H. G. Hastings & Company, Seedsmen, Atlanta, Ga. 
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Ponce de L>eon. 
A favorite with oiir home garden customers for a large, second early 
melon of fine, rich flavor. Flesh thick, green and of the finest flavor. 
Kegularly ribbed and densely netted. Skin green, but on ripening 
turns to a beautiful golden yellow. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 
quarter pound, 20 cents; pound, 55 cents. 
Montreal MarKet. 
The most highly flavored of all cantaloupes. A second early, weigh- 
ing from six to ten pounds. Bound but flattened at ends, deeply rib- 
bed and densely netted if grown on rich ground. Flesh very thick and 
of light green color. In flavor it is rich and spicy, the finest eating 
qualitv of any melon known. Must be planted early in this section to 
escape* attacks of borers, which are very destructive to this variety late 
in the season. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; quarter pound, 20 
cents; pound, 55 Cents. 
THe Nixon. 
This is. our native Georgia variety, and is almost unsurpassed for size and 
quality when grown in our warm, sunny weather. It is extra large, one speci- 
men being grown by Mr. Easterlin, near Marietta, Ga., this past summer, 
weighing fifteen and a half pounds. It has a rough skin and is densely netted; 
The richest of flavors and is sweet and spicy. Its eating quality is of the best. 
Average weight is about six pounds, hut a twelve-pounder is nothing unusual. 
It gives entire satisfaction here for either home use or market. Packet, 5 
cents; ounce, 15 cents; quarter pound, 30 cents; pound, .$1.00. 
OtKer Varieties. 
We can supply any of the following varieties: Southern Beauty, Paul Rose, 
Extra Early Cape May, and Banquet, at 5 cents a packet, 10 cents an ounce, 20 
cents a quarter pound, 65 cents a pound. New Orleans Market and Texas 
Belle: packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; quarter pound, 30 cents; pound, 90 
cents. Improved Citron Nutmeg, Banana, Jenny Lind and Casaba: packet. 
The Nixon. 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; quarter pound, 20 cents; pound, 60 cents. 
\ $10.00 CANTALOUPE PRIZE 
< Size, Shape and quality to he considered. 
Best half dozen cantaloupes brought to our store be- 
fore August 15th. Open to all varieties. Best half 
dozen, ,$5.00; second best, 13.00; third best, S2.00. 
Successful Watermelon Culture. 
The South is the home of the watermelon and every one wants to grow it to perfection. There is nothing that can takg 
the place of a large, sweet, juicy watermelon on a hot summer day, and our special strains of melon seed should be used in 
every garden in the South where something especially good is wanted. 
Melons do best in a rich, sandy loam soil, but where this is not obtainable they can be grown on clay lands on warm, 
sunny hillsides. The best ffertilizer is well-rotted stable manure. The hills should be eight to ten feet apart each way 
deep ploughing and thorough cultivation reducing the soil to a fine condition. By deep ploughing we mean twelve to four _ 
teen inches. Watermelons do not root very deeply, but they do spread. In applying fertilizer spread it a considerable 
distance, say three feet out from the center of each hill. It is well to encourage this natural tendency to spread the roots. 
Where it is necessary to use commercial fertilizer use one as near the following formula as possible: Nitrogen, 3 per cent; 
potash, 5 per cent ; phosphoric acid (available) 8 per cent. This formula has given the best results on melon lands. Use 
two to thi’ee pounds of the above formula to each hill, working it in and mixing thoroughly with the soil. This should be 
done ten days to two weeks before the seed is planted. First plantings can be made as soon as soil gets warm in the spring 
and succession plantings can be made up to June in this latitude. Plant eight to ten seeds in each hill, thinning out after 
the rough leaves have formed, to the two strongest plants in each hill. Cultivate lightly until runners come out well into 
middles. If large weeds come up, cut them off. Do not pull them up, as it disturbs both the roots and the vines. The 
A'ines, after they begin to run should never be moved or disturbed. It always injures the crop. When there are plenty 
of blooms on the plants pinch off the ends of the runners. Where extra large melons are desired leave only one plant to 
each hill, and only one or two melons to each vine. 
Insects are troublesome to the young plants before they begin to run. Dust plants with either Bug Death or tobacco dust. 
The first point in successful melon culture is to get strictly vital. Southern grown seed. If you have this you will 
never have hard centers nor small, inferior melons. There is little of this seed on the market now. There is a great deal 
of seed saved from the culls of the Georgia and Florida shipping crops. Seed from culls and seed from Kansas and Ne- 
braska will not give you the results you want in a melon crop. 
We want the largest and best melon that can be grown from Hastings’ 
Southern Grown Melon Seed in this section. Open to any variety. Largest, 
best shaped and best eating quality to be considered. Four prizes. Competi- 
tion closes September 1st. First Prize, $10.00; second; $7.50; third, $5.00; fourth, $2.50. Bring all melons to our store 
before September 1st, 1902. 
$25.00 CASH PRIZE 
