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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmtn, Atlanta, Georgia, 
HASTINGS' SUPERIOR GARDEN BEET SEED 
Hastings’ Improved Blood Turnip Beet 
alternating with red beets make a pleasing show on the table, 
Hastings’ Eclipse Blood Turnip Beet (No. 40) 
from stringy roots. Small top, rapid grower. Color a deep blood 
fed, which it retains fully after being cooked ; quality extra fine, very 
sweet and tender, a heavy bearer, and its handsome appearance makes 
it an easy seller when placed on the market, either locally pr for long 
distance shipments. This is an extra fine beet. See the illustration 
from a photograph on the next page. Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, 15 cents ; 
% pound, 50c; pound, $1.50; postpaid. 
Lentz’ Extra Early Turnip Beet (No. 50) 
A variety that is a great favorite for market gardeners of Florida for 
shipment to Northern markets. Nearly as early as Egyptian, larger 
and of better quality. Color, light red and zoned with pink. Tender 
and sweet at all stages of growth. Often ready for use in 6 to 7 weeks 
from sowing. Productive and good shipper. This is an early beet, 
that will satisfy both for home use or market. Packet, 5 cents; 
ounce, 15 cents; % pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.50; postpaid. 
Halfal_nn9' Rlnnii Root ^ favorite for late use, interme- 
nai¥ Long Diooa Deex ^mte length between our Tm- 
/No 44^ proved Blood Turnip Beet and the Long Smooth. Color 
V 7^/ a deep blood red, smooth and free from stringy roots. 
In quality it is tender and sweet and remains in good condition for 
a long time after maturity. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; % 
pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.50; postpaid. 
Long Smooth Blood Beet h' 
TNfl 4Q^ blood red roots growing well down into the soil, enabling 
^ 11 VI tvy it to resist drought and heat. A few of these should be 
planted in every garden for use after all the other varieties are gone. 
Packet, 5c; ounce, 15c; % pound, 50c; pound, $1.50; postpaid. 
Swiss Chard or Sea Kale firm'd ’rtb of 
/U|| is cooked and served like asparagus, the other por- 
^nvi*rw^tion is cooked and served like spinach. This does not 
make a good root. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; % pound, 50 
cents; pound, $1.50; postpaid. 
The best beet seed in the world is grown in France. The 
best beet seed growers live in France, and Hastings’ Beet 
seed of all varieties comes from those French growers; beet seed 
which, when planted here in the South, makes the smoothest, clean- 
est, finest formed beets that can be grown. 
The South does not appreciate beets as much as it should. Sown 
thickly the young plants when thinned out make splendid “greens.” 
Planted any time from early spring to September 15th they make 
splendid young beets for summer, fall and early winter use. 
CultllfA Sow in rich or well manured garden ground after same 
wUli.UI«? lias been deeply plowed or spaded. Sow in rows 18 in. 
to 2 feet apart, scattering seed thinly. Sowing can begin as early as 
the ground can be worked in this latitude and succession sowings 
made up to September 15th and even later farther south of us. In Flor- 
ida sow from September to December. Seed is rough and the soil 
should be firmed or rolled if the ground is dry. When two or three 
inches high thin out to four or five inches apart in the row. Young 
beet plants are superior to spinach and turnips for “greens.” In light 
sandy soils cover about 1 inch ; in stiff or clay soils not over % inch. 
Quantity of seed required : 1 ounce to 50 ft. of row ; 6 to 8 pounds per 
acre. Young beets ready for use in 50 to 70 days, according to variety. 
Hastings’ Improved Blood Turnip Beet 
/llfl Most popular variety for home use and nearby markets. 
^llVi*tv/ An improvement by our growers over the Early Blood 
Turnip Beet. Color a deep blood red. A fine even form, very uniform 
in growth, as shown in our illustration from a photograph; medium 
early and very productive, tender, free from stringiness and very 
sweet, good for either home or market use and most valuable variety 
for succession sowings. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; % pound, 
60 cents; pound, $2.00; postpaid. 
Hastings’ Crimson King Inii 
/Na 4fl^ color. Sweet and tender and in favorable seasons it has 
^nUi •tU^ been ready for use in 6 weeks from time of sowing. A 
splendid all-season beet. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; % pound, 
60 cents; pound, $2.00; postpaid. 
Extra Early Egyptian (No. 42) ket gardeners^ beet. 
A quick grower, producing smooth, rather flattened, turnip-shaped 
roots. When young flesh is sweet and tender, but becomes stringy 
with age, and we do not advise for home garden use. Packet, 5 cents; 
onnce, 15 cents; H pound, 50 cents; ponnd, $1.50; postpaid. 
Yellow Turnip Beet (No. 47) our Improved Blood 
Turnip Beet except in color, which is a deep yellow. Slices of these 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce; 15 cents; ^ pound, 50 cents; ponnd. $1.50; postpaid. 
The most popular market gardeners’ beet for the South as well 
as a favorite for home gardens. Fine form, smooth, and free 
Lentz’ £xtra Early Turnip Beet — The Best Extra Early 
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