of
the seed of all varieties catalogued by us ; hot and sweet, large
and small. This mixture gives you some of every kind In your
garden. Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents.

Hastings’ Peppers

In fall, planting one ounce of seed will usually produce about 1000 good
strong plants. Most gardeners plant one-half pound per acre to be sure
of sufficient plants. Flori<la and Southwest Texas growers should plant
Hastings’ Royal King this fall. It is the best of all.

Pimiontn^Nn mutest flavored of all. its

r IlllldlCW ^ IIUs wwOy wonderful what popularit.v Pimieuto has
attained in the short time it has been known. It is absolutely free from
the pungency of flavor distasteful to so many. Can be eaten raw like an
apple, can be stuffed with meat and baked ; can be used as a salad or
canned for winter use. Has very thick, firm flesh which permits of its
being scalded and peeled. The shape and regularity of size of this splen¬
did variety is wonderful. We have had a splendid crop of Pimiento grown
for seed for this year in Middle Georgia and we are sure you will like it.
Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 20 cents; ounce, 35 cents; % pound, $1.00;
pound, $3.50; postpaid.

Rllhv ftlAnt / Na exceptionally large,

nuuy Uldll^^no. ous; mlld pepper, here it is. Hastings’
Ruby Giant is a cross between Ruby King and Chinese Giant, having
the good qualities of both yet without the undesirable qualities of
either. It is very attractive, grows to large size, is exceptionally mild,
and when ripe is of a bright scarlet color. Flesh exceedingly thick,
sweet, and so mild that it can be eaten raw. Packet, 10 cents.

Rllhv KinO'^NA ^ leading variety of sweet pepper for

nuuy ^ no. u 04 ^ home use and market in the South. A

very vigorous grower, with large, sweet, mild fruits. A close favorite
with the Large Bell or Bull Nose, slightly larger in size and certainly
much sweeter and milder than that variety. Packet, 10 cents.

Large Bell or Bull Nose(No. 356) variety’'“b o't h“fo?

home use, market and shipping to Northern markets from Florida,
Louisiana and Texas. Rather mild flavor, is comparatively early and a
heavy producer of fruits 3 to 3ti inches long and 2 to 3 inches across
the shoulder. Packet, 5 cents. Seed scarce this fall.

Hastings’ New Royal King Pepper

n. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen , Atlanta, Georgia

2'Z

Type of Alaska Extra Early Fea

Garden or

English
Peas for

Fall Plant¬

ing in the
South

Prices include Postage
Prepaid on Packets,
1-2, 1 and 2 ib. pack¬
ages. Larger quanti¬
ties by Express or
Freight at Purchaser's
Expense.

Many of our customers don’t plant Garden Peas be¬
cause they don’t bear long enough. Plant seed deeper
and work soil up around stalks, and peas will stay in
bearing twice as long.

CultlLRI'^ For fall planting in Central South garden
wuihoui c peas should be sown early in September,
especially the second early varieties. Extra early sorts,
such as John L., can be sown in the latter part of the
month and mature before frost. In Florida and along
the Gulf Coast they may be sown during au.v of the fail
months. October and November being preferable. Sow
in drills covering seed 2 to 3 inches deep, according to
soil. To avoid the necessity of sticking or brushing,
plant the peas in double rows 6 to 8 inches apart, and
when the vines get large enough run them together.
. . Most varieties of the earlies and second earlies are of

sufficiently stiff growth to support each other in this manner. Plant 2
pounds of peas to 100 feet of row. 56 pounds of wrinkled or 60 pounds of
smooth peas make a busliel.

Hastings’ John L.(No. 3 l6)"Earliest [he®ext?a

FvtKa Esil*lv varieties either for home use, market or ship-

. fccii ij iiient. For 24 years it has held the record for earli-
uess against all of the best strains of early peas sold by other American
seedsmen and during that time no pea has been introduced that

productiveness in the extra early class.

equals it for earliness and
John L. is a standard with
. outhern gardeners, both for shipping and home
markets, and every year we sell hundreiis and
hundreds of bushels of this variety to Florida
shippers. The earliest time on record in early ma¬
turity was made with this variety years ago by
C. ,1. Montgomery, St. Augustine. Florida. He
planted 15 pounds of John L., and on the 30th
day from planting gathered one bushel of well de¬
veloped pods therefrom. This really is a wonder¬
ful first early pea and a variety that always makes
good when the highest prices are obtained.
Packet, 10 cents; % pound, 20 cents; pound, 40
cents; 3 pounds, 70 eents; postpaid. Not prepaid,
10-pound lots or over, 20 cents per pound.

Next to John L.,
this is the best,
/Mg q|7 \ round extra early pea; about one
ynwiwi If ^-eek later than. .John L. in earli¬
ness and is the best in quality and heaviest bearer
of all the round-seeded extra early varieties. A
splendid shipper and one of the very best you can
plant in the garden for home use for an extra
pods 21/2 inches long, round, straight and scjuare

Alaska Extra Early

Hastings’ John E. Extra Early Peas

early. Foliage and pods light green;
ended, containing six peas. Seeds are of bluish shade, well rounded out amf the fresh peas
are about equal to tlie wrinkled pea.s in (juality. There are a great many peas being sold
under the name of “Alaska” that are from run-out stock or else not kept true to name.
These dwarf varieties have to be “rogued” very carefully each year to keep them true to
type. This we do ver.v carefully and you can depend on us. We have a specially wonderful
stock of Alaska peas this year and know that for canning, marketing or home use you will
find them absolutely satisfactory. Packet, 10c; % pound, 20c; pound, 40c; 3 pounds, 70c;
postpaid. Not prepaid : 10-poun'd lots or over, 30 cents per pound.

PjpAC A 11^ CUORT Pnfavorable weather conditions almost ruined the

" WB* ■ 1919 Pea crop and with the exceptionally big de¬

mand during the spring months, the consequence is that we are entirely sold out of sev¬
eral of our big varieties and our stock of these listed are not as large as we can sell
this fall. You can absolutely depend on these varieties listed as being as fine or a little
better than you can buy anywhere else. However, peas are short for this fall and to be
sure of your supply we ask that you order very early.

11. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

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Hastings' Garden Peas

dMVirilfk IUI««IUAil / Ma Kecoinmended for Florida and Gulf

rlOrBfia IVICrieil(NOi OOOj coast regions only, where it is well
known. A medium early, very heavy 'bearing small seeded variety that has-
proven itself an intensely prolific bearer in Florida and Lower Gulf Coast
sections. For home use and nearby markets only. Its greatest value Is its
hardiness and heavy bearing qualities. Pkt., 10c; % lb., 20c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs.,
70c; postpaid. Not prepaid, 10 pounds or over, 20c a pound.

Mnff’e early, dwarf - growing

9 bACdSlOr ^ nOi O I ^ wrinkled variety, very similar to
American Wonder, but one-third larger; of the same earliness and delicious
flavor. Pods are more closely packed with peas than any other variety.
This variety is superseding American Wonder, which was a leader in this
class for so many years. Packet, 10 cents; % lb., 25 cents; lb., 45 cents; 2
pounds, 75 cents; postpaid. Not i» repaid: 10-pound lots or over, 25c a lb.

Market Surprise (No. 322) Offered for the first time by us

last fall. Vigorous growth with stocky vines, growing 2^: feet high. Very
prolific for an extra early pea, the pods containing 8 to 0 fine peas of rich
green color. You will like Market Surprise for it’s equally good for home
gardens or for market. Packet, 10c; % pound, 25c; pound, 45c; 2 pounds,
75c; postpaid. Not prepaid: 10-pounds or over at 22 cents a pounii.

Premium Gem ( No. 33 1 ) ety, growing about 1,5 inches high

and is one of the earliest of the good quality varieties for home gardens.
This is one of the older varieties that has always been a great favorite.
Packet, 10 cents; % pound, 20 cents; pound, 40 cents; 2 pounds, 70 cents.

Second Early— Heavy Bearers

Bliss Everbearmg(No. 329) our customers for home gar¬
dens and nearby markets. Height of vine 18 inches to 2 feet. Pods 3 to 4
inches long, each pod containing 5 to 8 wrinkled peas of very fine table
fjuality. Size of peas large to very large, frequently inch in diameter.
Its habit of growth is of peculiar branching character, forming as many as
ten stalks to a single root. The individual or separate branches are of ex-
traordinarj'^ strength and substance so that when hilled up properly they
stand up well without “brushing.” This variety is especially noted for its
continuance of bearing, a characteristic which gives it special value. Even
after repeated picking the vines continue to develop buds and blossoms
which mature into fine peas. The stock is of the very best, the finest gar¬
den variety. Packet, 10c; Vs 25c; lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 75c; postpaid.

Hastings’ Home Delight Pea ^uids of^our customers

/Mn during the past twenty-one years with entire satisfaction.

^liUi OCO f Earliest bearer of the second early or heavy-bearing varieties ;
a strong vigorous grower, coming in right after the extra early sorts, and
while enormously productive is of such stiff, stocky growth that it can be
easily grown without “brushing” when xjlanted in double row's 6 to 8 inches
apart, row^s running together as soon as high enough. The sweetness ana
tenderness and heavy-bearing (lunlities give entire satisfaction. Packet, 10c;
Yz lb., 25c; lb., ^5c; 2 lbs., 75c; postpaid. Not prepaid: 10 lbs., 18c per lb.

Black-Eyed Marrowfat (No. 320) Png^'trowingMGe"
Large White Marrowfat ( No. 32 1 ) lies. When properly

“brushed” they are exceedingly heavy bearers and very profitable. Each :
Packet, 10 cents; Yz pound, 20 cents; pound, 40 cents; 2 pounds, 70 cents;
postpaid. Not prepaid: 10 pounds or over, 20 cents a pound.

Sugar or Salad Pea (No. 326) ble pods, cooked and eaten

In the same manner as snap beans. These are great favorites with those
who have once used them. Packet, 10c; Vi Ih., 25c; lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 75c.

Bliss Everbearing Pea — A Fine Pea for Your Garden

Peas and Beans By Parcel Post

The prices in this catalogue on peas, beans, corn, etc.,
by the packet, ounce, quarter pound, half pound, pound,
and two pound lots, include postage prepaid by us on
those quantities to any postoffice. The prices named on
larger quantities do not include postage paid by us. _
If, for any reason, you prefer to have the larger quan¬
tities quoted for shipment by express, or freight, not
prepaid, come to you by parcel post you can ascertain
the amount to be remitted to us for the payment of post¬
age on these larger quantities by referring to the par¬
cels post rate tables on page 2.

Hastings’ Home Delight Fea^A Fine Second Early

HASTINGS’ SEED LABORATORY

In the older days there was a certain “chance” in buying seeds from even the
most careful seedsmen in the country.

Most of the seedsmen, even today, know very little about their seeds. They
think they can trust their sight and the broker’s or wholesaler’s or grower’s hon¬
esty and judgment when they buy the seeds to retail. A few seedsmen pay from
$3.00 to $5.00 apiece to have tests made on seeds they think are doubtful. Fewer
still maintain what they call a “Laboratory,” where they put a test of 100 seeds
on a wet blotter or piece of cloth and put it in a germinator to see how many
out of the 100 grow, thus getting the germination percentage. Only a few of
these seedsmen make more than one germination test on a stock of seeds, no
matter how long they keep the seeds or what conditions they have undergone.

Our Mr. H. 8. Hastings, with a very thorough college agricultural education
and who is a qualified Seed Analyst, trained by the Fnited States Government
Department of .\griculture, devotes his entire time to the work of the “Hastings
Seed Testing Laboratory.” Every stock of seeds that enters our warehouses,
no matter it a few pounds or even a few ounces of some flower seed up to car¬
loads of oats or rye, has samples taken from it for complete tests of germina¬
tion and purity. All weeds or foreign seeds, should there be my, are named
with the number and weight for percentage, and complete records we kept for
each of these tests to be referred to at all times. All these tests are made In
duplicate and additional tests are made of all stocks at regular definite inter¬
vals. Unless they are up to our high standards we don’t sell them to yon.

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The r<
smooth
seven ii
to seve
at thicl
and ten

II. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

HASTINGS' RAD SH SEED

Hasting:®’ Early Eong-
Scarlet Radish

For best results radishes require a rich, loose, moist
wuiSiUl ^ goij_ they can be grown quickly. The crisp, tender
flesh of early radishes depends almost entirely on rapid growth. Suc¬
cessive plantings should be made every 10 days or two weeks to keep
up a continuous supply of crisp and tender radishes. For early use
plant the round or button radishes and olive shaped. For later use
plant the long and half-long varieties, as they root much deeper and
better resist heat and drought. What are known as w’inter radishes
should be sown in August and September. All radishes should be
sown thinly in drills one foot apart, seed covered % inch and kept
clear of grass and weeds. Sow one ounce of seed to 100 feet of row;
10 to 12 pounds per acre. Our radish seed is of the very best, grown
from carefully selected and transplanted roots. Radishes are very
easy to grow.

Hactino-s’ Earlv Lnn^ popular of aii

■■aslIlIgS bdl ly bVllg radishes in the South for general

Kiirtieh use and market. Our illustration
^ Of shows the remarkalde regularity and tine

shape of our strain of this variety. It's a favorite evei-yw’here, no
vegetable garden being complete without it. Tops rather small, roots
long and tapering to a decided point; color an intense bright scarlet.
Flesh is very crisp and tender and when grown rapidly, as all rad¬
ishes should be, it is free from all pungent taste. Packet, 5 cents;
ounce, 10 cents; % pound, SOxents; pound, .^l.OO; postpaid.

White Vienna dr
Finger (No. 388)

early maturing and attractive, long
summer radish of most excellent
. The tops are of medium size,
roots are clear white, slender,
and average when mature six to
inches long by about five-eighths
seven-eights of an inch in diameter
thickest part. The flesh is very crisp
tender. I'his variety is desirable for
rket and home garden use. Packet,
cents; ounce; 10 cents; % pound, 30
; i>ound, $1.00; i>ostpaid.

E x:cellent
and profit-

(No.382)Sf‘ai%tr.eT

ready for use as soon as Ifiistings’
Long Scarlet, but ha^ fewer
leaves. Admirable alike for open air
»nd under glass. The Icicle is perfectly
white in color, very long, slender and
tapering shape. It quickly grows to
market size, is crisp and brittle, and of
mild, sweet flavor. A fine variety for
both market and home gardeners who
want an early, long radish. Packet, 6c;
ounce, 10c ; % pound, 35 cents ; pound,
$1.'.J5; postpaid. i

Grows to a large size,
wliai DQt very uniform in

shape. Red at the top.
^nUiwIuy pink in the middle, white
at the tips; handsome appearance when
pulled at the right time. It is especial¬
ly fine flavored w’hen grown quickly in
the South. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; % lb.,
SOc; lb., $1.00; postpaid.

French Breakfast tenl.lLl

g White Icicle

Hastings’ Glass Radishes

Hastings’ Long White Icicle Radish

tUn niild radish, favorite ■ for

^ no. 003^ an early half -long variety
in the South both for home and market use. Color bright red with white bottoms. Packet,

5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 14 pound, 30 cents; pound, $1.00.

Hnetino'e’ ftlaee Rarliek After we introduced this radish several

nasimgs Uiass nauisn^no. years ago it was named the "Cincinnati

Market Radish” by a Northern seed house and is generally catalogued by Northern houses
under that name. We consider it one of the finest of the long red or pink radishes. It is of
bright pink color with white tips; very regular and uniform in size and shape. Flesh
transparent, giving it the name of Glass Radish, always crisp and brittle, with mild flavor
even when grown to large size. Desirable for both market or home use. The illustration above shows how nicely these fine rad¬
ishes bunch and pack for market. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 14 pound, 30 cents; pound, $1.00 postpaid,

Nn Oblong, tapering shape, skin and flesh pure white; firm, brittle and tender, retaining its

5 V crispness even when the roots are old and large. Best variety for summer use and an excel-

lent all-around variety. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 14 pound, 30 cents; pound, .$1.00. _ _

THE FINEST AND MOST POPULAR YEAR AFTER YEAR

For 30 'VEAKS — “I have been using your seeds with a great deal of satisfaction for thirty years or more; in fact, ever since you
began business at Interlachen, Florida,” — O. J. Hill, Santa Fe, Isle of Pines.

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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

HASTINGS’ MIXED RADISHES(No. 387)

Many don’t want to make more than one radish plantintr to last all
season and our mixed radishes fill the bill exactly for this purpose.
Hastings’ mixed Radishes contain some of each variety catalogued by us, except the winter varieties. It contains early, medium and
late varieties, the round, the half long and long. For home garden use we sell tens of thousands of packages of this justly celebrated
mixture every year. It is deservedly popular, giving as it does a succession of crisp, tender radishes throughout the season from one
sowing. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; % pound, 35 cents; pound, $1.^5; postpaid.

Scarlet Button Radish 'gS “Sf &

/Uq 381^ scarlet skin ; mild flavor, crisp and very tender ; short
^nviwuiy narrow leaves, making a very small top. This is a

Rosy Gem Radish(No.375)

deners for forcing as well as for open ground growth. We have seen it ready
for market here in Atlanta in 18 days from the time seed was sown. A most de¬
sirable variety for home gardens and almost Identical with the Scariet Button
except in white shading at the base of root. One of the earliest varieties: globe
shaped with rich, deep scarlet top, shading to pure white at the bottom. Very
tender, crisp, never becoming pithy until very old. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10
cents; % pound, 30 cents; pound, $1.00; postpaid.

Aianfr/Nn sized extra early turnip radish, a

wlOjjittle longer in shape than the Scarlet But¬
ton but brighter color; twice the size. It grows quickly and even when it at¬
tains large size remains tender
and of fine flavor to the last. Will
prove a money-maker for the
market- gardener, as its bright
crimson color makes it a seller on
first sight. Equally valuable for
home garden use. Pkt., 5c; oz.,
10c; % lb., 35c; pound, $1.35.

Half Long Deep
Scarlet(No.384)

very popular radish, resembling Kosy Gem, except is hasn’t the
white tips. The round or button type is the most popular garden
radish and our Scarlet Button leaves nothing else to be ilesired.
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; % pound, 35c; pound, $1.35.

Hastings’ Scarlet Button Radish

Half Bong Deep Scarlet Radishes

As shown by our illustration it
is about half way between Scar¬
let Button and Long Scarlet
in shape. Of most beautiful
appearance and in market brings
high prices. In coior skin is a
briliiant scarlet throughout :
flesh a clear white : crisp, tender
and free from pungency or hot¬
ness. so common in many rad¬
ishes. An extra early variety,
and is thoroughly satisfactory to
Atlanta gardeners who plant it. Packet, 5c; ounce, 10c ; 14 lb., 33c; lb., $1.35; postpaid.

Earliest Carmine, Olive Shaped (No. 374) cm;Tidered”''bTmany

as the best of the extra early olive-shaped radishes. Olive-shaped, smooth skin, dark car¬
mine color. In 20 to 22 days the crisp, tender little radishes are ready for use. Top small
and of rather upright growth. This is a fine radish. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 14
pound, 33 cents; pound, .$1.35; postpaid,

Caiif ornia Mammoth White ( No. 390 )

ishes and extensively grown

by the Chinese gardeners in California: Grows 10 to 12 inches long and from 2 to 3 Inches
in diameter. Pure white skin and flesh: solid, crisp and of good flavor. Packet, 6 cents;
ounce, 10 cents; 14 pound, 35 cents; pound, $1.35; postpaid.

f'hitia Daca iA/intAf/ Ma distinct handsome variety of winter rad-

Wniria VlOSf? W inicr ^ no. u I t ) igh. skin a deep scarlet: flesh pure white,
solid, of fine flavor: good keeper well into spring. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 14
pound, 35 cents; pound, $1.35.

Black Spanish Winter(No. 386) radish. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents.

pound, 35 cents; pound, $1.35.

MARKET GARDENERS ATTENTION — Write us for special prices on 5-pound lots or
over on any vegetables you plant. We can often save you money and you can. always
depend on getting the vigbt seeds.

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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

BUG INSURANCE

Much as we may dislike to acknowledge it, bugs are something
that we have to acknowledge must be taken into consideration in
most of the larger gardening operations anywhere in the country.
Bug depredations exist alike North, South, East and West.

You h.ave all heard of and proI)ably carry some sort of insur¬
ance, fire, life, accident or some one or more of the dozens of kinds
of insurance that are offered and needed. We want to talk to you
about another kind of insurance. Not a man or woman who farms
or gardens but who has been bothered with bugs of various kinds
in recent .years. You have, or we miss our guess. If not, you have
certainly been fortunate.

Why not “Bug Insurance”? Not necessarily a guarantee against
bug attacks but a guarantee against any serious results of those
bug attacks. Every market gardener, every trucker who grows
vegetables has to guard against attacks by various kinds of bugs,
and the same thing is true of many home gardens. Why not in¬
sure your crops against serious bug damage?

Why not use “Bug Death,” the only really safe insecticide? We
have known Bug Death for many years. We have used it ourselves :
have seen it used successfully by truck and market gardeners,

large and small. We know just how good and safe Bug Death is
and recommend it to you because of our long personal knowledge
of its good and effective “bug killing” (lualitles.

Bug Death kills the bugs and at the same time does not injure tte
plant or its regular growth as does Paris Green, London Purple.
Arsenate of Lead or the dozen or more forms of arsenical poisons
that are offered as “bug-killers.” Instead of Bug Death killing or
injuring the plants (when applied right) it actually acts as a fer¬
tilizer in small degree. Do you know of any other insecticide that
this is true of? Bug Death is the only general insecticide known
that is effective on bugs and is at the same time harmless to both
plants and animals. It’s sure death to leaf-eating bugs and it does
not “burn” the plants like Paris Green and other arsenical poisons,
such as are generally used.

“Bug Death” is the best general insecticide we know. Keep “Bug
Death” on hand and when Mr. and Mrs. Bug settle on your prem¬
ises to raise a family you can easily turn this into a “bug funeral”
instead of leaving the way open for a large and able bodied in¬
crease in bug population in your garden. Order it now. It is real
“bug insurance.” See postpaid prices below.

PREPAID PRICES on Bug Death by PARCEL POST

(These Prices Named in Columns Below Include Price of BUG DEATH and Postage)

1st and 2nd 3rd 4th gth 6th 7th 8th

^ ^ /one /one /one Zone /one /one

1 pound package - $ .26 $ .28 $ .31 $ .34 $ .37 $ .41 $ .44

3 pound package - .53 .57 .64 .71 .78 .86 .93

5 pound package - .70 .76 .87 .98 1.09 1.21 1.32

121/2 pound package - 1.44 1.59 1.88 2.18 2.46 2.76 3.05

Your Postmaster or Rural Delivery Carrier can advise you the zone you are in from Atlanta.

BUG DEATH BY FREIGHT OK EXPRESS, NOT PREPAID — 1 POUND, 20 CENTS: 3 POUNDS, 45 CENTS; 5 POUNDS, 60
CENTS; 12% POUNDS, .$1.25; lOO-POUND KEG, .S8.50.

We suggest that as a trial you order one of the small size packages by mail, and if you find it satisfactory for your purpose, that
you then order it in sufficient quantity to have it come by freight, and thereby secure a low transportation charge. You would then
have it on hand for use at any time.

OTHER INSECTICIDES, FUNGICIDES AND SUPPLIES

Dry Bordeaux and Paris Green Com-

nOUnri (Sterlingworth). A combined insecticide and fungicide.
|jvuiiu Many of our customers want an insecticide more pois¬
onous than Bug Death and, in that, more active. They also would
like a preparation for controlling fungous growth and be able to
dust or spray for both at the same time. This mixture or compound
stops blights, rots, mildews, anthracnose. and other fungous growth
and also kills such insects as Apple Maggot, Bud Moth, Canker-
Worms, Coddling Moth, Plum Cureulio, Slugs, Cabbage Worms,
Striped Cucumber Beetle, Squash Bugs, Rose Bug, Potato Bug or
Beetle, etc. It can be dusted on dry or mixed with water and
sprayed. This is a quick acting compound an<i w-ill give you abso¬
lutely satisfactory results. Directions on boxes. One-pound box,
60 cents; 5-pound box, $2.00; postpaid.

DryLime-Sulfur(Rogers)

to practically every fruit grower and all also know the trouble and
unpleasantness in handling Liquid Lime-Sulfur. Rogers Dr.v Lime-
Sulfur is the standard solution in dry powdered form — the first and
only one of its kind on the market. Proven by fruit growers and
practically all Experiment Stations. Protected by U. S. Patent.
Pound box, 50c; 5-lb. box, $1.75; postpaid. Not prepaid: 100-lb.
keg, $20.00. No broken lots sold. Booklet free on request,
lil/||>k|A Oil Qrkon (Sterlingworth). Genuine Whale Oil (no
”**’.**' wll Fish Oil) Soap. An old-time remedy for

scale insects and plant lice and a very efficient insecticide. It is
customary to dissolve one pound in four or five gallons of water to
use as a spray. Directions on box. Pound box, 35 cents; postpaid.
TohsCCO (Sterlingworth). Powdered tobacco is a

_ standard insecticide, often used in con¬

junction with Whale Oil Soap and Bordeaux mixtures. The striped
cucumber (squash and melon) beetle and flea-beetle are repelled
with this inwcticicle. Pound box with directions, 25c; postpaid.

~ (Sterlingworth). Genuine Whale Oil Soap

with Tobacco Powder. This mixture com¬
bines the values of both, effective against
San .lose Scale, Oyster Shell Scale, Aphis,
most Plant Lice and Spiders and other sucking insects on trees,
shrut)S, plants, vines, rose bushes, etc. Pound box, 35c; postpaid.
HaHa (Sterlingworth). This is poisonous to insect life, but is
rnuch less injurious to human beings than the arsenic

Whale Oil Soap
with Tobacco

^^Acre-an-Hour” Sifter

•’ompounds, as Paris Green. It is very similar to White Hellebore
and has the same properties. Since Hellebore has become so scarce
and high priced we are offering Hebo, a special Sterlingworth prep¬
aration. to take its place. It is used on such plants as cabbage,
especially late In the season when it is considered unsafe to use
Paris Green or other arsenates which are poisonous to human
beings. Half pound box, 25 cents; pound box, 40 cents; postpaid.

Plant Tjihickts (sterlingworth). A powerful and odorless
riciiih ■ ciMic&a plant grower. These plant tablets pro¬
mote a luxuriant, vigorous growth of branch, leaf and flower. We
are told that they “double the bloom.” These tablets, dissolved in
water, build up the soil and supply scientifically the elements nec¬
essary to a wholesome growth. Try then: on your house plants and
they will become strong and healthy. Trial size, 10 cents; medium
size (100 tablets for 35 plants for 3 months), 25 cents; large size
(250 tablets), 50 cents; postpaid.

For distributing Bug Death
and other insecticides in dry
or powdered form. By using this, you can supply powders evenly
and easily, with little or no waste, and as this sifter is very simple,
with nothing about it to wear out or get out of order, it is a mighty
good idea to buy one and have it on hand, ready to use at any time.
Each, 75 cents ; postpaid.

AW niietAH For those who only want a small distrib-
utor for dry or pow-dered insecticides and
fungicides w-e have Dickey Dusters. They are fine for those with
only small gardens or a few plants to dust. Price, 50c; postpaid.

Caa#! CAUfAi< The hand sower that scatters
Viune sower evenly, thoroughly and easily.

Use it w'ith any seeds that can be sown broadcast — or with ground
bone, ashes or fertilizers. A Cyclone will pay for itself in three or
four hours’ w’ork. It gives absolutely even distribution and so w-ill
make three bushels do the wmrk of four. It has a special slope feed
board, a very important feature found only in the Cyclone, which
keeps the hopper properly filled without tilting the machine, in¬
suring a uniform flow and affords a great convenience to the oper¬
ator in carrying the seeder. It also has an automatic feed adjust¬
ment. giving a positive force feed throughout: quickly adjusted,
started or stopped and can’t clog— no waste of seed. T'he distrili-
uting wheel is strong and rigid, made of metal with no soldered
joints. Everyone needs a hand seeder. Price, $2.00; postpaid.

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II. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georoia

O

SPINACH FOR GREENS”

Culture You can find no better vegetable to furnish an early supply
WUl&Hl c of “greens" than Spinach. As “greens" its quality is un¬
surpassed, and were it more generally known in the Southern States al¬
most every one would plant it. Our specially grown spinach is far supe¬
rior to the spinach seed commonly sold. Its germination is stronger and
better, the growth larger, more vigorous, and hardier. Spinach requires
rich soil, the richer the better, and can be sown during October, November
and December, while the ground is not frozen. It germinates freely in
cold weather and is a rapid grower. Sow one ounce to 100 feet of row.

Hastings’ Aragon Spinach (No. 41 1 )fIfVhe ^south^

Fine market size, having a large, thick, green leaf, well crumpled or sav-
oyed, and stands a long time before running to seed. The hardiest of all
varieties, standing an ordinary cold winter without damage in this lati¬
tude. At the same time it is one of the best heat-resisting sorts for late
spring use. This variety has been thoroughly tested and pleases all mar¬
ket gardeners who use it. Packet, 5c: ounce, 10c; % pound, 20c; pound,
50c: postpaid. Ten-pound lots or over, not prepaid, 40 cents per pound.
RInnmcHslIck/Nn 419^ valuable variety which is extensively
”l''"***®^***'' \ ■•'*■ ** * “ / grown, producing large crops of thick
leaves. Pkt., 5c; oz., lOc; % lb., 20c; lb., 50c; 10 lbs., not prepaid, $4.00.

Broad Leaved Flanders(No.4l4) iTeavy"croppertha"t

doesn’t run to seed readily. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c ; % lb., 20c; lb.. 50c; postpaid.

Long Standing(No. 413) falf or spring. It is a heavy crop¬
per and in spring planting does not run to seed quickly. Packet, 5c;
ounce, 10 cents; % pound, 20 cents; pound, 50 cents; postpaid.

NewZealandSpinach(No. 416)

growing luxuriously in

hottest weather. Cut and it comes again, a few plants furnishing the fin¬
est flavored “greens” all summer and fall for an average size family.
Plant in Augu'st and September where plants are to stand. New Zealand
Spinach should be in every Southern garden for an all sumnier and fall
crop of good “greens.” Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c: % lb., 50c; lb., $1.75; postpaid.

Hastings’ Aragon Spinach

EARLY BUSH SQUASH

These squash can be planted in the Central South as late as August 15th. South
Florida plantings can be continued as late as October 1st. either for home use or
shipment. Plant one ounce to 25 hills or 2 to 3 pounds per acre.

Early White Bush Squash (No. 425)

White Scalloped or Patty

Pan Squash. It is one of the earliest to mature, very productive and of light
cream color. Very popular variety for shipment to Northern markets from Flor¬
ida, as well as being a general favorite for home gardeners everywhere. Packet,
10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; 14 pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.50; postpaid.

Hastings’ Mammoth White Bush

Cniiaeli/Mn d9n^ Bust, being double the size and more regular in s'hape. It
9l|Ua9ll ^ nUi **£11 y ig very earl.v, uniform in growth and prolific. .Has a beau¬
tiful white skin and flesh, and grows 10 to 12 inches across. Fine for family gar¬
dens and nearby markets, but too large to grow for shipment. Packet, 10c; oz.,
20c: 14 pound, 50c; pound, $1.50; postpaid.

/ M A A09\ Largest scalloped variety; often 2 feet in
WOIUCll wllSlorO ^ liOi •*£ £ / diameter on rich, moist soil. Rich, dark

golden yellow color,
smooth skin, uniform
in growth and evenly
scalloped. R e g u lar
bush form, immense¬
ly productive and of
fine quality. Pkt., 10c ;
oz., 20c; 14 lb., 50c;
Hastings New Zealand Spinach lb., $1.50; postpaid.

Yellow Summer Crookneck to1

SnUSSh^No 49 tome and market gardens. Fruits small, of
^ I1W. I y bright orange yellow color, and covered with
warty excrecences. Flavor very rich and buttery. Packet, 10 cents; ounce,
20 cents; 14 pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.50; postpaid.

Giant Summer Crookneck {.^ve”“a vSV ^c^tS 1.1

of the good qualities of the Crookneck class, and
at the same time giving double the size of the
Old Y’’ellow Summer Crookneck. For market gardeners growing for near¬
by markets and for home gardens it is especially desirable. Packet, 10
cents; ounce, 20 cents; 14 pound, 65 cents; pound, $2.00; postpaid.

Early Yello^v Bush Squash (No. 424) Early White Bush

except in color, which is a bright golden yellow. Packet, 10 cents; ounce,
20 cents; % pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.50; postpaid.

SALSIFY OR VEGETABLE OYSTER

A most delicious vegetable grown from Septetaber and October planted
seed all through the Lower South and Florida. Ground should be pre¬
pared deeply, as Salsifv is a deep rooter. Sow one ounce of seed to about
one hundred feet of drill. Seed should be covered about one inch.

Mammoth Sandwich Island white variety. Attains large

f IIa size, being twice the size of the Long White. In quality it is

^nOi ‘tVt f much superior to the other sorts. Packet, 10 cents; ounce,
25 cents; 14 pound, 90 cents; pound, $3.00; postpaid.

Squash(No.426)

Hastings’ Mammoth White Bush Squash

//. 6'. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

Tomatoes for Summer and Fall Plantings

Hastings’ Big Bed Rock Tomato for Home Use and Canning

Red Rock, the Big Red Solid “S',, "rtV'Se.Ww
Meaty Tomato(No. 455) 1“!

ning. Red Rock matures in from 110 to 115 days. It is extraordinarily
solid — hence the name of Red Rock. Perfectly smooth, has no superior
in texture or flavor and is as red as a tomato can be. It’s a red that
goes all the way through. The meat is solid without being hard, and
is of the finest flavor. Practically no waste tomatoes in a crop of Red
Rock. Plant Red Rock this j’ear. You will like it. Packet, 10 cents;
i/i ounce, 20 cents; ounce, 35 cents; % pound, $1.00; i)ound, $3.50;
postpaid.

liinA DSnlr^Mn ^ Earliana. Often brings 25 per

JUIIC r lili^ ^ llUi *tOU y cent higher price in markets where pink
varieties are preferred. Enormous hearer, freciuently bearing clusters
of six to eight fruits of medium size: uniform, smooth and at¬
tractively shaped. Bushes are compact yet branch freely. Excel¬
lent for shipping, a favorite with the market gardener for an ex¬
tra early purplish pink tomato and always a delight in the
home garden. Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 25 cents; ounce, 40
cents; % pound, $1.25; pound, $1.50; i>ostpaid.

PnnrlArnea^Nn tomatoes, it

ronaerosa^nui nuist have rich sou to be a suc¬

cess. but fruits are very large; purplish pink in color, solid,
meaty, and very sweet. These being large and riblied are for
home use only. Packet, 10 cents; ^ ounce, 25 cents; ounce, 40
cents; % pound, $1.25; pound, $4.50; postpaid,

Hastings’ Improved Purple ?aTietfes‘ on ®o u1

Anmo^Nn ddH list. A big improvement over the old
1 I Acme, which was so popular everywhere.

One of the very earliest, is almost round and has a thin but very
:ough skin. Our improved Acme is a very heavy bearer, ripen¬
ing evenly all over. Has a lovely purplish shade of color, mak¬
ing it especially desirable as a market and shipping variety.

Has few seeds ; is thick, meaty and solid. It makes a desirable
sort for either market or home use with its fine color and flavor.
Packet, 5 cents; % ounce, 15 cents; ounce, 25 cents; % pound, 90
cents; pound, $3.00.

Golden Queen (No. 453 ) large smooth yellow tomato.

Meaty, solid, and sweet, with bright golden yellow color. Packet,

10 cents; Ye ounce, 20 cents; ounce, 35 cents; postpaid.

Livingston’s Globe(No.446) mato with Florida

shippers. Our seed stock of this variety is grown from Living¬
ston’s original strain and kept absolutely pure. We find it one of
the earliest : fruits are smooth and of good size, firm flesh and
few seeds. Very productive, fruit being short jointed and clusters
of fruit form at each joint. Fruits are of right size and shape to
pack well for shipment. Color of skin purplish red, about the
same shade as our Redfield Beauty. Seen both in our own crops
and by observation of market gardens is that abont half come
true globe sh.aped ; the balance are rather flattened, but much
thicker, proportionately, than other varieties. Packet, 10 cents;

Va ounce, 20c: ounce, 35c; 14 pound, $1,00; pound, $3.60; postpaid.

Hastings’ tomato seed has a reputation equaled by that of no
other house in this country. It leads all others iri the tomato
shipping sections of Florida, Mississippi and Texas. Our seed
stands the test of time.

About the time this catalogue comes into the hands of the ma¬
jority of its readers the tomatoes from the spring plantings will
have begun to die out. It is easily possible for the people of the
Central South to have tomatoes for table use until a month or six
weeks after killing frost. Planted in August, most varieties
bear in 75 to 80 days. Summer planted tomatoes will be in their
prime during October and November and can be picked green be¬
fore the plants are killed and kept in the house and ripened
gradually for weeks afterwards. If you never tried planting to¬
matoes in summer, do so now. In Florida and along the Gulf
Coast it is a regular crop for fall and early winter shipment.

Scatter seed in bed or box thinly and cover with
about 1/2 inch of soil. Before transplanting, break
the soil deeply and work in stable manure or fertilizer thorough¬
ly. Set plants 3 feet apart each way : give clean cultivation. As
plants grow it is best to tie them to stakes except the dwarf
sorts; like Dwarf Champion. One ounce of seed makes about
1,500 good plants; use about four ounces of seed per acre.

Hastings’ Extra Early Prolific fuHtrfi^'om

plantings this has no equal. It’s a
■ Ulllcl&V ^ IIUi wonder for extra earliness, smooth¬

ness and heavy bearing; immensely prolific, combined with vig¬
orous grow'ing qualities. Begins to “set” fruit from the first
blooms and as the foliage is rather light and open it lets the sun
in to color and ripen the fruit quickly. Fruit is from 2^2 to 3
inches in diameter; rich red color and ripens evenly. It is a
splendid shipper and of very good eating quality for home gar¬
den use. If you are a truck grower you cannot afford not to
plant it; if you are a home, gardener you need it for earliest use.
It represents years of closest and most careful work in seed se¬
lection and plant breeding. Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 25 cents;
ounce, 40 cents; % pound, $1.25; pound, $4.50; postpaid.

Hastings’ Matchless Tomato naYneTfir

/Ufl to the present time it has had no equal as a

• / large second-early, for home use, nearby markets or
canning. Vigorous grower, very productive and continues to
produce large sized fruits until frost. Fruits large to extra
large; very meaty and solid, with few seeds. Its color is a bril¬
liant shade of red. Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 15 cents; ounce,
25 cents; 14 pound, 90 cents; pound, $3.00; postpaid.

Spark’s Earliana ( No. 457 ) 1;'’

hardy with rather slender open branches ; moderate growth well
set Vidth fruits, all of which ripen early. Deep scarlet color, grow¬
ing in clusters of 6 to 8 fruits, averaging 214 inches in diameter.
Packet, 6 cents; % ounce, 15 cents; ounce, 25 cents; 14 pound, 90
rents; pound, $3.00; postpaid.

Livingston’s Globe Tomato (or Shipping

2!)

If. G, Hastings Co., Seedsmen , Atlanta, Georgia

HASTINGS’ REDFIELD BEAUTY (No. 445)l;Lr,rSS;

Our Redfleld Beauty is of the right size,
the right earliness, the right shape, the
right color, the right bearing qualities,
the right shipping and eating qualities;
in fact it’s an all right tomato in every
respect. It has been planted for tlie last
25 years in Florida, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, and in
all tests it has proven its superiority over
all the other famous varieties. Its vigor¬
ous growth, heavy and long bearing qual¬
ities and its comparative freedom from
rotting under the most trying conditions
of growth, make it a favorite everywhere.
Of glossy crimson color with a slight tinge
of purple. Grows in clusters of three to
live fruits and is the most regular in size
and shape of fruit of any variety known.
Retains its large size until iUl are picked.
Of perfect shape and is unexcelled for
toughness of skin and solidity. Packet,
10 cents; % ounce, 20 cents; ounce, :t5c;
*4 pound, SI. 00; pound, S5. 50; 5-pound lots
or over at $3.25 per pound, not prepaid.

One of
the very

best of the second early
class of tomatoes following
closely In maturity varieties like Extra
Early Prollfle. Fruits uniformly larger,
thicker through, more solid and much
finer quality than most extra early varie¬
ties. Fruits very deep through from stem
to blossom end, being almost round or
ball shaped; about 3 inches in diameter;
the inner part is very solid and fleshy
with very few seeds, the seed cells being
very small and fnilts nearly all solid flesh.
Flavor exceptlonaly sweet and free from
acid. Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 15 cents;
ounce, 25 cents; % pound, 90 cents;
pound, $3.00; postpaid.

Chalk’s Early Jewel
(No. 451)

Livingston’s Favorite

known
use or
tinged

A standard well
variety for home

rUo nearby markets. Color: glossy crimson,

with purple. Packet, 6c; Vz ounce, 15c; ounce,
23c; % pound, 90c; pound, $3.00,

Livingston’s Manyfoid

^Nn \ Brightest red inside and out and very largest

\ / early cluster tomato, averaging five to the cluster.

Appeals strongly to canners, makers of catsup and for home
gardeners. Packet, 10c; % oz., 25c: oz., 40c; ^4 Ih., $1.25; lb.,
$4.50; postpaid.

Hastings’ Dwarf Champion Tomato

Hastings’ Redfield Beauty, the All Right Tomato For You All Times of the Year

Hastings’ Long Keeper Tomato our Long Keeper

/Uss in heat and drought resisting qualities; its resistance to

unfavorable conditions being remarkable. It is adapted
to the entire South, Fruits over 3 inches in diameter and bright red
in color. Packet, 10 cents; V- ounce, 15 cents; ounce, 25 cents; pi
pound, 90 cents: pound, $3.00; postpaid.

Duke of York, the Blight Proof (No. 456)

Not of first -class eating quality but a first-class shipper and will grow
and fruit successfully where all other varieties die of the tomato blight
which is so prevelent in many parts of the Sotith Packet, 10 cents;
ounce, 25 cents; ounce, 40 cents; Pi pound, $1.25; pound, $4.50; postpaid.
ThoQtnriAdJn Extra large, smooth variety of bright

■ nt? wlUIIC ^ HU. ‘♦‘*3 ^ ,.gq color. Fsed in some parts for win
ter shipment and a st.ind.ird sort for those who grow for canning. A
large, smooth, solid, meaty tomato for .all purposes and a splendid va¬
riety to furnish late tomatoes everywhere. P.acket, 5 cents; ounce, 15
cents; ounce, 25 cents: 14 pound. 90 cents; pound, $3.00; postpaid.

Farlv nftl-rnitdJn ^ productive va-

Kdriy W&mi C ^ nUt HUu ^ riety for either shipping or home
use. Especially well adapted for growth in Florida. Color purplish
pink. Packet, 5 cents; V2 ounce, 15 cents; ounce, 25 cents; ^ pound, 90
cents; pound, postpaid.

Hastings’ Dwarf ChampionTomato(No.452)

Our special strain of Dwarf Champion is the only first-class tomato of
sufficient stiff growth to stand up clear of the ground without staking,
thus keeping fruits oft' the ground. Growth stift', upright and compact;
fruits large, of bright red color; regular in size and shape and very
smooth skin: one of tuir most jinpular and desirrihle varieties. Wo con-
sblor our seed crops of Dw.irf Champion for the last two years the most
uniform and beautiful fields of tomatoes ever grown. Packet, 10 cents;
*4 ounce, 20 cents: ounce, 35c: pound, $1.00; pound, $3.50; postpaid.

IWIancflAlH TfAA Tomatn strong growing variety.

iTianSlieia l ree l OmdKU which has to Uo well tied to

(Nn stakes to keep from sprawling on ground. Fruits extra

^iiU. *vUO^ birge. aver.ige one pound in weight, and of fine quality.
Packet, 10 cents; packets. 25 cents; postpaid.

Red Pear Shaped ( No. 454) Very strong growers, ami

Yellow Pear Shaped(No. 450) Tb^e" fr‘'pTe‘Je7ves^“i‘i

pickling. Each, packet. 10 cents; ounce, 30 cents; ounce, 50 cents.

Yellow Plum Tomato (No. 461 ) ^iTt ilirler";*^^,;

plum shaped; sweet, meaty and prolific. A Girls’ Canning Club favorite
for preserves. Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 30 cents; ounce, 50 cents.

H. G, Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

Late Summer and Early Fall IsTurnip-Planting Time

The South as a whole plants a great deal of rutabaga and turnip
seed every fall. This is right. It is an important and useful crop.
But — the average man who plants turnips doesn’t get the results he
is due to have from his plantings. Why? Simply because he is
careless and thinks it’s hardly worth while being particular enough
to send off to some reliable house for rutabaga and turnip seed.

Next time he goes to town he drops in at supply merchant’s or
drug store and gets some of the cheap stock that is on sale and
usually more or less of a failure is the result.

Friends, the turnip is a mighty common vegetable, yet if you

Hastings* Early Red or Purple Top Turnip

want right results In either honie or market crops of them it will
well repay you to take just as much care about turnip seed as
any other kind of seed.

The turnip, rutabaga and other kinds of seed for fall sowing at
merchant’s or druggist’s may be all right or it may not. In buy¬
ing it you are the chance-taker.

It’s not necessary to take chances. When you have seed from
Hastings’ you are sure and that feeling of sureness before plant¬
ing is well worth the trouble of sending, even if you only want
a dime’s worth. Further, your small orders are just as welcome
at Hastings’ as larger ones. Larger ones will come later.

Hastings* Early White Flat Dutch Turnip

Early White Flat Dutch (No. 467 )

shown by the illustration, with very fine tap root,
cents; % pound, 25 cents; pound, 75 cents; postpaid.

An old standby, and one of the most popular early varieties in the South for
either spring or fall planting. Of medium size and a quick grower. Is flat as
Flesh and skin pure white; fine grained and sweet. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10
Ten pounds, not prepaid, 50 cents per pound.

Early Red or Purple Top ™fe/y T e frry'^flfd

/Ug turnip, being almost identical with the Flat Dutch,

^IIU. ■tony except for the deep red or purple color of the skin
at the top of the bulb. Known in many sections as the Purple
Top Flat Dutch. It's a quick grower with very fine-grained,
sweet-flavored flesh. TTie red top of the bulb extending down to
where it rests in the soil, adds very much to the attractive ap¬
pearance of this popular variety. Packet, 5c; ounce, 10c; % lb.,
25c; pound, 75c; postpaid. Ten pounds, not prepaid, 50c a lb.

Hastings’ Early Snowball !®e“t“y"^ perffcny

round, color pure white, solid, sweet,
fine grained with short top. Not as
fine as other varieties for “greens,” although very good. The
turnips !ire exceptionally crisp and tender and being pure white
all the way through makes a most pleasing variety to plant.
Packet, 6c: ounce, 10c; ^4 pound, 25c; pound, 75 cents; postpaid.

Turnlp(No.472)

FYti*si Farlv Fcro' Finest flavored of all early

barij VWIII&Cbgg turnips, and with favora-
/Mg seasons is ready for use in 6 weeks. Skin and

flesh a pure, snow white; solid, fine-grained, sweet
and a good seller. Looks very attractive bunched for sale, and
gardeners with this variety have no difficulty in selling at top
prices. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; ^4 pound, 25 cents;
pound, 75c; postpaid. Ten pounds or over, 50 cents per pound.

pYtra Milan Farliest of all turnips. A flat, pur-

b^ci a bai ly lYlllall pie-topped variety, resembling the
/Ug Early Red or Purple top, but is one or two weeks

touy earlier. Perfect in shape and color; sweet and fine
grained. Seed supply very shoitf. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15
cents; % pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.75; postpaid.

Purple or Red Top Globe

/Ug Medium early, globe shaped, handsome ap-

pearance and heavy cropper in all parts of the
South. You cannot plant too many of them either for home use
or market. Always of good quality, a good keeper and seller in
the market. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 14 pound. 25 cents;
pound, 75c; postpaid. Ten pounds, not prepaid, .50 cents a lb.

PLANT A FULL FALL GARDEN

Hastings’ Purple Top Globe Turnip

31

H. G. Ilastvigs Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

HASTINGS' MIXED TURNIPS

Seven Toper
^^Salad Turnip”

/Ma 47 9 \ mixture of our own containing some of

papjj variety of turnips and rutabagas catalogued by
us. This mixture is made up to supply the demand of the thousands
of planters who wish to make only one sowing and at the same time
have a succession of turnips to supply them all through the season.
This mixture contains all the early, medium and late varieties and
•salad” variety of "greens.” Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; % lb., 25c; lb., 75c.

Yellow or Amber Globe l^re^Tud^ubtediy^'^t re

/Ufl 499 \ most handsome of the yellow sorts. Grows to a large
size, flesh very firm, fine grained and keeps splendid¬
ly, well into the spring. This globe-shaped turnip of light-yellow
flesh is one of the best for a general crop, excellent for table use,
and its large size makes it line for feeding stock. We have a good
stock of this variety this fall and the price is reasonable. There
is no better yellow globe turnip than Hastings'. Packet, 5c; ounce,
lOc; % pound, 25c; pound, 75c; iiostpaid. Ten pounds, not pre¬
paid, 50 cents per pound.

LongWhiteor Cowhorn(No.470) cl^r^?

shaped, one-third to one-half of which are formed above ground.
It roots deeply resisting drought well. Flesh pure white, fine¬
grained, sweet and of excellent
table quality. It is very hardy
and resistant to cold. Frequently
planted together with Dwarf Es¬
sex Kape for winter stock food.
Packet, 5c; ounce, 10c; % pound,
35c; pound, $1.00.

Southern

Snow-White LTe^’sofd!

Globe(No.47l)^gTo^tg

for a turnip, producing great
weight to the acre. Rapidly grow¬
ing in popular favor, more espe¬
cially as a late winter and spring
variety. In the autumn and early
winter it is apt to be hard, but
mellows like an apple in keep¬
ing. It is productive, hardy, and
closely resembles in size and
shape the popular Purple Top
Globe. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; % lb..
25c; pound, 75 cents.

Dong White or Cowhorn
Turnip

/Ma 1177 \ The most popular
I ) variety for winter
and early spring "greens” in the
South. Very hardy, growing all
through the winter. Can be cut
at all times, giving a supply of
fresh vegetable matter at times
when nothing else is available.
Can be sown from August till
December and in early spring.
Packet, 5c; ounce, 10c; % pound,
20 cents; pound, 65c; postpaid.
Ten-lb. lots, 50c a lb.

A FULL FALL GARDEN

A Full Fall Garden, grown from seeds that you can depend
on to make good will yield as many vegetables as you and your
whole family can eat throughout the rest of the year. The
spring garden will furnish the fresh tender vegetables all
through the spring and summer, and the summer and fall gar¬
den will produce until killing frost. The excess vegetables can
be canned, dried and stored for use until next spring’s plant¬
ings begin to bear.

The great sa\dng from the merchants* bills is worth a pile of
money. The good, wholesome vegetable dinners with break¬
fasts and suppers, make a pleasing sight on the table, give you
a good appetite, aid in digestion and make the whole family
the more eager to sit down the minute the meal is ready.

Just think what a great saving a big fall garden w’ill be to
your family this fall and all the good that comes along with it.
Can’t you realize how much it will be worth? Look hack over
these pages and make out a complete list for your fall order;
then ‘‘keep books” on your garden and you will know it pays
and pays well.

Hastings’ Yellow or Amber Globe Turnip

Golden Ball (No. 474)

sized variety, as round as a ball with a clear deep orange color.
Bulbs of medium size a rapid grower maturing early. Has small
tap roots. This is the finest flavored of all the yellow varieties for
table use. Packet, 5c; oz., 10c; % lb., 25c; lb., 75c.

Hastlng.s’ Seven Top or “Salad Turnip” for Greens

82

H. G, Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

HASTINGS' BIG 7 TURNIP
COLLECTION 50c

The most popular of all Turnip collections. Hastinfrs* “Big 7” jjives every family in the South a full supply of early, medium and
late turnips. No other seed house offers you such a bargain in GOOD TURNIP SEED as this. For 50 cents we will send you, post¬
paid, one full ounce each of Extra Early White Egg, Purple or Red Top Strap Leaf, Early White Flat Dutch, Purple or Red Top
Globe. Yellow or Amber Globe, Improved American Rutabaga, and Seven Top Turnip. Seven ounces of 1‘urnips, all different, of the
very best grade seed, for 50 cents, delivered at your postoffice. No other varieties will be sold at this price and no changes will be
allowed in this collection. If you do not want to plant all this seed this fall, what you hold over is perfectly good for next spring's
sowings. This superb turnip collection is now a standard for all turnip planting in every Southern state. This collection w’ill give
all the turnips any ordimrry family can use and more. Remember: These are full ounces of the finest seed in the United States.

7 Ounces, 7 Varieties, 50 Cents, Postpaid

Hastings’ Improved American Butabaga — The Finest Rutabaga in the World

Hastings'

Improved

American

Rutabaga

THE FINEST RUTABAGA
INTHEW0RLD(No.468)

Our special strain of Improved
American leaves nothing to be
desired. It is the best and heav¬
iest ctopper of all rutabagas for
the South. This variety has been
grown and improved for years to
meet the wants and trade of the
most critical gardeners. It is of
fine form, with a rich purple too
and yellow flesh of very pleasing
appearance. Flesh is tender and
sweet and exceptionally free
from stringy, hard flesh. It has
a comparatively small top, small
and fine roots, and is a sure and
heavy cropper. If you grow^ ru¬
tabagas you need Hastings’ “Im¬
proved American.” Just look at
the specimen in the photograph.
Doesn’t that look like a cropper?

Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, 10 cents ;
% pound, 25 cents; pound. 75c;
postpaid. Ten-lb. lots, not pre¬
paid, 50 cents a i>ound.

H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

33

Summer and Fall Gardening

Most of our people seem to feel that they have done their duty
when they have made a garden in the spring, apparentiy forget¬
ting that many of the vegetables planted during the spring months
are quick maturing, soon reach maturity and are used up and
nothing is put in to take their place. Others think that a turnip
patch fills the bill for summer and fall planting and let it go at
that. As a matter of fact, in most parts of the South continuous
gardening, or rather a continuous supply from the garden, is a
possibility the year around.

Several years ago one of the Atlanta papers used to publish a
monthly crop report from each county in the state and along about
June or July almost every county would report “gardens failing.”
Now. gardens “dry up’ in June or July most frequently because
people stop working them, let the ground get hard and crusted.
They “fail” both from this cause and for the reason that the peo¬
ple don’t plant something else to take the place of the vegetables
already used up. As a matter of fact the garden ground ought to
be kept busy the year around, and some of the most profitable
gardening of the year can be done during the fall.

We of the South ought to be more regular growers and consum¬
ers of the garden products. We are not talking about the grower
for market, for he needs no talking to. Growing vegetables is his
business. We need the home vegetable garden worked to the limit
of its producing capacity during the year. We all need a plentiful
supply of vegetables, not from tin cans bought from distant States,
but from our own garden plots. It means money-saving and it
means health-saving, and we all need to save both.

With the wide nxuge of conditions of temperature and date of
first killing frost it is difficult to lay down any hard and fast rule
as to when and what to plant in the fall, and the schedule given
below in the various states is to be considered only as a general guide.

Below we give an outline of garden work in the different states
for the months August to December, so far as it can be given. It
m really surprising how many vegetables can be grown even in the
Central South from late summer and fall planting. Market gar¬
deners plant something every month in t 'e year even as far north
as Atlanta, and this should be a guide to those who think that
gardening is something to be done only in the spring months.

You Can HaveaGood Fall Garden in YourState

Bush varieties can be planted in the norther.: half of
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana an . Texas,
also in North and South Carolina up to August 15th; in tne south¬
ern half of these States named up to September 1st. Pole snap va¬
rieties like Old Homestead, also the pole and bush llmas, can be
planted in the southern half up to August 15th. In Florida plant
all kinds during August; the bush varieties during September, and
in South Florida beans can be planted with more or less safety
during all the fall and winter months.

The turnip-shaped varieties such as Hastings’ Improved
Blood Turnip, Eclipse and Lentz Extra Early can be
planted in August in northern half of Georgia, Alabama. Missis¬
sippi, Louisiana, Texas and the Carolinas during August and first
half of September. In the southern half of these States beet plant¬
ing can continue until about October 15. In Florida, Southwest
Texas and many of the more protected Gulf Coast sections the
planting of beets may be continued during all of the fall and win¬
ter months. In Florida beets should be planted in October, No¬
vember and December.

Inuior Planting of Cauliflower is not advised during
the fall months except in Florida, Southwest
Texas and well protected spots along the Gulf Coast Seed had
best be sown in late September or October for maturing in early
spring months. Cauliflower will not stand heat, and to be success¬
ful must be matured not later than April 1st in those sections. The
same is true of Broccoli, which resembles Cauliflower closely.
OahKatyo Lower South, Florida, Southwest Texas and

the Gulf Coast sections this is the most important
fall sown vegetable crop. Early varieties such as the Wakefield can
be planted in northern half of Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mis¬
sissippi, Texas and the Carolinas in August for maturing before
cold weather comes. In the southern half of these States planting
may be made in September and October of the flat varieties. Per¬
fection, Surehead. Sure Crop, Centennial Late Flat Dutch, for ma¬
turing during the late winter months. In Florida, the immediate
Gulf Coast sections and Southwest Texas the bulk of seed plant¬
ing should be during the month of October for March and April
maturity. Cabbage is a half hardy vegetable and will stand con¬
siderable cold without serious injury except when “in bud,” that
is, the beginning of the formation of the head. If frozen at that
time it is apt to run to seed without forming heads.

Suitable for August planting in the northern half
of the South, for September planting in the Southern
half. For Florida, Southwest Texas and close to the Gulf, plant¬
ings may be made almost any time up to December. The carrot is
a vegetable that should be more largely planted in the South in
the fall as well as in the spring.

flo ttoi advise the planting of celery in the fall ex-
cept in Florida, Southwest Texas and in the sheltered
spots along the Gulf. In that section August and September plant¬
ings are the most desirable for March and April maturity.

While looked on as an almost strictly spring
\^MWUIIIUer vegetable it can be planted in August and early
September for quick maturity along the Gulf Coast and in Florida.
Limited areas of this are found profitable in South Florida for
shipments North during the winter months.

KTcvcvnlsnt advised for planting in the fall except in

South Florida. July and August plantings will
mature in that State in about 110 days, and like cucumbers, limited
areas are found profitable for shipments from South Florida dur¬
ing the winter months. Peppers are adapted to similar conditions.
|x_|_ Entirely hardy in all parts of the

V%al6 Or DWr south in any average winter. In the
northern half of the South. September and October sowings are
the best. In Florida and Gulf Coast sections plant up to January
1st. Kaie should be in every garden in the South for winter and
spring greens.

I ottlJCC most widely grown and largely planted of

", “**''^the “salad” vegetables. Requires rich or well manured
soil and plenty of moisture for quick growth. In northern Georgia,
Alabama. Mississippi, Texas and the Carolinas sowing of lettuce
can be made during ■ August and up to September 15th. In the
southern half, these sowings can be continued up to October 1st. In
Florida, Southwest Texas and protected Gulf Coast points plant¬
ings may be continued all through the fall and winter, although the
best months are October and November. Where the garden has cold
frames or protected beds, lettuce can he planted and groryi in them
during all the fall and winter months in the northern districts.

Eargely planted in family gardens in both fall and

■ Tiuacdi u spring, jn the more northern sections of the South,
August, September and October sowings are best. In Florida and
the Gulf Coast sections October sowings are the best, although in
Florida continuous sowings can be made October to February.

Plant sets of the hardy varieties (Yellow Danvers and
will VI 19 Silverskln) in the northern half of the South in Sep¬
tember and October; in the southern half plant from September
to December. In the southern half, also Florida and Southwest
Texas, plant seed of the Bermuda during October. Sets of all
the onions can be planted all through the fall in that section, but
the Bermuda varieties from seed are preferable.

Garden or English Peas

planted in northern half of Georgia, Alabama. Mississippi and
Louisiana in August; in the southern half plantings of them can
be made as late as September 15th. In Florida, South Texas and
near the Gulf plantings can be made both of the extra earlies and
second earlies, such as Home Delight and Bliss’ Everbearing al¬
most any time during the fall and winter months. Peas are fairly
hardy except when in bloom.

DA(|Je||Ae 1° northern half of Georgia, Alabama, Missis-
•**•**. '•^* sippi. Louisiana, Texas and both the Carolinas,

succession plantings of radishes may be made eyery ten days to
two weeks from August 15th to October 15th. In the southern half
of those States, also Florida, plantings may begin in September
and continue at interyals all through the fall months. Good, or
well fertilized soil, with sufficient moisture to insure quick growth
is necessary to make crisp, tender radishes.

SflUash would not adyise planting this in the northern
^«|Ma9il jjaif of (jjig general district except between August
1st and 15th. In the southern half plantings can be made up to
September 1st. In South Florida the bush squashes can be planted
almost at pleasure any time during the fall months.

Sninach ^lost of our southern people like “greens” during
^fjliiavii \yinter and spring, and for this purpose there is
nothing better than spinach. The seed does not germinate freely
in warm weather, so that planting should be deferred until weather
cools down. It is perfectly hardy, standing any ordinary winter
weather, making growth all through the winter and spring. For
Florida and Gulf Coast sections November and December plant-

- ings are best.

I Tnmaf'n^Q Plant in the northern half of Georgia, Alabama,

■ viiia&ws Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and the Carolinas
up to August 1st. In the lower half to August loth and in Florida
and Southern Texas they make a regular fall and early winter
crop for shipment and home use. If plants are frozen the green
fruits will ripen in the house.

TlirninC standby in Southern fall gardens. In

■ Ml iiip9 jij file states except Florida, .South Texas and im¬
mediate Gulf Coast sections the planting season opens with ruta¬
bagas in July and August, followed two or three weeks later by
the bulb yarieties of turnips such as Purple Top Globe, Flat Dutch,
White Egg, Purple Top Flat, etc., followed in September and Octo-

. ber by the “salad” varieties like Seven Top and Southern Prize

Head and shoulders above every other farm paper in the South
stands the Southern Ruralist, that best of all practical, common
sense farm papers.

There are more than one hundred publications being mailed
through the Atlanta post office and not a single one of them has
the number of readers and the influence that the Southern Bural-
ist has.

The time has come when the successful farmer must read, keep¬
ing up with the new things in the agricultural world, develop¬
ments and betterments of methods outside of his own immediate
neighborhood.

The farmer who is to succeed in his line of business as other
men succeed in other lines of business can no more afford to get
along without one or more good farm papers than he can get along
with an old style plow or cultivator when something that will do
more work and better work is available.

Regardless of wdiether it be farmer or mercantile or manufac¬
turing, the men who are in it must needs know all they can if
full measure of success is to be attained. The more information
he can get the better prepared he is to meet his problems.

We read the Southern Ruralist regularl.v. There is hardly an
issue printed that doesn't carry some item of farm information that
we can m.ike use of on the Hastings Plantation and we are mighty
glad to get it. We don’t care a rap wdiether useful farm informa¬
tion comes to us through the Southern Ruralist or by word of
mouth. The main thing is to get the information and be sure of
its reliability.

Farming isn’t what it used to be in the days of our fathers and

grandfathers. We have farm problems, plant diseases and insect
pests that were unheard of in their day. If we are to succeed we
must farm on a 1920 basis instead of on the father or grandfather
basis. If we don’t keep up with the changes we won’t last long in
the farming business.

You may think it strange that two pages of this seed catalogue
is taken up with the merits of and special price offer of an agri¬
cultural paper. It is unusual, but the more our farmer friends
read the good and practical ideas and put them in practice on the
farms, the better crops at less cost they will produce. This makes
a better farmer in every respect and a better seed buying cus¬
tomer of good seeds.

The farmer man who reads and acts on the knowledge acquired
will more diversified crops; he is a candidate to buy better

seed ol 'etter varieties. He will give the garden the attention its
importance deserves and in time as he gets better fixed in a money
w’ay his wdfe will want and be willing and able to buy flower seed
and plants which we sell.

The Lord help the seedsman who has to depend on the business
he can get out of the exclusive cotton planting, “land skinning”
farmer who can’t see any further ahead than a supply merchant
to run him, and who as a rule hasn’t got the price of a nickel
package of collard seed ahead in his pockets. The seedsman de¬
pending on business from that kind of a non-reading farmer
would go broke in short order.

We all need to read more and think more about what we read
and in that reading we want to make the right start by reading
the right kind of a farm paper.

Why Not Read the Best Farm Paper

This is an absolutely fair, common sense question. Why not?
Why not read the best farm paper, one that is edited and printed
for your particular section so that the farm information contained
therein won’t he misleading in any way.

When you begin to study about buying a new plow or cultiva¬
tor you are not going to buy a plow for instance made for and
adapted to Iowa prairie soil or Ohio or New Y^ork conditions
alone. Y'ou are looking for a tilow or cultivator to fit Georgia or
Mississippi or some other Southern state as the case may be. That
particular implement wants to be and must be adapted to your
particular conditions. The plow that might just suit the Iowa' and
Ohio or New York man isn’t what you want and would be more
or less of a failure if you tried to use it on a different kind of
soil than it was built to serve.

It is exactly the same way with farm papers. There are some
splendid farm papers published further north. They are fine for
the farmers in their particular section but the conditions they
serve are different from the ones you work under. You must have
a farm paper edited and made up by men who know the South,
know exactly the soil conditions you have, the problems of plant
diseases and insect pests that you have to combat, the fertilizing
problems, etc., the hundred and one things that the farmer of the
South has to deal with which the farmer and farm paper editor
of the North knows nothing about.

We believe absolutely in the Southern Ruralist. We have seen
it grow from a little four-page monthly with .500 circulation to a
magnificent standing and influence, 32 to 64 pages each issue and
going to some three hundred thousand farm families twice each
month.

Such growth could only come from giving satisfaction to the
readers, giving each year many times the value of the small
amount spent for it.

Knowing the Southern Ruralist as well as we do enables us to
sell it to you under the absolute guarantee of your money back if
you are not satisfied. See this “money back” offer below. We
have handled tens of thousands of subscriptions for the Southern
Ruralist in this way and have yet to have a single subscriber ask
for his money back.

Below will be found the special offer. On the opposite page wdll
be found some things about the men who make the Southern Ru¬
ralist and their experience in farm work, as well as the specialists
who write on special subjects.

It’s a great paper, the best farm paper, the most practical farm
paper in the South. The publishers are wide-awake, well-known,
responsible agricultural men that you can rely on and you can’t
afford not to read the Soutliern Ruralist if you want the largest
measure of success on your farm.

SPECIAL PRICE AND MONEY BACK OFFER

Due to the increase in postal rates and the use of the ‘‘Zone System^* in calculating: postagre on paper we have had to stop our
usual “half-price** offer of the past. For these raises in price you can thank your Congressmen and Senators who voted indirectly
but knowingly to increase the price of your reading matter. In our opinion it was an uncalled for piece of legislation and had it
not been for the votes of Southern Congressmen and Senators the increase would hardly have been passed through Congress.

The regular subscription price of the Southern Ruralist is 50 cents per year, about 2 cents per copy. If sent in with your seed
order we can have it sent to you for 25 cents; that is if you live in Georgia, Alabama, North or South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi
or Tennessee. If you live in any other state the price is 50 cents per year. Foreign subscriptions are $1.00 each per year.

We want every Hastings seed buying customer to be a reader of tlie Southern Ruralist because we know that you wall find it
w'orth while; know that if you read it and use the information you will gain dollars for every cent spent for the paper. Let no one
say “I can*t aflord** it for that tale won’t go. Less than one pound of cotton, about a peck of corn or a couple of feeds of oats will
pay for the Southern Ruralist for a year.

On top of this we will guarantee that any time within three months we w’il! refund the money paid and have your subscription
stopped if you are not fully satisfied.

In this offer we guarantee full satisfaction and money back if you don’t think it worth it. You need the Ruralist. Every issue of
the twenty-four during the year you will find helpful. Through us you can buy it for 25 cents, with an absolute, positive guarantee
of your money back if you are not fully satisfied at the end of three months. You can’t get anywhere in this world a fairer, squarer
offer than that. Just enclose 25 cents extra with your seed order for the Ruralist for one year. We will start it coming promptly.

//. G. Ila.itings Go.,- Seedsmen, .itlanta, Georgia

35

Mr. C. A. Cobb, Agricultural Editor of the Buralist

r. J. Merriam, President Southern Ruralist Company

THESE ARE THE PRACTICAL FARM MEN OF THE SOUTH WHO MAKE IT

CA We want to introduce to our friends the new

■ Editor, Mr. C. A. Cobb, formerly of the Mississ¬

ippi Extension Force, and familiarly known throughout the South
as ‘‘Corn Cobb. ’

For a number of years Mr. Cobb has been an outstanding figure
among Sotithern agricultural workers. His particular field of en¬
deavor has been Bo.vs’ Club Work. Due to his leadership, that
work has grown until it is predominant in Mississippi and highly
respected in every Southern State.

Mr. Cobb has had a varied and fruitful experience. Raised on a
Tennessee farm, the son of a Baptist preacher, educated b.v his
own efforts in the Mississippi A. and M. College, principal of the
first agricultural high school in that state — these things, together
with his personal ownership and practical management of a mod¬
ern 300-acre farm and the broad knowledge and mental balance de¬
veloped by ten years cf keen study and careful ol)servation of ag¬
ricultural conditions and progress, should, it seems to us, eminent¬
ly qualify him for the position of Editor of the Southern Ruralist.

He is brimful of energy, level-headed, well-informed. His per¬
sonality is most pleasing. He is a writer of exceptional ability.
His character is one which any young man may well emulate.

F. J. MERRIAM

He is another practical man who has done
an almost lifetime's work in the years that
he has been at the head of the Southern Ruralist Company. Under
his mamigement the Ruralist has grown from a little eight-page
monthly paper of a few thousand circulation to the present 3'2 to
64-page, twice a month, leading agricultural paper of the South,
going into over 300,000 Southern farm homes regularly.

Mr. Merriam is a thoroughly practical Southern farmer. He
knows exactly what it is to be in close touch with the soil and de¬
pendent on the right handiing of the farm for his living. First, in
Florida, and later here in Georgia, he has made his living and all
his living from the soil.

Like Mr. Cobb, Mr. Merriam knows farm prosperity anil farm
troubles. On the farms near Atlanta he has had to “buck-up"
against exactly the same things in farm methods and farm man¬
agement, bad weather and good weather conditions, etc., as you
have. He is practical because he has had and is getting farm ex¬
perience right along. Mr. Merriam and Mr. Cobb know by actual
experience and they pass this experience along to Ruralist read¬
ers through the Ruralist twice each month.

THE SOUTHERN FARMERS’ MONTHLY EXPERIENCE MEETINGS

In addition to the editorial and special lines carried by Mr. Cobb
and Mr. Merriam there are special departments, such as Dairy and
Live Stock, 't'eterinary. Farm Machinery and Mechanics. Horticul¬
tural and Fruit Growing, Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs, Poultry. Home
Department and many others, each conducted by a specialist in
that particular subject. , ,

With all due respect to Mr. Cobb, Mr. Merriam and their special
associates, the most interesting part to us is the every month “Ex¬

perience Meeting” of farmers and farmers’ wives. It goes under
the general head of “What Farmers Are Doing” and it’s open to
any one to tell what they have done on their farm. The subjects
vary, of course, from month to mouth, but the competition is abso¬
lutely open to everyone. The “one-horse” farmer has an equal
chance with the big plantation owner to write for the Ruralist.
Ten or twelve of these are jiublished each month and we are sure
you will enjoy these accounts of actual farm “doings.”

So

11. (j. Ilastings Co., Seedsiiipn, Atlanta, Georgia

HASTINGS’ 100-BUSHEL OATS

BEST of ALL HEAVY YIELDING RUST-PROOF OATS for the SOUTH

We want you to take a good look at the picture of a Georgia oat
held at harvest time in May. l'J18. It was a hard winter, thermom¬
eter down almost to zero, and yet Mr. Thomas G. Scott, of Monroe
County, Georgia, harvested one of the best crops of Hastings’ 100-
Bushel Oats tliat he has ever grown for ns.

On every hand were complaints of winter killing of oats, yet Mr.
Scott’s crop was practically unh.armed. It was a plain case of
sowing early on well prepared fiehls. These were not even put in
as deep as the usual "open furrow" system puts oats in. They
were drilled in with a regulation grain drill.

Mr. Scott grows for us for seed piirposes from 5000 to 8000 bush
els of 100-Bushel Oats, and he considers oals one of his liest crops.

His success coming along so regularly is due first to good farm
ing and a proper system of crop rotation. Second, he plants the
liest variety and before he plants it all the seed is sent up here to
Atlanta for a thorough recleaning and grading in our grain-clean
ing machinery.

One result of this system carried out year after year is that Mr.
Scott's grain fields are practically free from weeds and about all
our machinery has to do Is to take out the smaller and partly de¬
veloped grains.

Mr. Scott isn’t afraiil of farm machiner.v or time and muscle sav¬
ing. Note in the picture the tractor pulling the binder, and iu-
tached to the liinder disc harrows are cutting the stubble ready
for a broadcast sowing of cow peas for hay and soil enrichment.

Harvesting a Crop of Hastings' 100-Busbel Oats in May 1918, on Vann of Thos. G. Scott. Monroe County, Georgia — This Crop Came

Through Nearly Zero Weather in January With Little Damage

On the next page yon will see an illustration from a photograph
of a bunch of Hastings’ 100-Bushel Oats. Note the heavy, well-
filleil heads and long stiff straw that helps a lot in preventing
lieatiug down or "lodging” in heavy storms that sometimes occur
after heading.

For iiaying, worth while oat crops the planter must have a good
heavy yielding well adapted "rust-proof’’ variety, and then strong,
vital, recleaned and graded seed of that variety. We can furnish
lioth the right variety and really recleaned and graded seed.

Hastings’ 100-BusheI Oat is a true strain of Southern rust-proof
oats. For an all arouml general purpose oat you can find nothing
:hat will compare with it. Planted in early fall it grows off riuick-
ly and has proven almost as hardy as rye. Stools- out strongly and

makes the best kind of grazing for cattle, hogs, horses and mules
during the winter and early spring.

Grains are exceptionally large and heavy, usually weighing 10
pounds or over to a measured bushel. It’s really a thoroughbred,
just the sort of oat you ought to have growing on your farm. No
matter where you live in the South, if you are in the fall oat plant¬
ing section this is the one variety above all others for you to plant.

Oats are easier grown than corn, cost less to make and are a far
better feed in summer for work stock, being less heating. Fur¬
nishes a combination of grain and hay feed in case it is inconve¬
nient to thresh them out.

Besides, on most farms, corn has the very bad habit of giving
out before new' corn comes in, and it’s far better to make oats than
to be compelled to buy corn or oats at such high prices.

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II. G. Hostings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

RECLEANED AND GRADED SEED

Too little attention is paifl by farmers to the quality of
seed planted, especially , seed grain.

On our part we knew that we could not furnish the i'est
unless we first grew or had grown for us the l>est quality
possible and then recleaned it of weed seed and small un¬
developed grains. This necessitated our spending thousands
of dollars for recleaning machiner.v, steady, regular and
effective in seed cleaning.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Hastings system of
recleanliig and grading increases the stand by at least 15%
over seed not recleaned, besides every plant coming up is
capable of making a vigorous plant giving a maximum yield.

Any time you are in Atlanta during late summer and fall
drop in and see just what recleaning and grading does for
what one would consider a good sample of oats or other
grain. It's simpl.v amazing the amount of chaff, dirt, weed
seed and small or partly developed grains that are taken
out in recleaning by our electric imwer driven machinery.

^^lOO-BUSHEL OATS” IN EIGHT
SOUTHERN STATES

Georgia

Jlr. Thomas G. Scott, Monroe County, Geor¬
gia, grew 1000 bushels of Hastings’ 100-
Bushel Oats on exactly 19 acres of land after the extreme
cold winter of 1918. “These 1900 bushels of oats on 19 acres
certainly shows that these oats are true to name.” These
oats were planted between cotton rows on red clay hills of
middle Georgia and Jlr. Scott picked a bale of Hastings’
Bank Account Cotton per acre the fall he planted oats. The
straw brought $15.00 a ton in addition to the grain and
cotton and the land was in much better shape for being
protected during the winter.

“I planted on November 15th a half bushel of
your 100-Bushel Oats, open furrow system,
without fertilizer. I commenced cutting for green feed for
four cows on December 17th, feeding once a day. I am still
cutting; they are a regular cut and come again oat for
green feed in winter. 100-Bushel Oats for me first, last and
all the time.” — Mrs. J. M. Fitzgerald, Hamilton County.

“100-Bushel Oats are the best. Made fifty
bushels per acre ; other oats on same land
made 30 bushels per acre.” — AV. H. Harris, Pike County.

“I planted the six bushels of 100-Bushel Oats in Novem¬
ber and they are looking fine. Expect to make 50 to 00
bushels per acre. I am a regular customer of yours. I
think your seeds are easily the best in the South.’ — Henry
Klsette, Marion County.

“I had fine results from the 100-Bushel
Oats. I do not know just how many
oats I gathered but they were the best I ever saw grow. Your
efforts to improve the Southern farmer ought to be appre¬
ciated and I long to see the day when the South will make
all her own grain and meat.” — I. H. C. Cook, Forrest County.

“100-Bushel Oats is the most vigorous looking oat that I
have ever seen. Your seed have proven very satisfactory ;

this is more than I can say for some seedsmen in - and

other points.” — O. M. Harrill, president of Bank of Houlka,
Chickasaw County.

I_miiciana ‘‘The best variety that has ever been seen
in this country. They are strictly ’rust¬
proof,’ which is a great point in their favor.” — G. R. Jor¬
dan, ,Tackson Parish.

“This season I threshed 3.008 bushels of 100-
* Bushel Oats from 27 acres of land. ('Yhis is an

average of over 111 bushels per acre.) Some men estimate
that 150 to 200 bushels more were wasted in the fiebl. I
would like to have j'our prices on fall grains of all kinds.”
-C. A. Gordon, Brown County.

“East fall, a year ago, 1 bought
from you some of your 100-Bushel
Oats, and I made 100 bushels per acre.” — J. J. Bethea, Dil¬
lon County

“Am well pleased with the 100
Bushel Oats bought of you last
fall.” — W. S. Percival, Moore County.

Alabama

Mississippi

North Carolina

PRIZE WINNING BUNCH

OF OlIP

PRICES-Hastings’ 100-BusheI Oats

Persons or dealers selling: farm run of oats regardless of the quality
of the crop and not recleaued or g:raded can undersell us. So can a

farmer claiming: to sell recleaned seed g:rain ^vhen it has only been

run throug:h an ordinary fanning: mill. If you buy from Hastinjjs yon are sure of two things. One is that the seed is of the very
best vitality, 95% g:erinination or above, and the second is that the seed oats or other grain are just as clean and free from dirt,
trash, weed seed, chaff and small or undeveloped grains as the best recleaning machinery we can biij' can make them.

Further, every bushel of seed oats we ship out is sacked in new, sound !>ags, insuring so far as new bagging can, full, even weights
and safety. We state these things because they are facts as to the service the Hastings organization renders you. Our prices may
be higher per bushel, but we furnish you more for your money than you get from lower price sources. We thought we could name
at least an “about*' price before this page went to press, but we cannot. Write when ready to buy for our very best prices on amount

you want; sample and freight or express rates to your station if you desire. Found, 30 cents; 4 pounds, .$1.00; postpaid.

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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

FULGHUM EARLY OATS

This comparatively new early variety has taken Georgia almost
by storm for an early oat, and is very hardy and perfectly suitable
tor fall sowing in all parts of the South, provided, of course, that
it is planted by the “Open I'urrow Method.”

We have watched this new oat with great interest. We placed
seed stock of it in the hands of our most expert seed growers and
based on our observation and experience and the experience of our
growers we have not a word to cliange from what we stated about
this variety in our fall catalogue lor Iblt, which we reprint below:

“This new oat will, we believe, fill a distinct place in Southern
oat growing. We do not expect it to take the place of the regular
rust proof main crop strains such as ‘100-Bushel,’ Appier and
others but it has a distinct place to fill.

“Extravagant claims have been made for the Fulghum for extra
earliness, large .yields, etc., which have not been borne out by actual
test. However, it is a good early oat with exceedingly heavy straw.
A three-j ear impartial test by one of the Southern E.xperiment Sta-

GENUINE APPLER OATS

tlons shows that its average date of maturity is eight daj’s earlier
than Appier, and the yield per acre each year ranged from eight to
ten bushels less than Appier. Apparently its greatest value is as a
variety to plant for part of the crop, for by planting half the acre¬
age in Fulghum and half in ‘100-Bushel’ or Appier the length of the
harvesting season is lengthened and the farmer with limited ma¬
chinery equipment can handle successfully a larger acreage.”

It is well to remember in oats as well as other grain crops that
earliness is always obtained at the expense of less yield per acre.

The Fulghum is the best early oat we have seen for the South,
yet it is not going to take the place of the more generally planted
and heavy yielding varieties for the most profitable Variety, We
recommend it as an early oat only and for those willing to sacrifice
quantity to earliness. It is a clean, Vigorous growing, healthy va¬
riety for early crops and has practically superseded the Burt or
90-Day Oat in the Cotton Belt. Recleaned, graded seed. Prices,
freight rates and samples sent on request. Pound, 30 cents) 4 lbs.,
Jil.OO) postpaid. Write lor prices when ready to buy,

TEXAS RUST PROOF OATS

A selection from the Texas Red Rust Proof made years ago in
Georgia, and was the best variety up to the introduction of our
“100-Bushel.” Still largely planted but yield is usually 20% to
30% less per acre than the “100-Bushel.” It is a genuine “rust
proof” strain. Pound. 30 cents; 4 lbs., $1.00; postp.aid. Write for
quantity prices, samples and freight rates when ready to buy.

Genuine Texas grown seed. We get this variety direct from
Texas in solid car lots. While we do not recommend it as com¬
pared with “100-bushel” and “Appier” we can supply the very best
recleaned seed with the weed seed and Johnson Grass, almost in¬
variably found in them, removed. Pound, 30 cents; 4 lbs., $1.00;
postpaid. Write for best prices, samples and freight rates.

DmSa A Notice account of the uncertainty of the seed stock and variations in market price conditions we cannot make definite
r I IWC I^V AIW; on .most seed grains at the time this catalog goes to press, but we shall be glad to give you special prices on

request as soon as you are ready to buy. Use Special Quotation Sheet in baek of catalog and we will give you the best of Hastings’ Service.

GRAIN SMUT AND HOW TO PREVENT IT

Keep all barberry bushes cut close to the ground. Treat every lot of oats, wheat, rye and barley you plant with “Formalin” or
“40% Formaldehyde” solution. The day before planting spread grain on floor and sprinkle thoroughly with a solution of one pint
of formalin to 40 gallons of water, or put solution in barrel and dip sack of grain in it 30 minutes and then spread grain to partly
dry. Get formalin at drug stores. Pint will treat 40 to 50 bushels of grain. Open grain drill a little more than for dry seed.

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11. G. llasti ngs Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

ABRUZZI RYE — We Have Grown it for Six Y^ears and do not Hesitate to Say it is the Best Rye for the South

Southern Rye and Barley .''.SS” SrEJ™',;!

ing more and more popular In the South every year as a winter
and spring crop for grazing and cutting for green forage. They
are very hardy, and will grow on poorer land than almost any
other grain crop. They make excellent winter and spring pastur¬
age, and if sown very early can be grazed in the late fall.

Rarlov recent years there has been a great in-
DOl icy crease in liarley planting, especially by
poultry raisers, who want it for winter green feed and grazing.
The seed stock which we have is the “bearded” variety This, we
believe, is the finest variety for planting in the South. Barley
prices cliange during the season. Pound, 30c: 4 lbs., $1.00; post¬
paid. AVrite for quantity prices when ready to buy.

Hastings’ Genuine Southern Grown Winter Rye

All rye which we handle is strictly winter rye and perfectly
hardy. It is Southern grown and adapted to this entire section,
either for winter grazing or grain production. With half a chance
it almost invariably “makes good” wherever planted in the South.
Rvery bushel of rye that goes out from this house is right stock.
We know exactly from where it comes. Every bushel of it goes
through our recleaning machinery, which takes out dust, trash

and light grains that are left by threshing macliines. It’s exactly
what you need to make a successful rye crop next winter.

PRICES — Pound, 30c: 4 lbs. $1.00; postpaid. On account of the
great uncertainty of seed stocks at the time this catalog goes to
press we can’t make definite prices on quantity lots of field seeds,
but when you are ready to bu.v, just write us ami we will give you
the best i)rices possible. I'se the special .vellow <| notation sheet in
the back of tliis catalog and send it in as early us ,vou cun afford
to buy.

New Abruzzi Rye

Some sixteen years ago agents of the United States Department of Agriculture found a variety of rye in one of the Italian prov¬
inces and sent a quantity of it to Washington. From there it \vu? distributed to various parts of the X'nited States. In this way a
prominent planter of South Carolina trot hold of it. Its remarkably rapid growth so soon after plantinp: attracted his attention and
the small patch was carefully watched.

We have grown it for seven years and do not hesitate to say that it is as far ahead of the Southern rye as the Southern is ahead
of Northern rye. W^e grew about one hundred acres of Abruzzi Rf e on the Hastings’ Farm this past season and each year we are
better satisfied with it.

The Abruzzi Rye stools out quicker and heavier than any rye we have ever seen and quickly covers the entire ground. It can be
pastured a month to six weeks earlier than other varieties of r>e or oats.

So far as we can learn it has succet»ded equally well on stiff cla^- lands and the sandy lands of the Tower South.

For the dairyman this quickness of being ready to pasture will make it invaluable, and for all others it is certainly well worth
ivhile planting a variety that will make 50 to 100 per cent more pasturage or hay in a season than the older sorts. We believe that
the Abruzzi Rye will, in time, displace all other varieties of r>'e in the South, and you certainly ought to get a start of it this fall.

Pound, postpaid. 35 cents; 3 pounds, $1.00. Write for quantity prices when ready to buy.

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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

YOU CAN GROW GOOD WHEAT TOO

It's time for most of us to get our eyes open to plain facts. The
South grows many millions of bushels of wheat every year, yet
how often do you ever see a field or even a small patch of wheat
in your neighborhood?

All parts of the South can and do grow good wheat. It’s mere¬
ly habit that we have started looking on wheat as a product of
;he colder sections. Egypt is a great deal warmer country than
any of the Central, Southern and Gulf States, yet wheat has been
one of the great staple food crops of that country for thousands
of years, bac’ic as far as history goes.

Now, a great many of us don’t realize that the yield per acre in
the South, with intelligent handling, is heavier than the average
yield per acre of what are known as the wheat growing states of
the North. iVe have a corn crop growing on land this year that
six years ago produced 51^2 bushels of wheat on a measured acre.
The illustration below is from a photograph of a field of wheat
that yielded 35 bushels per acre.

If any one state would be classed as a non-wheat growing one,
it would be Florida, and yet one of the best crops of wheat we

have seen was grown in Bradford County, Florida, a hundred
miles or more south of the Georgia line. We could go on and re¬
peat the details of stories of Alabama and Mississippi planting
hundreds and thousands of acres every year, but it is unnecessary.
The South can grow wheat and grow it profitably. Do you?

There are a million or more farmers in the Cotton States that
never grew an acre of wheat in their lives. They buy wheat (in
the shape of flour) grown north, milled north, shipped from the
north, and unless they pay an extra price for the extra fancy
flour, they usually have occasion to "kick” about the poor quality.

Our Southern wheat is of the best, the quality of the flour from
it is the best. If you want the best of flour, grow your own wheat
here in the South and have flour made here. Any miller who can
be assured of reasonable acreage in wheat is always glad to put in
any necessary machinery for mining it.

Wheat growing is one of the necessities of a good, all around,
profitable “live at home and board at the same place” agriculture
that will put the South where it ought to be, the wealthiest and
best agricultural section, not only in the United States, but of the
world. Wheat planters never regret their starting to plant it.

WHENandHOW
TO PLANT

A Crop of Our Georgia Red AVheat — the Man in the Center is Six Feet Tall — This Wheat Crop
yielded 35 Bushels Per Acre in Georgia — Why Not Grow Wheat Pike This?

It is impossible, in a gen¬
eral catalogue like this,
to give detailed instruc¬
tions. If you are really
interested in wheat and
other grains we shall be
pleased to send you our
"Grain Book.”

The best time to plant
wheat in the Southern
States is from the middie
of October to the middle
of December. The aim in
any locality is to give the
plants a chance to get well
established before freez¬
ing weather sets in. How¬
ever, one of the best wheat
crops we ever saw in this
section was planted the
day afterChristmas.iSeed
should be drilled in rath¬
er than broadcasted. The
"open furrow” system for
planting oats wiil answer
splendidly for wheat.

In commercial fertiliz¬
ers, the Georgia Experi¬
ment Station recommends
at seeding time 200 lbs.
acid phosphate, 50 lbs. of
muriate of potash, 350
pounds cottonseed meal
per acre, followed by 75
pounds nitrate of soda in
the spring, about 10 days
before time for first
heads to appear. In seed-

Georgia Red

This is a bearded wheat of the finest type
grown anywhere. Now, we are constantly
being asked the question, "What is the best variety of wheat?”
Now, there is no one best variety of wheat for all kinds of sea¬
sons, iands and locations. Some growers prefer a bearded wheat,
others won’t have anything but a smooth or beardless wheat.
Different growers and different sections have their preferences.

Georgia Red is a thoroughly acclimated wheat grown here in
Georgia for many years. It’s strong, vigorous and heavy yielding.
It makes satisfactory crops in good seasons and bad. It’s extreme¬
ly hardy, standing our severest winters without serious injury.

There are thousands of people each year in the South that plant
wheat for the first time and possibly do not give the preparation
that more experienced growers would give. To such we especially
recommend our Georgia Red, for it will stand adverse conditions
better than any variety of wheat we know. When you plant
Georgia Red you know exactly what you have, an acclimated
wheat that makes heavy yields. Pound, 30 cents; 4 lbs., $1.00;
postpaid. Write for prices and sample when ready to buy.

This is an old favor¬
ite among the wheat
growers in the South. It’s a fine, rather early, productive, beard¬
less variety of wheat, a standard in this section. It has always
been a rather eaidy variety, but the strain we are now handling
ripens from a week to ten days ahead of the old strain. Good for
?rain production or if you desire to cut it when "in dough” makes
a splendid hay crop. Pound. 30 cents; 4 lbs., $1.00; postpaid.
Write for prices, sample and freight rate.

Blue Stem or Purple Straw

Ing early use one bushel per acre. In late planting, say after No¬
vember 15, you had best use from % to f/> bushel more seed.

Prnlifir Wh^at .(Beaf^dless) TWs new wheat,
LiCa|J 9 r WWllCaL ^ftgr carefully growing it on

our test and breeding farms, we find to show up better than any
other variety of wheat that we have ever tried. We do not jump
to this conclusion, but have tried it out right along with some sev¬
enty-five other varieties and in every case and test it has shown
its superiority. To do this it must be a great wheat and you will
agree with us if you give it a try out. It is early, stiff and long in
the straw, white chaff, large in the berry, dark in coior, hard,
hardy, and you won’t find a heavier bearer for the South. The
hard, dark, large grains in compact heads from the heavy beard¬
less spikes will fill your bins. We couldn’t say anything better for
any grain. Pound, 30c; 4 lbs., .$1.00; postpaid. Write for prices,
sample and freight rates to your station when ready to buy.
RaH IWlai/ have never been able to see where

ITIflJr wWIICal tfiig variety was any earlier and better
than the Blue Stem, although many prefer it to that variety, claim¬
ing great earliness. It’s a standard variety and a great favorite in
the state of Tennessee. Pound, 30c; 4 lbs., $1.00; postpaid. Write
tor prices, sample and freight rates when ready to buy.

CnAf'ial Dvitf'AC Use the "Special Quotation Sheet” in
9|Jclrlal the back of this catalog, telling us the

amount of field seeds you expect to buy and we will send you
our best prices and tell you what the freight or express will
be on that amount to your station.

H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

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HASTINGS' GRAIN PASTURE MIXTURE

Best Pasture for Stock and Especially Hogs Throughout the Fall, Winter, Spring and Early Summer

Hastings’ Special Grain Mixture for Hogs and Cattle will supply you more and better green pasturage during the fall, winter, spring
and early summer than any other combination we know.

This special grain pasture mixture is made up of the finest winter growing grains and forage crops, including Oats, Wheat, Rye and
Barley for grazing purposes with enough Vetch and Essex Rape in just the right proportion to add variety to the pasture.

Our customers have asked us so often for a combination of this kind that we have made up this special mixture of our very best re¬
cleaned seeds which we can recommend for practically all sections of the South and which furnishes a quick and heavy pasturage at the
seasons when most needed, not only for hogs but for all live stock and poultry.

We recommend sowing not less than 100 pounds of this mixture to the acre broadcast. (150 pounds is better.) It can be planted at
any time from the first of September until mid-winter but for best results plant early and on good land. Break up and harrow the land
before planting just the same as you would for wheat or oats; sow broadcast and harrow in. We strongly urge early sowing.

If this mixture is properly used, there is no reason why every Southern farmer shouldn’t have a plenty of good green pasturage for
his stock — and particularly hogs. It is quick-growing and a one season pasturage.

Many mixtures of this kind are made up of “left-over” stocks and filled in with anything that is cheap enough to sell at the price
advertised, but you can depend on Hastings’ for the very best combination and mixed from the correct proportions of the very best
seeds that will grow off and make a splendid pasturage.

If you keep the stock off while the ground is wet your laud will be much better off for having this pasture; tramping wet soil Is sure
to make it cloddy and unfit for early summer planting. It acts as a cover crop, keeping the land from “washing” during the winter
rains and turned under before the summer crop builds up the soil. The grazing stock will manure the land, saving fertilizer and sav¬
ing spreading it. The vetch, being a legume, will put nitrogen in, the soil and you as well as your land and stock will be a lot better
off for having planted Hastings’ Special Grain Pasture Mixture.

Hogs and Feed

The South has been
coming to the front
mighty fast during the
past few years in the
matter of hog raising.
You can hardly pick up
a paper and not find in
it an article or two
about a sale of prize
hogs from some South¬
ern farm, to say noth¬
ing of the “Boys’ Pig
Clubs” which have be¬
come so popular and so
successful in every
Southern state. And aU
this pork production
means increased pros¬
perity and good living
throughout the section.
Let us keep up the good
work to the very top
notch of our ability.
When you strike a
farming country where
you can hear the fat
porkers squealing soon
in the morning, when
the first spell of good
hog killing weather
comes in the fall, you
are among folks who
know what’s good to
eat, and if you get an
invitation to stay to
dinner, you’d better ac¬
cept it. If there’s any¬
thing better than coun¬
try raised hickory-cured
ham with red gravy, or
home-cured bacon fried
crisp, with coffee and
biscuit for trimmings,
teli us what they cali it.

But to raise hogs suc¬
cessfully and profitably

Plant Hastings’ Grain Pasture Mixture

you certainly do have
to figure out a scheme
to keep them in rations.
The hog is the “eatlng-
est” animal there is,
with the possible ex¬
ception of a healthy 15-
year-old boy. About
the only difference there
is between them is the
fact that there are some
few things a hog won’t
eat, while a healthy,
growing boy will eat
practically any thing
that doesn’t bite him
first. But the fact re¬
mains that hogs must
be fed and fed well, to
keep them in good
growth and health, and
make them get their
killing weight at as ear¬
ly a date as possible.

The day of the razor
back is mighty near
past, and the South is
raising just as good
hogs as any section of
the country. We have a
splendid climate and
other natural conditions
for hog raising, and
pork can be produced
as cheaply in the South
as anywhere in the
country. But to do it.
we must have proper
feed, and plenty of it.
An empty corn crib
and a bunch of hungry
hogs is a mighty poor
combination for any
man to own. Luckily,
the day of the empty
corn crib is passing,
also, along with the
scrub hog. Corn, pea¬

nuts, chufas, sorghum, velvet beans, cowpeas, and other crops are all pork producers, and all are easily grown in the South. But there
is one other item in the way of hog food that we must have, and that is plenty of pasture. So far as summer pasture is concerned, we
are well supplied, for in almost every part of the South we have plenty of natural pasture suitable for hogs, or we can have good Bermu¬
da pasture, which is excellent. But, when fall and winter come, we need to have green grazing for hogs, and must fall back on sown pas¬
turage. A combination of grain, such as corn or peanuts, with good grazing, will produce astonishing gains in pork during the fall and
winter months. It is with this in mind that we have made up our “GRAIN PASTURE MIXTURE.”

Don’t pick up the poorest piece of land on your farm, and expect it to produce good pasturage. Use good land, just as good as you
have, if you can spare it for this purpose. If the land is rich, you can produce a great deal more and better pasturage on a small acre¬
age than you can on a large one. Another thing which is Important; try by all means to have the land sown for hog grazing purposes
divided up into two or more lots by cross fences so that the hogs can be changed from one lot to another. You will find this one of the
very best things you can do, to get the best results from grazing hogs. Where the hogs stay on one field all the time, they graze it too
closely, and many of the plants die out or are winter killed. By changing the hogs from one lot to another, the growth is not so much
injured, and comes back rapidly after the hogs are removed. This is a very important feature in getting first class results, and we urge
it in all cases, where possible.

Put it on good land, and figure when you plant it that you are planting a real crop, that is to give your hogs real feed during
the fall and winter. Give it a fair chance, and it will give you first class returns, and your hogs will go into the smokehouse in the
very best of shape so far as flesh and condition is concerned. Plant our “WINTER HOG OR GRAIN PASTURE MIXTURE.” make
your own meat, and don’t forget to invite us in to stay to dinner when we pass your way.

Prices, not prepaid: 60-pound bag, ^.75; lOO-pound bag, $9.00.

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//. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

DWARF ESSEX RAra(Na400)

The South is favored with a long list of summer growing feed
and fattening croiis.

In late winter and early spring rye, oats, wheat, barley, ete.,
furnish splendid grazing.

There is, however, a need and a place for an extra quick grow¬
ing green forage crop fur use any time during the fall, winter and
sjiring and our Dwarf Essex Rape fills tlmt need exactly.

To show the increasing popularity of r.ipe it's only necessary to
tell you that we are selling some thirty tinier as much .seed of
Rajie now each year as we did a few years ago.

Dwarf Essex Raiie in its top growth looks very much like ruta-
liaga turnii)s. but does not form a Imllious root. It can he sown
with the liest of results any month from August to April. Accord¬
ing to soil and season, rape grows from 15 to hU inches liigh. It is

a splendid green feed and forage crop relished by all kinds of
stock hut is principally planted for hogs and poultry.

It makes an exceptionally fine hog pasture, is also excellent for
sheep, all sorts of stock eating it greedily, and it puts and keeps
them in 'fine condition.

At one of the Exiieriment Stations an acre of rape was used to
p.'isture 20 hogs for three months in connection with a small grain
ration at the same time.

A crop of rape is ready for grazing in 8 to 10 weeks from time
of planting. It’s valuable not only for pasture hut green feeding.
It can 1)4 grown successfull.v and profit, ably on any soil that will
make a crop of turnips or rutabagas, and in case your turniii
greens or spinach iiatcn runs short, you will find a mess of greens
from the rape patch a mighty good substitute on your table.

Well Developed Plants in a Field of Our Dwarf Essex Kape

For rape put your land in goo<l condition by plowing and har¬
rowing down fine, riant any time during late summer, fall or
winter. If sown broadcast use 8 to 10 pounds of seed per acre.
If in drills like turnip or rutabagas, .3 to 1 pounds is sufficient. If
broadcasted cover the seed by a light harrowing. If thei’e is a
showery season rape can be planted between the corn rows at the
last working.

Rape is quite hardy and will stand practically unharmed any
usual cold anywhere in the Cotton Belt and lower Gulf Coast
section.

Rape can never become a pest as it belongs to the same general
family as the turnip and rutabaga. 'When planted under favor¬
able conditions of soil and season, it makes an immense crop of
green foliage, juicy and succulent, and often at a time of year
when little green feed is available.

If you have hogs or poultry to feed through the winter you
can’t afford to be without a rape patch. Once you have one, you
will never he without one in the future.

We know of no crop plantahle at the time of year suitable for
rape that will bring you in so great a return for so little expendi¬
ture of time and money for seed.

It is estimated that there is in Georgia alone more than a mil¬
lion more hogs than two years ago. Other Southern States have
also made great strides in hog growing during the last two years.
Every one of these hogs need rape pasture during this fall and
winter.

Every poultry raiser needs at least a small patch of rape to fur¬
nish green feed during late fall, wdnter and early spring.

DWARF ESSEX RAPE (No. 400), 35 cents per pound, postpaid.
Not prepaid: Ten-pound lots, ’20 cents a pound. Write for large
quantity iirices. Hundred-pound lots, about 17 cents a pound.

Plant Rape for Hogs or Poultry

H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

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Bur Clover No. (503)

A Builder of Land and Animals

That may seeraaiiueer way of putting it, but it expresses exactly what Bur Clover
will do. It's a builder from start to finish, adding nitrogen to the soil for suc¬
ceeding crops, adding vegetable matter, holding plant food from washing away in
winter rains, and building up your live stock every day when it is allowed to graze
on the clover during the growing season of fall, winter and spring.

The most astonishing thing about Bur Clover is that so valuable a plant is so
little known or used in this section. It is one of the most valuable winter grazing,
soil improving crops there is known. It is an annual plant, coming from seed each
year, furnishes the best of grazing all through the winter, and if grazing is stopped
late in March it will make a good hay crop in May. However, most prefer to let it
go to seed, thus reseeding the ground for another winter’s grazing. In the mean¬
time summer crops can be easily grown on the same ground. Our farmers can
plant it with perfect safety, as there is nothing of a pest nature to it. Its growth
is strong, even on the poorest ground. On soils too poor for rye to get high enough
to cut. Bur Clover made a growth of 2% to 3 feet high. Bur Clover is a leguminous
crop, gathers nitrogen from the air and. after furnishing winter grazing, leaves
the soil in better condition for succeeding crops.

Bur Clover seed is produced in small prickly pods wound up spirally into a ball.
The Southern grown seed is always sold “in the bur.” The first time one buys
Bur Clover seed its appearance is disappointing. The only method of harvesting is
o rake up the “burs” after the plants have died down. Seed gathered this way
always shows a certain amount of trash that’s impossible to separate, but this car¬
ries with it the advantage of making inoculation unnecessary — the bacteria being
carried in the “burs” and particles of dirt and trash.

tV’e have discontinued the sale of the California Bur Clover, which is a somewhat
different variety and has not proven so satisfactory as our native variety which
can be had only in the “bur.” If the seed "in the bur” is used, sow at the rate of
50 pounds per acre. Growers who have had the most experience with their crop
advise the use of 75 or 80 pounds, but 50 pounds per acre will give a good stand.
Plant the seed by the first of September if possible. Early planting generally gives
better stands.

An excellent plant for sowing on Bermuda grass land, as it matures its seed and
dies at about the time the Bermuda grass starts into growth, and when the latter is
killed by frosts this soon takes its place. A mixture of these two plants comes nearer
giving continuous grazing the year round than any other mixture we have tested.

Bur Clover will reseed itself each year if stock is kept from grazing as soon as it
Degins to bloom freely. All that’s necessary is to let the seed mature and drop on
the ground. Nature does the rest and a splendid crop of clover is yours.

Before planting the seed let it soak in cool water for two days, or better, soak the
seed in cool water for an hour or two to remove bacteria, then dip in boiling water
for two minutes. This kills the bacteria remaining, so place seed burs back in
the first water to collect the bacteria again, for another hour before planting.

PRICES — Pound, postpaid, 40 cents; 3 pounds for $1.10. Write for special quo¬
tations on quantity lots.

Bur Clover Bulletin No. 100

This crop is coming to be a great
help to the South, and it would be
well for every Southern farmer to keep in touch with its uses. We issue a number of
“Farmers’ Bulletins” and we have one on Southern Winter Bur Clover which tells you
of its value, culture, etc. If you think you will be interested in knowing about Bur
Clover and how much it can help you we will be glad to send you a copy. Ask for
Farmers’ Bulletin No. 100. It will help you solve your pasture and forage questions.

Single Bur Clover Plant

HASTINGS’ FARM BULLETINS FREE

A ffreat many farmers in the South have never planted a diversity of crops and often they do not know how to plant wheat or al¬
falfa or anv other of the Grass and Clover Crops or possibly make a Permanent Pasture.

Recognizing; the need for such information from the daily letters of inquiry received as to how best to prepare, sow and cultivate
these various crops we have from time to time prepared and had printed a series of Rulletins on various crops.

They are written partly out of our own experience, partly from the experience of successful fanners working in other Southern
States under the varying soil and season conditions. They are all valuable and interesting and we will send them free on request
to any of our customers. Just write us stating which bulletins you wish. There is no charge. We furnish them as a part of the
ser\’ice we are glad to render our customers. /«»»■ m ^

Bulletin 100-Bur Clover Bulletin 1 08-G rain (Wheat, Oats, Rye

Bulletin 101— Alfalfa and Barley)

Bulletin 103-Rape Bulletin 109-Meadows and Pastures

Bulletin 104-Grasses Bulletin i 13-Turnips and Cabbage

Bulletin 107— Onions For the South Bulletin 1 14— Rhodes Grass
LEAFLETS ON VETCH AND ON CRIMSON CLOVER

The above listed bulletins and leaflets are on subjects suitable for fall planting in the South and we hope you may find several of
them interesting and valuable in your farm work. _ . .

As we reprint these bulletins from time to time new points are brought out so all of these helpful “Farmers Bulletins ’ are thor¬
oughly up-to-date and the information is absolutely reliable.

We are especially anxious to he.ar from any of our customers as to any crop. If you have been particularly successful with some
special method of cultivation, fertilization, preparation of soil, seed inoculation or anything you think would be helpful to us and
other farmers we will consider it a great favor for you to write us about it.

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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

ALFALFA OR LUCERNE CLOVER (No.500)

OUR MOST VALUABLE CLOVER

That’s exactly what it is, the most valuable permanent clover in
the world, and every year sees hundreds of thousands of acres of
permanent Alfalfa fields added to the farms of this country, and we
want to assure you that if there was an acre to an acre and a half
of Alfalfa established on every “one horse” farm in the South the
owners of these farms need never worry about buying hay or for¬
age, and it would also largely take the place of corn. We have
seen work stock in Southern -California in the finest condition we
ever saw horses and mules in and they don't get a peck of grain
h-om one year’s end to another. They get all they want of Alfalfa
hay and that’s enough. They have the muscles to do the work and
yet keep fat ; not the little 800 to 1000 pound mules that are so
common here, but 1300 to IGOO pound horses and mules that have
actually got the pulling power. Alfalfa is just about as nutritious
hay as you can .grow, and once well estal)lished and cared for it's
there to stay, that is, on land where water is not too near the sur¬
face, We understand th;it there is one patch of Alfalfa now in
Middle Georgia some 46 years old that is better now than when 2
and 3 years old. What do you think of a single sowing lasting over
40 years? It’s a stayer and it’s been piling up hay for its owner
right along, furnishing 4 good cuttings a year and sometimes 5,
practically 5 tons per acre per year. Alfalfa hay is selling in At¬
lanta now at about !f53.00 per ton. Do you know any better pay¬
ing farming than that? We don’t.

Surface rooting crops soon exhaust certain plant food elements
near the surface and cease to do well. They also suffer from
drought. Alfalfa roots go down 10, 12, even 30 feet. They bring
up plant food that no other crop can ever reach. They are beyond
the reach of the serious effects of any drought we ever have.
Those are the reasons why Alfalfa is permanent.

SEED INOCULATION— LIMING SOIL

In addition to the thorough preparation of the soil outlined
above and more fully covered by our “Grass and Clover Book,”
which you can have free, it seems to be necessary to lime the soil
throughly and inoculate the seed.

Now Alfalfa doesn’t take up lime and it’s not a necessary plant
food, but all of our soils in the Southeast seem to be more or
less acid and Alfalfa will not grow in soil in which there is an
acid condition. An average qu.aiitity, say about 25 to 30 bushels
of air-slacked lime per acre, or one to three tons of fine ground
limestone, applied broadcast on the surface and plowed in, will
thoroughly sweeten almost any acid soil and put it in the very
best condition for seeding. This takes out all sourness which
seems to be deadly to young Alfalfa plants.

With a valuable and permanent crop like Alfalfa it’s well worth
while to do everything possible to insure full success. There are a
great many people who do not understand this m.-itter of seed in¬
oculation. We believe fully in its value and importance, yes, ne¬
cessity in starting Alfalfa in sections and on farms on which it
has not been grown. Alfalfa from inoculated seed will make four
fo six times the growth that untreated seed will. For full informa¬
tion as to the matter of inoculation of seed of Alfalfa and other
leguminous crops see i>age 46.

WHY DON’T YOU GROW ALFALFA?

It’s a fair question. Here is the most valuable hay and feeding
crop in the world, and we believe we are safe in saying that not
one farm in three hundred east of the Mississippi Kiver and south
of Tennessee has an Alfalfa patch.

Now, a great many of our people have planted more or less Al¬
falfa and failed. Why ? In practically every instance it has been
beca^use of lack of proper preparation of the soil and planting at
the wrong season of the year. We advise above all things fall
planting, September 15th to October 25th being the best time. The
reason for it is this. Alfalfa in this section of the country starts
off slowly. Practically all of our lands are foul with weed and
grass seed and with spring planting the weeds and grass almost
invariably choke out the young Alfalfa; kill it by smothering be¬
fore it gets a chance to grow. With fall planting, while the top
growth is small all during the winter these wonderful roots of
Alfalfa are penetrating down deep and when growing weather
comes it shoots up ahead of and chokes the weeds and grass.

Another point: Hardly one farmer in a hundred puts enough
preparation on the soil before the crop is planted. There is too
much rough, cloddy ground, too many lumps that the young
clover or grass plants can neither go around, push over nor pene¬
trate. This makes bad stands. In getting land ready for any
clover or grass crop it should be plowed deep, harrowed and re-
harrowed and dragged until it is smooth and fine. You can’t get
it too fine and smooth and every extra day’s work put into the
preparation means many dollars in the succeeding hay crops. This
thorough preparation is mighty good for any crop but it’s an ab¬
solute necessity for any grass and clover crop.

Now, back to th.e question: Why doesn’t your farm grow Alfal¬
fa? Have you failed in the past? If so, has it not been from
planting in the spring instead of fall, or has it been from lack of
proper preparation of the soil ? Has it been because you haven’t
wanted to take chances and have never tried? If you do your
part well there is mighty little chance of failure.

OUR ALFALFA OVER 99% PURE

Immense quantities of low grade foreign grown Alfalfa seed, full
of weeds, trash, etc., have been dumped into the United States in
past years. There is also much American Alfalfa full of dangerous
weeds, and the buyer of Alfalfa seed cannot be too careful in pur¬
chasing seed. If some weeds get a start in your fields success is
impossible. We handle no Alfalfa seed less than 99% purity ac¬
cording to United States Department of Agriculture tests. Most of
our Alfalfa seed runs 99%% to 99%% pure. If you are offered Al¬
falfa seed at a low price we advise you to send a sample to Wash¬
ington for testing. The Department of Agriculture will tell you the
quality of any small sample of grass or clover seed you send them.

Grasses and clovers fluctuate and change prices from time to
time. We sell only the highest grade Alfalfa seed, 99% purity or
over, and all of it is the strongest American, grown alfalfa seed
on the market. Broadcast at rate of 20 to 26 pounds per acre. You
can depend on Hastings’ Seed. Pound, by mail, postpaid, 60
cents; 3 pounds, postpaid, .$1.60. Ten pounds or over about 45
cents per pound. ’Write for special i)rlces when ready to buy. Ask
for free Alfalfa, Bulletin Number 101,

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11. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

CRIMSON CLOVER

(No. 504) A Vegetable ''Gold Mine’* for the South (No.504)

A great revolution is well under way in Southern agrieulture and through that rev¬
olution, the South, which i.s essentially an agricultural section, is going to become what
Js'ature has always intended, the wealthiest part of these l'iiite<l States.

We have about' all been actively engaged in "land skinning." Our fathers and grand¬
fathers did likewise before us, while negro and white croppers on millions of the
South's best acres have actually “greased the slide" for quick soil exhaustion.

We have reached a turning point. The order of the day is “land building” Instead
of "land skinning.” We have begun to put back the vegetable matter that we have
either burned up or let wash away. We are beginning to see the senselessness of bu.v-
ing that costly fertilizing element, nitrojren, when we ha_yi' both winter and summer
grazing and hay crops that takf nitrogen from the air and store it in the soil for use
of future crops of cotton, corn, oats, etc.

Six vears ago few people took much stock iu planting Crimson Clover, Vetch, Bur
Cloverl etc., but those few have opened the eyes of the South. Last fall thousands of
farmers planted these new crops and have become full and enthusiastic converts to the
new religion of soil building in the South. Since the general use of the nitrogen-gath¬
ering bacteria on the seed before planting (see page 46) success has been assured in
almost every instance, ami once a man begins the use of Crimson Clover, Vetch, Bur
Clover, etc., he is a new farmer and he has a new farm on those old acres, a new farm
that opens his eyes to (he possibility of yields of the staple crops of which he never
even dreamed before. Now this may seem exaggerated talk, but these crops make
good and convince a man often against his will.

We have not urged these crops on our customers in the past in any consideraI)le de¬
gree,- for we wanted it demonstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt that they would
“make good.” Tliey have “made good” in the fullest and best manner, and we urge
you to plant them this year and every ,vear.

Crimson Clover is the most largely planted of these crops. It is a distinct and most
valuable annual clover for sowing in late summer and fall iu all parts of the South.

One enthusiastic grower wrote: "Crimson Clover is a vegetable gold mine.” It will
yield under fair conditions 8 to 10 tons of green feed per acre, 1% to 2 tons of hay, and
is considered worth fullv $'20.00 to $50.00 per acre as a fertilizer crop. Succeeds on
almost all classes and .jualities of soil except the very poorest, but is especially valu¬
able on light sandy or loamy soils. Sow at the last working of staple crops like cot¬
ton or corn; it is liow also largely used in seeding down orchards. Can be sown from
•July to November in the Central and Lower South. Crop can be grazed during the
winter and if stock is taken off in March a full crop will be made. Sow seed broadcast
at rate of 20 to 2o pounds per acre and harrow in lightly. Experienced farmers who
know Crimson Clover claim that the growing of it on land will increase the yield of a
crop of corn following at least one-third and other crops proportionately. If you have

never had Crimson Clover on your land you will find that inoculation of these seed will CRIMSON CLOVER — “A Vegetable Gold Mine”
practically insure success. (See Mulford Cultures on page 40.) Like all other grasses , . - , ^ ■ * u

and clovers the market price of Crimson Clover changes often. Write when ready to buy, asking for market price. Pound, postpaid
35 cents; 3 pounds, $1.00. Not prepaid: 10-lb. lots, about 18c a lb.; 100-lb. lots, about 15c a lb. Write for quantity prices.

White Clover ( No. 509 ) Central South. Most all perrna

nent lawn and pasture mixtures contain some White Clover and by
itself it makes good grazing for cattle and sheep. It is perennial
with rather uncertain habits of growth, sometimes covering the
ground with a thick mat of vigorous plants and sometimes lies
comparatively dormant, so it should be seeded into sod or mixed
with other clovers or grasses. It succeeds best on moist ground or
during a wet season. If sown by itself use 10 pounds per acre, or
half that amount when put in wdth other clovers or grasses. Best
grade seed, $1.00 per pound, postpaid. Write for quantity prices.

Sweet Clover or Mellilotus is a t'ld:

/Ma (iniN builder it has few equals. Experiments on the Hast-
^llOiUUI ) ings Farm are leading us to seed down our poorer
land with it for soil building. It is a coarse clover resembling Al¬
falfa, in fact, has been called “Alfalfa’s twin sister,” and using the
same kind of inoculation is very valuable in preparing land for Al¬
falfa. It is fine for raising bees and to build up your land it is
mighty good. Sow about 12 pounds to the acre in August to Oc¬
tober for fall planting or in February and March for spring plant¬
ing. Pound, hulled, or cleaned seed, postpaid, 50 cents.
for quantity prices when ready to buy. _

Write

• |j_ cn I \ Also known as Swedish Clover.

AISiKe Clover (NO. OU l ) This is the very best clover for
wet lands. Steadily becoming more popular either with red clover
er with hay and pastures. Alsike grows to about the height of
red clover with more slender stems and smaller leaves. The blos¬
soms are white with pink shading. It makes a fine clover to use
in combination with Timothy, Orchard and Bye Grass for pasture
or hay. Alsike does particularly well in the northern half of the
Cotton Belt. Pound, postpaid, 75 cents. Write for special prices
OB quantity lots. Present price, about 55 cents per pound.

/H CftQX A perennial clover lasting for sev-
NOu dOV0r ( NO. OUO y eral years. Red Clover for perma¬
nent pasture is not advised in the Lower South, but it seems to lie
admirably adapted to the hill parts of the South, especially the
valley lands of North Georgia, Alabama and Mis.sissippi, as well
as states farther north. Makes two or more cuttings of hay each
season and is fine for pasture and planting in orchards. Sow seed
either in fall or spring at the rate of 12 to 15 pounds per acre for
best grade seed. We guarantee !)8% purity or above in our Red
Clover seed. Weighs 60 pounds per bushel. Pound, postpaid 75c.
Write for quantity prices when ready to
buy. Present price, about 55c per lb. We
will offer you our best prices. _

WRITE US FOR SPECIAL FIELD SEED PRICES

At the time this catalogue goes to press it is impossible to name close and definite prices on most field

seeds in quantity lots. You Can readily understand why this is true, because the field seed market prices

change up and down almost daily, many of the crops are not yet harvested and many conditions enter into
the price.

To give you the best and closest prices on these field seeds we are obliged to quote you special prices

■n-hen you are ready to buy. That is why we ask you to take advantage of the yellow “Speci.il Quotation

Sheet” in the back of this catalogue and let us make you our very closest prices on the amount you want
to buy.

It pays well to use Hastings’ “Better Seeds,” regardless of price, but we want to give you the very best
price possible, too. Write for (juantity prices when ready to buy.

Red Clover

II. G, Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

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INOCULATE THE SEED

And Help Your Crops Grow the Highest Price Plant Food

All the clovers, cowpeas. vetch, peas, beans, alfalfa, and the other le¬
guminous plants, have the power to draw plenty of nitrogen from the air
— if the so-called nitrogen-gathering bacteria are present in the soil to
attach themselves to the roots. These bacteria on the roots of this class
of plants are necessary to enable the plant to do full work in nitrogen
gathering. If they are not present the crop will be more or less a fail¬
ure. Plenty of bacteria on the roots means rank growing crops, their ab¬
sence means sickly looking plants. tYhere successful crops of any of
these plants mentioned have been grown before, there are bacteria in the
soil for them, but on new ground or where these crops have not been
grown, the bacteria must be supplied before success can come.

These bacteria are obtainable in commercial form and are very easily
handled effectively by any one following the simple directions found on
tile bottles or packages. All you haye to do is to add a small quantity of
water, then moisten the seed and your soil then becomes thoroughly in¬
oculated at seed sowing time. It’s the easiest, quickest, cheapest way to
improve your soil.

This inoculation is not for direct use on crops like corn, cotton, oats,
sorghum, millet, etc. When used on all kinds of clovers, cowpeas, soja
beans, the crops accumulate a great store of nitrogen on the roots. These
decay after a leguminous crop is cut off and the nitrogen is available in
the soil for succeeding crops of cotton, corn, or grain, etc. In effect, it
helps make your soil richer for succeeding crops, as well as making far
better clover, alfalfa, vetches, cowpeas, soja beans or peanuts.

Personally we have been watching very closely this matter of inocula¬
tion of the various leguminous crops ever since the attempt was made to
put the bacteria in some form for safe distribution over twenty years ago
in Germany. Various methods were tried in this country, both by the
United States Department of Agriculture and various firms and chemists.
None of these methods proved satisfactory, and it was only by newer dis¬
coveries that a safe and sure way of distributing these nitrogen-gathering
bacteria was made possible. We have been furnishing these bacteria to
Alfalfa plant on left not inoculated — Plant on right inoculated our customers for the past eleven years, and there has not been a case re-

with Mulford Culture for Alfalfa — All other conditions ported to us where it has failed to give satisfaction when properly used,

the same — The contrast speaks for itself In these preparations of bacteria the bacteria can be kept in perfect con¬
dition and vigor and sent to you by mail for use on your crops.

Th.at may be a new way of putting it, but it's pretty close to facts. The
most costly element of commercial fertilizers is nitrogen and is normally
estimated as being worth about 17 cents per pound. Practically all of
our soils are short of nitrogen.

MAKES BETTER CROPS, SAVES FERTILIZER COST

Making better crops at less cost for fertilizer ought to be the aim and object of every farmer and gardener. Inoculation will help do
both. Remember, however, that these bacteria only act directly on what are known as leguminous crops; this includes all kinds of clo¬
ver, beans, peas, alfalfa, vetches and peanuts. On these the bacteria can be applied with direct benefit — that is, it will make great deal
larger crops per acre than you would otherwise get.

Our illustration above shows how these bacteria act on the roots of leguminous plants such as just mentioned. The knobs or “nod¬
ules.” as they are termed, are little storehouses of nitrogen, that costly element of plant food that these bacteria have gathered from
the air. Some of this goes to feed the plant while growing, but the larger part remains stored in the roots. After the clover, peas, etc.,
have been harvested, these roots decay, leaving in the soil a store of nitrogen for succeeding crops. A good crop of any leguminous
plant growing in soil deficient in nitrogen will, if the seed is inoculated, add to that soil available nitrogen equal to that found in 700
to 1000 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre, worth anywhere from $2.5.00 to $.30.00. What’s more is that the nitrates added by a legum¬
inous crop stay in the soil much better than when applied in the form of nitrate of soda.

The use of these bacteria on any leguminous crops means 50% to 100% more of that particular crop per acre, and it means a store of
Ihe highest priced element of plant food in your soil for succeeding crops. Isn't that worth while to you? It certainly is to us and
these inoculating materials are used extensively on the Hastings’ I arm every year.

Full Directions Telling You All About the Inoculation

Full directions, telling you very simply but exactly how to inoculate your seed comes with each bottle. Anyone can follow the easy
and simple directions and no matter whether you have used them before or not, everyone gets the same fine results from using them.

.ulford Ciili

These preparations of the nitrogen-gathering: bacteria are put up by the H, K, Mulford Company, of Philadelphia, a concern with a
world-wide reputation. These bacteria are sent out in sealed bottles, which are not ventilated nor are the baeteria given air— insurance
that no outside bacteria can get in. They are “DIFFERENT*' from all others on the market, being supplied in a gray culture medium
instead m the common yeltow medium. This effects more prolific growth, increases vitality and vigor and lengthens the life of the bacteria.

Mulford Cultures are low in cost and very easy to use. No experience is necessary, no special knowledge or implements are required,
who can read can follow the simple directions on the bottles.

NOTE— There is a different kind of culture for each kind of legume, and you must tell what ‘‘kind of crop" you want to use it on
when ordering. Culture for alfalfa, for example, is not good for any other crop.

Ue have Mulford Cultures for the inoculation of Alfalfa, Crimson Clover, Sweet Clover, White Clover, Red Clover, Alsike Clover, Bur
Clover, Cow Peas, Soy Beans, Peanuts, Vetch, Velvet Beans, Beggarweed. Eespedeza or Japan Clover, Sweet Peas, Garden Peas, Garden
Beans, Eima Beans.

PRICE— One-acre size bottle, $1.50; 5-acre size bottle, $5.00; Garden or ^-acre size bottle, 50 cents; postpaid. Specify the crop you
want to use it on, sure.

II. G. Haxliiigx Co., Seedsmen, .lllanta, Georgia

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VETCH, A Wonderful Winter Crop

That is exactly what it is, a wonderful winter crop for all the
South. One of the South Carolina growers expressed it well when
he said: ‘T consider it the cowpea of the winter for our section.”

When we speak of Vetch in this connection we mean the plant
known as Sand, Hairy or Winter Vetch, which is the hardy va¬
riety, standing severe winters in all parts of the South without in¬
jury. This is the only variety safe to plant. Do not allow yourself
to be fooled into buying the Spring Vetch either under the name
of Spring Vetch, English Vetch or Oregon Vetch, for it is known
under those three names. It is also used to adulterate Winter
Vetch, and if you are offered Winter Vetch at a low price, look out
for it. Spring Vetch is usually worth about 5 cents per pound and
it is easy to fool the unsuspecting buyer.

The South needs three things above all others : winter cover
crops to stop the washing from winter rains ; soil improving crops
to add the most costly plant food element, nitrogen, to the soil for
the use of succeeding crops, and hay for forage making crops for
our live stock to feed upon.

In the Winter, Sand or Hairy Vetch we have in one winter grow¬
ing crop something that combines those three and it justities fully
our calling it a “wonderful winter crop."

With all due respect to Crimson Clover and Bur Clover, and we
plant them both ourselves, we have always considered Vetch the
most valuable of the tliree for the Middle South.

Planted with small amounts of rye, oats, wheat or barley for a
support after it begins to run. Vetch makes a magnificent hay
crop in spring, coming in ahead of everything else except thor¬
oughly established fields of alfalfa, and at the same time leaves
added fertility to the soil.

Planted on Bermuda sod and scratched in lightly in October it
furnishes an abundance of grazing all through winter and spring
for beef or dairy cattle, hogs or sheep, and in late spring can be
let go to seed, thus seeding down the ground for next season.

Grown in abundance it makes possible the profitable growing and
fattening of cattle, something that hundreds have attempted to do
and failed simply because they have had to buy feed for those cat¬
tle at top-of-the-market prices. Crops like Vetch make possible
profitable live stock growing which in turn means prosperity on
Southern farms undreamed of by either our fathers or ourselves.

Vetch is a crop worth while. Plant at least a trial acre of it this
year. Seed must be inoculated before planting unless 'Vetch has
been planted on the same ground before. For inoculating material
see “Mulford Cultures" on opposite page.

A Crop of Oats and Vetch — Such a Field Will Turn Out Four to Five Tons of Dried Hay Per Acre.

We make
this asser¬
tion: that,
in 3 years
time, and
without los¬
ing the use
of the land,
with a very
email ex¬
pense, any
farmer in
tile middle
South, can
change his
twenty-
bushel-per-
acre corn
land into
land that
can and will
make thirt.v-
flve bushels
per acre.
Please note
that we are
not talking
about “brag
patches" or
hundred-
bushel-per-
acre yields.
We are talk¬
ing about
plain every¬
day farm¬
ing. We
have tried it
and proved
it on the
Hastings’
Farm with
the use of
Genuine
Sand or
Hairy Win¬
ter Vetch.
Start it
making your
land rich
this fall.

PRICE NOTE

Winter Vetch as illustrated above is a product of Russia and Poland. At the time this catalog: is
mailed it is impossible for us or any other seedsman to say at what price we will be able to sell ’
grenuine Winter or Hairy Vetch for this fall.

Right here at the last minute, so to speak, before this page is printed we find that we will be able to get a good supply of Winter
Vetch out of Poland and Russia in time for fall orders. With the Peace situation easing things up a little we will be able to get our
shipments through. There's a plenty of Vetch over there and of fine quality. The growers need the money and are doing everything
possible to help us get it to Atlanta.

Remember— there is no better winter crop in the South than Winter Vetch. We bank on it on the Hastings' Farm and we recommend
it as highly as we possibly can. It's a real crop.

Write us when you are ready to buy and then we will be able to tell you the exact price for Winter Vetch in any quantity. Look
out for Oregon grown Winter Vetch Seed at cheaper prices. By mail, postpaid, 50 cents per pound. Quantity prices as this is written,
about 40 cents a pound.

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II. G. Ilasttngx Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

GROW MORE GOOD GRASS

We of the South spend most of tlie summer killing grass in our cotton and corn fields and
spend most of the winter buying grass in the shape of hay.

Xo farming country can be permanently prosperous without grass and live stock, and you
:an’t keep live stock without grass-growing. It’s certainly time for the South to do more think¬
ing about the "Grass Crop,” and see it as something to be grown, not "killed.”

Georgia bought during one year over twenty million dollars’ worth of hay from outside the
state, mostly from states farther north. Hay is nothing but dried or cured grass cut at the
time it is in its prime. It is one of the great staple crops of this country, our recollection being
that in value it is exceeded only by the great staples of corn, wheat and cotton. Georgia is still
a hay buyer. So is every other one of the distinctively cotton states. In the face of the fact, that
this drains us of millions upon millions of dollars of our money, there are millions of acres in the
South suitable for grass crops that are "laying out” in briers, pine saplings and brush. We
have got so used to looking on grass as an enemy in our cotton and corn fields that we have
formed the habit of looking on it as a pest instead of a valuable crop. Grass in a crop needing
clean cultivation needs to be killed. Kvery place else it ought to be encouraged and grown as a
crop. It’s more profitable than corn or cotton per acre.

You need grass for pasture and hay for your stock, the merchant and dealer at your nearest
town needs the hay and would be glad to buy it from you instead of sending his money to At¬
lanta, Birmingham or other Southern city hay and grain dealers. The only reason you don’t
get your share of these millions of hay dollars is that you haven’t got the hay. If you will just
get these lands of yours that are "laying out” into grass, either for pasture or hay crop, you
have taken another step forward toward a better agricultural and financial condition for yourself.

The South needs cattle and it needs grass. With grass land on your place you can grojv all
the cattle you have grass laud for. Grass and live stock are an endless chain, and as one farmer
said : “We need more grass to teed more cattle to make more manure to grow more grass to
feeil more cattle.”

One point more on this grass question. While not a leguminous crop, grass is a soil builder.
Any land that has been in grass a few years makes marvelous crops of corn and cotton when
put into cultivation again. Grass land doesn’t wash away. A stand of grass holds land. If your
lands are in grass the heavy shower or "gully washer” or "trash mover” storm is not going to
carry your soil on down to the bottoms or onto your neighbors. Plant grass. Look on it as a
friend and not an enemy. Grass has a proper place on every farm and in its proper place it’s
the greatest friend and profit-maker the farmer has.

Na most reliable grasses for the Middle South for

wlCIloril Wl aSS ^ llOi U*!* ^ either hay or pasture. While succeeding well in almost
all reasonably fertile soils it does best on loamy and moderately stiff uplands. Starts growth
very early in the spring and continues well into the winter. A quick grower and relished by
stock, especially when young, and bears closest grazing. This grass is probably more culti¬
vated than anv other grass in the world. Xo other grass so easily adapts itself to widely differ¬
ent soils and climates, and farmers in all countries hold it in high esteem for both pastures and
hav crops. Most animals select orchard grass in preference to any other in grazing. It is wery
easily handled and cured for hay. It is a long-lived grass, with half a chance lasting under good
treatment about thirty or forty years ; yet it is easily exterminated if the land is wanted for
other purposes. Sow about 45 pounds per acre in either spring or fall, and cut when in bloom.
Pound, postpaid, 50 cents. Ten-pound lots, about 35c a pound. Write for prices.

■ D... f IIa Recommended principally for fall planting but can

IX3ll3n Rye urSSS^nOi vOQ J also be planted in spring. When sown in the fall this
variety matures very early, in latter May, and two or three more cuttings can be made that sum¬
mer and fall. It is one of the quickest growing of all grasses, has very tender stalks and leaves,
and in addition, abundant growth. This grass is an annual so never becomes a pest. Many plant
it by itself, but it is also very valuable when planted in mixtures. In Bermuda and other lawns
it is valuable during the winter. When the other grasses are dead or dormant the Italian comes
up and keeps your lawn green. Sow about 45 pounds per acre. Price: 40 cents per pound, post¬
paid Not prepaid: 10-lb. lots, about 18c a Ib.j 100 lbs., about 15c a lb. Write for quantity prices.

English or Perennial Rye Grass(No. 535)

little slower, but has the advantage of lasting for years. In Georgia, however, it cannot be de¬
pended on for more than a year. It makes very heavy leaf growth so is fine for pasture or hay.
This grass does well in mixtures, and is wonderful for the lawn. Use it in Bermuda sod to keep
the lawn green in the fall, winter and early spring, when the Bermuda is dormant. Being perennial it is especially adapted for pastures
and lawns and for hay by itself as well as in mixtures with grasses such as "Orchard and ‘"I all Meadow Oat.” Sow about 45 pounds
per acre. Price: Pound, postpaid, 40c. Not prepaid: 10-lb. lots, about 18c a lb.; 100-lbs., about 15c a lb. Write for quantity prices.

years are especially well pleased with the returns. When sown by
itself sow at rate of 3 bushels (33 lbs.) per acre, either in the fall or
spring. Sown with orchard grass and red clover, the quantities

Orchard Grass

Tsll Mesdow Ost Grsss ( No. 54 1 ) most valuable

most

hay and pasturage grasses in cultivation, and it is especially de¬
sirable for and adapted to the South. It withstands the heat and
drought of midsummer and the cold winter, starts very early in
the spring, and continues to give good grazing until late in the fall.
For hay. it can be cut twice in a season, and will yield nearly
double as much as Timothy. Its nutritive qualities are first-class,
containing, by analysis, more flesh and muscle forming materials
than Timothy, but it is not quite so fattening as that grass. It ripens
at the same time as orchard grass and gives good results sown
with it and red clover. For hay should be cut as soon as it blooms.
Tall Meadow Grass is best adapted to good, loamy uplands, but
gives excellent results on nearly all soils, and even on light, me-
dium or sandy soils. Farmers who have been sowing this grass for

usually sown are one bushel (II lbs.) tall oat, one bushel (14 lbs.)
orchard grass, and six pounds red clover. The addition of four
pounds fancy, clean Redtop or Herd’s Grass seed to the acre to this
mixture increases the aftermath and the yield of grazing. This
combination is excellent, and one that has given very satisfactory
results. It grows from 2 to 4 feet high, according to soil: it roots
deeply, and is thus least affected by drought. It can usually be cut
twice a year for hay and after being cut should be cured before
being wet by dew or rain. It should be sown in the fall, from
September on, according to latitude. Can also be sown during
March and April. Pound, postpaid, 50 cents. 10-lb. lots, at present,
about 40c a pound; not prepaid. IV rite us for best prices when
ready to buy in quantify. Use our Special Quotation Sheet. _

USE QUOTATION SHEET IN WRITING FOR QUANTITY PRICES

We make special prices on field seeds in quantity lots. It is to your best advantage that we do this because the market on field
seeds change daily. The seeds we will sell this fall are not yet hnr\'ested in a great number of cases and it is impossible to say just
what these prices will be. In some instances we can tell just about what the prevailing prices will be and we write those “about^*
prices in the catalog where we can in May and June, when this catalog is being written. These prices are just a general guide, how¬
ever. Our tendency is to make them high this early in the season to cover price advances that may be expected throughout the season.

On most of the field seeds we will actually sell them at a lower price. At the time you are ready to buy we will know exactly what
the prices will be and will be more than glad to give you the very best possible prices at that time. The Special Quotation Sheet in
the back of this catalog is placed there for you to write us the kind and quantity of seeds you want to buy. You don't have to buy
them unless you want to. We will tell you just what the seeds will cost you delivered to your door.

II. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlaiita, Georgia

49

FOR HAY AND PASTURES

Kentucky Blue Grass (No. 533)

An excellent lawn and pasturage grass, succeeding best
on limestone land, but does well on stiff, clay and me¬
dium soils. Blue Grass in pastures doesn't show up materially the first year after seeding, but if the soil is
suitable it continues to improve until you have a beautiful stand. Hardly any one needs to be told the mer¬
its of Blue Grass. It has been a standby for years and years, although many do not plant it who should.
Our “Elmwood Fancy” is the very best to be had. It's pure and clean; free from weeds and chaff. We
make a specialty of Blue Grass for extensive lawn work here in Atlanta, where everything depends on
having pure vital seed, free from weeds. Here it remains almost dormant during the hot weather; its
chief value in pasture seeding is for mixing with Bermuda, I.espedeza, and other summer growing va¬
rieties. For fall planting sow in October and November. Sow about forty pounds per acre. Fancy re¬
cleaned seed: Pound, 60c; postpaid. Ten-pound lots or over about 40 cents. Not prepaid: 100-lb. lots
about 40 cents a pound. Write for quantity prices when ready to bu.v.

DalllQ ^ No 53d\ Paspalum dilatatum. Grows normally in bunches with a large num-

■^<■1119 ber of basal leaves. Appears in early spring, 2 to 3 weeks before Ber¬

muda. Keep grazed to present seed heads from maturing or its growth will stop for the season. Endures
more drought, water, heat and cold than any other Southern grass, but needs fertile soils, preferably
bottom land. Seed in small furrows three feet apart at 4 pounds per acre or broadcast 6 to 10 pounds per
acre ou firm seed bed. Cover very lightly. Pound, postpaid, 75 cents. Write for quantity prices.

DArl Tnn ni* ^hd pasture grass. Succeeds on most kinds of

neu luporneru » soils, but does best on heavy or low, moist, stiff

soils. By repeated mowing, this grass holds well during the summer, but its chief value is for winter pas¬
tures. It is perennial, not doing so well the first year but gets better the longer it grows; will stand wet
weather admirably, growing well after being covered with overflow water for two or three weeks at a time.
It will not become a pest, but can be destroyed any time if desired. Notice illustration. Pound, postpaid,
40 cents (fancy recleaned seed).* In quantity, about 23 cents per pound, not prepaid. Write for prices.
Tiirinthv^Nn grass suitable only for the northern part of the South, especially hill

■ IlllUfcliy ^ nili mountain districts. It is the standard hay crop in the North and makes

one of the most popular, nutritious, and salable of haj’ grasses. It does not make such good pasturage
but the hay crop is great where it is well adapted; on clay or heavy loams, lowlands, or in mountain dis¬
tricts, although it will do well on any good stiff, loamy soil, provided moisture is abundant. “Red Top or
Herd’s Grass” and “Meadow Fescue” mature at the same time as Timothy and do well in mixtures with the
Timothy. They will increase the yield of hay and will largely increase the yield and value of pasturage.
Pound, 99% purity or over, postpaid, 35c. In quantity, not prepaid, about 20c per pound. Write for prices.

Hastings’ Evergreen Lawn Grass (No. 550) ^u'^‘^and“coSis“onry"|r'm^^^^^^

have been successfully used on the lawns here in Atlanta for the last 12 years. Lawn-making has been a
serious problem in this part of the South. The trouble with varieties like Kentucky Blue Grass is that
they will not stand more than one full year, going to pieces under the heat and drought the second sum¬
mer. After careful experimenting we made up this mixture and wherever ground has been properly pre¬
pared this has been the most successful in permanency of any of the lawn mixtures in this climate. It
makes a very quick show and soon becomes a beautiful velvety lawn, on well prepared soil. Stands sum¬
mer heat and drought without serious injury, coming out again as soon as the rains begin again. Sow 40
to 50 pounds per acre. Pound, 65 cents; 3 pounds, $1.50; postpaid. Not prepaid; 10-lb. lots, about 40c a
Ib.; 100-lb. lots, about 35 cents a pound. AVrlte for quantity prices.

Hastings’ Permanent Pasture Mixture ( No. 55 1 ) to*" Mr. h.g". HTsVi“wRi“I

request to make him up a mixture of grasses that would b^ permanent, something he would not have to
plant over again every two or three years, something that would give all the year round grazing. The re¬
sult of that request was a well proportioned mixture of nine different grasses. It was planted on rather
rolling red clay land. Ten years later that pasture was in better shape, had a stronger growth of grass than
it had when it was two years old. It had furnished continuous pasturage in wet weather and dry, in hot
weather and cold. It has in addition to the pasturage furnished one heavy cutting of hay each year. At
the end of ten years it showed no signs of failing; in fact, it was in better condition than it had ever been.

The above is a record of our Permanent Pasture Mixture. The land it was sown on was hardly medium
in quality. It would not haye made over a half bale of cotton per acre. Yet that ten-acre pasture fur¬
nished pasturage for numerous cows and horses the year round for ten years. Wasn’t it worth while tak¬
ing the trouble to lireak up the land thoroughly, then harrow it down fine, put on 400 pounds of standard
grade guano, and then spend several dollars per acre for a heavy seeding? Not a stroke of work nor a
pound of fertilizer has been put on that ten-acre pasture for ten years, and it yielded its grass crop bet¬
ter when ten years old than when one or two years old.

There is no Bermuda or .lohnson grass iu this mixture. Sow .35 pounds of Permanent ^Iixtu^ per acre,
and it is most advisable to plant about one pound of Red Clover and one pound of Alsike Clover with
every ten pounds of this mixture of nine pasture grasses. Clover seed cannot well be mixed in the grass
.seeds evenly, so buy it separately. Pound, 55 cents; 3 pounds, .$1.50; postpaid. Present price, 10-Ib.
lots or over, 35 cents per pound. AVrite for quantity prices when ready to bu.v. As the different grass
seeds contained in it fluctuate in price constantly it is fairer to you to make a special quotation when you
are ready to buy.

Ked Top or Herd’s Grass

The Kind of Pasture and Cattle Ton Can Have With Hastings’ Permanent Pasture Mixture

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H, G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

RHODES OR EAST COAST GRASS

.'Xd

(No. 543) 12 TONS OF DRY HAY PER ACRE PER YEAR, ST. LUCIE CO., FLA.

It’s not often that a really new and valuable grass
appears, but the Rhodes Grass, or “East Coast
Grass,” as it is more commonly known in Florida, Is
certainly a find, for we know of no grass so valu¬
able for Florida and the Gulf Coast section.

Rhodes Grass has been grown on both the East
and West Coasts of Florida for the last seven or
eight years with most marked success.

Our Jlr. Hastings visited the Fellsmere Farms at
Fellsmere, St. Lucie County, Florida, in January,

1013, and was greatly impressed with the rank
growth of this grass and its fully apparent value as
a hay grass, something that Florida and the Gulf
Coast section has long sought.

We were assured by Rlr. Tillman, w'ho has charge
of the experimental work of the Fellsmere Farms,
that the Rhodes Grass produced, in their experi¬
ment grounds, twelve tons of dry hay per acre the
previous year. That is a mighty fine hay crop per
acre for sandy land.

It is not coarse and makes hay equal to if not
superior to the best Northern timothy hay.

The illustrations shown on this page are from
photographs taken on the Fellsmere Farms in the
spring and show only one of the nine or ten cut¬
tings of hay per year that this magnificent hay
grass produces.

The source of seed supply of this Rhodes Grass
has been more or less of a secret for several years,
but we succeeded in obtaining an ample supply of
it and can furnish it in any quantities this summer
and fall. Rhodes Grass has been tested thoroughly
in South Texas for four years and the growers pro¬
nounce it superior to alfalfa as a hay crop.

For Florida and the Gulf Coast sections all around
to the lower Rio Grande valley, above Brownsville,

Texas, we believe that Rhodes Grass will prove the
most valuable grass ever introduced.

Field of Rhodes Grass Before Cutting (Fellsmere, Florida)

RHODES GRASS CAN COMPETE WITH THE TIMOTHY OF THE NORTH

One of the great and important problems of Florida and the Gulf
Coast sections is to secure an ample supply of fine hay, something
entirely satisfactory for use on the farm and at the same time be
marketable in the towns and cities in competition with that stand¬
ard market hay, the timothy hay of the North.

In a letter to us from P. H. Rolfe, Director of the Florida Expe¬
riment Station, Prof. Rolfe says: “In Florida, the best land for
the Rhodes Grass has been our hammock land, especially that
which has a clay subsoil. ... As to proper preparation of the soil,
it is about the same as that for seeding other small seeds such as
timothy, red top, orchard grass, etc.

“The time of the year for planting will depend greatly upon the
year itself. Where a good moist spring occurs it is well to sow in
the eai^y part of the year. Toward the South, where there is no
danger of cold weather, the sowing may be made in the fall, provid¬
ing the soil is in good condition to make a moist seed bed.

“Apparently no grass has been introduced in recent years which
has better promise of becoming the competitor of the timothy of
the North.”

The above words from Prof. Rolfe mean much. We have known
him personally for years and he is a most careful man, one who
always underestimates rather than exaggerates.

A Splendid Florida Report

Mr. E. W. Amsden, of Ormond, Fla., is an “old
settler,” He said : “I bought from you in February
5 pounds of Rhodes Grass seed. Owing to extreme
dry weather it did not come up until after the mid¬
dle of April. I commenced cutting May 10th and
kept it up every three weeks until September 1st,
when I mowed a ton of good hay from the half
acre. This was planted on land within 80 yards of
the ocean beach, land that I never supposed would
grow white beans. I have owned this land 30 years
and never considered it worth clearing up.

E. E. Evans, Mercedes, Texas, said: “I will want
for October sowing about 125 pounds Rhodes Grass.
It has proved the most satisfactory hay maker ever
introduced in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. It has
not failed to produce one ton per acre per month. I
will sow it in my alfalfa field so that it will soon
consist of Rhodes Grass only.”

Mr. J. J. Thorber, Botanist of the Agricultural
Experiment Station of Arizona, says: “I have had
Rhodes Grass under observation for several years.
It succeeds beautifully in our heavy clay, loam soils
and even in sandy or gravelly soils. Its growth is
marvelous under our conditions.”^

We do not recommend- Rhodes Grass for fall sow¬
ing in the Central South, but for Florida and Gulf
Coast section it is safe. Sow 8 to 10 pounds per acre.

Special Rhodes Grass Circular

If interested, ask for our special circular on Rhodes
Grass, which goes into this subject more fully than
is possible in this catalogue.

Quarter pound package, 35c; pound,
r $1.00; pospaid. By express or freight,

not prepaid, 10-pound lots or over about 75 cents per
pound, \yrite for our best quantity price when
read,v to buy.

eiJOCFCC ‘‘We have been using Hastings’ Seeds for 15
years and have never been disappointed
with the results.”— Mrs. Lillye B. Pettus, Pulaski County, Arkansas.

Hauling In Rhodes Grass Hay (Fellsmere, Florida)

51

H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

Hastings’ ^^Home Beautiful” Flower Seed

Only varieties adapted to planting in Southern States. Make yours a **Home Beautiful” with flowers.

lilBBRAL PREMIUMS — AVith an order for 50 cents* worth of !■ lower Seeds Only, you may select 25 cents’ wortli of Flower Seed Ex¬
tra. For $1.00 you may have 50 jsents* worth extra, and for $2.00 you may have $1.00 worth extra. Tliis offer does NOT include Bulbs,
Roots or Plants. Read carefully and don’t confuse it with vegetable or field seeds. This Special Offer is for Flower Seeds only.

HASTINGS’ FLOWER SEEDS

Have no superiors and few equals. We use just as much care in
the production of the finest strains of flower seeds as we do in
vegetable seeds. We do this because it pays us. Our business ex¬
perience has shown us that our best advertisement is a satisfied
customer, and our special high grade strains of seed are bound to
make every one who plants them satisfied. The increase in our
sales of flower seed in the past ten years has been enormous. Our
customers find that the quantity of our seed and the size and bril¬
liancy of the bloom from our special strains of flower seeds surpass
anything they have ever had. I'ntil recently little flower seed was
grown in the United States, and we import much of ours direct
from the largest and best flower seed growers of France, where
great attention has been paid to the production of the finest strains
of flowers. We spare no trouble or expense to get the very best for
our customers — the finest varieties of all flowers adapted to plant
ing in the South. Our list of flower seed is small compared with
that of several Northern seedsmen. The reason for this is that
there are comparatively few flowers grown from seed that do well
in the South, and our list contains nothing but what is adapted to
the South. You may depend upon the fact that you can plant any
variety in this list with the assurance that with proper treatment
and favorable seasons you will succeed.

Our packets of flower seeds are larger than those of most seeds¬
men. There are enough seeds in Hastings’ packets to give plenty
of plants of each kind. We have no 1, 2 or 3-cent packets such as
are offered occasionally. Our packets contain good seed and plenty
of it. We do not put in 6 or 7 sweet peas, or 12 or 15 poppy seed,
as flne as dust, and call it a packet. Our business is not conducted
on that basis. We charge you a reasonable price, just what the
goods are worth, and give you value received for every cent you
send us, and then add to your order the extra seeds allowed in the
offer at the top of this page.

Flower seed is now one of the leading features of our business,
and we lead in that just as we do in vegetable seed. Hastings
Seeds of all varieties are Successful Seeds.

There are a number of flower seeds which should be sown in the
fall for best results, as the length of time to hot weather from
spring sowings is too short to allow for best development. To this
class belong Pansies, Violets and Daisies. Other varieties such as
Sweet Peas, need an early start, especially in Florida and Gulf
Coast section, October to December sowing being best. In the
lower half of Florida and extreme Southwest Texas, such kinds as
Dianthus or Pinks, Marigolds, Nasturtiums, Petunias, Poppies,
Verbeuas, can be sown almost any time during the fall months,
adding brightness to home surroundings during the winter months.

HOW TO SOW FLOWER SEEDS

With few exceptions flower seeds are very small, and sowing
them by the inexperienced often results in failure, either partial
or complete, because a few simple rules are not followed. There is
nothing mysterious about success with flowers. It requires care
and a little common sense. With these failure is almost impossi¬
ble. It is work that can not be left to a farm hand or laborer. It
must receive your careful personal attention. By observing close¬
ly the following rules for sowing flower seed you will have little
cause for complaint or failure.

CnSI ^ mellow loam, which is a medium earth between

■ ttie extreme of clay and sand, enriched by a com¬
post of rotten manure and leaf mold, is adapted to the generality
of flowering plants. Previous to planting flower beds or borders
care must be taken that they are so arranged that the ground is a
little elevated in the middle, allowing the water to run off, also
showing off the plants to better advantage.

DlaritiMcy Mnke the surface as fine and smooth

■ ***^^l**5 possible. Cover each sort of seed

to a depth proportionate to its size; seed like portulaca, petunias,
etc., should be merely sprinkled on the surface of the ground, and
barely covered with finely sifted, light mellow soil; press the soil
down firmly over the seed with a brick or a short piece of board.
For larger seed the depth should be regulated according to the size
of the seed, those the size of a pinhead % inch deep, and those the
size of a pea % of an inch or more. Get a bit of lath (it would be
better if planed smooth) about two feet long, press the edge down
into the soil evenly, so as to make a groove as deep as the seed is
to be planted, scatter the seed along this, allowing 4 to 5 of the
larger to 15 or 20 of the smaller seeds to the space one plant is to
occupy when grown. Cover the seed by pressing; turn your lath
flatwise and press the soil down firmly. On light, sandy soils
flower seed should be covered twice (h- depth that they should be
in stiff or heavy clay soils.

Double English Daisy

The true English Daisy, per¬
fectly hardy and suited to

(Beilis Perennis) (ftio. 730) tions. Blooms in late

fall and earliest spring. Sow seed early in boxes or shallow drills,
then transplant to permanent location. Treat the same as violets.
They can be flowered through the winter if placed in boxes, in
pits, or planted in cold frames. Flowers very double. Plants
spread rapidly in rich soil. Finest Mixed. Packet, 10 cents.

Hastings’ Superb Mixed Dianthus (No. 778), or Garden pinks — Packet, 10 Cents: 3 Packets, 25 Cents

Hastings’ Superb Mixed Dianthus (778)

Most of our friends prefer a few plants of many varieties of
pinks and do not wish to buy each variety separately. To meet
this demand we have made up a magnificent mixture of all Chinese
and .Japanese Pinks, having the widest range of form, color and
markings imaginable. Large packet, 10 cents; 3 for 25 cents.

Dianthus — Chinensls (No. 779) — Double China Pink. Free
bloomer. All shades and colors. Packet, 10 cents.

D. — Chinensis Alba (No. 780) — Double China, identical with Chi
nensis except that the bloom is pure white. Finest selected. Pkt., 10c.

D. — Heddewiggi (Japanese) (No. 782) — Finest double mixed,
targe flowers, often 2 to 3 inches in diameter. Packet, 10 cents.

D. — Heddewiggi Single (No. 781) — Select mixed. Pkt., 10 cents.

D. — Heddewiggi Atrosanguinea (783) — Double crimson. Pkt., 10c.

D. — Mourning Pink (No. 784) — Extra double flowers with body
covering of very dark velvet mahogany, almost black, in striking
contrast to the finely fringed edges of pure white. Pkt., 10 cents.

D. — Double Diadem Pink (No. 785) — Very large double flowers,
finel.v marked. Magnificent in both coloring and varieties. Mixed
colors. Packet, 10 cents.

D. — Crimson Belle (No. 786) — Single. Barge flowers of deepest
glowing crimson, beautifully fringed. Packet, 10 cents.

D. — Eastern Queen (No. 787) — Large single flowers, 2 to 4 inches
across. Finely fringed, beautifully stained in rich shadings of sil¬
very white, each flower having crimson center. Packet, 10 cents.

D. — Tlie Bride (No. 788) — Large, handsome flowers of silvery
white with rich purplish red eye surrounded by a still darker
crimson ring. Packet. 10 cents.

D. — Lacinatus (No. 789) — Large single and double fringed flow¬
ers in many distinct colors. Packet, 10 cents.

D. — Salmon Queen (No. 790) — Single flowers of beautifully rosy
salmon color, a rare shade of pinks. Packet, 10 cents.

D. — Imperialis (No. 791) — Double Imperial Pink. Double full
centered flowers, large and showy. Fine range of colors and mark¬
ings, and oue of the most popular varieties. Packet, 10 cents.

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HASTINGS’ MIXED NASTURTIUMS

These may be termed everybody's flower. No garden is
complete without them. Perfectly at home in all parts of
the South; they furnish a never failing display of brilliant
bloom all through the season. Sow in any garden soil,
for beds, borders or climbers, scattering the seed thinly.
When well up thin out the tall sorts six inches apart,
and ten inches for the dwarf varieties. Our mixture
of Nasturtiums comes to us direct from the great Nastur¬
tium specialists of California. No siicli brilliant range of
sha<les and <'Olors has ever been seen before in Nasturtium
mixtures. They please every one who plants them and are
. sure to satisfy you if you want the best there is to be had.
Nasturtiums are as easily grown as any other flower and the dwarf va¬
rieties make the most beautiful beds, borders, edging, and porch boxes,
while the tall varieties are unsurpassed to cover stumps, flow’er stands,
low fences-, and unsightly places. It is doubtful if among the plants
classed as Annuals there is any other of the summer blooming varieties
which combine in so great degree the ease of culture, beautiful flowers
of showy colors, profusion of bloom from early summer until killed by
frost, and general excellence as the Nasturtiums. More and larger flowers are pro¬
duced on thin soils, very rich soil tending to make rank leaf gtowth. Hot weather
has no injurious effect.

Hastings’ Tall Mixed (No. 84.S> — All shades and colors of the tall growing varie¬
ties; only large flowering varieties in this. Packet, 5c; ounce, 20e; % pound, 75c.

Hastings’ Bush or Dwarf, Mixed (No. 842) — Flowers large, gorgeous and brilliant.
All shades and colors of dwarf growing varieties. Packet, 5c; ounce, 20c; lb., 75c.

Mlai'is'olfic Free flowering, garden favorites, doing splendidly all over the South.

IgWIUS The new .and iinproved types are far superior to the small flowers of the
old forms. Sow seed thinly in open ground where plants are to stand. You will be sur¬
prised how well these popular flowers do when planted in late summer.

Tall Double African Mixed (No. 880) — E.xtra large flowers, grows 14 to 18 inches tall,
various shades of yellow. A bed of these will please you. Packet, 5 cents.

Tall French Mixed (No. 831) — Smaller sized flowers, of deeper color than the African. Pkt.,5e.
Dwarf French (No. 832) — (Jrows 6 to 8 inches high; small highly colored flowers. Pkt., 5c.

DpTUMIAC Petunias are very popular in the South; easily grown, and make
■ most beautiful beds of showy colors. No garden is complete without

them. They are hardy annuals; heat, rain, drought do not affect them. They bloom in a very
short time and continue blooming to late fall. Scatter thinly and cover lightly. Petunias have
always been a popular favorite in the South and the massed bloom is mighty pleasing. So few
flowers are grown here in the fall that those grown show up much better than in spring.

Finest Mixed (No. 853) — Solid colors, without variation in markings. These are all deep shades
of color and great care has been taken in keeping up their richness in bloom. Packet, 10 cents.

Hastings’ Striped and Blotched (No. 854) — A splendid mixture of finest striped, blotched and
variegated sorts that are really extiuisite. Packet, 10 cents.

Giant Single Fringed, Mixed (No. 855) — Immense single fringed flow^ers of finest shades and
colors. Surpass anything ever offered in petunias. Sow seed in boxes, in the house, transplant¬
ing afterwards t o
the open ground.

Packet, 20 cents.

Hastings’ Special Mi-xed Nasturtiums

Hastings’ Superb Mixed Poppies

Gorgeous is the only word that can describe the brilliancy
of a bed of our Superb Mixed Poppies. They contain all the
famous varieties in the W’idest range of color and shape.
Sow very early, as seed germinate best when ground is cool.
Scatter thinly and barely cover the small, fine seed. When
well up thin out to 10 inches apart. They bloom better with
plenty of room for development. Poppies should be sown
w’here they are to remain as they need no transplanting.
Both single and doulde poppies are very show’y flowers and.
make wonderful beds and borders. California, the famous
flower state, has great fields of poppies along the railroads
and highways, the wonder of visitors as well as the admira¬
tion of Californians. Notice the illustration showing differ¬
ent types of these beautiful poppies on this page. Hastings’
Superb Mixed (No. 803). Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 30 cents.
We can supply, in separate varieties, the following:

DOFBFE carnation FFOWEKED mixed (No. 864)—

Large double flowers; beautiful, fringed petals. Packet, 5
cents, ounce, 30 cents.

C.ARDINAL (No. 865) — Glowing shades of cardinal red. Fin¬
est double form. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 35 cents.

.\MEKI(?AN FLAG (No. 866) — Scarlet and white. Packet. 5c.
MIKADO (No. 867) — Double fringed. Crimson scarlet, strip¬
ed white. Packet, 5 cents.

PE.YCOCK (No. 868) — Brilliant scarlet, with black ring and
cherry center. Packet, 5 cents.

SHIRLEY (No. 869) — New delicate colors. Packet, 5 cents.
TULIP (No. 870) — Intense scarlet, tulip or cup-shaped, two
inches across, black blotch at base of petals. Packet, 5c.
BRIDE (No. 871) — Extra large, white flowers. Packet, 3c.
ORIENTALE (No. 872) — New perennial poppy, coming up
year after year. Immense single scarlet flowers, 0 inches
across. Packet. 10 cents.

Hastings’ Superb Mixed Poppies — Best Double and Single

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SWEET PEAS

Hastings’ Unexcelled Sweet Peas Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents.

Fine Mi.xed Pansy (No. 850) — Our own mixture of the more common varieties. This
contains a wide range of colors and markings. Packet, 5 cents.

WFDDpi^A Free flowering liardy annual of low spreading growth. Plants
• grown from seeds are much cheaper than cuttings and more vigor-

They make fine beds and edging.

Hastings’ Finest Mixed (No. 883)

Every year this splendid mixture of sweet peas be¬
comes more popular -and rightfully so. It’s usually the
case that sweet pea mixtures are made up from the in¬
ferior .sorts, dull colors, or any kinds that the seeds¬
man might have plenty of. Not so with our mixture.
It is made up from tiU of the best varieties in e.xistence,
these being selected after carelul observation of some
DOO named sorts. Every one of these 60 varieties are
grown separately under name. If long flowering pe¬
riod is desired dig trenches about 12 inches deep, fill in about 6 inches
with well-rotted manure and top soil well mixed; plant seed on this and
cover 2 to 3 inches. After seed comes up keep drawing in earth until
trench is filled level with the ground. Packet, 5c; ounce, 15c; ^ pound,
50c; pound, $1.50; postpaid.

Sweet Peas(Separate Colors)

We can supply you the best colors for the South in the following varie¬
ties: Emily Henderson — pure white (No. 884), Priirra Donna — pink (No.
885), Lady Grisel Hamilton — lavender (No. 886), Navy Blue — blue (No.
887), Salopian — red (No. 888), America — striped and variegated (No. 839). Each; Packet,
5 cents; ounce, 20 cents; ^ pound, 60 cents; pound, $2.00; postpaid.

Qnonf'Ar T«/nA Cu#Aot Pasc Extra large flowers, fully double the size
^l**'**''"* * yi**' r ed9 of the older forms. Many of the Spencers

have wavy and flute-edged petals, which with their rich coloring give an almost orchid-
like appearance. The Spencer type will not stand careless cultivation, but they will
fully repay you for the extra trouble by their exceptional size and beauty. We h.ive
these wonderful sweet peas that attracted so much attention at the Panama-Pacific Ex¬
position at San Francisco, where our grower took practically all the medals and other
awards offered for sweet peas and other plants grown by him. In separate colors, and
also we have a splendid mixture of these and many other colors. Separate colors:
Wedgewood — blue (No. 893), King Edward — red (No. 894), Senator — striped and varie¬
gated (No. 895), White — pure white (No. 897), Countess of Spencer — i)iiik (No. 898). and
Hastings’ Mi.xed Spencer (No..896). Prices of each: Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 35 cents;
V4 pound, $1.25; pound, $4.00; postpaid.

Hastings’ Superb Mixed Pansies (No. 847) Qof,^rs^"re 'fro^m

seed planted in October all over the South. With slight protection the plants usually
stand the winter perfectly. Our own mixture of the finest large flowering strains from
the greatest pansy specialists of France and England, This includes such strains as
Giant Trimardeau, Odier, Gassier, Bugnot, Large Parisian Stained, and many others of
the very highest types. Packet, 25 cents; 3 packets, 50 cents.

Large Flowering English “Face” Pansies (No. 848) — Our mixture of the best English
varieties of “Face” Pansies. Packet, 15 cents; 2 packets, 25 cents.

French Mixed Pansy (No. 849) — A fine mixture of best French varieties. Very satisfac¬
tory for early spring plantings, too.

FINEST MIXED (No. 910)— All colors. Packet. 5 cents.

HYBRIDS, Best
Mixed (No. 911) —
Extra fine strain,
all colors. Pkt., 10c.
HASTINGS’ MAM¬
MOTH MIXED (No.

912) — O u r illustra¬
tion shows one of
the attractive flower
clusters. Colors very
rich. This is the
finest strain of Ver¬
bena known. Pkt.,
15 cents.

Candidissima (No

913) — L.irge, flower¬
ing, white variety.
Packet, 10 cents.
Scarlet Defiance
(No. 914) — Intense
glowing scarlet.
Packet, 10 cents.
Italian Striped (No.
915) — Each petal
striped. Gives pleas¬
ing effect. All colors
mixed. Pkt., 10c.

Hastings’ Mammoth Verbena — Finest Strain Grown

PLANT

Hastings'

SEEDS

Hastings’ Superb Pansy

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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia

Bulbs for ^^The Home Beautiful”

by planting hyacinths this fall.

Single Dutch Hyacinths

First size bulbs, purchaser’s selection
of colors. Pure White, Rose Pink, Light
Biue, Dark Blue, Dark Bed and Tellow.
Price, postpaid, each, 10c; 6 for 50c;
doz., 90c. Not prepaid, ?7.00 per 100.

Double Dutch Hyacinths

First size bulbs, purchaser’s selection
of colors. Pure Wliite, Bose Pink,
Light Blue, Dark Blue, Dark Bed and
Yellow, Price, postpaid, each 10 cents;
90 cents doz. Not prepaid. $7.00 per 100.
lA/MITF U YAf'INTU Q will not be in position to supply French

wni I K nVnriMn n iMWin ins Roman Hyacinths this year, as our Govern¬
ment will not allow them to be shipped Into the United States. The Dutch Ilyaciuths are
much more beautiful and popular and better adapted to outdoor and indoor culture.

Some of our most attractive and widely grown flowers come from. Dutch and Frencli
Bulbs. These Holland and French Bull)s are very scarce this year, reports showing
only about one-half the usual crop from these countries, but the bulbs that wen-
grown were given very careful attention during growth and especially good care in
the “cutting” or “breeding” ho.uses. The writer has taken special interest in bulii
growing, carefully inspecting many fields and houses in Holland and France. The
carleties we list have been carefully selected for their richness of color and strength
of growth, particularly for bedding or “outdoor” purposes where the hardest condi¬
tions are met.

bulbs of Mammoth Crocus are large for Crocus
■•*********'*^** gjjfj make large and showy blooms. They are fine for

early spring, being one of the earliest of all bulbs. A charming effect is secured by
planting them about the lawn in little clumps, or singly, as they will give a bright,
unique appearance before the other spring flowers appear. Plant about two inches
deep, and if planted in beds, about two inches apart. They are most effective w-hen
planted in large quantities, say about 500 in a bed. Entirely hardy.

Non plus ultra — blue; Baron von Brunow — purple mauve; Sir Walter Scott —
striped or variegated, purple stripes on white; Queen Victoria — pure white; Yeliow
Mammoth — extra large yellow, are the best varieties for the different colors for
planting throughout the South.

Plant some of these this fall for the earliest bloom in the spring. The rich tones
in these colorings are sure to please you. It is easier to order by color. You will
get the named varieties above.

CBOCUS: Blue, purple, striped, white, yellow. Price: Dozen 35c: 100 for $2.75;
postpaid.

FMAAClsie These small bulbs give delicate and beautiful blos-
nflallllllOm ■ I B«S8»ICIS» soms ; their fragrance being especially delicate. The
flowers keep a long time after being cut and the sentiment attached to Freesias as
well as their beautiful appearance are making them more and more popular as they
have been for years in France and Holland.

BEFRACTA ALBA is the pure white freesia, without the yellow blotch commonly
sold We sell this variety onlv. Price: Dozen, 35 cents; .$2.75 a hundred; postpaid.

'They are the most popular for fall plantings of all
UUKCn riyoCinillS Pulbs in the South. They are most easily grown and
make a wonderful effect in the early spring outdoors but can be grown in
pots or in water in the house for bloom all during the winter. Start bulbs in¬
doors every couple weeks to have continuous bloom but keep them in a dark
place from the first until well developed
or they won’t bloom at all. We take the
utmost care in selecting our bulbs for
richness of color and strong plants.

These bulbs are very scarce this year
liut we will have some mighty good
stock and we believe enough to fill all
demands even with the big bulb and
flower season expected this fall. Re-
memljer, an early spring bed of hya¬
cinths presents a showy and beautiful
sight long before other flowers appear.

For pot culture (single bulbs in a 4-in.
pot) they are superb and the spikes of
bloom last two or three weeks. Look at
the illustrations on this page and you
will know you cannot make a mistake

Hasiiiigs’ Dutch Hyacinth

Hastings’ Mammoth Crocus

Real Home-Loving People of the South

It is easy to point out the real home-loving people in any neighborhood by the appearance of their homes. Where you see a neat¬
looking home with flowers setting the house off you can generally put it down that the family living there are a happy and con¬
genial people, influential and good friends.

The chivalry of the old South, its hospitality and its love and freedom ; the cheer, happiness and prosperity of the new South and
the real home-loving people we all should be are shown as we tell our story to the passersby with flowers.

The first flowers of spring and the richest colors of them all come from fall planted bulbs. These bulbs can be dug and sepa-
r.ated each year or even left in the ground with slight protection and they will increase and last for years and years. They require
little or no cultivation and are very simply and easily grown. The Paper White Narcissus, Freesias and Hyacinths are easily grown
in the house, in pots or in glasses or bowls of water. Gannas, Daffodils, Crocus, Tulips, Freesias and Dutch Hyacinths make the
aiost pleasing and splendid array of bloom in beds or scattered about the lawn. All these bulbs produce first early blooms of the
richest shade.s and last for years with the slightest care in our Southland. Make your home and family happy and cheerful and
show your neighbors you love your home and friends.

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//. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlatifa, Georgia

TULIPS and NARCISSUS

SINGLEAND DOUBLETULIPS

na, Mississippi, Texas, all of Oklahoma and Arkansas and the higher lands of the
Caroliuas, tulips will he found very desirable. In the southern half of the states
named, also Florida, they are seldom found satisfactory. Tulips make the most
brilliant and gorgeous di.splay on the lawn of any of the spring flowering bulbs.
Nothing tvill attract greater attention than beds of these in full bloom.

CARDINAL’S HAT — Rich, dark red, single. 8 cents each; 6 for 35c;
^***S*^ 60c a doz.; $4.35 a hundred; postpaid. Not prei)aid : $4.00 a hundred.

CHRYSOLORA — Large, pure golden yellow, single. 8 cents each; 6 for 35c;
60c a dozen; $4.25 a hundred; postpaid. Not prej)aid, $4.00 a hundred.

L’IM.M.4Cl'LEE — Large, pure white, early single. 8 cents each; 6 for 35 cents;
60 cents a dozen; $4.25 a hundred; postpaid. Not prepaid, $4.00 a hundred.

DUCHESSE DE P.4RMA — Large, orange red, single. 8 cents each; 6 for 35
cents; 60 cents a dozen; $4.25 a hundred; posti>aid. Not prepaid, $4.00 a hundred.

COTTAGE MAID — Beautiful Rose, shaded with white, a very attractive variety,
splendid for late bedding and forcing. 8 cents each; 6 for 35 cents; 60 cents a
dozen; $4.25 a hundred; postpaid. Not prepaid, $4.00 a hundred.

MIXED SINGLE — .411 shades and colors of single tulips. This will make a gor¬
geous display of bright colors. 50c a dozen; $3.50 a hundred; postpaid. Not
prepaid: 45 cents a dozen; $3.25 a hundred.

Dmihlfk DCKE OF YORK — Very double; carmine rose; edged broadly with
vvhite, suffused rose, showy and extra fine. 8 cents each; 6 for 35c;
60 cents a dozen, $4.25 a hundred; postpaid. Not prepaid, $4.00 a hundred.

LA CANDECR — Large, double pure white changing to soft rose. Variegated
leaf edge; fine for cemetery bedding. 8 cents each; 6 for 35 cents; 60 cents a
dozen; $4.25 a hundred; postpaid. Not prepaid, $4.00 a hundred.

GLORIA SOLIS — A grand double tulip; deep crimson, with broad golden yel-

for 35 cents ; 60 cents a dozen ;
$4.25 a hundred ; postpaid. Not
prepaid, ,$4.00 a hundred.

Narcissus

NARCISSUS GRANDIFLORA

— Also known as Paper White
Narcissus. One of the most
popular and easiest grown of
all bulbous plants. Good for
open ground planting, for pot
culture during winter in the
house, or can be grown in wa¬
ter as shown in the illustra¬
tion at the bottom of this
page. Our bulbs are of the
largest size, imported direct
from the South of France.
The famous Polyanthus va¬
riety. Price, 8c each ; 6 for
35c; 60c a doz.; $4.25 a hun¬
dred; postpaid. Not prepaid,
$4.00 a hundred.

Hastings’ Select
Narcissus or Daffodil

EMPEROR — One of the
largest and finest in cultiva¬
tion ; pure yellow primrose of
immense size with wide, over¬
lapping, rich primrose pe¬
rianth.

EMPRESS — Strong, robust
grower; large flowers. Trum¬
pet a rich yellow with perianth
snow white. The finest bicol¬
or, and of rare beauty.

TRUMPET M.4JOR— Really
a single Van Sion. A large,
yet earl.v flowering daffodil of
rich yellow color in perianth
and trumpet.

PRINCEPS — Sulphur-yellow
perianth and deep yellow
trumpet ; long, handsome
flowers for cutting.

VAN SION — The famous old
Dutch Daffodil; double flow’-
ers of golden yellow. Fine for
bedding with Hyacinths, as
they bloom at same time.

S.ELECT N.4RCISSUS—
PRICES: 8c each; 6 for 35c;
60c a dozen: $4.25 a hundred:
postpaid. Not prepaid, $4.00
Narcissus GrandiHora — Jfaper White a hundred.

Hastings’ Select Tulip

Hastings’ Select Narcissus or Daffodil

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75 Cents Each; $6.50 For Ten, Postpaid

On account of. the lack of much skilled labor in growing our roses we
have not enougli plants to supply many varieties. We think we have
enough to fill orders for those we are listing but ask that you send in
your order as soon as possible. These roses cost us a lot but are, we be¬
lieve, the finest plants we have ever had and well worth the cost.

Complete directions for setting out these Roses and caring for them is
sent along with each order. We want them to grow as well as you do.

We will ship none of these large plants until sometime between October
I5th and November 1st. We want them thoroughly dormant before ship¬
ping, so that they will carry in the very best of condition and be sure to
live when planted in your rose garden. Order now.

Grafted on strong-growing stock: Strong, open-ground

grown roses, 75c each; S6.50 for ten; S55.00 per hundred.

Kaiserin Augusta Victoria c ““•hite'wuh^Tmon

ter. full, pointed buds; vigorous and a good l)looiner; very double. This
rose is one of the newer .sorts, with handsome, bright foliage. The flowers
are borne on long, straight stems. A Hybrid Tea variety of great merit.

lA/hitA IWIaman CnrhAt white, or white with

wvniie iTiailian ^ocnei very sUght, delicate pink tint on
the outer petals; full double, beautiful, pointed buds with very regular,
shell-like petals. It is a profuse bloomer and a strong, vigorous grower.
We recommend this Tea variety as one of our very best.

Piaail iC9.*l A splendid white Hybrid Perpetual Rose

r%€Ill VrU9^III%l with blooms four to six inches across;
buds full and well formed; open flowers very double. A strong vigor¬
ous grower; nearly always in bloom. Known as White American Beauty
and considered the best snow white rose of its class.

Kaiserin Augusta Victoria — .4 Splendid White Rose

Freiherr Von Marschall

varying in color from clear red to pink. It is an ever-bloomer and
strong growing rose, and should have a plaee in your garden.

Pink Maman ^ free-blooming Tea Rose, iden-

I'llin ITIdlllCtll fip^l with white Maman Cochet

except in color. Large, pointed buds, ver.v double; clear pink.
Strong grower with beautiful foliage. It is our choice of all pink
roses; hardy all over the South; for long life, freedom of bloom
and large size of flowers it has no e(iual.

Tea rose with a delicate and beautiful tint of salm-
Of, which is always bright and clear and does not
fade or shade off into dull and undesirable tints. One of the most
exquisitely colored roses and exceedingly beautiful in the bud. In
the lower South it makes a strong, vigorous bush and bears an
abundance of flowers at all seasons.

A deep yellow Tea Rose with fine buds and
large double flowers. It blooms profusely
and is a hardy, strong grower; most distinguished and desirable
yellow bush rose. It is considered the only perfectly hardy, ever-
blooming yellow rose.

Isabella Sorunt .vellow Tea rose; buds like Saf-

* raiio; a fine bloomer: a very desirable
variety; strong grower. There are not many really good yellow
roses for the lower South but we recommend this one. fl'he flowers
open well; it is satisfactory on light soils and is finer still on good
rose land. Originated in Kastern North Carolina.

OTHER SPLENDID ROSES

thilde Soupert, Devoniensis, Estelle Pradel, Lamarque, Marie Lam¬
bert, and White Killarney. pink — Anna de Diesbach. Baby Ram¬
bler, Climbing Bridesmaid, Duchesse de Bra'bant, Empress of China,
Killarney, Mme. .Tules Grolez, Marion Brunell. Minnie Francis, Paul
Neyron, and Pink Cherokee, RED — General Jacqueminot. James
Sprunt. .Marshall P. Wilder. Red Cherokee, Red Radiance. Reine
Marie Henrielle, and Virginia U. Cox. VELI-OW or S.VLMON —
.Mareschall Niel. Reve d’Or, Lefty Coles. Chromatella, Fortune’s Yel¬
low, Mme. Francisen Kruger, and Solfaterre.

lUlaKiA Van Umitta white Tea Rose with lemon tint, pink on
wOll outer petals. The buds are of good size;

flowers turn pink as they fade. A good bloomer and thrifty grower. A
very handsome and satisfactory rose.

Pana ftnntiai* older Tea varieties but the prince of

■ o|JCl WWIa EICl roses for the production of long crimson rosy
buds of exquisite beauty. Foliage also is entirely distinct, being a rich,
bronze green.

MlarlamA I nmkarri center shading to darker pink on

iTloUclllie bVlllUai U outer surface of petals. This Pink Tea
Rose will yield a profusion of flowers all summer. We recommend it
highly.

I niiie PhSllinnA This Bengal variety is of rich, velvety crimson
laUMIS r color, while not so valuable for bouquets. It is

the most show’y and satisfactor.v dark red rose we have for gardens and
grounds. It makes a large, vigorous bush, and there is scarcely a time
during the entire year when it is not covered with bright red flowers.

Flowers are a beautiful shade of the richest tone of
pink, darker on the inner surface of the petals than on
the margins. The buds are large and very fine; a strong grower and ex¬
ceptionally desirable.

This Tea Rose has beautiful
pointed buds and flowers

Etoile de Lyon

Mamon Cochet (Pink and White), Well Opened— Superb Roses

OPEN GROUND GROWN ROSES

OATS, RYE, WHEAT, ALFALFA

Rape, Barley, Crimson Clover and all other Clovers and Grasses are money-saving crops, which should be planted In
the fall by every farmer in the South who wants to come out ahead this year.

What does it profit a man to grow a crop of 40 or even GO cent cotton, when to do it he has to impoverish his land as
well as spend all or nearly all his cotton dollars for grain, hay and fertilizer?

For over fifty years the South has absolutely been drained regularly of the billions of dollars that have come into it
in payment for cotton; been drained of this fabulous sum to pay for food and grain products that should have been
grown on the South’s own acres. This is what has kept the South poor as a section; keeps the States composing it
poor; keeps the individual cotton grower poor when he ought to be the wealthiest farmer on the face of the earth.

Let’s look this matter squarely in the face. It’s a fact that the farmer in the South who grows enough grain and
hay to see him through the year, is the exception. The farmer who has grain and hay enough to see him through and
a surplus to sell in town has been until the last three years almost unknown.

We sweat and toil all through the long summers to grow cotton. Suppose we do grow it and sell it for a good price.
Where does that cotton money go? Largely to States like Illinois, Iowa, Indiana and others, for grain, hay and meat,
yet with good seed of good varieties, intelligent cultivation and fertilizing, Georgia and other Cotton States need ask no
odds of those States farther north in grain and hay production. The time to begin stopping this financial drain is now.
Begin by planting grain crops, clover crops, winter forage and cover crops this fall on your farm.

LET US FIGURE ON YOUR WANTS

In addition to sending you seeds that will increase the profits of your farm, we can often save you money in the cost price.

This sheet, which is known as our “Special Quotation Sheet,” has a distinct place in our system of business and a
great many thousands of our customers make use of it every year. This sheet is more largely for your benefit than ours,
and we want you to use it this fall. It is for the use of truck gardeners buying vegetable seeds in large quantities
and for the buyer of farm seeds who wants to know exactly what those seeds will cost delivered at his station.

There are three things you actually want to know in seed buying. First, and most important, is that seed quality is
right; second, what the cost of the seed is in Atlanta, third, just what the freight and express charges will be to your sta¬
tion. If seed comes from Hastings, you know the quality is right. On the other two points it is very easy. All you have
to do is to write down the name and quantity of the kinds you want on the other side of this sheet, tear it out and mail to
us. We will quote you the best price we can make you, estimate the weight, figure out the freight or express charges
and send it back to you promptly. You will then know exactly what the seed will cost you delivered at your station.

Complete Quotation and Farmers’ Information Department

We know that as long as you secure greatest satisfaction from Hastings’ seeds we will have a satisfied customer or¬
dering from us season after season, and it is this kind of business we want. This fact we would like to impress upon
every planter who receives our catalog; this is the spirit of our service in filling your orders, answering your let¬
ters and in all dealings with our customers. First of all we want to make it profitable to you to order seeds from us,
then easy and perfectly safe for you, and then satisfactory in every way.

In addition to quoting you market prices on seeds that are subject to fluctuations which makes it impossible to price
field seeds definitely in our catalog and larger quantities of garden and truck seeds, we want to help every customer
who wants or needs information about seeds or crops, and to do this we issue many practical bulletins and leaflets that
we are glad to send free on request, and for help on any special problems you may have in relation to your farm or
garden we invite you to write us freely at any time.

We do not claim to know it all, but in our business we have been able to accumulate information that we know will
help many customers, and we will cheerfully help any customer to the fullest extent of our ability.

We want to co-operate with you in every way that we can — to furnish you the best seeds grown, the kind best adapted
to your locality and soil, and to help you make a success with the crops.

Do Not Use This for Family Garden Lists

Please notice that this sheet is not to be used for asking special quotations on family garden orders, such as seeds in
packets, ounces and pounds, or special collections. Prices on packets and ounces, etc., are distinctly stated (these
prices including postage paid by us) in the catalog, together with special premium offers of extra seed, etc. With these
offers standing open to every seed buyer, we can not and will not make “Special Quotations” on family garden lists.

One last word. Make up your list and send it to us so that we can make you a delivered price. Asking for a quota¬
tion puts you under no obligation to buy unless you want to. We have just the right seeds and we believe that Hastings*
Seeds on your farm will pay both you and»us, and this quotation sheet will help us get together. Use it now.

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H. G. HASTINGS GO., Atlanta, Ga.

Gentlemen: I would like to have you name me your lowest price on the list of
seed I give you below. Please quote your best prices, and also let me know whether in
your opinion the seed should be sent by Freight or Express, and also about what the
cost of delivery will be. It is distinctly understood that in asking for this quotation I
am under no obligation to purchase same, and that this is entirely for my own informa¬
tion as to prices and Freight or Express rates.

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12 Superb Grafted Roses
$7.50 Prepaid

A DOZEN of the finest two-year-old grafted Roses
that can be grown in the Lower South. Own-root
‘ Roses do not seem to do as well in Florida and in
the Gulf Coast States as outdoor-grown grafted plants
which have strong root-growth.

The Roses here offered are large, strong, healthy, open-
ground plants, and can be shipped as soon as growth is stopped
by frost, usually the latter part of October. They may be
planted in November or December. Orders can be sent at
any time and plants will be shipped as early as is safe to dig
them. See page 56 for full description of these varieties.

Twelve Roses for $7.50

Prepaid to any postoffice in the United States

H. G. HASTINGS CO., Seedsmen
ATLANTA ; GEORGIA

'HITE MAMAM COCHET

Paper-White Narcissus

Each 8 cts.; 6 for 35 cts.;
60 cts. a dozen, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 100 for $4

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Fall Bulbs

/ Tulips

r Cardinal’s Hat, Chrysolora
Gloria Solis {Double)

Each, 8 cts.; 6 for 35 cts.; 60 cts. a
dozen, postpaid

Daffodil — Narcissus

Emperor, Empress
Trumpet Major
Each, 8 cts.; 6 for 35 cts.; 60 cts. a
dozen, postpaid

Dutch Hyacinths

All colors, single or double. Each,
10c.; 6 for 50c.; 90c. a dozen, postpaid

H. G. HASTINGS CO

Seedsmen

ATLANTA, GEORGIA