H. G. Hastings & Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
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PEPPERS-Culture 
Pepper seed, like eggplant, does not germi- 
nate freely in a temperature of less than 05 
degrees, hence same should either be started in hot beds or protected boxes or else 
planting deferred until the ground gets well warmed up in the spring. When plants 
have 6 to 8 leaves and danger of frost is past they can be set in the open ground in 
rows 3 feet apart. 14 to 16 inches apart in the row. As the plants begin to produce 
fruit draw the earth up around the stem as a partial support. Sweet peppers cau 
also be sown in July and August in Florida for the fall shipping crop, many finding 
this more profitable than spring shipping crops. In spring plantings one ounce of 
pepper seed will usually make about 1.000 good strong plants* if properly handled. 
Most gardeners prefer to plant seed at the rate of about pound per acre so as to 
mate sure of a sufficient tjuautity of plants. 
lUlivArl DAnnore Almost all home gardeners want both sweet and 
flasungs iTlIAeU hot peppers in their garden and with this end in 
view we make each year a mixture of the seed of all varieties catalogued by us; hot and sweet, 
large and small. This mixture gives you some of every kind in your garden; just what js 
fQi* gij nurposGs. In no othGr way can you ^Gt so large and useful an assortment as in 
our packet of mixed peppers. We sell thousands upon thousands of packets of this every year 
and they trive the greatest satisfaction, and at least one packet of this ougnt to have a place 
in every seed order for the home garden in the South. Packet, 10 cts. ; 3 pkts., 25 cts., postpaid. 
Ruby King 
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ly grown 
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Large Bell or Bell Nose 
Mixed Peppers 
A leading variety of sweet pep- 
per for home use and very large- 
by market gardeners in the South for 
to' Northern markets. A very vigorous 
grower, with large, sweet, mild fruits. A close fa- 
vorite with the Large Bell or Bull Nose, slightly 
larger in size and certainly much sweeter and mild- 
er than that variety. Packet, 5 cents; % ounce, 15 
cents; ounce, 25 cents; % lb., 65 cents; lb., $2.00. 
The standard large size, 
sweet flavored variety both 
for home use, market and shipping to Northern markets from Flor- 
ida, Louisiana and Texas. Sweet, rather mild flavor; is compara- 
tively early and heavy producer of fruits 3 to 3yo inches long and 2 
to 3 inches across the shoulder. Packet, 5 cents; % ounce, 15 cents; 
ounce, 25 cents; ^ pound, 60 cents; pound, $1.45; postpaid. 
dlinOftA Aianf The monster of the pepper family, single 
ViailC specimens of this having been grown 
weighing 18 ounces. The plants are of strong, stocky, bushy, erect 
growth, 18 inches to 2 feet high and are very prolific, setting 3 to 4 
of the extra large fruits at the base 
which ripen while a second crop is set- 
ting on the branches. Fruit is much 
larger than the Ruby King and Large 
Bell; almost square in shape while the 
flesh is very thick and very few seeds. 
In flavor it is very mild. Our illustra- 
tion at the lower right-hand corner of 
this page shows about % natural size of 
the average fruits. Packet, 10 cents; % 
ounce, 20 cents; ounce, 35 cents; 44 
pound, $1.00; pound, $3.50; postpaid. 
Cluster Pepper 
Hastings’ Golden Prize 
Hastings’ Golden Prize Pepper 
A very large, bright gold- 
en yellow variety ; is very 
sweet and mild. In some 
places this is eaten as an 
apple in the raw stage fer 
it is said to cure chills arid 
fever. Packet, 10 cents; % 
ounce, 15 cents ; ounce, 25 
cents; 44 pound, 85 cents; 
pound, $3.00; postpaid. 
Procopp’s Giant 
Another giant of the pep- 
per family in the size of its 
fruits. Packet, 5 cents; 44 
ounce, 15 cents; ounce, 25 
cents; 44 pound, 85 cents; 
pound, $3.00; postpaid. 
Red Cluster 
Beautiful and distinct va- 
riety, each plant being cov- 
ered with hundreds of coral 
red. very hot, pungent pep- 
pers; a single plant having 
been known to bear 1,255 of 
the small, thin, hot, pungent 
pods. Should be in every 
garden. Ornamental enough 
for the flower garden. Pack- 
et, 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents; 
44 pound, 85 cents. 
Red Chill 
Long Cayenne 
Two well known very hot 
pungent varieties. Fine dried 
for winter use. Eaeh, pkt., 
6 cents; 44 oz., 15 cents; oz., 
25 cents; 44 lb., 75 cents. 
Sweet Peppers — Showing Ruby 
King — Bell Type 
Our Chinese Giant 
Natural Size 
