H. G. Hastings & Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
^lll TIIRF For home gardens the seed 
^UI-IURtfor early cabbage can be 
sown in boxes very early, kept in sheltered spots and covered when 
there is danger of freezes. Later plantings may be made in open 
ground as early as ground can be worked. Work soil in seed beds 
down as fine as possible. Beds should be slightly raised for drain- 
age. Do not fertilize soil in seed beds at least to the extent of mak- 
ing it richer than the open ground in which the crop is to be grown. 
Sow seed in drills 6 inches apart across the bed, dropping the 
seed 5 or 6 to the inch. Thicker sowing than this means spindling 
unhealthy plants. Cover seed about inch in heavy soils, % inch 
in light sandy soils; firm the soil after covering and then water the 
bed thoroughly. Keep beds moist but not soaking wet. Seed ger- 
minates in 3 to 8 days according to weather. The young plants 
should be kept growing steadily from the start. A check in the 
growth of cabbage is injurious. When plants have made the fourth 
or fifth pair of leaves transplant to open ground. 
Cabbage can be grown on almost any soil from light sand to heavy 
Mississippi Grows Some Cabbage Also 
50,000 ACRES OF CABBAGE 
or more are planted every year in the Southern States from Hastings’ Cabbage Seed. The first year we were in business we didn’t sell enough 
cabbage seed to plant 100 acres. The difference between the luo acres then and the 50,000 acres now ineans Only one thing, and that is that 
Hastings’ Cabbage Seed makes good wherever it’s planted. Cabbage, more than almost any other crop, is dependent on the quality of the 
seed for success. No matter how good your soil, how well ^ou cultivate or fertilize it, if the cabbage seed isuT the right quality you make 
a failure in a greater or less degree. You can’t be too particular about the quality of cabbage seed, and if there is one thing that we are 
more careful about than any other it is with our cabbage seed crops. Every head that is planted out for seed purposes is carefully inspected by 
one of the great cabbage experts of the country and, unless it is right in every respect, it is not planted. Our first, last and all-the-time idea in 
cabbage seed is “right quality,” and every buyer of Hastings’ Cabbage Seed gets the very best seed that money and experien^-e can produce. 
We have only one grade— the very best that can be grown — and the buyer of a 5 or 10-ceat packet gets exactly the same quality as does the 
big trucker or market gardener buying in 50 to 100-pound lots. Cabbage is the most important of all the Southern vegetable crops. It’s a 
standard crop on every truck farm and finds a place in almost every Southern home garden, and we can’t impress on you too strongly, 
first, that you must, if you want to be successful, plant the best cabbage seed ; and second, that Hastings’ Cabbage Seed is just the 
quality to give you right results. 
clay or muck. Naturally the light soils will require more fertilizer 
or manure than the heavief ones. Most of the fertilizer or manure 
should be worked into the soil before transplanting. The, best lall- 
around commercial fertilizer for cabbage should contain : Available 
phosphoric acid 7 per cent,' potash 8 per cent, nitrogen, 5 per cent. 
Most of the cultivation should be before the crop is planted. This 
means two to three deep plowings and then work the soil as fine as 
possible. You can’t overfeed cabba.ge so you need not be afraid of 
putting too much manure or fertilizer on the crop. _ 
Transplanting should be done, so far as possible, on cloudy days 
and just before a rain. In small gardens this can be done late in the 
afternoon. Set plants upright with only the leaves above the sur- 
face. Firm the soil around the plants. Cultivate frequently and 
Aery shallow as roots come near the surface. Keep out absolutely 
all weeds and grass. Seed required: In early spring plantings qne 
ounce of seed will usually produce about 2,000 plants; 4 to 5 ounces 
per acre. After hot weather sets in two to three times as much seed 
is needed. 
In a recent catalogue we printed the illustration of Mr. Noak^ of 
Corpus Christ!, Texas, and six heads of Centennial Flat Dutch Cab- 
bage, the SIX h e ads 
weighing 9714 pounds 
shown on the opposite 
page. This interested 
Mr. D. D. Cowan, of 
Hancock County, Miss., 
who sends us the photo- 
graph of what he did in 
Mississippi with Hast- 
ings’ Cabbage Seed. Mr. 
Cowan wrote us that 
hi s crop of cabbage 
Avent through 2 mouths 
of severe drought and 
then made cabbage like 
this. Mr. Cowan and 
Mr. Noakes are both 
good truck farmers, and 
Texas and Mississippi 
are both good States, 
but getting right down 
to bottom facts, all 
their work and intell- 
igent efforts w'ould have 
been lost if they had 
not had the right seed. 
Hastings’ Cabbage 
Seed neA’er fails to make 
good, solid heads 'of 
cabbage to eA-ery plant 
when treated right. It’s 
not a question of hav- 
ing “good luck” with 
your cabbage ; it’s a 
question of right seed, 
and right seed is not pn 
sale at country stores 
or in commission boxes. 
Most of the failures on 
cabba.ge in the South 
come where seed is 
bought from merchants 
and small stores. . 
Every year a great 
many people write after 
plantin.g time, saying 
they expected to find 
our seed at their store. 
Hastin.gs’ S e e d s . a r e 
neA’er on sale in boxes 
in the stores. Order di- 
rect from us here in 
Atlanta. 
tirown 
Caesar, 
William Rlurdock Cowan and Four Heads of Hastings’ Centennial Flat Dutch Cabbage 
Hancock Co., Miss. 'Weight of Cabbage 50 pounds 
HASTINGS’ CENTENNIAL FLAT DUTCH CABBAGE. 
Just above on this page and on the opposite page are shown illustrations from two photographs taken in two diflferent years, one in 
Texas, the other in Mississippi. These were taken without our knowledge and sent in to us unsolicited. Both Mr. Noakes in Texas and 
Mr. Cowan in Mississippi planted Hastings’ Centennial Flat Dutch Cabbage, the best main crop, heavy producing strain -of Flat Dutch 
Cabbage now being sold. While we do not recommend it for an early cabbage, for main crop and late it is abput the best you can plant. 
The only objection Ave CA^er heard is that on very rich ground it grows too large. This can be controlled by planting rather close in the row. 
Good .for either spring or fall planting, being remarkably hardy, vigorous and resistant to both heat and cold. We sell more of this to 
cabbage growers for shipment in Gulf Coast sections than all other varieties combined. For home gardens Centennial is unexcelled for 
later use after early varieties are gone. Its vigor makes it especially valuable to grow under unfavorable conditions. If you have planted 
it before you kaow this. If not, plant some this spring. Pkt., 10 cts,; Vs oz,, 15 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; H lb., 65 cts.; 1 lb., $3.00; postpaid. 
