Catalog No. 62 Fall 1921 EXTRA EARL) ^H/TE ECG _ TEAR OFF THIS ORDER SHEET ALONG THIS LINE f Please do not write in above space HASTINGS' SEEDS ORDER SHEET H. G. Hastings Co., Atlanta, Ga. (F.1921) Gentlemen:— I am enclosing- seeds to be sent by — -for the following (Stale here if wanted by Mail, Express or Freight) Name. P. 0. (If Mrs,, kindly use husband’s initials or given name, as Mrs. Sam B. Clark) R. F. D. No. Box No. State PLEASE DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE Express or Freight Office (If different from your Post Office) BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE READ DIRECTIONS FOR ORDERING IN THIS CATALOGUE ON PAGES 2-3 NUMBER N CATALOG Quantity Names of Seeds or Other Articles Wanted PRICE Dollars Cants 1 YEAR’S SUBSCRIPTIOIV TO THE SOUTHERN RURALIST 25 CENTS East of Mississippi River. 25 cents; West of Mississippi, 50 cents PLEASE DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE 1 i i 1 i i i 1 i 1 1 i i I j Remember— No order too large or too small to send to HASTINGS' NUMBER QUANTITY ARTICLES WANTED DOLLARS CENTS Ui o < Q. U) (A f Z u $ O z o Q u (A < 111 0. i Pi* A m I II m G Please read carefully so that you understand this offer fully. When you or- w WU ■! ^■■■■Mlll^ der seeds 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 collections of seeds, onion sete, 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 you select the premium seeds that your order may entitle you to under this offer. H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia H OM E GROWN FOOD PAYS NO OUTSIDER A PROFIT Can you, out of the present or prospective prices of cotton or I tobacco, fruit or vegetables grown for shipment afford to pay an | outsider a profit on the food, grain, hay or forage that is con- i sumed on your farm? Certainly not when practically all of those i things can be grown on your own acres at a cost of one-half or less than the merchant’s prices. i We have all had some awful bumps since last summer, bigger, harder bumps than any of us could have anticipated. Some of ; these bumps could have been softened some had our government | acted differently last fall but that’s all water over the dam. It does no good to discuss that part of it now. The real-right-down-to-the-bottom-trouble is that we are paying unnecessaTily too many profits to outsiders on the food and grain consumed on our Southern farms. We know that there are some exceptions to this, some good folks far sighted enough to see the common sense necessity of home production but they are few in comparison with the many. We all go broke or near broke every time there is a slump in the price of our so-called cash crops. It matters not whether the cash crop be cotton, tobacco, vegetables or berries for shipment, oranges, peaches or what not. The system of one crop growth and the buying of all or nearly all of the food and grain is a sys- tem deadly to permanent farm prosperity. Our dream of easy money is over. We woke up to a reality of debt, disaster, thousands of farm bankruptcies, in many cases the savings of a life time, swept away. In greater or less degree this kind of a thing has happened three times in the last dozen years. We pay a fearful price every few years for the privilege of follow- ing this wrong system. Do you know any farmer in your community who has been for several years growing his own bread and meat and grain and for- age who was put. out of business by the times we have passed through during the past nine or ten months? We don’t. It’s true that all of us are more or less hard up, money scarce and store or bank credit as scarce or scarcer than money. But, the man who has been making his bread and meat, who has enough on hand to do him until the next “bread and meat” comes in, has little need for credit and can get that credit if there is any credit around the neighborhood. We might just as well face facts. Most of us have bravely and courageously gone to work to repair the damage and losses of the past year. There was nothing else to do. We ought, however, never let ourselves get caught in the same kind of a trap again. If we do we are not entitled to help or sympathy. We might just as well forget all about 35 or 40 cent cotton and like prices for the tobacco, the fruits, the market vegetables, etc. Those prices are probably gone, never to retu’rn within our life- time. We must face the necessity of making and selling cotton at less than 20 cents, probably around 15 cents with normal size crops. Other crops must be in proportion. Cost of production must be brought down. The cost of making cotton or other cash crop is largely the cost of bread and meat for human labor, grain and forage for animal labor. You can not afford to pay an outsider a profit on the food and grain, the larger part of the cash crop money. Make food, make grain, make forage on your own acres and pay no unnecessary outside profits. Time now to start the fall garden. A dozen oe more vegetables can be planted and run through until spring. Wheat, oats, rye, barley, pastures, rape, vetch, alfalfa and other clovers all have an impor- tant part in cutting off “outsiders profits.” Get right, stay right and be permanently prosperous. You can if you will. NOTICE time this catalog goes to press we cannot offer field and grass seeds at definite prices. The I Iwb market varies almost daily, so when you are ready to buy oats, wheat, rye, barley, grasses, clovers, al- falfai etc., write us for prices on the quantity you need. We will give you the best prices, send samples if requested, and freight or express rates to your station. Use the Special Quotation Sheet in the back of this catalog. There’s no obligation to buy unless you want to. Alphabetical Index for Catalogue Reference Flower Seeds are listed on pages 43-45. Flowering Bulbs are listed on pages 46-47 and back cover. Roses (plants) are listed on page 48. These are outdoor grown 2-year roses. So far as possible, Ave have arranged the vegetables in alphabetical order. Alfalfa Page 38 | Asparagus 3 | Bacteria, Soil Inoculation 42 Barley 35 Beans, Garden - 3-5 Beets 6-7 Broccoli 7 Brussels Sprouts 7 Bulbs Rear Cover and 46-47 i Cabbage 8-9 ! Carrots . 11 Cauliflower 10 ! Celeriac 11 i Celery 11 Chervil 7 Clovers 38-39 Collards 10 Cos, White Paris 15 Cress 7 Cucumbers 12 Eggplant 13 Endive 7 Fetticus (Corn Salad) 7 FloAvers 43-48 Garlic 17 Grasses 40-41 Hog Pasture (Grain) Mixture .... 37 Insecticides 30 Kale ((Borecole) 13 Kohl Rabi 13 Leeks 13 Lettuce 14-15 Mustard 19 Oats Okra Onions and Onion Sets Parsley Parsnips Peas . . Peppers Pianting Table . . . . Radish Rape Roses ((piants) ... Rutabagas Rye Salsify Southern Ruralist . . , Spinach Squash Tomatoes Turnips Vetch ....... Wheat 34-35 . 19 16-18 . 19 . 19 20-21 . 22 . 31 24-25 . 37 . 48 . 23 . .23 26-27 28-29 . 42 This complete catalog— all reading matter and illustrations — Copyrighted, 1921, by H. G, Hastings Co., Atlanta, Ga. 2 H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia UNITED STATES PARCEL POST ZONE RATES Weight in pounds 1 Parcel Post Zones 1st and 2d Up to 150 1 miles 1 3d 150 to 300 miles 4th 300 to 600 mile.s 5th GOO to 1,000 miles 6th 1,000 to 1,400 miles 7th 8th 1,400 to 1,800 Over 1,800 miles 1 miles 1 1 $0.05 $0.06 .$0.07 $0.08 j $0.09 1 $0.11 1 $0.12 2 .06 .08 .11 .14 1 1 .17 1 i .21 1 .24 3 .07 .10 .15 .20 1 1 .25 1 .31 1 .36 4 .08 .12 .19 .26 1 1 .33 1 .41 1 .48 6 .09 .14 .23 .32 1 .41 1 .51 1 .60 6 .10 .16 .27 .38 1 .49 1 .61 1 .72 7 .11 .18 .31 .44 1 .57 1 .71 1 .84 8 .12 .20 1 .35 .50 1 .65 .81 1 .96 9 .13 .22 1 .39 1 .56 ! .73 .91 1 1.08 10 .14 .24 1 .43 1 .62 1 .81 1.01 1 1.20 11 .15 .26 1 .47 1 .68 .89 1.11 1 1.32 12 .16 .28 1 .51 1 .74 .97 1.21 1 1.44 13 .17 .30 1 .55 1 .80 1.05 1.31 1 1.56 14 .18 .32 1 .59 1 .86 1.13 1.41 1 1.68 15 .19 .34 1 .63 1 .92 1.21 1.51 1.80 16 .20 .36 1 .67 1 .98 1.29 1.61 1.92 17 .21 .38 1 .71 1 1.04 1.37 1.71 1 2.04 18 .22 O o 1.45 1.81 1 2.16 19 .23 .42 1 .79 1 1.16 1.53 1.91 2.28 20 .24 .44 1 .83 1 1.22 1.61 2.01 2.40 21 .25 .46 1 .87 1 1.28 1.69 2.11 2.52 22 .26 .48 1 .91 1 1.34 1.77 2.21 2.64 23 .27 .50 1 .95 i 1.40 1.85 2.31 2.76 24 .28 .52 j .99 1 1.46 1.93 2.41 2.88 25 .29 .54 1 1.03 1 1.52 2.01 2.51 1 3.00 26 .30 .56 1 1.07 1 1.58 2.09 2.61 1 3.12 27 1 .31 i .58 1 1.11 1 1.64 2.17 2.71 3.24 28 1 .32 1 .60 1 1.15 1 1.70 2.25 2.81 3.36 29 1 .33 1 .62 1 1.19 1 1.76 1 2.33 2.91 3.48 30 .34 1 .64 1.23 1 1.82 1 1 2.41 3.01 3.60 31 .35 1 .66 1.27 1 1.88 2.49 3.11 3.72 32 .36 1 .68 1 1.31 1 1.94 2.57 3.,21 3.84 33 .37 1 .70 1 1.35 2.00 2.65 3.31 3.96 34 .38 1 .72 1.39 2.06 1 2.73 3.41 4.08 35 .39 I .74 1.43 1 2.12 1 2.81 .3.51 4.20 36 .40 1 .76 1.47 1 2.18 1 2.89 3.61 4.32 37 .41 1 .78 1.51 1 2.24 1 1 2.97 3.71 4.44 38 .42 1 .80 1.55 1 2.30 1 3.05 3.81 4.56 39 .43 1 .82 1 1.59 1 2.36 | 3.13 3.91 4.68 40 .44 1 .84 j 1.63 1 2.42 j 3.21 4.01 4.80 41 1 1 .45 1 .86 1 1.67 ! 2.48 j 3.29 4.11 4.92 42 .46 .88 1 1.71 ! 2.54 1 3.. 37 4.21 5.04 43 1 .47 .90 1 1.75 1 2.60 1 3.45 4.31 5.16 44 .48 .92 1 1.79 j 2.66 1 3.53 4.41 1 1 5.28 • 45 .49 .94 1 ' 1.83 2.72 1 3.61 1 4.51 | 1 5.40 60 .54 1.04 1 2.03 3.02 I 4.01 1 5.01 1 6.00 65 .59 1 1 1.14 1 1 1 -1 1 60 .64 1 1.24 1 1 1 .' 1 65 1 1 .69 1 1.34 1 1 ~ i i 70 1 1 .74 1 1.44 1 1 1 1 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 — Largely in the 1st and 2nd zones. Extreme southern part is in 3rd zone. ALABAMA — Divided among 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 western half in the 4th zone. LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS — ^Both of these states are entirely in the 4th zone. TEXAS— Mostly in the 5th zone, a small part including the most eastern counties being ip the 4th and extreme western portion in 6th. For those who only order seeds for garden use in packets, ounces, quarter pounds, pounds, or 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 postoffloe 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 different 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 kqow the particular zone you live in from Atlanta, take the amount shown in the column for that zone opposite the j 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. j 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, 60 pounds is the weight limit for the 4th, 6th, 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 i^ in the 4tl| ?0PP, ' H. G. ] fastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 3 Seeds for Summer-Fall Planting IMaSI Remember that the prices given in this list include 96"U9 r 09%|JalU Wjr IwlClII delivery of all seeds by packet, ounce, quarter- pound, pound, and two-pound lots. Send us the amount named in this catalog, and we guarantee safe delivery by mail, postpaid, in these quantities. I Promilittte bear in mind that on seeds in packets and ounces VllllUIIia only (no quarter-pounds, pounds, or two pounds), the pur- chaser may select 25 cents’ worth extra on each dollar sent. This does not apply to orders for collections, prices of which are net. IUIaiiai# cases where the order for seed amounts to wUS t OT 9dllling IwlUllcy one dollar or more, the cost of postoffice or ex- press money order, or cost of registering the letters from places that are not money order ofiSces, may' be deducted from the amount of the order. On 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 prevent their sticking together or to the order. AhAllt lA/arrantl/ Hastings CO. gives no warranty, either express or im- Wwan ailCjr piied, 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 will not accept. No responsible seedsman gives any warranty. Pvnroee When paying express charges, be sure you only pay “second class” rates, which apply to all seeds, wiiai gV9 Don’t let any express agent charge you first-class rates. Every Time You Order Seeds or Write to Us Be Sure to Write Your Name, Post Office and State piainiy. Hundreds of Orders Are Deiayed Every Year Because the Sender Forgets to Sign His Name or Give His Post Office Address. Palmetto Asparagus Seed (No. I) The Palmetto, while an old variety, is bejmnd 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, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; % pound, 35 cents; pound, 81.00. from 114 to 2 ■ years’ time in getting your Aenarao'llO Asparagus bed in con- #^9pcircaglI9 dition to cut by the use Rnnfc^NA splendid 2-year- ^ ^ j old Palmetto Aspara- old Palmetto Aspa 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, 81,00; 81.15 per 100; postpaid. By express or freight, not prepaid, per 100, 81.25; per 1,000, 810.00. Orders booked now. Roots ready for shipment about November 1st. prny C for Late Summer DLHnOand Fail Planting Cul^Uf^ If you don’t plant bean* in 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 the 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 Ref ugee BeansF,°,f better bean than Excelsior Extra Early Refugee, where earliness of ma- ^nUi 1“*/ 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 variety equals it in ability to withstand either extreme wet or dry weather without serious injury; holds pods well up off the ground. Packet, 10 cents; % pound, 20 cents; pound, 35 cents; 2 pounds, 65 cents; postpaid. Not prepaid: 15 pounds (peck), 82.00; 60 pounds (bushel), 87.50; 100 pounds, 812.00. Improved Round Pod Refugee (1000 to 1) (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 early winter for Northern shipment. Plants literally full of medium sized round fleshy pods. Of good flavor and holds up well in shipping. Also fine for canning. Resistant to drought and cold. Packet, 10 cents; % pound, 20 cents; pound, 35 cents; 2 pounds, 65 cents; postpaid. Not prepaid, 15 pounds (peck), 82.00; 60 pounds (bushel), $7.50; 100 pounds, 812.00. Palmetto Asparagus Hastings’ Excelsior Extra Early Refugee Beans H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia Tree Beaii(No.28) Hastings’Stringless Green Pod Bush Beans(No. 6) To our mind the highest quality 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 are 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 bean quality combined with heavy bearing, plant our Stringless Green Pod. (This is entirely distinct from the Giant Stringless, which is so inferior in quality that we never catalogued it.) Packet, 10 cents; % lb., 20 cents; pound, 35 cents; 2 pounds, 65 cents; postpaid. Not prepaid: 15 pounds (peck), $2.25; €0 pounds (bushel), $8.00; 100 pounds, $12.50. Hastings’ Extra Early Red Valentine(No. 25) most all parts of the 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.. 35c; 2 lbs., 65c; postpaid. Not prepaid: 15 lbs. (pk.),$2.00; 60 lbs. (bu.),$7.50; 100 lbs., $12.00. White Mexican or Prolific why hundreds of car- loads of white or navy beans should 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 goqd soil are literally covered with pods. Plant in rows about 2 feet apart, leaving single plants 6 inches apart in the rows. Pkt., 10c; % lb., 20c; lb., 35c; 2 lbs.. 65c; postpaid. Not pre- paid: 15 lbs. (peck), $2.00; 60 lbs. (bushel), $7.50; 100 lbs., $12.00. Early Black Valentine(No. 23) entine that is a great favorite in some of the coast sections. A good bean, hardy and resistant to both heat and cold. Pkt., lOe; Yz lb., 20c; lb., 35c; 2 lbs., 65c; postpaid. Not prepaid: 15 lbs. (peck), $2.00; 60 lbs. (bushel), $7.50; 100 lbs., $12.00. Wardwell’s Kidney Wax ( No. 1 6 ) tra early, maturing in 5 to 6 weeks 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. Pkt., 10c; % lb., 20c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; post- paid. Not prepaid: 15 lbs., $2.25; 60 lbs., $8.50; 100 lbs., $13.00. Sure Crop Stringless Ha“Mso“me! rich yellow pods are 6 to 7 inches long, al- most round, very meaty and sweet ; stringless at all stages of growth. Plants very upright in growth, healthy and vigorous. Pkt., 10c; Yz lb., 20c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; postpaid. Not prepaid: 15 lbs. (pk.),$2.50; 60 lbs. (bu.),$9.00; lOO lbs., $14.00. h; DavisWhiteWax(No.29) riety, bearing large almost straight white waxy colored pods, 5 to 6 inches long. Holds up wonderfully and sells at top prices on appearance. Good for home garden use as white shelled beans for winter; not as good in quality for snap beans as others. Pkt., lOe; Yst lb., 20c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; postpaid. Not prepaid; 15 lbs. (peck), $2.00; 60 lbs. (bushel), $7.50; 100 lbs., $12.00. HArIcnn Way/Nh strong, vigorous, healthy grow- n vUSVll WwaA^ Hill y er with clean wax pods about 5 inches long, nearly straight, very thick, flat and meaty. Me- dium maturing, flesh tender and of excellent eating quality. Very popular with Florida shippers. Packet, 10c; Yz lb., 20c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; postpaid. Not prepaid: 15 pounds (peck), $2.25; 60 pounds (bushel), $8.50; 100 pounds, $13.50. Prolific Black Wax (Ho. 32) man Black Wax. A much larger and better grower than the old variety; exceedingly prolific. Packet, 10c; Yz lb., 20c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; postpaid. Not prepaid: 15 pounds (peck), $2.25; pounds (bushel), $8.50; 100 pounds, $13.50. 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, 10c; Yz pound, 25c; pound, 45c; 2 pounds, 80c; postpaid. Not prepaid: 15 pounds (peck), $2.75; 60 pounds (bushel), $10.20; 100 pounds, $17.00. Our improved strain of Golden Wax ; rust- , proof to a remarkable degree; well suited to all parts of the South. Packet, 10c; Yz pound, 20c; pound, 40c; 2 pounds, 70c; postpaid. Not pre- paid; 16 lbs. (peck), $2.25; 60 lbs. (bushel), $8.50; 100 lbs., $13.50. w HS.Hj s HASTINGS STRINGLESS 6REEN POD BEAN L Hastings’ Early Valentine Wax(No. 24) inches high with medium sized, vigorous stalks, anc use and nearby markets. Packet, 10c; Yz pound, 2 prepaid: 15 pounds (peck), $2.75; 60 pounds (busl Rust-Proof Golden Wax(No. 30) FROST PROOF CABBAGE PEANTS — Varieties: Early Jersey Wakefield, Earge Charleston Wakefield and Early Flat Dutch. By Parcel Post, prepaid to your postoffice.. Frost proof cabbage plants for late November and December planting do wonderfully well in all the lower South and we expect to supply plants in any quantity after November 20th. Send in your order any time and we will ship the plants to you 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 reaching 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 filled. Orders are filled by the hundred — not 250 or 350 — but 200, 300, or 400. Write for quantity prices on 500 or over. Hastings’ Wax Beans H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia S “SNAP BEANS” UNTIL FROST--DRY SHELL BEANS FOR WINTER Most home 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 during 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 dry 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. McCasian Pole Bean ( No. 26) TnLt“sna‘f % existence. Of Georgia origin and thoroughly adapted to all parts of the South for both late summer and spring plantings. Pods long, deep green in color, meaty, stringless and of finest fiavor. Color of seed white and the surplus above daily needs allowed 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, 15 cents; pound, 25 cents; pound, 45 cents; 2 pounds, 80 cents; postpaid. Not prepaid: 15 lbs. (peck), $2.50; 60 lbs. (bushel), $9.00; 100 lbs,, $15.00. Texas Prolific, Old Homestead, Kentucky Wonder /Na I Known under all three names and liked everywhere pole beans are grown, ^liUi Iv/ Planted in late summer or early fall 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- fiously flavored pods than from early spring plantings. You can absolutely depend on this bean doing its full duty right up to the time of killing frost. Pods 6 to 12 inches long, well rounded out, meaty, tender and practically stringless. Immensely prolific, a peck of green pods having been picked from a single vigorous vine. If you have planted it before, we know you will plant it again. Don’t forget to plant some this summer or fall. Pole bean planting in August or early September is worth while. Packet, 10 cents; pound, 20 cents; pound, 40 cents 2 lbs., 70 cents; post- paid. Not prepaid: 15 lbs. (peck), $2.50; 60 lbs. (bushel), $9.00; 100 lbs., $15.00. Kentucky Wonder Wax ( No. 5) ded form of Kentucky WoiFder, 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., 20c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; postpaid. Not prepaid: 15 lbs., $2.50; lOO lbs., $15.00. Southern Creaseback Pole Bean ( No. M ) 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 “snjaps’’ but the old Southern favorite for shell beans. Pkt., 10c; % lb., 20c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; postpaid. Not prepaid: 15 lbs. (pk.), $2.50; 60 lbs., $9.00; 100 lbs., $15.00. 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 pound, 20 cents; pound, 35 cents; 2 lbs., 65 cents; postpaid. Not prepaid: 15 lbs. (peck), $2.00; 60 lbs. (bushel), $7.50; 100 pounds, $12.00. fcflige wwniXe l-llllcl ^ llUi lUJ grower with extra large greenish white beans. Packet, 10 cents; % pound, 20 cents; pound, 35 cents; 2 lbs., 65 cents; post- paid. Not prepaid: 15 pounds (peck), $2.00; 60 lbs. (bushel), $7.50; 100 lbs., $12.00. ■ lA/AtirlAi-/NA ^^ost prolific of all bush limas ; of Georgia JaCKSOn WW OfUJCr ^ HUi 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), $2.25; 60 pounds (bushel), $8.50; 100 pounds, $13.50. Fordhook Bush Lima (No. 33) large seeded^ bush lima varieties? 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 bush lima. From four to six days earlier than other varieties of this class. Pods are found in clusters of four to eight and are well filled with delicious large beans that in quality surpass by far all the other lima beans. Packet, 15c; Va lb., 25c; lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; postpaid. Not prepaid: 15 lbs., $3.50; 60 lbs. (bushel), $10.50; 100 lbs., $17.50. Improved Burpee Bush Lima ( No. 34 ) white lima pole bean with extra large seed- beans. Bears heavy crops late in the sea- son. Packet, 15c; % lb., 25c; pound, 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; postpaid. Not prepaid: 15 lbs., $3.50; 60 lbs. (bu.), $10.50; 100 lbs., $17.50. Smallest but most prolific Henderson Bush ^ No 7 pure white seed- ■.lllia lima varieties, being a Texas Prolific— Old Homestead— Kentucky Wonder true bush form of the small lima or “Sieva. « Begins to bear with summer planting in about 50 days. It is one of the most popular varieties and a wonderful bush bean for every garden in the South. Very rich, tender and extremely delicious. See illustration. Packet, 10 cents ; % pound, 20 cents ; pound, 35 cents ; 2 pounds, 65 cents; postpaid. Not prepaid: 15 lbs. (peck), $2.00; 60 lbs. (bushel), $7.50; 100 lbs., $12.00. Diifi-AH RA9n/MA 07 ^ The only true pole lima sure to set pods from ear- rlOl IQS tSUTlGl ISGdll^NOi 4 I j nest blooms. Will make an abundant crop under season conditions that cause other varieties to fail. Seeds of the Small Lirna or^“Sieva” size, but are speckled white and brownish red. Packet, lOe; Yz pound, 20c; pound, 35c; 2 pounds, 65c; postpaid. Not prepaid: 15 pounds (peck), $2.25; 60 pounds (bushel), $8.50; 100 lbs., $13.50. (i It. G. Ilasihigs Co,, Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia HASTINGS’ SUPERIOR GARDEN BEET SKD The best beet seed in the world is grown in France. The best beet seed growers live in Franee, 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. 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 WUlfcUlv; lias 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 Florida 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. Young beets ready for use in 50 to 70 days, according to variety. Hastings’ Improved Blood Turnip Beet ^Nn Sometimes called Detroit Dark Red Beet. Most popular va- •vsl J 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, 10c; oz., 15c; % lb., 40c; lb., $1.S5; postpaid. 10-lb. lots, not prepaid, $1.00 per pound. Hastings’ Crimson King(No. 46) ^tra Early Egyptian (No. 42) Hastings’ Improved Blood Turnip Beet Of turnip 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, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; % pound, 35c; pound, $1.00; postpaid. Ten-pound lots or over, not prepaid, 85 cents 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; % pound, 25 cents; pound, 85c; postpaid. Ten-pound lots or over, not prepaid, 65 cents per pound. Hastings’ Eclipse Blood Turnip Beet(No. 40)' The 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, 10c; ounce, 15c; ^ound, 35c; pound, $1.00; postpaid. Ten-pound lots or over, not prepaid, t Lentz’ Extra Early (No. 50) ^veat ^:fev^(frite for^ market gar- deners in certain parts of Florida for shipment to Northern markets. Neiriy 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 m 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, lO cents; ounce, 15 cents; % pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.25; postpaid. Not prepaid, 10 lbs., $1.00 per lb. Long Smooth Blood Beet (No. 49) long, smooth, blood-red roots growing well down into the soil, enabling it to resist drought and beat. 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, 6 cents; ounce, 10 cents; Vi pound, 30 cents; pound, $1.00; postpaid. Ten-pound lots or more, not prepaid, 85 cents per pound, Half-Long Blood Beet(No. 44) b“e7wet 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; 14 pound, 30 cents; pound, $1.00; postpaid. Ten- ponnd lots or over, not prepaid, 85 cents per pound. Swiss Chard Beet or Sea Kale Probably no vegetable is T.. ” Otsci or coming into popular favor I NOa 43^ more rapidly than Swiss Chard or Sea Kale as it is frequent- V , ly 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 inid-rlb 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 and served as “greens.” There is a delicious, delicate flavor not found In either turnips or kale. Pkt., lOc; oz., 15c; % lb., 50c; lb., $1.50; postpaid. Hastings’ Eclipse Blood Turnip Beet H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 7 I MANGELS AND HALF SUGARS FOR STOCK FEED THESE BEETS BRING RETURNS Every year sees an increase in the number of farmers in the South who plant a crop of Mangel lor 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 animial kept on dry forage throughout, the winter. In dairy cattle the increased flow of milk and generally improved conditions of the animals iin the spring will show their great value. Have your ground deeply plowed, then well harrowed luntil 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 to 3 ifeet apart, planting seed at the rate of about 10 pounds per acre. Both the Mangel and Half- iSugar beets are equally profitable for stock feeding. Where their value is known almost every ifarmer 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 ) 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 certainly 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, 80 •cents; pound, 60 cents; postpaid. In 10-pound lots or over, not prepaid, 40 cents per pound, White French Half-Sugar Mangel ( No. 5 1 ) l7i tl SS.T'1 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 cattle 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 be 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 three 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, ^unce, 10c; pound, 80c;_pound, 60c; postpaid. Ten-pound lots, not prepaid, 40c per pound. A very highly esteemed member of the cabbage family, especially desirable for the 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 win- ter 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. XUC 9 /vUC 9 pOilIlQ^ \>UC I pOSl/Pci] Brussels Sprouts Improved Dwarf Brussels / Ma most desirable variety 9prOUlSLnOi ou; for the South, producing compact “sprouts” of the best quality. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; % lb., 75c; Ib., ^2.50. ■ A vegetable very closely re- LB lated to cauliflower, from which it is supposed to have come. Give the same culture as for cauliflower, and in the Southern States, unless you are an expert caul- iflower grower. Broccoli will make a surer header fbr you. There are many also kept from growing cauliflower by the high price of the seed. To those we recommend Broccoli. The Cape Broccoli is the best type you will do well to have it in your garden this year. The plants are very hardy, vigorous and easily grown. The heads are white, compact, hard and of fine qual- ity. Packet, 15c; % ounce, 40c; ounce, 75c; % pound, ‘"8.50; postpaid. Early Green Curled (No. 193). Drill shallowly in early spring and thin out or transplant in good soil. Standard and most popular variety for market or home use. Hardy, vigorous growing, Avith bright deep green leaves. The dense mass of deeply divided leaves formed in the center is easily blanched to a rich cream color. For blanching, when nearly groAvn, tie up or shade the heads while dry. Finest and most wholesome for salads and flavoring. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15c; i/i pound, 50c; pound, $1.50. 133). Hardy plant grown easily in shalloAv fresh water. Start VV9X6r ^^r©S5 seed in very moist earth and transplant to water. Grown for the refreshing leaves which make fine salads and garnishes. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 40 cents; % pound, $1.85. Cress, Extra Curled or Improved Pepper Grass (No. 132) This tastes the same as Water Cress and is easily grown in spring, summer and fall. Make fre- quent plantings as the plant soon runs to seed. Packet, 10c; ounce, 15c; % lb., 40c; postpaid. Corn Sdlsd or Fotticus (No. 194) w?nfe®r?ri?rin?saia'd,o^^ \ / ishing : a good substitute f^r.. lettuce or spinach. Doesn’t do well in hot weather so plant in fall or as early as possible in, spring. Ounce plants thirty feet of row. Packet, 10c; ounce, 15c; % pound, 50c; postpaid. Aromatic plant for seasoning or salad with , ^ttu,ce. Broadcast in, October or November for wint^er or spring use, ipkt., 10c; 3 pkts,, 25c. White Cape Broccoli (No. 56) for the South and ENDIVE Chervil (No. 131) Improved Dwarf Ippissels Sprouts DpiMpMDFD This year, of all years in the Sou.tl>ji iSu-tl«» “Foods and Feeds” year, We are to grow absolutely eyery^hiiig' needed' oh our oAvn land this year. Gardens must" produce food the year this r ’rou^^^is^M-ynu will benefit in doing away with grocery or store bill^ Just think of the s;avfh^,i|. will mean for you! 8 H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia CABBAGE Hastings’ Genuine Surehead Cabbage Hastings’ Centennial Flat Dutch Cabbage I This is beyond question the best of the large cabbages for ^IIUi I IV J 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 it a success under conditions where other varieties fail. Has proven very resistant to winter freezes. It’s a large, well flattened type of cabbage that holds up fine in long-distance shipping. On very" rich soil there is a ten- dency to grow too large, but this is easily controlled by rather close planting. A fine variety for both home and mar- ket gardeners. See illus- tration below. Pkt., 10c ; % oz., 15c; oz., 25c; % lb., 15c; lb., ?2.50. Stein’s Early Flat Dutch (Ko. 125)^1^1?: ty for South Texas and Gulf Coast sections. Just a little later than the Early Dwarf Flat Dutch but larger and firmer. Holds in good condition for a long time after be- ing cut. Desirable for both market and home gardening. Packet, 10c; % oz., 15c; oz., 25c; % lb., 15c; lb., $2.50. Early Summer /Un splendid yiiwi second ear- ly cabbage, ten days to two weeks later than the Jersey Wakefield. It has a medium sized head, very uniform in size and shape and of extra good flavor. It does splendid- ly planted in the South in the late summer and fall. Pkt., 5c; Va oz., 15c; oz., 25c; % lb., 15c; lb., $2,60; postpaid. Green Glazed riety, resistant to insect attacks. Pkt., 10 cents; 8 packets, 25 cents. Culture 6-inch drills, across a finely wui^Ul g; prepared bed, 5 or 6 seeds per inch. Cover seed % inch in heavy soils, % inch in light sandy soils; firm the soil after planting and water the bed thorough- ly. Keep beds moist but not wet. Transplant when plants are about six inches tall on a cloudy day, just before a rain or in late afternoon, leaving only the leaves above the surface. Cultivate very shallow but frequently. For fall planting, one ounce of seed usually makes about 1000 plants; % to % pound seed per acre. * Hastings’ Genuine Surehead /Nn I9n\ Probably the most popular and most gen- ICVj 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 cabbage of mid- season maturity. 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; Yz ounce, 15 cents; oupce, 25 cents; % pound, 75 cents; pound, $2.50. Hastings’ Sure Crop li't /||ll ini\ rieties. Equally good for home use or ynwi IV t j shipment. On good rich soil with proper cultivation it makes heads weighing from 8 to 12 pounds. Very firm and solid, uniform in shape and well flattened. Quality is most excellent, being crisp and tender and when rightfully 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, 15c; ounce, 25c; % lb., 75c; lb., $2.50; postpaid. Hastings’ Perfection /Ha I 9 A \ medium sized, well-rounded waUUa^V^nUi l£i*w) perfectly solid heads of 5 to 8 pounds that reach the market in the finest shape. In solidity of heads it surpasses even the famous Danish Ball Head. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; ounce, 30 cents; % pound, 90 cents; pound, $3.00. Hastings’ Centennial Late Plat Dutch Cabbage— The Greatest Cropper Known H, G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia Hastings’ Long Island Wake- field Cabbage (No. 105) earHesranoes best in rich WUIlUre well-tilled soil; will do in a well-manured soil.. Sow in seed bed same time as you would cabbage. Transplant; when 3 to 4 inches high ; give • plenty of water in dry weather.. Keep wet, hoe thoroughly and' often. In Florida and along the Gulf, sow the seed in Septem- ber, October and November. Our Gilt Edge (No. 85)^ We introduced Gilt Edge:? Cauliflower in the South in 1898.. We have watched all new intro- ductions closely, and we have- not found in all these years a variety that comes anywhere- near 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 was sent to our store by a gardener which, when the leaves ; were trimmed off, weighed 7, lbs. and 8 oz., the largest head; of early cauliflower we have* ever seen in the South. In general appearance Gilt'; Edge is like Snowball, but is; much larger, a sure header, andt stands much longer without de- cay than any other. Cauliflower- should be more generally growni and there is no variety equaL to Gilt Edge where a sure crop? of the finest quality is wanted!. Packet, 25c ; % ounce, 75c ; % ounce, $1.25 ; ounce, $2.25 ; % pound, $8.00; pound, $30.00. Early-Snowball /|J|| pc \ A fine early variety, \ second only in value to the Gilt Edge. Packet, 20c4 , % oz., 65c; Yz oz., $1.15; oz., $2.00; % pound, $7.50; pound, $28.00; postpaid. EXTRA EARLY PARIS WHITE (No. 87), LE NORMAND’S SHORT STE3I (No. 88), AUTUMN GIANT (No. 90), LARGE LATE ALGIERS (No. 89) — all good, well known varieties. Each: Pack- et, 10c; Yz ounce, 60c; ounce, $1.00; pound, $3.00. White Head Collard (No. 134) True Southern or Georgia Collard The SOUTHERN RURALIST Comes Twice a Month This new heading variety o f collard gives the ease of growth of the ordinary collard with better eat- ing qualities and thicker leaves that heads to a considerable de- gree. Stands hot and cold that would ruin cabbage. Packet, 10 cents; 3 for 25 cents. Georgia Cabbage- Collard(No. 136) collards and Charleston Wakefield cabbage, giving perhaps an even.. better cabbage-like flavor than No. 134 and is a better header. Hardy as collards, not even winter-kill- ing with ice and snow and stands; hot weather as well. The firm can be left on plant and needed. Heads rounded and of de- licious flavor. Be sure to plant; some this fall. Packet, 10c; oz... 20c; Y^ )b., 65c; lb., $2.00; postpaidr 11 H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia Chantenay(No. 65) HASTINGS' CARROT SEED PRICES INCLUDE PAYMENT OF POSTAGE Carrots deserve a more general cultivation in the wUI4Ur South. The young, tender roots are excellent stewed or boiled, either alone or with meat, as well as for sea- soning and for flavoring soups. Select rich or w'ell manured soil worked deep, because this is a deep rooted crop and the soil should be prepared deep enough to allow the roots to penetrate the soil without difficulty. Sow 1 ounce of seed to 100 feet of row in shallow drills, 16 to 18 inches apart, in August and Sep- tember. 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 fre- quently ; keep ground free from weeds and grass. See front cover. This new stump - rooted variety we consider the best of its class. It's a half-long sort unexcelled in quality and pro- ductiveness. Very uniform in growth. Fresh deep golden orange color. Roots 3 inches in diameter at top, about five inches in length, gradually tapering in a very symmetrical manner to the base. Packet, 6 cents; ounce, 10 cents; ^4 pound, 35c; lb., 75c. DaH Qf* ValArV^Nn illustration on the left. ■ wOHSl y ^liUi O I ^ Roots very smooth and reg- ular in growth, of large size, from 10 to 12 inches in length, ^ . .r, and from 2 to 3 inches in diameter at the top, tapering gradual- Oxheart or Guerande Carrot ly throughout. _ Rich, deep coloring, and free from hard core. A favorite with many of our customers, es- pecially iu sections subject to drought. Packet, 5c; ounce, 10c; % pound, 25c; pound, 75 cents. UaIF.I nticr 7 I \ ^ favorite wuth market gardeners and for home use. Bright scarlet n«ail bung l l ) color and of fine flavor. Packet, 5c; ounce, 10c; % lb., 25c; lb., 75c. Inf'AKmArlia^A/llA Bright orange color, very smooth and finely formed. Pro- ^ %9Qj duces more weight to the acre than any other half-long variety. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 /lents; % pound, 25 cents; lb., 75c. Improved Long Orange (N«. 69) rooSioTgaSoi a deep rich orange color. A very heavy cropper, so heavy, in fact, that it is profitable to grow for stock feed, while in quality it is a table carrot. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; % pound, 25 cents; pound, 75 cents. Oxheart or Guerande (No. 66) 1'^' s'-Sn*" "fa'rlSr IfYhe best of the shortened, thick-formed carrots. Roots are four inches wide at top and taper to a 2-inch diameter at bottom. Length from five to six inches. Roots are very free from hard core and of the finest quality for table use. Both skin and flesh are highly colored. Being very short they are easily pulled from the ground, where the long sorts often have to be dug. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; % pound, 25 cents; pound, 75c. Large White Belgian Carrot(No. TO) cJfpf tfr Fg%r Stock Foorl Onlv stock is just beginning to be appre- ciated in the South. One of the most valuable is the Belgian Carrot, an immense cropper, having produced as high as 20 tons of roots per 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 Red St. Valery Carrot must be remembered when large crops are wanted, and that is the crop must be fed with manure or commercial fertilizers in proportion. Sow in drills 3 feet apart, using 4 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. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10c; % pound, 20c f pound, 60c; postpaid. Ten-pound lots or over, not prepaid, 45 cents a pound. ^ B ^ - For late summer and fall planting celery is strictly a crop for Florida and the ArW lower Gulf Coast country, sections not ordinarily subject to extreme cold during the ^ 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. ^gglAgiiag^ Celery requires rich and moist soil. If not rich it can be made so by proper fer- wUICUrt? tilizing. In Florida and Gulf Coast section sow seed in August and September in shaded beds, covering seed not over half-inch. When 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. 7T) but French grown seed of this variety OiaAUfn ^AArl is worthless. We have imported seed direct from originator. ■ ruildl Wruinf II Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 60 cents; ounce, $1.00; % pound, $3.25; pound, $12.00. Price has been as high as $25.00 a pound for same quality. im Ai^k’A'fr ^ Ma 7fl\ Our finest variety for general planting in the South on the *® / 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, 20c; % pound, 65c; pound, $2.00. IIAavSaa»i CAlSfl ^AlAi*m#/llA Stalks rounded, crisp and solid. Its flavor is fully 9011(1 wCiCry y llOi OU J equal to that grown in the famous Kalamazoo (Mich.) celery district, having the rich, nutty flavor so desirable in celery. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; % pound, 65 cents; pound, $2.00. White Plume(No. T6)— Giant Pascal(No. 79) f erred by many planters. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; % pound, 65 cents; pound, $2.00. FDIA^^IIa 7K\ or Turnip Rooted Celery. It is mostly used for flavoring. Cultivate lOy the same as for celery except that it requires no hilling up. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; % pound, 65 cents. Savannah Market Celery 12 H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia The Finest Cncumber on Earth — Hastings’ White Spine Cncnmber For Market Gardeners, Shippers and Home Use Hastings’ Best Cucumber Seed fThere has been a steady increase in the planting of cucumbers 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 Hastings’ safe but sure insecticides. See page 30. ^ig|X|ll«A Plant in hills, four feet apart each way. Where well-rotted manure wIilLUrc is obtainable work a large shovelful of it into each hill. Plant 8 to' 10 seeds in each hill, covering % 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 60 hills, or use 2 pounds per acre. HASTINGS’ WHITE SPINE(No. 180) MoSf: FinAe-fr STvl-i-a naialr gardener, for nearby markets: ■ BnCSl tAkra l^CiriV dill 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 appearance 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, 10 cents; ounce, 16c; ^ pound, 40c; pound, $1.^5; postpaid. Ten-pound lots, not prepaid, $1.00 a pound. THE KLONDIKE CUCUMBER ly introduced we were much" im- /No fRdi\ pressed with many of its good points, but it was so irregular that we ^Ulli did not care to catalog it until it had been bred up to a satisfactory strain. We have now a special strain which is regular in size, color and growth and we are sure that you will be pleased with it. It’s a very attractive dark green va- riety with a green that stays for days after being picked and shipped. The cucum- bers 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 pickles. Prolific, very hardy and a sure cropper. Packet, 10c; oz., 15c; ^ lb., 40c; pound, $1.25; postpaid. 10-lb. lots or over, not prepaid, $1.00 a pound. almost ideal cucumber in shape, rich L#etVl9 r wUk#U8llM«;r dark green color; it is uniform and regu- /Na i size; exceedingly tender and as a slicing cucumber for the table I is 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 unnoticeable. It is an exceedingly prolific variety. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; % pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.25; postpaid. E'arim/ pAvtiitiA of the most recent introductions, and! beany rurtUneWUk^UIIIMer Jg very much liked by market gardeners /Na 17*1^ parts of Florida and Texas as a variety for shipment to Northern ^IlUi 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, 10c; ounce, 15c; % pound, 40c; pound, $1.25; postp&id. Ten-lb. lots or over, not prepaid. $1.00 per lb. Improved LongGreen(No. 181) l!rVt‘TxtST„‘„t “i 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, 10c; ounce, 15c; % pound, 40c; pound, $1.25; postpaid. JAPANESE CLIMBING CUCUMBER £?: “ ^Na planting, being a specially vigorous grower. The young plants ^lIUi lOvy are bushy, but as soon as they become w^ell 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 length, 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 never suffer from wet weather or insects. The vines are practically proof against mildew and continue bearing until very late. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; % pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.50; postpaid. This is our most popular variety for home gardens on account of its ever- /i|A bearing character; first fruits are ready very early, then the vines ^ilUi lOwy continue to flower and produce fruits continually until killed by frost, whether the ripe cucumbers are picked or not, differing in this respect from all other varieties. A single vine will show at the same time cucumbers in every stage of growth. Splendid for slicing and although size is rather small, they are perfect in shape and of a fine green color and just the right size for pickling. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; % pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.50; postpaid. The most prolific and finest flavored of all cucumbers; size and shape of lemon. Packet, 10 cents ; ounce, 20 cents ; ^ pound, 65 cents ; pound, $2.00 ; postpaid. Pai«9 ^Na I7R\ Fruits sometimes 15 to 20 inches long. Largest of \ ■ ■®/ all, and fine for home gardens. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; ^ pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.50; postpaid. Farlw pKamA^MA well-known variety. Early Frame is a de- bdrijr r raillC ^ nUi IQxy sirable variety for home gardens for slicing. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; ^4 pound, 30 cents; pound, $1.00. ^ItiAao-A DiaIcIa ^ Na Chicago Pickle is a standard pickling vari- wnicagu too) ety, but can be sliced if allowed to mature. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; % pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.25. Early Green Cluster(No. 178) both slicing and ' pickling. locket, 6 cents ; ounce, 10 cents ; % pound, 40 cents ; pound, $1.25 ; postpaid. Our Everbearing Cucumber Lemon Cucumber(No. 174) /^UPDICIMC/Ma Ifl7 \ Small fruited, 2 to 3 inches long, well rounded and \ lOI y covered with small spines. For pickling only. Pack- et, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents; % pound, 75 cents. H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia I? 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 September. The results from an acre or two of eggplant planted in Florida at that season is often surprisingly satisfactory. It is us- ually customary to plant pound of seed to furnish plants for 1 acre. Hastings’ Improved Large Purple Thorn- less Eggplant (No. 190) for purity and excellence for Eggplant in all the market gardening sections of the South. It has been grown since 1896 by market gardeners with profitable results and in the home gardens with entire satisfaction. Our seed is pure and the plants over 90% thornless. There is no crop we exercise more care in and in which our constant and continued selections show better results. 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 aPvays gives satisfac- tion with proper cultivation, and the vigor and strength of this va- riety makes it less subject to the effect of “blight” and “dieback” which is disastrous to this crop in so many sections. Notice the il- i lustration from an actual photograph of this best of all eggplants. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20c; ounce 35c; % lb., $1.25; lb., $4.00. 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 to 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 ) Hastings’ Improved Large Purple Thornless Eggplant — The Finest Ego-plant in the World For All Purposes GOOD GARDENS CUT STORE BILLS 0.V vVJAvS ^ JLvr f KOHL-RABI ‘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, ^cen^; ouji^, 10 cents; ^ pound, 25 cents; pound, 75 cents; postpaid. “ This splendid vegetable should be better known in the South, for it is a most desirable one. It’s sort of halfway between a cabbage 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 wdth August to October sowings. Seed can be sown thinly 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 ) 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; ^ pound, 90 cents; pound, $3.00; postpaid,. The leek is a very 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 in spring but 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. LEEKS Grows to large the stems Early Vienna Kohl-Babi Large Carenten LckAlc^No 903 proportionately large and thick. In rich soil, well earthed up, the edible por- tion is from 6 to 8 inches long by 2 to 3 inches in diameter. Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 15 cents; ounce, 25 cents; ^ lb., 75c. Early Green Curled Kale or Borecole FAMILY GARDEN VEGETABLES So-called hard times, whether true or not, compels us to plant real big home gardens this fall. We need the great money sav- ing and we want more and better foods. Besides the regular vegetables, try a few new ones. Eggplant, Kohl Rabi, Endive, Fetticus, Carrots, Cress, Kale, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Chi- nese Cabbage, etc., are delicious. Make your fall garden take care of you throughout the winter. Home canned and dried vegetables are far better than any you buy in the stores. Plant a real fall garden. I 14> H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia Hastings’ Lettuce Seed For Home and Market Crops Liettuce seed is one of our great specialties, and in addition to supplying over two hundred thousand family gardens each year we sell thousands of pounds of highest grade lettuce seed to shippers and market gardeners. Our four great market varieties, BIG BOS- TON, FLORIDA HEADER, DIXIE HARD HEAD and CALIFORNIA CREAM BUTTER, have no equals. The high quality of HASTINGS’ 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 growm in California by the most careful lettuce seed grower in the world, and the growing crops are personally inspected 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 Avhere the head of the house, or CA^en 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 Ready for Shipment — Note the Regularity of Growth — Right Seed Does It Hastings’ Drumhead White Cabbage Lettuce BIG BOSTON (No. 210). 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 head- ing variety, and makes a good appearance in market. Our seed of this variety is grown for us by a lettuce seed specialist whom Ave consider the best in the world. Our seed of Big Boston is the purest and hardest heading stock that you can obtain. Packet, 10c; oz., 20c; % lb,, 50c; lb., $1.25; postpaid. 5-lb. lots or over, $1.00 per lb., not prepaid. HASTINGS’ DRUMHEAD Wonderful. One of our WHITECABBAGE LETTUCE t,“d nf vt? /Un 91 I \ ety that we have ever carried has had a steadier sale. & I I y This splendid variety belongs to the crisp leaA^ed class. Superb for home gardens and nearby markets. When properly, grown it reaches large size. One gardener near Gainesville, Florida, produced a single head weighing nearly 4 pounds. It is always large, with 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. Packet, 10c; ounce, 20c; % pound, 65c; pound, $?.00; post- paid. 5-pound lots or over, not prepaid, $1.75 per pound. HASTINGS’ ICEBERG LETTUCE (No. 216) A beautiful as vrell as useful variety. Exceedingly crisp and tender, growing a long time before running to seed. Known as a “crisp leaA'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 white. Outer leaves crinkled and light green, growing closely up around the head. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; ^ lb., 65c; lb., $2.00; postpaid. 5-lb. lots or over, not prepaid, $1.75 per pound. 15 H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia Hastingrs’ Florida Header — A Superb Shipper IMoi/ ICinO'^Nn Butter-headed cabbage type, medium small, "■•■y 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, 10 cents; ounce, 16 cents; ^ pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.S5; postpaid. California Cream Butter or Royal Cabbage I^ettuce Hastings’ Florida Header(No.2l5) Florida Header is one of our favorites that has stood the test of time. We have sold it since 1897, 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 resistant 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 field tests it held up and is slower than any other variety except Dixie Hard Head to run to seed. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; % pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.25; postpaid. Five-pound lots or over, $1.00 per pound, not prepaid. Hastings’ Superba I 9I9^ solid, extra large heading ^ IIUi £ I £ 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, 10 cents; ounce, 16 cents; ^ pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.25; postpaid. New Dixie Hard Head Lettuce /IIa 00 I \ It is such a hard header that it is very ^nUi ££ I / 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, 10c; ounce, 20c; % lb., 65c; lb., $2.00; postpaid. 5 lbs., not prepaid, $1.75 a lb. New Dixie Hard Head lettuce California Cream Butter(No. 220) Also known as “Royal^ in some localities. Good for open ground planting at all seasons in the South. Pine 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, 10c; ounce, ^c; % pound, €5c; pound, $2.00; postpaid. 5 pounds, not prepaid, $1.75 a pound. Well Known Varieties of Lettuce Grand Rapids (No. 214), Improved Hanson (No. 222), Prize Head (No. 219), B. Seeded Simpson (No. 223), Adi- Year-Bound (No. 224), Brown Dutch (No. 213), bronze leaf. Each, packet, 5c ; oz., 15c ; % lb., 40c ; lb., $1.25. Romaine, tn» YVniie rans VOS Celery Lettuce. Crisp, ten- /Ua 9 leaves and delicate flavor. Packet, 10 If cents; ounce, 20 cents; % pound, 60' cents; pound, $1.50; postpaid. 16 H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia BERMUDA ONIONS A Money Making Vegetable Crop For the South Hastings’ Crystal Wax Bermuda Onion — Pure Waxy White — The Most Attractive Onion in the World — See Next Page $100:29 to $600:22 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, cul- tivation, 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 an 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 DOLLAR CROP FROM HASTINGS’ SEEDS We Started Bermuda Onions as a Crop We began talking Bermuda Onions as a commercial crop about 1891. 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 year after year. It has reached its greatest development in Southwest Texas where, during the ship- ping 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 possi- ble through genuine, good, unmixed seed obtained from Hastings. If it hadn’t been for Hastings there would probably be no Ber- muda 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 cents per pound, and often 3 and 4 cents. Its importance as a money crop can hardly be over-estimated. 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 fail 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. ^Hast- ings’ 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 grow- ers 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 last year that his crop from Hastings’ Seeds gave him $11,000 more than he would have gotten from the same amount of Bermuda 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 the ground all the time, carefully selecting the bulbs for ^eh of the seed growers who work under him, watching the cultiva- tion, harvest, saving of seeds, and the many other duties neces- sary in producing the highest quality seeds. 17 II. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia TIME FOR DELIVERY OF THE NEW 1921 CROP SEED The new crop seed of Hastings' Bermuda Onions will probably reach Atlanta the latter part of August. We hope to have enough seed this year to fill all orders in full but ask you to send in your order as early as is convenient. Your order will be booked and the seed sent you just as soon as we can get it thoroughly recleaned after its arrival in Atlanta. Seed should not be planted before September 15th, while after September 25th is better. White or Yellow Bermuda X Bermuda varieties. Before we introduced wlllOn^liUi LQQ) ouj. Crystal Wax this was generally called white to distinguish it from the Bermuda Red, although it is a light yellow or straw color. Since the appearance of Crystal Wax on the markets the produce trade of the country began calling this variety “yellow” to distinguish it from the pure white Crystal Wax. This has led to some confusion as to the name and from now on we shall list it under the name of White or Yellow to avoid any mis- understanding. We make this explanation, for many who plant this variety for the first time expect it to be a pure white in color. Our illustration on page 16 shows the shape of Bermuda White or Yellow as well as Hastings’ Crystal Wax. 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 dis- like the strong flavor of most of the varieties. You will make no mistake in planting the Bermuda Onion. Packet, 10 cents; Yz ounce, 20c; ounce, 30c; % pound, 90c; pound, $3.00; postpaid. Haef irKye’ lAfav attractive onion nn0\ A splendid extra early white skinned and fleshed turnip that is fine for spring planting. Flesh snowy white, crisp and tender. Packet, 5c; ounce, 10c; ^4 pound, 20c; lb., 60c; postpaid. Seven Top (No. 477) The “salad” variety so largely planted in fall for greens during winter. Sown in earliest spring it furnishes “greens” very quick- ly. Packet, 6 cents; ounce, 10 cents; % pound, 20 cents; pound, 60 cents; postpaid. Hastings’ Mixed Turnips (No. 479) A mixture of all varieties of turnips and rutabaga listed by us, giving a variety of turnips from one sowing, root varieties as well as “turnip greens.” Packet, 6c ; oz., 10c ; % lb., 20 cents; pound, 60 cents. Hastings’ Improved American Rutabaga /Ua >IC0\ Best and heaviest ^NO. 4D0j cropper of all rutabagas for the South. Of fine form, with rich purple colored top and light yellow flesh of most pleasing appearance. The flesh is tender, sweet and excep- tionally free from hard, stringy nature. Has comparatively small tops, fine feeding roots, and is the surest and heaviest cropper. We have sold this -special strain of American Rutabaga for nearly twenty-eight years and we have never, had a variety of vegetable that has given such general sat- isfaction in all sections and in all kinds of seasons. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; ^ pound, 20 cents; pound, 60c; postpaid. PRICE NOTE — 10 lbs. or over, not prepaid, 46o per pound on all turnips except Nos, 465, 470, Hastings’ Improved American Rutabaga — The Finest Rutabaga in the World 30 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 'VV.est. You have all heard of and probably 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? npATU Bug Death kills the bugs and at the same ■ ■■ time does not injure the plant or its regu- lar 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 fertilizer in small degree. Do you know of any other insecticide of which this is true? 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. Keep “Bug Death” on hand and when Mr. and Mrs. Bug settle on your premises 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 increase in bug population in your garden. Order it now. POSTPAID PRICES ON BUG DEATH— Pound, 35 cents; 3 pounds, 70 cents; 5 pounds, $1.00; pounds, $2.00. By Express or Freight, not prepaid: Pound, 20 cents; 3 pounds, 45 cents; 5 pounds, 60 cents; 12% pounds, $1.25; 100-pound keg, $8.60. Stonecypher’s Potato Bug Killer This stomach poison will kill all leaf-eating insects. Bugs are often disastrous to Irish Pota- toes, Squash, Cucumbers, Canta- loupes and Tomatoes and for use in the home garden as well as for truck gardens we recommend Stonecypher’s Potato Bug Killer to kill these bugs. . This insecticide is stronger and more effective than Bug Death and it does not injure even the tender plants unless applied too thickly. It is in powder form and comes in a cylinder shaker box or can, so is very handy and convenient to use. No duster, sifter or pump is needed as the shaker top of the container makes a duster of it. Stonecypher’s is put up in one-pound cans (12 ounces net guar- anteed— 2 pounds, postage weight.) You want to be sure of results when you start fighting bugs and you should always keep a plentiful supply of a good, reliable insecticide on hand. Stonecypher’s is sure death to all biting or leaf-eating insects, costs little and is easily applied. Order it by the dozen cans or packages so to have a plenty on hand for in- stant use. It is guaranteed to kill the Irish Potato Bug or Beetle or money will be gladly refunded. PRICES ON STONECYPHER’S POTATO BUG KILLERr— Pound cans, 45 cents; 2 pounds, 80 cents; 5 pounds, $1.75; post- paid. By express, not prepaid, $3.00 per dozen cans. (Remember, Stonecypher’s is real Bug Insurance and it does its work thor- oughly. It doesn’t run bugs away. It kills the bugs.) OTHER INSECTICIDES, FUNGICIDES AND SUPPLIES Dry Bordeaux and Paris Green Com- pound (Sterling worth). A combined insecticide and fungi- cide. Many of our customers want an insecticide more poisonous 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 Curculio, Slugs, Cab- bage Worms, Striped Cucumber Beetle, Squash Bugs, Rose Bugs, Potato Bug or Beetle, etc. It can be dusted on dry or mixed with water and sprayed. This is a quick acting compound and will give you absolutely satisfactory results. Dry Bordeaux and Paris Green is easy to keep on hand, easy to handle and is our most valuable preparation, equally good against biting insects and fungous growth. Order some of this and keep it on hand to use the day you first notice an attack on your plants. Don’t wait until too late. Simple directions on boxes. One-pound box, 60 cents; 5-pound box, $2.00; postpaid. DryLlme-Sulfur(Rogers) to practically every fruit grower and all also know the trouble and unpleasantness in handling Liquid Lime-Sulfur. Rogers Dry 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. TohdCCO (Sterlingworth). Powdered tobacco is a ■ wMciwyv 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 insecticide. Pound box with directions, 25c ; postpaid. \Alha|A Oil (Sterlingworth.) Genuine Whale Oil Soap wll 'vvith Tobacco Powder. This mixture com- bines the values of both, effective against Wl&ll I San Jose Scale, Oyster Shell Scale, Aphis, most Plant Lice and Spiders and other sucking insects on trees, shrubs, plants, vines, rose bushes, etc. Pound box, 3.5c; postpaid. HaHa (Sterlingworth). This is poisonous to insect life, but is nCMV niuch less injurious to human beings than the arsenic compounds, as Pari.s 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. DIsint TsililAf'e (Sterlingworth). A powerful and odorless ■ AMIdai 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 them on your house plants and they will become strong and healthy. Trial size, 10 cents; me- dium size (100 tablets for 35 plants for 3 months), 25 cents; large size (250 tablets), 50 cents; postpaid. CiffAV For distributing Bug Death Mcre-an-nour 9ITier 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 sim- ple, 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. DIaIcai/ DlietAf those who only want a small distrib- utor for dry or powdered insecticides and fungicides we have Dickey Dusters. They are fine for those with only small gardens or a few plants to dust. Price, 50c; postpaid. The hand sower that scatters evenly, thoroughly and easily. Use it with 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’ work. It gives absolutely even distribution and so will make three bushels do the work 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. The distrib- uting wheel is strong and rigid, made of metal with no soldered joints. Everyone needs a hand seeder. Price, $3.00; postpaid. Cyclone Seed Sower H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 31 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, apparently 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 j'ear 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 people don’t plant something else to take the place of the vege- tables already used up. As a matter of fact the garden ground ought to be kept busy the year around, and some of the most pr'ofitable 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 range 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 is 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 the 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 Have aGood FallGarden in Your State Bush varieties can be planted in the northern half of Dt?ail9 Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, also in North and South Carolina up to August 15th ; in the south- ern half of these States named up to September 1st. Pole snap va- rieties like Old Homestead, also the pole and bush limas, 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’ Im- proved Blood Turnip, Eclipse and Lentz Extra Early can be planted in August in the northern half of Georgia, Ala- bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and in the Carolinas during August and first half of September. In the southern half of the Gulf States beet planting 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 winter months. In Florida beets should be planted in October, November and December. Planting of Cauliflower is not advised during wflUllllUWCl 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. the Lower South, Florida, Southwest Texas and WaUUdgC tiie Gulf Coast sections this is the most important fall sown vegetable crop. Early varieties such as the Wakefield can be planted in northern hhlf of Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mis- sissippi, Texas and in 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. We do not advise the planting of celery in the fall ex- y 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 wU%#UIIIMC?l 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 Flor- ida for shipments North during the winter months. ITcrcvnlAnf' Not advised for planting in the fall except in “BBH****"^ 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. iCalA Ar Entirely hardy in all parts of the OvrcwWIVS 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 first. Kale should be in every garden in the South for winter and spring greens. I One of the most widely grown and largely planted of kvccuw the “salad” vegetables. Requires rich or well matured 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 be planted and grown in them during all the fall and winter months in the northern districts. Largely planted in family gardens in both fall and ivius^Al u spring. In 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 WIIIVII9 and Silverskin) in the northern half of the South in September and October ; in the southern half plant from Septem- ber to December. In the southern half, also Florida and South- west 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 almost any time during the fall and winter months. Peas are fairly hardy except when in bloom. the northern half of Georgia, Alabama, Mis- sissippi, Louisiana, Texas and both the Caro- linas, succession plantings of radishes may be made every 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 intervals all through the fall months. Good or well fertilized soil, with sufficient moisture to insure quick growth is necessary to make crisp, tender radishes. SClUash "Would not advise planting this in the northern half of this 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. CnSnaAli Most of our Southern people like “greens” during ■***'*"’ winter 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 plantings are best. Plant in the northern half of Georgia, Ala- ■ bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and the Carolinas up to August 1st. In the lower half to August 15th 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. Tlimins This is the old standby in Southern fall gardens. ■ Iiip9 In all the States except Florida, South Texas and immediate Gulf Coast sections the planting season opens with rutabagas in July and August, followed two or three weeks later by the bulb varieties of turnips such as Purple Top Globe, Flat Dutch, ■V\’'hite Egg, Purple Top Flat, etc., followed in September and October by the “salad” varieties like Seven Top. 32 H, G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 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 of the Southern Ruralist. , The Southern Ruralist is “Supreme in the South.” i 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 whether it be farming or merchandising or man- ufacturing, the men who are in it must know all they can if full measure of success is to be attained. The more information a person can get the better prepared he is to meet his problems. We read the Southern Ruralist regularly. There is hardly an is- ' sue printed that doesn’t carry some item of farm information that we can make use of on the Hastings Plantation and we are mighty glad to get it. We don’t care a rap whether 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 I 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 1921 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 only kind fit to plant. The farmer man who reads and acts on the 'knowledge acquired will grow more diversified crops ; he is a candidate to buy better seeds of better varieties. He will give the garden the attention its importance deserves and in time as he gets better fixed in a money way his wife will want and be willing and able to buy flower seeds 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 be misleading in any w'ay ? When you begin to study about buying a new plow or cultivator you are not going to buy a plow for instance made for and adapted to Iowa prairie soil or Ohio or New York conditions alone'; You are looking for a plow 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 j the farmers in their particular sections 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, th^ 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 know little or 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 magniflcent standing and influence, 40 to 64 pages each issue and going to some three hundred and fifty 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 will 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 Southern 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 postage 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 hut 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 the Southern Ruralist because we know- that you will find it worth 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 afford it” for that tale won’t go. About two pounds of cotton, about a peck of corn or a couple 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 will 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 m 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. F. J. Merriam, President Southern Ruralist Companr C. A. Cobb, Agricultural Fditor of the Ruralist THESE ARE THE PRACTICAL FARM MEN OF THE SOUTH WHO MAKE IT CA We want to introduce to our friends the Edi- ■ wOOIJ tor, Mr. C. A. Cobb, formerly of the Mississippi Extension Force, and familiarly known throughout the South as “Corn Cobb.” For a number of years Mr. Cobb has been an outstanding figure among Southern agricultural workers. His particular field of en- deavor has been Boys’ 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 by 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 of keen study and careful observation of agri- cultural conditions and progress, should, it seems to us, eminently 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 IWlArriAltl another practical man who has al- most done a lifetime’s work in the years that he has been at the head of the Southern Ruralist Company. Under his management the Ruralist has grown from a little eight- page monthly paper of a few thousand circulation to the present 40 to 64-page, twice a month, leading agricultural paper of the South, going into over 350,000 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 handling 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 and 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 readers 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, Veterinary, 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 Doin^” and it’s open to any one to tell what they have done on their farm. The subjects vary, of course, from month to month, but the competition is abso- ultely open to everyone. The “orie-horse” farmer has an equal chance with the big plantation owner to write for the Ruralist. Ten or twelve of these are published each month and we are sure you will enjoy these accounts of actual farm “doings.” //. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 34 HASTINGS' 100-BUSHEL OATS BEST of ALL HEAVY YIELDING RUST-PROOF OATS for the SOUTH For paying, 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 both the right variety and really reeleaned and graded seed. Too little attention is paid by farmers to the quality of seed planted, especially seed grain. On our part we knew that we could not furnish the best unless we first grew or had grown for us the best quality possible and then recleaned it of weed seed and small undeveloped grains. This necessitated our spending thousands of dollars for recleaning machinery, steady, regular and effective in seed cleaning. It is no exaggeration to say that the Hastings’ system of re- cleaning 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 Avhat recleaning and grading does for what one would consider a good sample of oats or other grain. It’s simply amazing the amount of chaff, dirt, weed seed and small or partly developed grains that are taken out in recleaning by our electric power driven machinery. Hastings’ 100-Bushel Oat is a true strain of Southern rust-proof oats. For an all around general purpose oat you can find nothing that will compare with it. Planted in early fall it grows off quick- 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 40 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. Grow Oats Like This on Your Farm. Hastings’ lOO-Bushel Becleaned Oats Pay Their Difference in Price Many Times Over PRICES-Hastings' lOO-Bushel Oats Persons or dealers selling farm run of oats regardless of the quality of the crop and not recleaned or graded can undersell ns. So can a farmer claiming to sell recleaned seed grain when it has only been run through an ordinary fanning mill. If you buy from Hastings’ you are sure of two things. One is that the seed is of the very best vitality, 95% germination 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 buy can make them. Further, every bushel of seed oats we ship out is sacked in new, sound bags, 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. Write when ready to buy for our very best prices on any amount you want; sample and freight or express rates to your station if you desire. Pound, 30 cents; 4 pounds, $1.00; postpaid. Not prepaid: Bushel, $1.50; 10 Bushels or over, $1.S5 per Bushel. 35 H. G, Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia FULGHUM E This comparatively new early variety has taken Georgia almost by storm for an early oat, and is very hardy and perfectly suitable for fall sowing in all parts of the Souths provided, of course, that it is planted by the “Open Furrow 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 change from what we stated about this variety in our fall catalog for 1914, which we reprint below: “This new oat will, we believe, fill a distinct place in Soutliern oat growing. We do not expect it to take tlie 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-year impartial test by one of the Southern Experiment Sta- tions shows that its average date of maturity is eight days earlier GENUINE APPLER 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, 25 cents; 5 lbs., $1.00; postpaid. Write for quantity prices, samples and freight rates, when ready to buy. account of the uncertainty of the seed stoc ■ ■ prices on most seed grains at the time this cat request as soon as yon are ready to buy. Use Special Quotation Shee ;arly oats 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 w’ell 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, 1 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 wTlling to sacrifice quantity to earliness. It is a clean, vigorous growing, healthy va- riety tor 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, 25 cents; 5 lbs., $1.00; postpaid. Not prepaid: Bushel, $1.50; 10 Bushels or over, $1.25 per Bushel. TEXAS RUST PROOF OATS Genuine Texas growm 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, 25 cents; 5 lbs., $1.00; postpaid. Write for best prices, samples and freight rates. k and variations in market price conditions we cannot make definite alog goes to press, but we shall be glad to give you special prices on t in back 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. Rarlov Furnishes fine grazing through the DecirUHV99 DdllCJ winter and spring; also makes a fine quality hay. If not grazed too long Barley may be harvested for grain, making it a dual purpose crop. Very easily grown through the South and your idle land needs this cover crop. Sowed at last cotton or corn working, the only expense is the cost of seeds. Broadcasting takes 2 bushels per acre. Pound, 25 cents; 5 lbs., $1.00; postpaid. Not prepaid: Peck, 75 cents; Bushel, $2.00. Write for prices on quantity lots when ready to buy. Hastings’ Genuine Sout 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 Every 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 | Roafrforf RarlAV recent years there has been a. great increase in barley planting, especially by poultry raisers, who want it for winter green feed and grazing. The only choice our customers have between the Bearded and Beardless Barley is their like or dislike for the beards. All our Barley is Southern grown winter Barley and mighty good stock seed that will do well for you. Plant good recleaned and tested Barley this fall. Pound, 25c; 5 lbs., $1.00; postpaid. Not prepaid: Peck, 75 cents; Bushel, $2.00. Write for quantity prices when ready to buy. hern Grown Winter Rye and light grains that are left by threshing machines. It’s exactly what you need to make a successful rye crop next winter. PRICES — Pound, 25c; 5 lbs., $1.00; postpaid. On account of the great uneertainty of s,eed 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 buy, just write us and we will give you the best prices possible. Use the special yellow quotation sheet in the back of this catalog and send it in as early as possible. New Abruzzi Rye About 1904 agents of the United States Department of Agriculture found a variety of rye in one of the Italian provinces and sent a quantity of it to Washington. From there it was distributed to various parts of the United States. In this way a prominent planter of South Carolina got hold of it. Its remarkably rapid growth so soon after planting attracted his attention and the small patch was carefully watched. We have grown it since 1913 and do not hesitate to say that it is as far ahead of the Southern rye as the Southern is ahead of Northern rye. We grew about one hundred acres of Abruzzi Rye 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 cai^n be pastured a month to six weeks earlier than other varities of rye or oats. You may be sure, too, that it succeeds equally well on stiff clay lands and the sandy lands of the Eower South. For the dairyman this quickness of being ready to pasture will make it invaluable, and for all others it is certainly well worth while planting a A’ariety 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 rye in the South, and you certainly ought to get a start of it this fall. Pound, postpaid, 35 cents; 2 pounds, .$1.00. Not prepaid: Peck, $1.00; Bushel, $3.50. Write for quantity prices when ready to buy. 36 H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia YOU CAN grow" good WHEAT^OO 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 merely habit that we have started looking on Avheat as a product of the colder sections. Egypt is a much 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, back 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 i yield per acre of what are known as the wheat growing states of the North. We have planted wheat for many years and on ordi- nary good land have made as high as 51% 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 w’ould 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 milling 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. A Crop of Our Georgia Red Wheat — the Man in the Center is Six Feet Tall — This Wheat Crop Yielded 35 Bushels Per Acre in Georgia — Why Not Grow Wheat Bike This? Rorl This is a bearded wheat of the finest type ■mCtJ grown anywhere. 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 seasons, lands 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, 25 cents; 5 lbs., $1.00; postpaid. Write for prices and sample when ready to buy. Blue Stem or Purple Straw 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 early variety, but the strain we are now handling ripens from a week to ten days ahead of the old strain. Good for grain production or if you desire to cut it when “in dough” makes a splendid hay crop. Pound, 25 cents; 5 lbs., $1.00; postpaid. Write for prices, sample and freight rate. WHEN AND HOW TO PLANT 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 middle 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 after Christmas. Seed should be drilled in rath- er than broadcasted. The “open furrow” system for planting oats will 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- ing early, use one bushel per acre. In late planting, say after November 15, you had best use from % to % bushel more seed. L ASin’e Pl-AlifiA WIlASlf (Beardless). This new wheat, Leap 9 rrOIITK; VYlieai after 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 ^nd 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 color, 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, 25c; 5 lbs., $1.00; postpaid. Write for prices, sample and freight rates to your station when ready to buy. i IWIsiV VI/hAat have never been able to see where rmvu Bviajr wwiiwcii variety was any earlier and better ; than the Blue Stem, although many prefer it to' that variety, claim- j ing great earliness. It’s a standard variety and a great favorite in the state of Tennessee. Pound, 25c; 5 lbs., $1.00; postpaid. Write ' for prices, sample ajid freight rates when ready to buy. OnAAisil RrS AAC Use the “Special Quotation Sheet” in 9pN»^lCll 1^11^69 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 how much the freight or express will be on that amount to your station. 87 H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 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 sup- ply 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 win- ter 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 recleaned seeds which we can recommend for practically all sec- tions of the South and which furnishes a quick and heavy pastur- age 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 land will be in much better shape for having this pasture; tramping wet soil is sure to make it cloddy and unfit for early summer planting. This mixture acts as a cover crop, keeping the land from “wash- ing” 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 saving spreading it. The vetch, being a leg- ume, 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. Corn, peanuts, 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 Bermuda pasture, which is excellent. But, when fall and winter come, we need to have green grazing for hogs, and must fall back on sown pasturage. 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 ex- pect 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 acreage than you can on a large one. Another thing which is im- portant ; 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. 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 j’our 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 i dinner when we pass your way. Prices, not prepaid: 50-pound bag, $3.50; lOO-pound bag, $6.00. DWARF ESSEX RAPE (No. 400) The South is favored with a long list of summer growing feed and fattening crops. In late winter and early spring, rye, oats, wheat, barley, etc., furnish splendid grazing. There is, however, a need and a place for an extra quick growing green forage crop for use any time during the fall, winter and spring and our Dwarf Essex Rape fills that need exactly. To show the increasing popularity of rape it’s only necessary to tell you that we are selling some thirty times as much seed of Rape now each year as we did a few years ago. Dwarf Essex Rape in its top growth looks very much like rutabaga tur- nips, but does not form a bulbous root. It can be sown with the best of results any month from August to April. According to soil and season, rape grows from 15 to 30 inches high. It is a splendid green feed and for- age crop relished by all kinds of stock but 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 Experiment Stations an acre of rape was used to pasture 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 plant- ing. It’s valuable not only for pasture but green feeding. It can be grown successfully and profitably on any soil that will make a crop of turnips or rutabagas, and in case your turnip greens or spinach patch runs short, you will find a mess of greens from the rape patch a mighty good substi- tute on your table. For rape put your land in good condition by plowing and harrowing down fine. Plant any time during late summer, fall or winter. If sown broadcast use 8 to 10 pounds of seed per acre. If in drills like turnips or rutabagas, 3 to 4 pounds is sufficient. If broadcasted, cover the seed by a light harrowing. If there 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. We know of no crop plantable at the time of year suitable for rape that will bring you in so great a return for so little expenditure of time and money for seed. It is estimated that there is in Georgia alone more than a million more hogs than three years ago. Other Southern States have also made great strides in hog growing during the last two years. Every one of these hogs needs rape pasture during this fall and winter. Every poultry raiser needs at least a small patch of rape to furnish green feed during late fall, winter and early spring. DWARF ESSEX RAPE (No. 400), 30 cents per pound, postpaid. Not prepaid: Ten-pound lots, 16 cents per pound. Write for large quantity- prices. Hundred-pound lots, about 14 cents a pound. Plant Dwarf Essex Rape for Feeds and Food PLANT RAPE FOR HOGS OR POULTRY 38 H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia ALFALFA OR LUCERNE 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 forage, 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 and they don’t get a peck of grain from 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 or 1000 pound mules that are so common here, but 1300 to 1600 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 established and cared for it’s there to stay, that is, on land where water is not too near the sur- face. We understand that there is one patch of Alfalfa now in Middle Georgia planted in 1874 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 some- times 5, practically 5 tons per acre per year. Alfalfa hay is selling in Atlanta now at about $40.00 per ton. Do you know any better paying 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. 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 River and South of Tennessee has an Alfalfa patch. Why doesn’t your farm grow Alfalfa? 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 99i/4% 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 25 pounds per acre. You can depend on Hastings’ Seed. Pound, by mail, postpaid, 45 cents. Ten pounds or over about 28c per pound. Write for special prices when ready to buy. Ask for free Alfalfa Bulletin Number 101. WhiteClover(No. 509) SLfS.'UJS 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 with other clovers or grasses. Best grade seed, 85c per pound, postpaid. Write for quantity prices. Sweet Clover or Mellilotus /U|| RnT\ land-builder it has few equals. Experiments on the ^nUivUiy Hastings Farm are leading us to seed down our poorer land with it for soil building. It is a coarse clover, re- sembling Alfalfa, in fact, has been called “Alfalfa’s twin sister,” and using the same kind of inoculation is very valuable in prepar- ing land for Alfalfa. 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 October for fall planting or in February and March for spring planting. Pound, hulled, or cleaned seed, postpaid, 40c. Write for quantity prices. Present price about 15c per pound. Alsilce Clover ^ No 50 I ^ Also known as Swedish Clover. for wet lands. Steadily becoming more popular either with red clover or with hay and pastures. Alsike grows to about the height of red clover with more slender stems and smaller leaves. The blossoms are Avhite with pink shading. It makes a fine clover to use in combination with Timothy, Orchard and Rye Grass for pasture or hay. Alsike does particularly well in the northern half of the Cotton Belt. Pound, postpaid, 50 cents. Write for special prices on quantity lots. Present price, about 30 cents per pound. 555 ^ A perennial clover lasting for sev- wlUKVi yllUi wUOy years. Red Clover for perma- nent pasture is not advised in the Lower South, but it seems to be admirably adapted to the hill parts of the South, especially the valley lands of North Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, 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 98% purity or above in our Red Clover seed. Weighs 60 pounds per bushel. Pound, postpaid, 60c. Write for quantity prices when ready to buy. Present price, about 30c per pound. We will offer you our best prices. H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 39 CRIMSON CLOVER (No. 504) A Vegetable ^^Gold Mine” for the South (No. 504) A great revolution is •well under way in Southern agriculture and through that rev- olution, the South, which is essentially an agricultural section, is going to become what Nature has always intended, the wealthiest part of these United 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 buy- ing that costly fertilizing element, nitrogen, when we have both winter and summer grazing and hay crops that take nitrogen from the air and store it in the soil for use of future crops of cotton, corn, oats, etc. Six years ago few people took much stock in planting Crimson Clover, Vetch,' Bur Clover, 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 42) success has been assured in almost every instance, and 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 the 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 con- vince a man often against his will. AVe have not urged these crops on Qur customers in the past in any considerable degree, for we wanted it demonstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt that they would “make good.” They have “made good” in the fullest and best manner, and we urge you to plant them this year and every year. 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 in all parts of the South. One enthusiastic grower wrote: CRIMSON CLOVER— “A Vegetable Gold Mine” “Crimson Clover is a vegetable gold mine.” It will yield under fair conditions 8 to 10 tons of green feed per acre, ly, to 2 tons of hay^ and is considered worth fully §20.00 to .§50.00 per acre as a fertili'zer crop. Succeeds on almost all classes and qual- ities of soil except the very poorest, but is especially valuable on light sandy or loamy soils. Sow at the last Avorking of staple crops like cotton or corn; it is now also largely used in seeding down orchards. Can be soAvn 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 25 pounds per acre and harroAV in lightly. Experienced farmers Avho 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 Avill find that inoculation of these seed Avill practically insure success. (See Alulford Cultures on page 42.) Like all other grasses and cloA'ers the market price of Crimson Clover changes often. AVrite when ready to buy, asking for market price. Pound, postpaid, 30 cents; 4 pounds, $1.00. Not prepaid: 10-lb. lots, about 15c a lb.; 100-lb. lots, about 12M:C a lb. AA'^rite for quantity prices. Bur Clover (No. 503) A Builder of Land and Animals That may seem a queer way of putting it, but it expresses exactly what Bur Clover Avill do. It’s a builder from start to finish, adding nitrogen to the soil for succeeding crops, adding A’^egetable matter, holding plant food frona washing 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. 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 Alarch it will make a good hay crop in Alay. However, most prefer to let it go to seed, thus reseeding the ground for another winter’s grazing. In the meantime summer crops can be easily grown on the same ground. Its growth is strong, even on the poorest ground. Un soils too poor for rve 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 croT)^ Southern Bur Clover seed is produced in' small prickly pods and is always sold ^So^w\t The rate of 50 to 80 pounds per acre by the first of September if possple. Early planting gives better stands. It is fine for sowing in Bermuda Grass sod. Prices— Pound, postpaid, 40 cents; 3 pounds for $1.10. Write for special market quotations on quantity lots when ready to buy. 40 H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia HASTINGS' FINEST GRASS SEEDS We of the South spend most of the summer killing grass in our cotton and corn fields and spend most of the winter buying grass in the shape of hay. No farming country can be permanently prosperous without grass and live stock, and you can’t keep live stock without grass- growing. It’s certainly time for the South to do more thinking 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 look- ing on it as a pest instead of a valuable crop. Grass in a crop needing clean cultivation needs to be killed. Every 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 mer- chant and dealer at your nearest town needs the hay and would be glad to buy it from you instead of sending his money to Atlanta, Birmingham or other Southern city hay and grain dealers. The only reason you don’t get your share of these millions of hay dol- lars is that you haven’t got the hay. If you will just get these lands of yours that are “laying out” into grass, you have taken another step forward. Orchard Grass ( No. 542 ) for either hay or pasture. While succeeding well in almost all rea- sonably 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, espe- cially when young, and bears closest grazing. This grass is prob- ably more cultivated than any other grass in the world. No other grass so easily adapts itself to widely different soils and cli- mates, and farmers in all countries hold it in high esteem for both pastures and hay crops. Most animals select orchard grass in preference to any other in grazing. It is very 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 fall or spring and cut when in bloom. Pound, postpaid, 40 cents. Ten-pound lots about 25 cents a pound. Write for quantity prices. Italian Rye Grass(No. 536) can also be planted in spring. When sown in the fall this variety matures very early, in latter May, and two or three more cuttings ca~n be made that summer and fall. It is one of the quickest grow- ing of all grasses, has very tender stalks and leaves, and in addi- tion. abundant erowth. This arass is an annual so never becomes Hauling in Khodes Grass Hay (Fellsmere, Florida) 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. Italian Rye Grass for lawns makes the quickest show of any grass and is the very best single grass for beautiful velvety green lawns through- out the fall, winter and until the hot dry summer weather ap- pears. This is particularly true of the lower South and the most valuable lawn use for this grass is for cool and cold weather green lawns. Scratched in Bermuda sod early each fall, you can have a beautiful lawn the year around. Sow about 45 pounds per acre. Price: 30 cents per pound, postpaid. Not prepaid: 10-lb. lots, about 15c a lb.; 100 lbs., 13c a lb. Write for quantity prices. English or Perennial Rye Grass (No. 535) English Rye is very similar to Italian Rye, grows off a little slower, but has the advantage of lasting for years. In Georgia, however it cannot be depended 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 espe- cially adapted for pastures and lawns and for hay by itself as well as in mixtures with grasses such as “Orchard” and “Tall Meadow Oat.” Sow about 45 pounds per acre. Price: Pound, postpaid, 30c. Not prepaid: 10-pound lots, about 15c a pound; 100 pounds, about 13c a pound. Write for quantity prices. Tall Meadow Oat Grass (No. 541 ) “o”*" vaUbil 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 fiesh 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 up- lands, but gives excellent results on nearly all soils, and even on light, medium or sandy soils. 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 usually sown are one bushel (11 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 after- math and the yield of grazing. Pound, postpaid, 60 cents. 10- lb. lots, at present, about 40c a pound; not prepaid. Write for quantity prices. EAST COAST OR RHODES GRASS (Hn ® often that a really new and valuable grass appears, but the Rhodes Grass, or “Eqst Coast 1 2 Tons Hay Per Acre Per Year i-.r irr.r.ix7r. in is Certainly a find, for we know of no grass so valuable for Florida and the Gulf Coast sec- tion. Rhodes Grass has been grown on both the East and West Coasts of Florida for the last four or five years with most marked success. Our Mr. Hastings visited the Fellsmere Farms at Fellsmere, St. Lucie County, Florida, in Jan- uary, 1913, and was especially 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 Mr. R. L. Conkling, who 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. Believe us, that is some hay crop per acre for sandy land, or any soil. It is not coarse and makes hay equal to if not superior to the best Northern Timothy hay. The illustration shown on this page is from a photo- graph taken on the Fellsmere Farms in spring and shows only one of the nine or ten cuttings of hay per year that this magnificent hay grass pro- duces. Just how far north Rhodes Grass can be successfully grown can not be stated at this time. From what we know of it now we believe it will prove hardy through the winter as far north as a line drawn from Macon, Ga.. through Montgomery, Ala., Jackson, Miss., and Shreveport, La. Its great value makes it worth trying. Quarter pouAd package, postpaid, 25 ■ cents; pound, 75c. By express or freight, not prepaid, 10 lbs. or over, 55c per pound. Write for special prices on larger quantities. 41 H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia FOR HAY AND PASTURES ALL THE YEAR Kentucky Blue Grass(No. 533) land, but does well on stiff clay and medium 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, Lespedeza, and other summer growing va- rieties. For fall planting sow in October and November. Sow about forty pounds per acre. Fancy recleaned seed; Pound, 60c; postpaid. Ten-pound lots or over about 40c. Not prepaid: 100-lb. lots about 37c a lb. Write for quantity prices when ready to buy. Red Top or Herd’s Grass (No. 545) but does best on heavy or low, moist, stiff soils. By repeated mowing, this grass holds weU during the summer, but its chief value is for winter pastures. 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 overfiow 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 20 cents per pound, not prepaid. Write for prices. EiAC\ A hay grass suitable only for the northern part of the I IlllVCIiy ^ llUi U*tw^ South, especially hill and mountain districts. It is the standard hay crop in the North and makes one of the most popular, nutritious, and salable of hay 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 15c per lb. Write for prices. I SllAin Notice the full page illustration on the nSSXingS kavYII inside rear cover. You, too, can have a i^iost beautiful and attractive lawn with Hastings’ Evergreen V Lawn Grass Seed. Making beautiful lawns is no miracle in the South. Hundreds of the finest homes in Atlanta and through- out the South have delightful Hastings’ Evergreen lawns the year around. There is nothing, even for the costliest mansions and es- tates, that can compare with a fresh green lawn for home beauty. As one man put it : “For the simple home, an attractive green lawn is almost a thing divine.” A special mixture made up from a formula and contains only grasses that have been successfully used on the lawns here in At- lanta since 1908. 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 summer. After care- ful experimenting we made up this mixture and wherever ground has been properly prepared this has been the most successful in permanency of any of the lawn mixtures in this climate. It makes a very quick show and on well prepared soil soon becomes a beau- tiful velvety lawn. Stands summer heat and drought without se- rious injury, coming out again as soon as the rains begin again. Sow 40 to 50 pounds per acre. Pound, 50 cents; 5 pounds, $2.25; postpaid. Not prepaid: 10-lb. lots or over, about 35c a pound. Write for quantity prices on this finest of all lawn mixtures. Hastings’ Permanent Pasture Mixture Red Top or Herd’s Grass /Nn \ There are many types of soil in the South and one grass may or may not do better than another for your particular type. Only by many tests for several years could you find the variety that would do best for you and for year after year use, a combination of good grasses should invariably give bet- ter results than any one single variety. With this in mind we have composed a mixture of Blue Grass, Orchard, Meadow Fescue, Red Top or Herds, Tall Meadow, Italian Rye, Red Fescue. Crested Dog’s Tail and English or Perennial Rye Grasses, carefully pro- portioned to give the very best results on pasture lands. In Tennessee, North Carolina, the northern sections of Arkan- sas, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina it is possible to plant a mixture of grasses that will give fairly permanent results and for this northern part of the Southern States and further North we recommend Hastings’ Permanent Pasture Mixtures. This should be planted for best results in the fall or it can be planted in the very early spring on a rich soil after thorough preparation. If not already rich and in fine condition it should be made so by the use of manures and fertilizing and the soil surface worked smooth and even, ridges leveled and ditches and gullies filled in. Given good soil and careful attention at the start, we believe you will find this mixture by far the best of all grasses you can plant. There is no Bermuda or Johnson grass in this mixture. Sow 35 pounds of Permanent Mixture 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, 45 cents; 5 pounds, $2.00; postpaid. Present price, 10-lb. lots or over, 35 cents per pound. Write for quantity prices when ready to buy. As the different grass seeds contained in it fiuctuate in price constantly it is fairer to you to make a special quotation when you are ready to buy. The Kind of Pasture and Cattle You Can Have With Hastings’ Permanent Pasture Mixture 42 H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia VETCH,THEWONDERFUL WINTER CROP That is exactly what it is, a wonderful winter crop for all the South. See the color illustration of Vetch on the front cover. One of the South Carolina growers expressed it well when he said: “I con- sider 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 variety, standing severe winters in all parts of the South without injury. 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 un- suspecting bujmr. 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 growing crop something that combines those three and it justifies 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 three 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 thoroughly es- tablished 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 cattle 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 be- fore planting unless Vetch has been planted on the same ground before. For inoculating material see “Mulford Cultures” below. We make this assertion: that, in 3 years time, and without losing the use of the land, with a very small expense, any farmer in the middle South, can change his twenty-hushel-per-acre corn land into land that can and will make thirty-five bushels per acre. Please note that we are not talking about ‘‘brag patches” or hundred-bushel-per-acre yields. We are talking about plain everyday farming. We have tried it and proved it on the Hastings’ Plantation with the use of Genuine Sand or Hairy Winter Vetch. Start it making your land rich this fail. Remember — there is no better winter crop in the South than Winter Vetch. We bank on it on the Hastings’ Piantation 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 wili be able to tell you the exact price for Winter Vetch in any quantity. Pook out for Oregon grown Winter Vetch Seed at cheaper prices. Genuine Winter, Sand or Hairy Vetch, by mail, postpaid, 30 cents per pound. Quantity prices as this is written, about 12Ms cents a pound. Hairy or Winter Vetch 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. Re- member, however, that these bacteria only act directly on what are known as leguminous crops ; this includes all kinds of clover, 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 shows how these bacteria act on the roots of legumin- ous plants such as just mentioned. The knobs or ‘‘nodules,” 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 any- where from $30.00 to $50.00. What’s more is that the nitrates added by a leguminous 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 the 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 ma- terials are used extensively on the Hastings’ Plantation every year. 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 or- dering. Culture for alfalfa, for example, is not good for any other crop. We have Mulford Cultures for the inoculation of Alfalfa, Crimson Clo- ver, Sweet Clover, White Clover, Red Clover, Alsike Clover, Bur Clover, Cowpeas, Soy Beans, Peanuts, Vetch, Velvet Beans, Beggarweed, Eespe- deza or Japan Clover, Sweet Peas, Garden Peas, Garden Beans, Eima Beans. PRICE — One-acre size bottle, $1.50; 5-acre size bottle, $5.00; %-acre size bottle, 75 cents; Small Garden size, for Garden Peas, Garden Beans, Liima Beans and Sweet Peas only 35 cents; postpaid. Specify the ^rop yoq want to use it on, sure. See illustration. Alfalfa plant on left not inoculated — Plant on right inoculated with Mulford Culture for Alfalfa — All other conditions the same— The contrast speaks for itself 43 II. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia Hastings’ ^^Home Beautiful” Flower Seed Only varieties adapted to fall plantingr in Southern States. Make yours a “Home Beautiful” with flowers. LiIBERAli PREMIUMS — With an order for 50 cents’ worth of Flower Seeds Only, you may select 25 cents’ worth of Flower Seed Extra. For .^1.00 you may have 50 cents’ worth extra, and for S2.00 you may have $1.00 worth extra. This 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 sur- pass anything they have ever had. 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 nre 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 <-lass 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, Verbenas, can be sown almost any time during the fall months, adding brightness to home surroundings during the winter months. Calendulas (Pot Marigold) L"nrairrre'"'or/eS easy culture out of doors and are profuse and continuous bloom- ers, doing especially well in Florida, and along the Gulf Coast where slightly protected in fall and winter months. Our improved varieties form bushy plants about a foot tall, literally covering themselves with large, double showy flowers. • lyiAf'AAK f Ma TOCX Bright yellow, striped with orange IviCEtfUr ^ nUi tQvj through the middle of each petal. Hastings’ Mixed (No. 736) all Calendula colors of the finest named varieties. Each: Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 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. Soil mellow loam, which is a medium earth between I lie «9l#ll extreme of clay and sand, enriched by a com- post or 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. tllA SaaH ^la^e the surface as fine and smooth r^iailAlllg AIIC ag 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 barelj’ 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 i/o 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 the depth that they should be in stiff or heavy clay soils. Double English Daisy (Beilis Perennis) (No. 730) tionL 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) I Our famous garden pink! add delight to any home. They are j extremely popular all over the South and we are offering you the : very finest varieties that can be grown. 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 riiixture of all the Chinese and Japanese Pinks, having the widest range of form, color and markings imaginable. Earge packet, 10 cents; 3 for 25c. Dianthus — Chinensis (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. — Heddewiggii (Japanese) (No. 782)^ — Finest double mixed, large flowers, often 2 to 3 inches in diameter. Packet, 10 cents. D. — Heddewiggii Single (No. 781) — Select mixed. Packet, 10c. i D. — Heddewiggii Atrosanguinea (783) — Double Crimson. Pkt., 10c. 1 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. Packet, 10c. D. — Double Diadem Pink (No. 785) — Very large double flowers, finely marked. Magnificent in both coloring and varieties. Mixed colors. Packet, 10 cents. D. — Crimson Belle ((No. 786) — Single. Large 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. — The 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. — Eacinatus (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. 44 H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia Hastings’ Special Mixed 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 widest range of color and shape. Seeds 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 where they are to remain as they need no transplanting. Both single and double poppies are very showy flowers and make wonderful beds and borders. California, the famous flower state, has great fields of poppies along the rahroads and highways, the wonder of visitors as well as the admiration of Cali- fornians. Notice the illustration showing different types of these beautiful poppies on this page. Hastings’ Superb Mfxed (No. 863). Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 30 cents. We can supply, in separate varieties, the following: DOUBLE CARNATION FLOWERED MIXED (No. 864)— Large double flowers; beautiful, fringed petals. Packet, 10 cents, ounce, 40 cents. CARDINAL (No. 865) — Glowing shades of cardinal red. Finest double form. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 50 cents. AMERICAN FLAG (No. 866) — Scarlet and white. Pkt., 10c. MIKADO (No. 867) — Double fringed. Crimson scarlet, striped white. Packet, 10 cents. SHIRLEY (No. 869) — New delicate colors. Packet, 10c. TULIP (No. 870) — Intense scarlet tulip or cup-shaped, two inches across, black blotch at base of petals. Packet, 10c. BRIDE (No. 871) — Extra large, white flowers. Packet, 10c. ORIENTALE (No. 872) — New perennial poppy, coming up year after year. Immense single scarlet flowers, 6 inches across. Packet, 15 cents; 2 packets for 25 cents. 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 to 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 such brilliant range of shades and colors 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. Nas- turtiums are as easily grown as any other flower and the dwarf vari- eties make the most beautiful beds, borders, edging, and porch boxes, while the tall varieties are unsurpassed to cover stumps, flower 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 all through the season and general excellence as the Nasturtiums. More and larger flowers are produced on thin soils, very rich soil tending to make rank leaf growth. Hot weather has no injurious effect and they will last right up to frost. Hastings’ Tall Mixed (No. 843) — All shades and colors of the tall growing varie- ties ; only large flowering varieties in this. Packet, 5c ; ounce, 15c ; % pound, 60c. Hastings’ Bush or Dwarf, Mixed (No. 842) — Flowers large, gorgeous and brilliant. All shades and colors of dwarf growing varieties. Packet, 5c ; ounce, I5c ; % lb., 50c. lUI Free flowering, garden favorites, doing splendidly all over the South. nniarigO^QS The new and improved 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. ^ Tali Double African Mixed (No. 830) — Extra 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., 5c. Dwarf French (No. 832) — Grows 6 to 8 inches high ; small highly colored flowers. Pkt., 5c. liJI ii g Petunias are very popular in the South; easily grown, and make r b I 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 alwavs 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 you do grow 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 exquisite. Packet, 10 cents. Giant Single Fringed, Mixed (No. 855) — Immense single fringed flowers 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. PLANT HARDY FLOWERS THIS FALL. Hastings’ Superb Mixed Poppies — Best Double and Single 4 H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 45 B85) red Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. Fine Mixed Pansy (No. 850) — Our own mixture of the more common varieties. This contains a wide range of colors and markings. Packet, 5 cents; 6 packets, 25 cents. 1/FRRFNA flowering hardy annual of low spreading growth. Plants » grown from seeds are much cheaper than cuttings and more vigor- ous. They make flne beds and edging. FINEST MIXED (No. 910) — All colors and satisfactory wherever grown. Packet, 10c. HYBRIDS, Best Mixed (No. 911)— Extra fine strain, all colors. Pkt., 10c. HASTINGS’ MAM- MOTH 3IIXED (No. 912) — O u r illustra- tion shows one of the attractive flower clusters. Colors very rich. This is t h finest strain of bena known. 15c ; 2 pkts., Candidissima (No. 913) — Large, 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. SWEET PEAS 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 of which the seedsman might have plenty. Not so with our mixture. It is made up from 60 of the best varieties in existence, these being selected after careful observation of some 500 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. Sweet Peas do best planted in very deep trenches in cool or cold weather, keeping enough soil over them to keep from freez- ing. After seed comes up keep drawing in earth “until trench is filled level with the ground. Packet, 5c; oz., 25c; ^ lb., 75c; lb., $2.50; postpaid. Sweet Peas(Separate Colors) ?i“e“ooiorf"eparateiy! We can supply you the best colors for the South in the following varie- ties: Emily Henderson — pure white (No. 884), Prima Donna— pink (No. , Lady Grisel Hamilton — lavender (No. 886), Navy Blue — blue (No. 887), Salopian — (No. 888), America — striped and variegated (No. 889). Each: Packet, 6 cents; ounce, 25 cents; % pound, 75 cents; pound, $2.50; postpaid. T%#nA Rasc Extra large flowers, fully double the size I ypc r t;cl9 of fiig 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 fully repay you for any extra trouble by their exceptional size and beauty. We have these wonderful sweet peas that attracted so much attention at the Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco, where our grower took practically all the medals and other awards offered for sweet peas and other plants grown by him. We wish also you could have seen these marvelous Spencers at the Nat- ional Flower Show this year. 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 variegated (No. 895), White — pure white (No. 897), Countess of Spencer — pink (No. 898) and Hastings’ Mixed Spencers (No. 896). Prices of each: Packet, 10c; oz., 50c; % lb., $1.50; lb., $5.00; postpaid. Hastings’ Superb Mixed Pansies(No. 847) flowers are from 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 paekets, 50 cents. Large Flowering English “Faee” 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 flne mixture of best, French varieties. Very satisfac- tory for early spring plantings, too. Hastings’ Mammoth Terbena^-Finest Strain Grown PLANT Hastings’ SEEDS Hastings’ Superb Pansy 46 H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia Bulbs for 'The Home Beautiful’* See these bulbs in color on back cover page. Some of our most attractive and widely grown flowers come from Dutch and French Bulbs. The writer, Mr. W. R. Hastings, has taken special interest in bulb growing, carefully inspecting many fields and houses in Holland and Prance. The varieties we list have ‘been carefully selected for their richness of color and strength of growth, particularly for bedding or “outdoor” purposes where the hardest conditions are met. lyi CROdJC Our bulbs of Mammoth Crocus are large for ■ ■■ Crocus and 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 when planted in large quantities, say about 500 in a bed. Entirely hardy. Non plus ultra — blue; Baron von Bruno w — purple mauve; Sir Walter Scott- striped or variegated, purple stripes on white; Queen Victoria — pure white; Yellow fliammoth — 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. CROCUS: Blue, purple, striped, white, yellow, mixed (all colors). Price: Dozen, 35 cents; 100 for $2.50; 1,000 for $20.00; postpaid. These small bulbs give delicate and beauti- ful blossoms; their fragrance being espe- cially delicate. The flowers keep a long time after being cut and the sentiment at- tached 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. REFBACTA AEBA is the pure white freesia, without the yellow blotch commonly sold. We sell this variety only. Price: Dozen, 35 cents; $2.50 a hundred; postpaid. UVA^IMTU^ They are the most popular for fall plantings of Vw I wli n 1 I n9 bulbs 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 indoors 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 cheaper this year and we will have some mighty good stock — we believe enough to fill all demands even with the big bulb and flower season expected this fall. Remember, an early spring bed of hyacinths presents a showy and beautiful sight long before other flow- ers 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 on the back cover and you will know you cannot make a mistake by planting hyacinths this fall. Single Dutch Hyacinths First size bulbs, purchaser’s selection of colors. Pure White, Rose Pink, Light Blue, Dark Blue, Dark Red and Yellow. Price, postpaid, each, 10c; 6 for 50c; doz., 85c. Not prepaid, $6.75 per 100. Double Dutch Hyacinths First size bulbs, purchaser’s selection of colors. Pure White, Rose Pink, Light Blue, Dark Blue, Dark Bed and Yellow. 10c each; 6 for 50c; 85c a doz- Hastings Dutch Hyacinth en; postpaid. Not prepaid, $6.75 per 100. tAflJITF DAM AM UV/l#^IMITIi|C We shall have only a few Roman Hya- wwni I K nVIrlMA fl iMwIA I flD cinths this fall as they are very, very scarce. If you want them we advise sending in your order right away. They will be shipped as soon as they arrive from France, but when our supply is sold there will be no more. White Roman Hyacinths — 10 cents each; 6 for 55 cents; $1.00 per dozen; postpaid. Hastings* Mammoth Crocus f^UIME'CEr CAADFA I II V This Flower of the Gods, “Shui Sin Far,” Water Fairy or Joss Flower as it is called by Wn 11^ D/%wluEM Lib I celestials, is a variety of Narcissus that blooms profusely chaste flowers of silvery white with cups or short trumpets of golden yellow. , ^ These mammoth sized bulbs are of great vitality and luxuriant growth, producing several spikes of flowers within four to six yeeeks after planting. They are very easily grown by everybody and almost everywhere. They do well in pots or earth nut are beautiful when grown in shallow bowls of water with enough pebbles to keep them from falling over when in bloom. A dozen bulbs, started at intervals will give a succession of blooming lilies throughout the winter.^ Plant some tor house plants trough the winter. Chinese Sacred Lily Bulbs — Extra Large, 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen; postpaid. Not prepaid.: $20.00 per hundred. Plant Spring Flowering Bulbs H. G. Hastings Co., Seeasmen, Atlanta, Georgia 47 Hastings’ Select Narcissus or Daffodil TULIPS and NARCISSUS SINGLE AND DOUBLE TULIPS For the northern half of Georgia, Alabama, Louisia- na, Mississippi, Texas, all of Oklahoma and Arkansas and the higher lands of the Carolinas, tulips will be found very desirable. Tulips make the most brilliant and gorgeous display on the lawn of any of the spring flowering bulbs. Nothing will attract greater attention than beds of these in full bloom. Prices on all Tulip varieties listed below: 6 for 30 cents; 55 cents a dozen; $4.00 a hundred; postpaid. Not prepaid, $3.75 per hundred. CARDINAL’S HAT — Rich, dark red^ single early flowering tulip. CHRYSOLORA — Large, pure golden yellow, single early flowering tulip. L’lMMACtJLEE — Large, pure white, single early flowering tulip. COTTAGE MAID — Beautiful Rose, shaded with white, a very attractive variety, splendid for late bedding and forcing. MIXED SINGLE — All 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 pre- paid: 45 cents a dozen; $3.35 a hundred. PRIDE OF HAARLEM — Brilliant carmine, rose, immense flow- ers, glorious. WHITE QUEEN — Splendid, pale rose turning to exquisite white. PRINCESS ELIZABETH — Clear rose with strong stems. See back cover. INGLESCOMBE YELLOW— The “Yellow Darwin” cottage tulip. Canary yellow. nAllhiA duke of YORK — Very double; carmine rose; edged broadly with white, suffused rose, showy and extra fine. GLORIA SOLIS— A grand double tulip; deep crimson, with broad golden yel- low margin ; very large and showy. LA CANDEUR — Large, double pure white changing to soft rose. Variegated leaf edge; fine for cemetery bedding. REX RUBRORUM— Grand double scarlet; beds fine with La Candeur.. Prices— All Tulips (except mixed); 6 for 30 cents; 55 cents a dozen; $4.00 a hundred ; postpaid. Not pre- Darwins paid, $3.75 per hundred. See back cover. 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 on the left and on back cover page. Our bulbs are of the largest size, imported di- rect from the South of France. The famous Polyanthus va- riety. Price, 8c each; 6 for 35c; 60c a doz. ; $4.00 a hun- dred; postpaid. Not prepaid, $3.75 a hundred. Hastings’ Select Tulip Narcissus Grandiflora— Paper White EMPEROR — One of the finest in cultivation ; pure yellow primrose of immense size with wide, overlapping, rich primrose perianth. EMPRESS — Strong, robust grower ; large flowers. Trum- pet a rich yellow with perianth snow white. The finest bicol- or, and of rare beauty. TRUMPET MAJOR— Really a single Van Sion. Large, early flowering, 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. SELECT NARCISSUS- PRICES: 8c each; 6 for 35c; 60c a dozen; $4.00 a hundred; postpaid. Not prepaid, $3,75 u hundred, fastings’ Princeps Narcissus or Daffodil 48 H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia HASTINGS' ROSE COLLECTION 12 Everblooming Tea Roses; 3 White, 3 Pink, 3 Red,3 Yeiiow — $5.50 Postpaid Kaiserin Augusta Victoria — ^A Splendid White Bose Especially for the lower South, two year old roses grafted on Cherokee or very hardy root stocks, give by far better results than indoor grown own-root-stock roses. It costs a little more to grow and graft these roses but the much finer and larger bushes makes it more than worth your while. We don’t believe you can grow or buy finer rose plants than these anywhere at any price. Complete directions for setting out these Boses and caring for them are 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 15th and November 1st. We want them thoroughly dormant before ship- ping, so they will carry in the very best of condition and be sure to Uve when planted in your rose garden. Order now. Grafted on strong-growing stock: Strong, open-ground ■ ■ grown roses, 60c each; $5.50 for ten. $50.00 per hundred. Hastings’ Sunny South Bose Collection: 3 White, 3 Pink, 3 Bed and 3 Yellow Boses, varieties described below, will be mailed to you for $5.50; postpaid. Kaiserin Augusta Victoria ter, full, pointed buds ; vigorous and a good bloomer ; very double. This rose is one of the newer sorts, with handsome, bright foliage. The flowers are borne on long, straight stems. A Tea variety of great merit. lAlliif A miamsiti white, or white with .VYllliemamail very slight, 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. ifillartlAl# Hybrid Tea Bush Rose produces fine, wwlllAlS long pointed buds ; the open flowers are semi- double. This is a sport from Pink Killarney and a splendid rose for your garden. uucnesse ae Drapanc ite with globular buds and flowers in a beautiful shade of clear, light pink. It is a good grower, dense, bushy and very free-flowering in the South. Flowers are a beautiful shade of the richest tone of ■ •aPianCP pink, darker on the inner surface of the petals than on the margins. The buds are largo and very fine ; a strong grower and ex- ceptionally desirable. There’s no finer rose grown than this. DSnl# lUlotMon ^ free-blooming Tea Rose, identical r lIlK IVIainall VQCnei with white Maman Cochet except in color. Large, pointed buds, very 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 equal. DaHSonoo Stands among red roses without a superior. It HlPU ImdUlall^V? has flowers of the same exquisite form, the same sweet perfume as Radiance, but the color is a deep, rich red which does not readily fade. The stems are long, making it very valuable for cut flowers as well as for garden roses. Dansi Gonihioi* older Tea varieties but the ■ a|ja wviicid prince of roses for the production of long crimson rosy buds of exquisite beauty. Foliage also is entirely distinct, being a rich, bronze green. WSi'CVinSo R ^Avo The reddest of the red Roses — bright, • dark and rich. It blooms in wonder- ful profusion throughout the season and is a good grower. It is very sweet-scented. (The seed pods, hips, should be cut off after the petals drop.) Mme. Francisca Kruger shaded pink on outer petals. This variety is especially fine for an early spring or late fall crop of flowers. Tea Rose with a delicate and beaufiful tint of ^aiiailV salmon, 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 fiowers. It blooms pro- fusely and is a hardy, strong grower ; most distinguished and de- sirable yellow bush rose. It is considered the only perfectly hardy, everblooming yellow rose. OTHER SPLENDID ROSES CTothilde, Soupert, Devoniensis, Estelle Pradel, Lamarque, and Marie Van Houte. PINK — Mme. Lambard, Frau Karl Druschki, Baby Rambler, Climbing Bridesmaid, Mme. Jules Grolez, Paul Neyron and Pink Killarney. RED — General Jacqueminot, James Sprunt, Marshall P. Wilder, Red Cherokee, Louis Philippe, Reine Marie Henriette and Freiherr von Marschall. YELLOW or SALM- ON— Mareschall Niel, Climbing Perle des .Tardins, Reve d’Or, Chromatella, Fortune’s Yellow, Isabella Sprunt and Solfaterre. Prices: 60 cents each; $5.50 for ten; $50.00 for 100, EtoiledeLyon Maman Oochet ^P'nk and White), Well Opened — Superb Boses Buralist Press, Inc., Atlanta OATS, RYE, WHEAT, ALFALFA Rape, Barley, Crimson Clover and ail 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 20 or even 50-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 year. 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 or 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, 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 ordering 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 letters 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. 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 full 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 or ounces, pounds or two-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 seeds, 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 quantity list and send it to us so that we can make you a delivered price. Asking for a quotation 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. Please Do Not Write in This Space H. G. HASTINGS CO., Atlanta, Ga. Hastings' Special Quotation Sheet (F-1921) PLEASE DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE 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 Mail, Freight or Express, and also about what the cost of delivery will be. It is distinctly understood that in asking for this special quotation I am under no obligation to purchase same, and that this is entirely for my own information as to prices and Freight or Express rates. Name P. 0 R. F. D. No Box No State Express or Freight Off ice (If Different from your Post Office) FILL OUT THIS SHEET WITH THE ARTICLES YOU WANT PRICES ON, AND MAIL TO US; WE WILL MAKE YOU OUR BEST PRICES QUANTITY VARIETY Leave This Space Blank u — — K U z tf) c z 3 o — ^ 0. ot o tf) u T (A 3 CQ u. O K a S 3 Z 111 Z u H 5 ? i i ! 1 Hastings’ Evergreen Lawn Grass This velvety green lawn grass contains only grasses that grow successfully in the South. The most beautiful lawns in Atlanta and all over the South are Hastings’ Evergreen Lawns. Grass Seeds for best results should be planted in the fall months. Make your “Home Beautiful” this fall with a real “Hastings’ Evergreen Lawn.” See page 41. PRICES: Lb. 50 cts.; 3 lbs. SI. 35, postpaid; 1 0 lbs. or over, not prepaid, 35 cts. per lb. major ^ Paper-White Narcissus Bulbs 6 for 35 cents, 60 cents a dozen. postpaid. Not prepaid, 100 ^ for $3.75. \ruup EUZA^ Hastings^ Fall Bulbs DAFFODIL-NARCISSUS Emperor, Empress, Trumpet Major. 6 for 35 cents, 60 cents a dozen, postpaid. Not prepaid, 100 for $3.75. DUTCH HYACINTHS All colors, single or double. 6 for 50 cents, 85 cents a dozen, postpaid. TULIPS Princess Elizabeth, Cardinal’s Hat, Duke of York (Double). 6 for 30 cents, 55 cents dozen, postpaid. Not prepaid, 100 for $3.75. H. G. Hastings Co. “The South’s Seedsmen’’ ATLANTA GEORGIA