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H, G. Hastings Co., tSeeasmen, Aivauiu, Georgia. 
Hastings’ Best 4 Bean Collection For 1918, 30c Postpaid 
With the Wax Bean shortage existing, it’s impossible to offer the old selection, but we are offering what we consider in some re- 
spects a far better bean collection than ever before, a splendid list for your garden. For 30 cents we will send, postpaid, one large 
packet each of Extra Early Bed Valentine, Stringless Green Pod, Old Homestead or Kentucky Wonder Pole Bean, and that superb 
bush lima bean the Fordhook. All these will be found described on Pages 7-9-10 of this catalogue. 
Full Size Pods, Wax Bush Beans 
Full ll/lAaeiiioA /IIa I0\ While a comparatively new green podded bush bean to 
run lTlCcl9Ur«? ^nui the South it is rapidly gaining in favor for both home 
and market use. Medium early, fine quality, long bearing ; fleshy stringless pods about five 
inches long which stay in fine eating condition tor several days after pods are grown. We 
are sure that if you plant “Full Measure” in your garden you will be well satisfied. Packet, 
10 cents; Vz pint, 20 cents; pint (15 ozs.), 35 cents; quart (30 ozs.), 60 cents; postpaid, 
nsiifio’ lA/siv /Na 90 \ immensely productive market gardeners’ variety, 
■^aVH9 WwlllCC Wwa^ ^nui bearing large, almost straight pods 5 to 6 inches 
in length, of beautiful white, waxy color. This is the standard wax variety to grow for ship- 
ment in South Florida. It holds up splendidly and sells at top prices on its handsome ap- 
pearance. In quality for eating as a snap bean it is not equal to others, but the seed being 
white makes it a first-class variety for a shell bean for winter use, and as such should be 
grown in family gardens. Packet, 10 cents; % pint, 20 cents; pint (15 ozs.), 35 cents; quart 
(30 ozs.), 60 cents; postpaid. Not prepaid, peck (15 lbs.), $4.00; bushel (60 lbs.), $15.00. 
Uoetino'e’ Farli# ValontinA lA/av extra early Valentine bean with 
”**^^***&^ w caldlllllt? WWCl^ purely wax pods, round and fleshy; 
/||ll 04 \ grows fifteen inches high with medium sized, vigorous stalks, and good foliage, 
^nili ) A first-class wax bean either 
for home use or nearby markets. Really 
a wax-podded Valentine bean. Packet, 
10 cents; ^ pint, 20 cents; pint (15 ozs.), 
40 cents; quart (30 ozs.), 75 cents; post- 
paid. 
Prolific Black Wax Bean 
/ II A ^9 \ extra prolific strain of the 
^nUiWA^old favorite German Black 
Wax. A larger and better grower and a 
much heavier bearer than the old origin- 
al variety. If you liked the old German 
Black Wax beans this new strain will 
certainly give you full satisfaction in 
your garden. Packet, 10 cents; Yz pint, 
20 cents; pint (15 ozs.), 40 cents; quart 
(30 ozs.), 75 cents; postpaid. 
Rust-Proof Wax (No. 30) 
Our improved strain of Golden Wax, 
rust-proof to a remarkable degree; well 
suited to all parts of the South. Packet, 
10 cents; Yz pint, 20 cents; pint (15 ozs.), 
40 cents; quart (30 ozs.), 75 cents; post- 
paid. 
Wardwell’s Kidney Wax 
/ iln I C \ One of the most popular w .x 
I w/ beans for either market or 
home use. Extra early, maturing in 5 to 
6 weeks, with favorable weather. A most 
vigorous grower, producing heavy crops 
of long, showy pods of a beautiful white, 
waxy appearance and is remarkably free 
from rust, under most trying conditions. 
Tender, of fine flavor and almost string- 
less. In shipping it holds up much bet- 
ter than most wax varieties, reaching 
market in splendid condition, and is 
found especially valuable by shippers 
and market gardeners. Packet, 10c; Yz 
pint, 20 cents; pint (15 ozs.), 40 cents; 
quart (30 ozs.), 79 cents; postpaid. 
HELP WIN THE WAR 
Food will win or lose this world war. 
The South must make food in place 
of buying from North and West. You 
must do your part. Start right in 
1918 with a good big home garden 
and keep it going through the year. 
This wiU help you and help win the 
war also. 
Hastings’ Excelsior Refugee Beans (See page 7) 
WHITE MEXICAN OR PROLIFIC TREE BEAN 
There isn’t a single real good reason on earth why you should buy white or navy beans at the store for winter use when planting 
anywhere from a pint to two quarts (according to the size of your family) of White Mexican beans will give you an ample supply. 
The White Mexican is an adapted variety of the Navy bean, and of which the South buys hundreds of carloads each year from Mich- 
igan and New York. You can just as easily grow these beans for yourself, and you will find the White Mexican entirely satisfactory 
for this purpose anywhere in the South. Plants of erect growth, holding pods well up off the ground, although in seasons with plenty 
of rain there is a tendency to throw some runners. Ordinarily plants grow 20 to 24 inches high, branching in all directions. Plant in 
rows about 2 feet apart, leaving single plants 6 to 8 inches apart in row. Can be used either as a snap bean or dry as a shell bmn. 
Packet, 10 cents; Yz pint, 20 cents; pint (15 ozs.), 35 cents; quart (30 ozs.), 60 cents; postpaid. Prices on larger quantities on request. 
