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H, G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, 'Atlanta^ Georgia. 
HASTINGS’ EGGPLANT 
Lower South seed should be sown In hot beds or 
wuikui V frames in January or February. In the latitude of At- 
lanta hot beds should be started between February 15th and March 
15th, Great care should be taken as eggplant will not germinate 
freely in an average temperature less than 65 degrees. When plants 
have made the fourth or fifth pair of leaves they may be set in open 
ground, if danger of frost is past, placing them 3 feet apart each way. 
Cultivate often, keeping free from weeds and grass. In June and 
July seed can be planted in Florida for fall and early winter shipping 
crop. One ten cent package of seed wiU furnish plants for about 200 
feet of row. For market plantings use % pound of seed per acre. 
Matures in about 120 days. 
Hastings’ Improved Large Purple Thorn- 
less Eggplant (No. 190) 
shipment. AVe have sold this Large Purple for 22 years and there is 
no strain of eggplant sold by any house that is superior to it. Fruits 
are splendidly and evenly colored with rich, dark purple and 90 per 
cent or more of the plants are thornless. In no crop do we exercise 
more care than with this variety. In a properly cultivated crop, 
streaked or off colored fruit is almost unknown. Plants are strong, 
vigorous growers, producing from 5 to 8 large fruits of dark, rich 
purple color. Earliest of large fruited varieties and always gives sat- 
isfaction under proper cultivation. The vigor and strength of this 
variety make it less subject to effect of “blight” and “dieback,” which 
is so disastrous to this crop in many parts of Florida. Practically all 
seed houses list some so-called “Spineless Eggplant” and claim it to 
be absolutely free from spines, but such is not the case. All so-called 
spineless eggplants have some spines but Hastings’ Improved has 
less than any. Packet, 10 cents; Yz ounce, 35 cents; ounce, 40 cents; 
% pound, §1.50; pound, §5.00; postpaid. 
Florida H Igh Bush ( No. 1 89 ) lYil f?r Ke 
gardens and nearby markets. The “eggs” are borne higher off the 
ground than other varieties, which is advantageous in keeping out 
“rot” and “blight.” The plants are strong and stand unfavorable 
weather conditions remarkably well. The fruits are of uniform dark 
purple color and for slicing can’t be beaten. There is no waste, the 
fruit being tender and of fine quality throughout, and the plants are 
prolific in bearing. For your home gardens “High Bush” is hard to 
equal. Pkt., 10c; Yz oz., 35c; oz., 40c; % lb., §1.50; lb., §5.00; postpaid. 
KOHL-RABI, Early White Vienna (No. 202) 
Bulbs grow to the size of 
an apple when ready for 
use, and are of a pale, 
whitish green color. They 
are hardy and can be sown Hastings’ Improved Large Purple Thornless Eggplant 
in drills as soon as the 
ground can be worked in the spring, and with successive sowings you can have nice, tender 
bulbs all through the summer and fall. When well started, set out as cabbage plants, and for 
table use gather bulbs while skin is tender, boil, slice, and cut off the hard lower portion. 
Bulbs are of very mild, delicate, cabbage-like fiavor, most delicious. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 
35 cents; % pound, 90 cents; pound, §3.00; postpaid. 
CArn Of pAtflAIIC Large Green Cabbaging. For spring salad 
wurn saiau or reiAlCUS ^nOi IOH; qj. garnishing. Doesn’t do well in hot 
weather so plant early as possible in spring. Ounce plants thirty feet of row. Packet, 5 cents; 
ounce, 10 cents; % pound, 35 cents; postpaid. 
Cress, Extra Curled or Improved Pepper Grass (No. 132) 
This tastes the same as Water Cress and is easily grown in spring, summer and fall. Make fre- 
quent plantings as the plant soon runs to seed. Packet, 5c; ounce, 10c; % pound, 35c; postpaid. 
Early Green Curled (Xo. 193). Drill shallowly in early spring and thin out or 
^ * transplant in good soil. When nearly grown tie up or shade heads when dry 
for blanching. Finest and most wholesome for salads and of excellent flavor. Standard and 
most popular variety. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; % pound, 40 cents; pound, §1.35. 
One Packet each of four useful varieties on the farm — 35 cents; post- 
paid — Sugar Trough, Japanese Xest Egg, Dipper and Dishcloth, 
Gourds. Gourds furnish many useful household articles, and are easily grown anywhere in the South. 
Care should be taken not to grow them near squash and pumpkins, as they cross easily and make 
the squash intensely bjtter. They should be grown where they have a chance to climb ou fences or 
trellises for best results. 
^|(Q||g|| This immense gourd can 
Early White Vienna Kohl-Kabi 
USEFUL GOURDS 
Nest Egg (No. 197) 
This small white- 
fruited variety will 
give you a splendid supply of durable nest eggs. 
They are light, and when properly dried resem- 
ble eggs very closely and are uninjured by cold 
or wet. Do not plant in very rich soil or the 
fruits will be too large. Packet, 10 cents. 
The Dipper (No. 198) 
the long handled dippers are made. They need 
no description. Packet, 10 cents. 
be used for innumerable 
/IIa purposes about the farm. With the 
^11 Wo I owy top or neck sawed off it can be used 
for buckets, baskets, soap dishes, nests or water 
dishes for poultry. Packet, 10 cents. 
Tho nSehAlnth ^ °^ost valuable gourd. 
I ne UlSnClQin when fully ripe the skin 
/Na can be easily removed, the sponge- 
^nWi interior cleaned and dried, 
then used for dishcloths or in place of sponges. 
It is fine. Packet, 10 cents. 
HASTINGS’ IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR US 
“Kindly mail us a copy of your 1917 fall edition seed catalogue; 
we wish to order right away some peppers, eggplant, tomato 
and cabbage seed, and unfortunately have in some way misplaced our last catalogue of yours. Awaiting your early response, and 
to say in an unsolicited way that your house puts out the best seeds, true to name, that it was ever our pleasure to plant. We have 
numerous visits from representatives of other seed houses, but for the last two seasons all we say is: ‘Hastings’ is good enough for 
us, and so long as they keep up the quality of their goods, we are with Hastings’; and that’s definite.” — Jay Stull, Polk Co., Florida. 
