H. G. Hastings & Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
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Hastings’ Stringless Green Pod Bush Beans 
The only absolutely strinjiless, green, rouiul-po.iued bean, stringless in all stages of growth, from the 
time the first pods form until full grown and ready to dry up. It surpasses all other bush beaus in criap, 
tender qualities and fine flavor. It makes a beautiful appearance with its long, smooth, green pods, nat- 
ural size of which is shown in the illustration on this page. It is very prolific, a strong, vigorous 
grower, and comes into bearing about the same as Red Valentine and continues to produce long after 
other bush varieties have gone, the pods retaining their superb eating and stringless qualities to the 
last. Of greatest value to those with a family garden who desire to combine quality with the heaviest 
production. Tests of it all over the South during the past seven or eight years have shown its great 
superiority in every respect. We recommend it highly to every one who plants bush beans in the South. 
It is one of the very best gi’een-podded bush beans. Packet, 10 cents; Vz pint, 15 cents; pint, 25 cents; 
quart. 45 cents; postpaid. Peck, $1.50; bushel, $5.50. 
Hastings’ Extra Early Red Valentine (Round Podded) 
The most largely planted of any bush bean in the South ; a splendid early, heavy bearing variety, 
well adapted to all parts of the South, and for either market or home use. Caution should be used in 
the purchase of Red Valentine beans on account of the large quantities of flat-podded, tough, shucky 
beans that are sold every year, largely through local merchants and seedsmen, whose inducement to 
buy is largely a cut price. 
If you plant Hastings’ Valentine beans you are safe in this respect and sure of beans of the right 
quality. Ours is the true, round-podded stock, very early, a vigorous grower and very heavy bearer of 
medium sized, round, tender, finely flavored pods; very uniform in ripening, and Southern Truck 
Orowers consider our Red Valentine one of the most profitable beans they can grow for shipment. 
Packet, 10 cts. ; Vz pint, 15 cts. ; pint, 25 cts. ; quart, 40 
cts. ; postpaid. Not prepaid, peck, $1.25; bushel, $4.50. 
Hastings’ Best 4 
Bean Collection 
^our of our best beans for home gardens in the 
South are our Stringless Green Pod, Wardwell’s Kid- 
ney Wax, Old Homestead or Texas Prolific Pole Bean 
and Henderson Bush L.ima. All of these are illus- 
trated and described on pages 31, 32 and 33. We will 
send you by mail one 10 cent packet of each of these 
4 varieties postpaid for 25 cents. This is your chance 
to have these 4 splendid varieties at the lowest cost. 
Bxtra Early Red Valentine 
Hastings' Excelsior Refugee 
One of the best and earliest, green-podded bush beaus 
for Southern spring plantings. A vigorous grower and 
heavy bearer of medium sized, round, finely flavored pods. 
No early variety e(]uals it in withstanding either extreme- 
ly wet or dry weather -udthout serious injury. Holds pc<. ; 
well up off the ground. We recommend it to you fully 
for early plantings, if you wish to combine earliuess, 
sureness of crop, quality and quantity. Packet, 10 cents; 
V 2 pint 15 cents; pint, 25 cents; quart, 40 cents; postpaid. 
Not prepaid, peck, $1.25; bushel, $4.25. 
improved Round Pod Refugee 
Almost identical v,’ith our Excel- 
VAWV gior Refugee, except that it is ten 
days to two weeks later in bearing. Immensely heavy 
yielder, round, green pods of fine quality and holds up 
well in long distance shipment. Also good for a canning 
beau. Especially resistant to drouth, cold and unfavor- 
able growing conditions. A variety very largely used by 
market gardeners both for nearby markets and long dis- 
tance shipping. Packet, 10 cents; ^z pint, 15 cents; pint, 
z5 cents; quart, 40 cents; postpaid. Not prepaid, peck, 
$1.25; bushel, $4.25. 
Extra Early Black Valentine 
A new strain of Valentine bean that is steadily making 
its way into favor as a variety for market gardeners both 
for nearby markets and long distance shipping. Seem- 
ingly this‘bean will stand earlier planting than other va- 
rieties on account of its greater hardiness and its resist- 
ance to bad weather conditions. Extra early, a heavy bearer and holds 
up splendidly in shipments to Northern markets. Equally good for 
home gardens and especially so in Florida and Lower Gulf Coast sec- 
tions. Packet, 10 cents; % pint, 15 cents; pint, 25 cents; quart, 40 
cents; postpaid. Not prepaid, peck, $1.40; bushel, $5.00. 
For home garden 
and nearby markets 
this is one of the best but is not adapted to long distance shipments. 
vVonderfullv productive with handsome, round, yellow pods that are 
thick, fleshy and entirelv stringless, growing six to seven inches in length and are excep- 
tionally fine flavored, rich and butterv. Their greatest value, however, is in their long 
bearing character, beginning to bear earlier and continuing to produce their splendid pods 
ill greatest abundance long after other standard varieties are done. As many as 80 to 90 
pods ready for picking have been counted on a single vine together with a mass of blooms 
ready to produce more. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 20 cents; pint, 30 cents; quart, 50 cents; 
postpaid. Not prepaid, peck, $2.00. 
Hastings' Early Valentine Wax purely round, wax pods. Grows 15 
to 18 inches high with strong, vigorous stalks and good foliage. If you want a first-class 
wax bean either for home use, nearby markets, or shipping, this is a bean that we can rec- 
ommend without reserve. Packet, 10 cents; Y 2 pint, 15 cents; pint, 25 cents; quart, 45 cents; 
postpaid. Not prepaid, peck, $1.40; bushel, $5.00. 
Griswold's Everbearing Wax 
