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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
HASTINGS' EDEN GEM CANTALOUPE 
See illustration of Eden Gem in Colors bottom of back cover page 
Rockyforcl, Colorado, and its surrounding country has a world- 
wide fame as a producer of the finest cantaloupes. Our personal 
experience and investigation on the ground leads us to believe that 
the fame of Rockyford is fully deserved and that of all the varieties 
grown there our Eden Gem Cantaloupe leads them all. 
Our Mr. Hastings went to Rockyford several years ago and made 
a thorough investigation of all the varieties and the Rockyford 
growers. He selected the Eden Gem as the best type of cantaloupe. 
He arranged for special acreage of Eden Gem to be grown exclu- 
sively for us and this has continued ever since. 
We have absolutely no connection with any other seed house or 
any other seed grower on our own acreage. It’s entirely an exclu- 
sive acreage for H. G. Hastings Co. 
About the time the crop matures our representative goes to 
Rockyford and carefully inspects the crop and the cantaloupes as 
gathered. Our representative sees every melon cut and no melon is 
allowed to be cut that does not come up to the Hastings standard 
of quality. Our representative is on the ground and stays there 
until all the seed is washed, dried, sacked and on the cars headed 
for Atlanta. 
Eden Gem is a sure money-maker for the cantaloupe grower for 
shipment. For the home gardener or the grower for nearby mar- 
kets it is unexcelled in appearance and eating quality. Eden Gem 
has a vigor of growth that keeps the vines green from two to three 
weeks longer than any other variety. It is most resistant to “rust” 
and other plant diseases, while the density of its perfect netting 
makes it especially resistant to insect attacks. 
It costs more than double to produce seed quality like our Eden 
Gem, but it’s money well spent by the cantaloupe grower that wants 
to be sure of high quality cantaloupes in his crop. 
Hastings’ Eden Gem Cantaloupe (No. 23 1 )' 
The illustration above shows the average size and perfect netting of 
our Eden Gem Cantaloupe (green fleshed), the real true money- 
making variety for the shipper and market gardener as well as the 
most satisfactory of all for home use. It gives perfect satisfaction 
to all whg grow it. Its dense netting helps greatly in resistance to 
insect attacks. You will make no mistalre planting Eden Gem in the 
South. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; % pound, 50 cents; pound, 
$1.75; postpaid. Ten pounds or over, not prepaid, ?1.50 per pound. 
Hastings’ Salmon Flesh Eden Gem 
/Ua Since our introduction of Eden Gem, now the most 
^nOi satisfactory of all cantaloupes, there has been a big 
demand for the same type of melon with pink or salmon flesh. Our 
growers have done their best and we now offer our Salmon Flesh 
Eden Gem, the same hardy, prolific, finely netted fruit as the Eden 
Gem with pink meat — the finest pink meated melon on the market 
for home use or market. Packet, lOc ; ounce, 20c; % pound, 50c; lb., 
$1.75; postpaid. Ten pounds or over, not prepaid, $1.50 per pound. 
